In ‘A Journey: My Political Life’, he quotes the Queen as telling him “You are my 10th Prime Minister. The first was Winston [Churchill]. That was before you were born”.
Year: 2010
But something that really put a smile on my face today was to see a proper hinged panelled door, opening into the kitchen, to replace the stupid (and ugly) flush sliding door that used to dominate a wall in my lounge and – when open – actually obscured a light switch.
To be fair, there was never any argument from Glasses Direct, and they have been very pleasant on the phone, despite all this hassle. I have also heard good things from other people about them, so I am willing to believe that I have just been extremely unlucky.
They have only been here two days, but already the walls are stripped, the hideous brick fake fireplace has gone, and the awful artex ceiling is now under a layer of plasterboard, waiting to be plastered over.
I know this show pretty well, having seen it twice before, and owning the DVD of the original Broadway cast. So having thought about it on the train home, I can honestly say that this was the best of the shows I have seen live, and comes a close second to the original Broadway cast.
The met office is promising a sunny day on Saturday; so I guess we are probably doomed.
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One of the things that isn’t immediately obvious is that this larger grill is actually more practical than my kettle charcoal grill for just cooking for myself. With my kettle, even if I just want to do a couple of hamburgers for myself, there is a minumum amount of charcoal that is practical to use, which is actually more than is needed for a couple of hamburgers. After cooking, there is the same amount of cleanup, whether I have cooked for one, or a dozen, and I have to let it cool before picking out the unburned charcoal, to use again
Here are the games we played.