Well the hoard have just left including MIL, children and grand kids. Even with three missing it's a crowd.
Boy, am I glad these don't come round more frequently.
Q. pressies - well what do you give a man who has everything?
A. friendship.
That's one of the values of this forum. Thanks for all the well wishes.
dawg (who didn't have to cook

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Experience is a wonderful thing. It helps you recognise a mistake when repeated.