Toast

I've never heard of What Everyone Wants or What Every Woman Wants, and I don't know why you mentioned me there. As for a Woolworths-a-like, I find Wilkinsons usually has everything you mention. Stamps, stationery, DIY goods, electrical bits, batteries, pet supplies, gardening stuff, housewares, toiletries, cleaning stuff, lottery .... oh yes, and Pick'n'Mix.

I haven't had tinned soup for years (still less cuppa soup). It's so easy to make your own. My budget tip is to buy a smoked ham hock (about £3.50 at local farm shop/butcher) Simmer it in plenty of water for two hours or so, until it's falling away from the bone. That water will turn into a couple of litres of tasty stock from which you can make fabulous soup from whatever you like. Good way to use up any left overs or tired veg. Meanwhile you will also have a fair bit of tasty meat which can be stretched in various ways. Nice with green lentils cooked in a bit of the bacon stock. And the skin can be roasted or grilled to make pork scratchings.

As long as he lasts through to the end of May, as I have tickets for some of those gigs.

Baby. Steve Miller Band, Tarrant County Convention Center, 1978. I genuinely can't remember what the first gig I attended was. (Note - this is slightly different from not remembering the first gig!) It would probably have been something at Oxford Town Hall c1971 or 1972. Possibly Genesis.

Ronnie Wood 'All Clear' After Lung Cancer Scare Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood revealed in a new interview that he is now cancer-free after being diagnosed with "a touch of lung cancer" in 2017. "I had three months of check-ups and it was all clear and they said go and enjoy life," Wood told Metro. Wood had a part of his lung removed after doctors found "this supernova burning away on my left lung," he said last August. Fortunately, the cancer didn't spread to other parts of the body – "If that had happened it would have been all over for me" – and the guitarist didn't require chemotherapy, which was good news as Wood didn't "want to lose my hair," he told Metro. "If your body is riddled with cancer, it’s a losing cause. Luckily, all mine was contained within the left lung and I was fortunate enough to get shot of it, bang. There was none in the rest of my body so I didn’t require chemo," Wood added, marveling that his lungs didn't "explode" after smoking cigarettes for over 50 years. Wood has since quit his nicotine habit. Wood also doled out some advice for those dealing with cancer. "Just be strong and remain positive," he said. "I was prepared to remain positive to my dying breath. I’ve had a great life and I was all ready to go. Wow! I didn’t know I was going to be given the ticket to last this long. What a reprieve." With a clean bill of health, Wood will join the Rolling Stones on their upcoming European tour. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ronnie-wood-all-clear-after-lung-cancer-scare-w518481 https://www.metro.news/ronnie-wood-on-the-bands-new-tour-exploding-lungs-and-the-ultimate-frontman/992188/

Or gardener. Or teacher. Or welder. Or plumber. Oh flip this might get out of hand Not comparable. It makes no difference to the job whether any of these is male or female. But generally, if you are casting a male role, you will be looking for a male actor. If casting a female role, a female actor. It would be convenient if we had separate single words to distinguish between the two. Oh wait ......

Actor when referring to a female. I really can't see the sense in this usage. The other day I was musing over who might play a certain (male) role in an upcoming series, and I looked for a "list of Scottish actors". What came up was an unsorted list of actors AND actresses which was a PITA. Now I'm all for equality and all that, but really this is one area where it's usually horses for courses, innit?

We all love Lardy. Well, anyone who doesn't can fuck right off.

No, it's an acronym.

ODFOD

That's a fact, not a word.

What do you mean by "using a Death Pool smaller than 26 people"? Using for what?

WTF was going on there?

I got the impression he meant someone else

I like that. I've just sent it on to a friend who is currently in Thailand.

Please tell us he didn't take the telly with him.

Do let me know if any of them are no good.

@Spade_Cooley The death of Bernie DeKoven prompts me to ask if you got my last batch of photos for DDP. Sent on 16 March.

A thing I do which won't suit people who are totally skint everybody: Whenever I get a £2 coin in my change, it goes in a piggy bank. 1. You don't tend to get them that often but 2. The value mounts up quickly So it's a way of saving up for things, be that bills, emergencies or treats.

I've a feeling you might be right.

Ah, but

Oh, and YW, I see your Beatles and raise you

Thank you. I too cringe at these timid euphemisms. "Passed". Passed what? An exam? Driving test? Wind? This site of all places should be a haven where the members are not afraid to use the word "died".

Thanks for this. Highly entertaining.

Not strictly a single word, but I find it infuriating when people won't simply state the age of a child, but insist on using school jargon which is unfathomable to those of us of a certain age. I haven't a clue what Year 7 or Year 12 means, why can't they just say a ten-year-old or whatever. Yours grumpily Toast (Year 98)