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Got my petrol this morning. Usually at Christmas there's loads of queues, no queues this year.

Then I went to a couple of Polish shops to get some sourdough bread, but there was none left so I ended up with some different Polish bread. It will probably be fine.

But what I did not expect in both the Polish shops was to be walking through a wet market... All the grocery aisles were lined with boxes and crates of fish in ice on the floor. I was sloshing through ice water and fish scales. Some of the fish were massive, the like which I have never seen before, and the mouthes and teeth were big enough to bite a piece out of your leg, if they had been alive. It was morbidly horrible, I had to keep checking they were dead... because the last wet market I walked into was a Chinese one in Manchester, and there were live animals as well in that one, and the lobsters and crustaceans were clambering out of their crates and walking down the aisle between packet supermarket goods towards me...

The meat counter in both shops had taken on a new identity with meat that was being cut up and I thought help, I'm in Covid Central... it was 8 am in the morning and there were many people...

I certainly won't do this next year in the week leading up to Christmas in the Polish shops....

Why did I not turn round and just get out? Because I've never seen it before in those Polish shops and I didn't really believe it....
 
@gennepher thanks sharing that amazing creative, story of the builder's kindness and his tough as teak (great?) aunt. @JohnEGreen enjoy your seasonal tipple (s) Belgian beer is so very woke. @alf_Josiah Vaughan Williams is good - so is Mrs A J's list I'm sure. @lindisfel good news on the sleep and helpful reminder of few - oo - ell. I think the thought processes ambition is optimistic - I've seen that movie before. Today's comestibles are to be collected from Cambs (obviously) - well over the top in many ways but in our experience size matters for flavour with turkey and beef - go big or go home without. Your mileage may vary. We may meet up for coffee with #3 Son (could be celebrating a promotion),partner (my, but Lithuanian gels can hold their drink) the Little Guy and Big Sister.
 
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6.3 this day what ever Mrs L wants it to be.
Three hours kitchen duties and gammon is roasting nicely for the weekend run up!
Cucumber and onion done, (yum) carrot and Swede done (yuk) other stuff to be either defrosted and such.
Only fresh stuff from the bakers tomorrow and pork to be delivered.

However, Mrs L, said last night that this is so.
And this morning reminded me that it wasn't and something else is.
It was the small thing, that it was Christmas eve, eve, eve!
It's a long weekend. And some meat had to be done, so, other meat had to come out of the freezer when it didnt!

The weather is dreadful, wet and windy, cold despite the thermometer telling me otherwise. Allegedly double figures, eh?
Storm Pia gone, so who or what is this one rattling and causing puddles?

Much to do, including washing and more dishes! Listening to dartistry on box. Whilst kitchen duties stop me stressing.
Mrs L is having a nap. So hopefully, the relax for this evening!

Apparently figures manipulated and docs upset.
When is a recession not a recession.
When announced by Rishi!

My best wishes to you all as always.

Take it sleazy!
 
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Carp?
They were carp?
Revolting...
I don't mind seeing whole fish, I can gut a fish, but these had been hacked at, and this was a revolting squirming slimy mess of the head, the insides and flesh which reminded me of, or made me think of (imagine) massive snails without the shell.

J always said never to eat fish that was a bottom feeder.

Edit: those pieces of carp (if that is what they were, were so big, I couldn't see how they could hygenically pick up/handle the squelching slimy big pieces of fish to put in a bag, and then where were they weighing them? There were no dedicated separate scales for weighing fish...
 
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That raw sienna sky looks very much like the skies we see here quite often so I wouldn't say it was OTT in any way. Love the whole image.
 
Tip of the day.

Keep your receipts.

Before I went in footie van.
My driver had to pay for evening meal and hotel.
He had the receipts, but something happened to them.
He never knew what.
He filled in claims form.
Refused, no receipts.
Went to bank, got a detailed statement.
Had to wait a month to get paid as not enough petty cash. Then he didn't get it all.
Got my accounts paid straight into account with wages, , easier and only lost one for a refreshment break at services on M5.
Mrs L wouldn't have been happy having to pay out so much!

One of my big issues with club, was not to have access to a bank card, to pay for similar things when necessary, always had to carry cash or my personal debit card. My immediate boss had one, to pay for hotels and such.
But the club's credit card, sometimes wouldn't pay up! That's happened a few times!!!
But I do remember, when you had to phone up and request permission to spend.
 
In my youth, fishing the river was a cheap meal.
And you learned how to gut and prepare.
Boning was my mother's job. But my dad prefered his with the bone.
Plaice is nice cooked properly.
 
What a lovely, friendly gesture from that man. I do hope you enjoy the meal.

Lovely artwork, wish I could do that, but that's not really where my talents lie, So envious of your gift.

Big Ted looks fine in his new outfit. Hope the wildlife will leave him alone.
 
It was wasn't it @Annb
I hope so too!

I find these fun and relaxing to do.
Thank you very much.

I hope the wildlife will leave him alone, too!
 
Just had an e-mail from my cousin (7 years older than me). He tells me that his wife now has dementia and will need care in future but that his cancer has returned and, of course, spread. Inoperable but he is in the process of having chemo and we'll hae to wait and see how much effect that will have. Not the kind of news I wanted to heaqr, especially at this time of year. I am hundreds of miles away from them (Western Isles to Bognor Regis) and can't even be there to comfort them. Frustrating. They do have family not too far away though, so I hope they all rally round.

BG this morning 8.5. It did go up to 10.7 but it's back down in the 4's now.
 
Hug for all that news, a saying, that is always someone else who is worse off comes too mind.
I couldn't even imagine a terrifying scenario as such.
Hope they get all the help they can! They are gonna need all of the love and support they can.
 
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