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I am in the group ‘extremely vulnerable’ and ‘shielding’ in UK parlance. Way back in Feb, I was undergoing new tests for another lung problem, other than the asthma...
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I am late to the conversation!
I am in the group ‘extremely vulnerable’ and ‘shielding’ in UK parlance. Way back in Feb, I was undergoing new tests for another lung problem, other than the asthma...
Colman’s English mustard (I prefer to buy it in powder form, but it’s readily available in tubes and jars). It’s HOT. I remember a cousin and his wife visiting from the US and, despite warnings,...
Like most people in the UK I can’t imagine NOT using an electric kettle, but as bae said, ours boil more quickly.
I swear by a British company, Dualit. I have their matching, retro style kettle,...
You have a good memory, Catherine! I don’t know whether it was your MiL’s accent, bit those words are Oxters and Tatties!
Other UK (mostly Scots) words/sayings
Stank. The grid in the gutter...
I have two different tog weights of duvets that snap together. In the early winter we use the higher tog on its own, then snap them together in the colder weather. In summer we use just the lighter...
Most days I make porridge, made withsteel-cut oats, water/milk and a good pinch of salt. When cooked, served with a wee smidgeon of milk and sprinkled with a little salt. Millions of Scots, over...
I don’t bake as much nowadays as I used to when my family were younger. I don’t cook bread very often anymore. I bake fresh scones every couple of days, and a batch of tattie scones whenever I...
I am so sorry.
I consider myself lucky never to have experienced drug addiction in my family. Mental illness? Yes. My niece in Australia, diagnosed with severe depression and eating disorders...
It certainly was. It’s etched in my memory and I am still frightened by the sight of any large dog off a lead.
My family have always had small dogs, Cairn or Aberdeen terriers.
ETA Aberdeens are...
Pit bulls and similar breeds were banned in the UK after so many attacks and deaths here, especially children.
When my daughter was about 8 we joined my friend and her same aged daughter, together...
My best wishes. Grief has no timetable.
So, not so unusual in the USA!
Tinned Sweetcorn and tuna, mixed with mayonnaise is a popular filling for jacket potatoes here in the UK. It can also be a sandwich filling. As i don’t like tinned tuna, I can’t vouch for how it...
He is sadly missed.
Peter Capaldi, the previous Dr Who, since I was a girl, and Alan Rickman.
Enjoy your retirement! I certainly do.
Me, too!
I am getting more and more introverted as I age. I was a shy child, then as an adult had to interact with Uni students and all that entails. Before I took voluntary early retirement, I found...
I live in the UK. I used to wear contacts, but found them increasingly uncomfortable so went back to glasses. My eyesight has been deteriorating for a number of years, and my prescriptions getting...
Okra
Black pudding
Spinach
squid and similar texture creatures, eg octopus
Peanut butter
Ya think?
That was meant light-heartedly.
Ah, but YOUR German genes are obviously much nicer than HIS German genes!
Techically, yes. In reality he is an American of German and Scots parentage. We blame the German genes!
Rob, as a Scot and a European, I am astounded at the views of your relatives, until I realised they are Austrians. Austrians, in the main, are known to favour right-wing, racist, homophobic,...
Oh no, you’re not going to foist that ‘no mark’ on us! He’s all yours.