Not exactly work but my patchwork ladies love it when I take a cake to "work". So do the gardeners when we have a day of visits with a picnic at midday. Lots of sharing going on. Flapjacks, carrot cakes, chocolate cakes, banana cakes etc etc. They always ask for the recipe. Life enhancing, not shortening, if it's just an occasional treat.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I agree with you @Obelixx although I have to confess to becoming accidentally drunk on quite a few occasions in my younger days. I remember thinking - this is nice, let's have more of it, but of course in hindsight it would have been better to have stopped at the 'this is nice' stage - as Adrian Chiles said on the One Show the other day.
"I don't want another drink, I want that last one again"
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I used to take cream cakes in on Friday for the staff when I had been locumming somewhere for the week. After a week in Pharmacy, cream cakes were a little gesture of thanks. ( I was not in a position to affect their wages). When covid hit, one of them said it wasn't cream cakes they needed by Friday, but a bottle of something strong, like vodka. We did have a customer who came in while a 70 year old, suited,very respectable looking drug addict was screaming at us because his prescription had not arrived from the surgery. He had already been banned from every other Pharmacy in the area. He ranted on for some time, and the lady walked out. She came back half an hour later with a box of chocolates. She said we deserved it for having to put up with that.
Look closely at the actors in the various Soap Operas ( if you can bear to ) - they sit in the pubs with their glasses of beer/G@T's etc. but there is little or no throat movement. That's the way to go - sip/gulp but don't swallow
Why is it that when you drop a fibre-tip pen they always land tip down I guess it's the weight of the ink at that end or something but I've got another wonky tip now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That sheriff needs sacking ASAP. Sounds like a throwback to when I was in my teens, I remember being given advice on how to direct a sharp knee in the groin. Not much changed then, except I’d probably now be done for assault.
@wild edges You want to live in France where the wine comes out of a hose in the wall!! @Obelixx is right - a couple of glasses of red with some good cheese is good for you. Guiness is good for you too. Top shelf stuff probably to be avoided unless in moderation - i.e. a good whisky or gin.
@didyw We all overdid it when we were young. Was it better to get drunk or get stoned? Both diddle the brain. But we didn't drink until at least 18, whereas kids could have a little joint younger than that!
What’s that saying, “A little of what you fancy does you good”? (now then, no sniggering at the back there 😂). Seriously, though, what a dull old life we’d be living if we never, ever indulged in some of these things the experts are telling us are bad for us - chocolate, cheese, cake, alcohol, red meat, etc, etc. I think we stand doing more harm to ourselves if we constantly allow ourselves to worry about everything we eat and drink. Being sensible is the key, aiming for balance and moderation coupled with keeping as active as our bodies will allow us to be. Ultimately, the responsibility lies with ourselves.
My OH has a good saying for “expert” : ex as in “has been” and spurt (spert) as “a drip under pressure”. Sometimes, I think it’s wise to bear that in mind. 😂😂😂
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There's currently an item on our news about a rugby player being suspended after abusing his partner- and the club coach is defending him. FFS.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@didyw We all overdid it when we were young. Was it better to get drunk or get stoned? Both diddle the brain. But we didn't drink until at least 18, whereas kids could have a little joint younger than that!