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Lilyflower Thu 15-Sept-16 11:29:02

Really cold butter on my rolls, toast, scones and buns. My DH has gone away for work for a few days and I have sneakily put the butter dish in the fridge. It's coming out rock hard and I am having to slice it. Lovely!

gillybob Thu 15-Sept-16 11:25:51

I really should get a grip on my addiction to 4.

It seems a safe number.

4 squares of (very dark) chocolate.
4 crab sticks
4 packets of crisps
4 cups of tea
4 glasses of wine

Elegran Thu 15-Sept-16 11:24:33

Our American visitors were once talking about the many varieties of cheese available here, far more than they were accustomed to. I said I liked Cambozola, and joked that the name was an EU one - made up of Camembert and Gorgonzola. They asked "What is Camembert? What is Gorgonzola?" Unfortunately they weren't here lomng enough to introduce them to all three, let alone any of the other varieties.

moxeyns Thu 15-Sept-16 11:17:34

Books! My to be read pile is becoming epic.

gillybob Thu 15-Sept-16 10:57:02

Surprised to hear you love the "word" prolly thatbags given that in a previous thread you said that you were

a pronunciation snob. Actually, no, I'm a stickler for articulation

I actually had to look it up as I have never heard of it.

Very sloppy. wink

POGS Thu 15-Sept-16 10:56:58

Be careful thatbags you will need bigger knickers by Xmas. grin

thatbags Thu 15-Sept-16 10:49:00

I've just indulged another of mine for my second breakfast after an hour or so's hedging: rough oatcakes with butter, a smear of jam and a slice of Cambozola. It was elegran who introduced me to that cheese. minibags calls it "that gooey cheese that goes well with strawberries".

Sometimes I have strawberries instead of jam ?

Craftycat Thu 15-Sept-16 10:47:04

2 cups of tea before I get out of bed in the morning (I love my tea maker machine!)
A couple pf glasses of wine in the evenings ( only 3 evenings a week usually)
Chocolate & cheese ( not together but I could not choose which I prefer)

Lona Thu 15-Sept-16 10:16:29

Mine is Gransnet of course, closely followed by tea and biscuits! Why would I want to give them up? wink

POGS Thu 15-Sept-16 10:16:18

Charity shops. Pruning and Dead Heading plants. Watching far too much tele. Making notes and lists. Eating too many potatoes. Swearing like a trooper. blush

Give um up, nah, I would have nothing to moan about.

Hmm, add to list Moaning grin

Nonnie Thu 15-Sept-16 10:04:29

Temptation - as Oscar Wilde said!

Teetime Thu 15-Sept-16 09:21:07

TV I'm sorry to say!!!

grannyqueenie Thu 15-Sept-16 09:19:31

"Prolly" I love that word too, bags, pendants of the gransnet world just cover your ears!!! Some linguistic mutations are just right, innit!
I've come back from holiday 3lbs heavier than than the 2 stone overweight I already was.....so I need to give up chocolate, cake, wine and live on fresh air for the rest of my life...such fun !

Wobblybits Thu 15-Sept-16 09:12:45

Three biscuits ??

Greyduster Thu 15-Sept-16 09:09:16

Two biscuits with my coffee sitting in bed first thing in the morning catching up with Gransnet. I need to be able to cure myself of the two biscuits!!

thatbags Thu 15-Sept-16 09:02:33

Love it, ffinn. One of my friends and I used to do that when we entered classrooms at school. When we were pupils.

ffinnochio Thu 15-Sept-16 08:54:08

Opening windows first thing in the morning, regardless of the weather ... apart from lashing rain. Even when the heating's on have to have a blast of the fresh stuff.
#lovefreshair

Christinefrance Thu 15-Sept-16 08:51:25

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

PRINTMISS Thu 15-Sept-16 08:44:20

The third biscuit with my afternoon cup of tea.

Nelliemoser Thu 15-Sept-16 08:34:57

Tea drinking. My hot water bottle. Buying bargain plants.

thatbags Thu 15-Sept-16 08:03:48

...that you feel you should but don't want to cure.

Like a handful of Skîttles with your early morning coffee (the second mug thereof). I also had half an apple and a Very Nutty flapjack—one of the famous Bags-made ones; see recipe section—with the first mug.

It's not strong coffee: prolly (I love that word!) a third as strong as most people make it.