Thank you for all of your suggestions , all of which are better than my effort. I have decided to stop thinking about it and will go to the BBC news page to find something else to annoy me.
Getting on my wick Berk Old bat Cobblers Lose your bottle It's interesting how many words words or phrases acceptable in polite society have murky origins.
I don't have a purse anymore, no one takes "real money" at the moment, not sure about now, but last year even the bank wouldn't take it. We had/have a big tin full of 2p which were used on the pier.
Trying to find some cash for the window cleaner was a real problem. I looked in my purse and there was a dull 20p coin and a musty smell. I just managed to scrape enough together from a box that I used to empty coins into , the trolley pounds from the car, and a couple of handbags Haven't used one of those for months either. That set me thinking about things I'll probably never go back to like shoes with heels and fitted clothing. I've got used to dressing for comfort.
Three more things distinctly underused in the past year are my wrist watch, after shave and the appointments calendar.
i sometimes buy a low price item in the local Co-op and use the self service cash till putting in a £5 note just to get change to give a tip to the Tesco delivery driver.
I sold my watch on eBay to use the money for something equally useless but more interesting. One of my wife's relatives drives for Asda and he's been told accepting tips to bolster his fairly crappy wage is 'against the ethics of the brand'. I can kind of understand that they don't want people to obliged to get into tip culture but that also counts at Xmas time etc which seems harsh.
I heard the first cuckoo this morning. Luckily he's close by and there are enough brief pauses in the power tool noise that started at 8am for me to enjoy it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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It's interesting how many words words or phrases acceptable in polite society have murky origins.
That set me thinking about things I'll probably never go back to like shoes with heels and fitted clothing. I've got used to dressing for comfort.
i sometimes buy a low price item in the local Co-op and use the self service cash till putting in a £5 note just to get change to give a tip to the Tesco delivery driver.