1. What was the first album you ever bought?

I think I got into buying albums really late, when I was in my early twenties; I was a weird teenager.

I'm sure my first one was Kylie's "Hits +" album; I had a real crush on her when I was younger, and still do.


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My thefridayfive a day.

1. What's your favorite fruit or vegetable to look at?

I honestly like how broccoli looks; like little green trees, and controversially, I think it tastes nice.

2. What's your favorite juice?

I'll be weird, and say tomato juice; I like it with tabasco/worcestershire sauce.

3. What fruit tree would you like to have in your yard?

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A food and drink theme for thefridayfive this week.

1. What is your favorite vegetable?

I'm going to sound a bit weird right away, and say parsnips. I'll say weird because I know others aren't in agreement. I've seen a work colleague of mine leave the parsnips on the side of the plate during our Christmas meal along with his brussels sprouts, and I wish I'd ( Read more... )

I had a couple of mini-calamities last night; first off, I managed to smash my rice jar while trying to clear away my clean dishes and cutlery probably too late. Afterwards, I went to find my umpires' shirt for the tournament, and found it wasn't there. I quickly realised that I'd let Mum take it to her house with some other clothes out of my ( Read more... )

1. Do you like spicy food?

I do get a guilty pleasure out of it, yes, though if I have something important the next day where I wouldn't want to be dashing to a toilet, then I'll avoid it; it does unpredictable things to me.

2. Do you like your cereal crunchy or soggy?

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So, Liz Truss is PM, and Boris is gone, and comparing himself to a rocket, and although I'm not too impressed at her myself, the anti-Liz memes on Facebook are getting stupid (but the guy I see posting them is a dumb, anti-vaxx, pro-Trump idiot ( Read more... )

When walking to church recently, I've often bumped into friends in the same park; a started walking through there out of habit, and ended up seeing a group of them again.

Two weeks ago, I tried this again, and didn't see them, so today I almost did, but when I saw the overcast weather, I decided to go and sit in Starbucks to kill time again, then ( Read more... )

I had a nice day out with the family, visiting Anglesey Abbey; because of the unusually dry weather, it's already looking like Autumn in places; here's the view along the Jubilee Walk.


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1. What is the sweetest thing you've ever done for someone else?

Hard to know, really - recently there was the Harry Potter tour I bought Mum for mothers' day.

2. What do you wish people would do for you?

Not sure, really - maybe propose getting lunch/coffee rather than me having to make the first move.

3. What are your simplest pleasures?

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This month we're back to Joyful June, so posting the calendar for 2022.


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