The fact that you said that maddadof….says different! 😂

:-) :-) If i was pedantic " 3.28084 ", but i'm not ;-)

I've just been reading the tributes and donations. Lovely messages. To bear the diagnosis, treatment and final prognosis that Simon did so bravely takes a special person. I only met him briefly but it was obvious how well suited he and Em were. Any disease where someone is taken too early is a cruel theft of a life that had so much to give, but their time together will bring the special memories for Em that she worked so hard to build.

When you think of the price of a car compared to the price of a bike,even a good one it does seem a little unfair ?

I can't see many reps trogging up the A-roads to their next appointment on a bike and arriving all hot and sticky.

Or to look at it another way, 27 miles a day, every day of the year.

I work in our village community shop and we were selling doggie ice-cream a lot.

Many owners said they would be walking theirs earlier and later in the heatwave.

I expect yours were thinking they would stay in and be cool…

LOL indeed 😀 said Lol

@ Maddadof. That was very funny. LOL.

I was a bit slow with that one. Had to read it twice but then made me laugh out loud

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The elephant is a graceful bird

It hops from bough to bough

It lays its eggs in the rhubarb tree

And whistles like a cow

(Or twig to twig and like a pig if you prefer.)

More accurate to say very old but still funny.

Did elephant birds flock?

Sexist? The protagonist has to be a person doesn’t it?

Sexist but still funny.

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PMSL Not herd that before :-)

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SWMBO broke her leg 3 weeks ago.

Once her leg was in plaster, A&E prescribed an anti-coagulant injection and said we could pick up the prescription from our local health centre (it's just across the road). 4 days later and no prescription. Checked with A&E and they hadn't sent it ou, so hande it to us!

Boots didn't stock the item and said try hospital pharmacy then stated that the injections would be dangerous because of one of her regular blood thining tablets and refused to issue a repeat prescription!

A&E claimed there was no problem and said to try the hospital pharmacy for the injections. Pharmacy issued prescription and agreed with Boots pharmacist that it could be dangerous to mix the anti-coagulant and blood thinners.

Are you better now? That must have been really worrying.

I had that problem too. I was sent by one specialist to another for some sort of scans. After the scans I asked the nurse what was the result. She said the specialist there would write to the first specialist and they would let me know. The result - nothing. I had to ask my doctor and fortunately he was able to access the hospital records. Only because I asked my doctor did I find out what was causing me to loose 50% of the movement and 90% of the strength in my left arm. Happened overnight so a bit worrying.

I had a call a couple of days ago to give me an appointment for a nerve conductivity test to see why my hand is numb and it’s spreading in extent. I was told I’d get an email confirmation but nothing yet, nothing on the NHS App, and nothing in the post. I don’t know where she was calling from (very thick accent) so will have to do some phoning round next week. Why can’t they update things straight away?

I'm in full agreement with this. But I also think they should be sacked for not accessing medical records. My wife was put on iron tablets due to anaemia caused by other meds she takes. First month or two was okay then tried to get more and it wasn't sent to the chemist. Tried later and was told it had been rejected last time but she'd try. Got the answer today in a text that it was refused and if she wants them she has to buy them over the counter. It's becoming a regular thing around the country that gp's are prescribing meds then someone is refusing them. No tests have been done since to see if they're still needed but with other meds it's likely she would.

Yes, hopefully the hospital in Liverpool will realise how wrong they got it

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to donate. Em appreciates it and it is wonderful that so many of you have despite not even knowing Simon personally.

I feel a bit of an attachment to this charity, as it's the trial that my husband took part in once he was diagnosed with his asbestos disease (mesothelioma). The specialists were monitoring how frequently it metastasized into the bile duct, causing the same cancer that Simon had. Really hope they find a cure for it so no one else has to go through what Em and Simon did.

I'm so very grateful to Chris for giving his OK to the blog, May for writing it and to everyone who has donated in Simon's name. I can't believe we have reached £1090.00 and the site has only been live for two days!

Simon would be very pleasantly surprised and also grateful.

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Architects like to specify them for their clients’ plans - they’re not paying themselves. Then the architects earn enough to be able to use them on their own houses…

"very expensive but very good quality."

There's the problem, that's not what today's developers want.

Who cares if the whole estate is a pile of rubble in 20 years? The shareholders will have had their bonuses by then.

There were a number of small brick companies locally - all gone and people still collect the bricks with the names on them. I blame the developers and builders who source bricks from countries which have children working in unsafe conditions. The government could make it easier for local companies if they stopped throwing money on vanity projects like HS2.

Michelmersh are all hand-made bricks, very expensive but very good quality. There is a site still at Romsey, Hants, which will be expanded, apparently. When I was working for a small builder, around 1987-2002, their basic bricks were about £1 each compared with the bog-standard LBCs which were about 10p-60p max. But, like I say, beautiful bricks with a much nicer finish.

They will probably import the bricks from the other side of the world ! 🫣

At least the bricks will be readily available for the developers 😂

I agree with your thoughts Beth.

Both funny.

Kb/Enver :-) :-) :-)

& Woof! It looks like your business has gone to the dogs...

You could compare prices on "Outfox the Market" ..

We give them away!

Absolutely, it's a sign of desperation.

Does anyone agree that Ms. Reeves is vote-chasing? Anyone who really wanted to help families would reduce the cost of 'proper' food - fruit, veg, basic staples - not sweets and biscuits that will only cause more costs in dental treatment down the line.

They're also adding larger-size bottles and cans of fizzy & energy drinks into the "meal-deal" offer, thereby increasing the amount of sugar consumed by children and adults! Moving the sweeties away from the checkout areas hasn't made a blind bit of difference!

I did read that their staples were only on a 2% mark-up as loss-leaders to get buyers into the store, so there isn’t much room to play with on those prices without cutting payments to the farmers.

After seeing Tesco profits, they could well afford to reduce prices on staples like bread, milk & eggs- never mind just capping them!

You'd have thought by now.that someone would have written a computer program for the Govt to take everything into account to predictt or simulate the long & short term effects of any budget changes on the economy, so they could make better budgets in future.

Many years ago someone was considering doing a computer program to simulate life from birth to death, dunno if they managed it or how it went.

They are also removing VAT on children’s admissions to theme parks, and giving young people free bus travel in August…. It seems to me this is a government intent on giving anyone with children as much as they possibly can - working families without kids, or whose kids have grown up (not talking about pensioners - triple lock was in place before they took over), are waved away, shooed out of the queue and told to go to the back of the line . Can’t the stupid woman realise that reducing Fuel Duty will reduce the cost of delivering goods to supermarkets, thereby reducing prices of proper food, not sweets, and will mean other workers like builders, sales reps, traders like electricians and plumbers (and my dog walker!) won’t have to raise prices to cover their fuel costs.

Oh for goodness sake so they must be in league with the weight loss jab folks!

Bisto Kid, I saw that this morning and couldn't believe it, of all the things to reduce the price of, absolutely crazy!

I read this morning changes that Ms Reeves promised to make to help out the "hard working people" in these times of paucity. Now one would hope that a reduction in fuel tax would be welcome or help for businesses to stay afloat ....but no....she has promised to reduce the price of BISCUITS and CHOCOLATE! It wasn't long ago Labour was ranting about a further tax on sugar and how they are determined to stamp out obesity in children so what does our esteemed Chancellor do? Reduce the prices of the main constituents causing it. It beggars belief!!

Having been a teacher, I recall David Blunkett who deserved respect as Education Minister.

You have all put it so much more succinctly than I could - and I completely agree.

It’s truly frightening that Government appears to be one of the few areas in life in which appointments are routinely made with little or no regard to qualifications or experience that might make the appointee suitable for the job in hand. Reshuffles usually consist of the same set of mediocre figures being shifted around and given new job titles - only very rarely does someone with genuine ability emerge from the pack.

@ Beth and samandi - Although I agree with you both in general the Ministers and aids are assisted by Civil Servants who must presumably take some of the blame, Unless, of course, they were overruled.

I don't think a new cabinet will improve things. Very few of these people actually have experience of what they are put in charge of, so they all bumble along until there is another shuffle.

@Em, a really good cry is all part of the grief process. Don't be ashamed and don't fell you need to hide it, it simply a sign of how much you loved him, and he loved you.

You can let off steam here any time

Oh Em, yes it is all so unfair for you. Don’t fret about a bit of a breakdown, it’s a release valve and sometimes you just have to wallow in your own self-pity. It’s part of your own grieving process which should be whatever feels appropriate for you but isn’t always under control. It’s very early days and you are grieving and deeply saddened. Yes, it is the small things that hit you. It’s good you have many treasured memories and you are surrounded with love and support. Sounds a great idea that you are trying support groups with others in a similar situation. Everyone on here is thinking of you 💞

Try and take some comfort in the fact that you had time to make the memories together because you knew the possibility it could happen. If it had been a car crash or heart attack, and you had had no warning, you would have missed all that and not had your final letter to keep Simon’s thoughts with you. Yes, it is so unfair. We are all thinking of you.

Thank you all.

I had a bit of a breakdown this evening. I needed to put the towels in the wash for overnight and then while putting the clean towels up on the towel radiator, I was sobbing as I did so. It's the first time that I have only needed one single bath sheet on the radiator. It's the little things which hit you sometimes.

He should be here rolling his eyes at me for wanting the towels to be folded just-so.

I shouldn't be a widow at 37.

It's all so unfair.

Sending so much love at this most difficult of times.

Oh Em.

I have to stop there, I've got a lump in my throat.

My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself.

May has written a blog with the link to Simon's memorial page, funeral and live stream information and the charities Em has chosen in his memory: https://pickmypostcode.com/blog/tribute-to-simon-white-1988-2026/

I am so sorry to read about your loss. The photos are great, and you both look so happy. My thoughts and best wishes are sent to you. Simon will always be with you in your happy memories. Take care.

Maggie's in Southampton is lovely. Wish I had known about it (if it was there) when I needed it. A double bed is the loneliest place in the world, but hang on in there - you have many of us here who share your pain, and understand what you are going through.

I am sure that sharing how you are will help others on the site who may be in similar circumstances.

I’m glad you are using Maggies.

I think the bench is a lovely idea. I hope you are able to get one there.

I'm glad you are trying the support groups you can. Go to as many as feel suited to you and give them a go. I'm sure you'll find help and support from others there.

Thank you all and a massive thank you to those who have very kindly donated. It's very generous of you.

Yesterday I went to Lepe Country Park to discuss the possibility of a memorial bench for Simon. He really loved it there. Just got to wait for them to get back to me, which might take a while as a memorial bench is placed for 10 years. But she did say that some were coming to the end of their standing.

I also went to a 'craft & natter' drop in session at Maggie's, the cancer charity. I quite enjoyed it and think I'll go to the next one.

This morning there's a session at Maggie's called 'the art of relaxation' so I'm trying that too.

I'm not sleeping well because I miss Simon being next to me, I miss his hugs and snuggling before sleep, but I'm trying to keep going.

I have love & support surrounding me and I'm so grateful for it. I'm grateful for all of you too.

Thanks Em and good for you to give a little update on how you’re doing. So many on here thinking of you. This is a busy time but glad you are getting by one day at a time. A time of mixed emotions as you share memories/ photos and the letter Simon left for you seems a loving and caring gesture even if it did bring on your tears at this sad and emotional time. Something to treasure. Glad you have had some occasional laughter too. Take care💞

The pictures are lovely Em, sending you lots of love.

Sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with you.

Some nice photos there, it will get better for everyone given time. He was brave to endure it all & hooe what they discovered will help others in future.

However unlikely it may seem now, with all Simon’s suffering so raw and recent, over time these images will recede and let the better ones come through. You’ll always have them in the back of your mind but they will appear differently, more as a symbol of Simon’s strength and bravery and the closeness you shared. Just give it time - one year, five years, everyone should take the time they need, not what others decide for them.

Good to see such lovely photos of happier times. I hope that with time your memories will give you some comfort

Such lovely photos of you and Simon, it is so unfair that Simon had to die so young, he was a very brave man, and you will treasure his last letter forever.

Thinking of you often x

Lovely photos Em, thank you.

Your pups have given pleasure and comfort to lots of people.

The puppy photo is lovely. Em and Simon look so happy.

I have added the puppy photo last night. Hope you like it.

It's a lovely idea that people can post memories and photos of Simon. It'll always be something you are able to look back on 💕

Great photos Em. Non tech me finally got to the page after some stupid AI was poking its nose in. You have got some lovely memories there. Take care of yourself and don't rush things.

Thanks for sharing this Em.Lovely photos.Thinking of you ♥️

Awww lovely....thinking of you, take care ❤️

What a lovely tribute, Emma. Simon looks so handsome and happy. The Dancing Man is very appropriate - Simon will be dancing in heaven.

Thanks for sharing with the PMP family Em. Thinking of you and your family.. Xx

Thanx Emma.

Such lovely, happy pictures and beautiful memories to treasure forever. In our thoughts brave lady xx

Thanks for sharing the photos with us Em. Thinking of you. Take care 💞

As Saphicat said,some lovely photos of you both.I am glad that you are able to raise a smile at times although tears will be close to the surface.Glad you are keeping busy as much as you can.

Thank you for posting this Em, nice to see the pictures of a happier time. Thinking of you each day ❤️

Some gorgeous photos there Em .... I love, love, love the colour of your bridesmaid dresses and the profile picture of you two is simply stunning. It's so wrong that you've lost Simon so very young and, as you say, you can only take each day at a time. You are in all of our thoughts and hopefully we can help a little bit if you remember that we're all sending unlimited virtual hugs & tons of positive wishes 💕

Sounds rather close to home!

Raised a smile.

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No, these are Tesco’s Stockwell ones, bought for the dogs, so they won’t be getting the expensive ones. I’m getting quite good at the technique now.

Sounds dangerous Beth.Try the ring pull ones.

Anyone tried opening a tin of tuna with a can opener recently? They always seem to have a couple of dents somewhere round the rim and I end up pushing a knife through , bending the lid up and trying to operate the opener at the same time.

Last time we had them was about 20 years ago they were on special offer (steak, steak & kidney, steak and ale - 4 for £4 - I think) and there was more soggy pastry than steak. They used to be a good staple to have in the cupboard for the winter.

I remember Fray Bentos pies, couldn't get a tin opener that would cut the lid off! Mind you, if one did manage to get into it, the effort was wasted, more meat in a veggie sausage!

Stopped you asking for a second helping I bet !😭😤

Like a spaghetti bolognese the stingy chef in Germany once made for staff, a bucketfull of spaghetti, 50ml bottle of Tabasco, & just one level dessertspoon of mince, nothing else, it was really watery & burnt your lips.

I still have 3 Fray Bentos pies, All Day Breakfast & 2x Chicken & Mushroom i picked up reduced to 70p, just take the lid off & throw in the oven for half hour till the pastry has risen & crispy, just enough for 2 people. I used to buy their "pie in a tin" regularly, but when they went over a pound I stopped.

Hey, Mrs Kb, you’ve got the new stand-up comic for the office party and you don’t even know it!

Hi Beth glad you're enjoying my jokes. A bit of both really. I'm really quite a shy guy my wife doesn't even know I do this!!

Two questions: 1. Do you create these, or find them? 2. If you create them, why aren't you on the stage - yours are better than many so-called comics, and if you find them, Where?

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Ah. I don't do WAD.

I have a confession to make - please don't tell the RSPCA! The boys were being a pain this evening, bouncing all over each other and threatening to go off in corners (bad sign!) which meant I was constantly chucking them in the garden, then bringing them in and trying to do more research. I knew one had performed (watching them on the Alarm system monitor) but not the other, so around 9.30 they went to the back door again, I put them out and forgot them. Next thing I knew there was a scraping at the back door and I suddenly realised that the big black blob in the dog bed wasn't the two puppies on top of each other but Indi, taking advantage of their absence to get into her own bed for once. I looked at the time, and it was 10.30 - pitch black and getting a bit chilly, though luckily quite mild compared with the last few nights. I let Shadow in, who was ecstatic to see me, but no sign of Storm - panic! had he fallen in the pond, escaped out of the gate that I carefully wired and he then walked through the following day? I grabbed the torch and went searching, with the old Psalm whatever running through my head - 'and did he not go and seek the missing lamb, and bring it home safely' or whatever... anyway, no sign of Storm, I went back to check the back doorstep and he came hurtling out of the dark, leaped indoors, covered me with kisses and the two of them smothered me, jumped all over me and my notes, email, phone and pens, before having a play fight and then crashing out together. Indi has lost her bed again. Never mind, she is on mine with the electric blanket coming through nicely.

Looks like your Woody won a dinner?

Let’s hope something comes of your unexpected meeting 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Thanks Jaffa, I didn't see the post (Bonus Page) until now.

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We did spray or sprinkle or splash messes like that on large canvasrs we made at school, It didn't say much to us .but it was easy to do & we only used the more colourful ones to hide the pipes or fill a blank wall space.

The art teacher could do a Rolf Harris/Tony Hart with a small roller using just black paint, he painted Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, & 2 other musicians on the orange sliding cupboard doors in the seniors room.

Well, I've had another look and Pollock's scribble still doesn't say anything to me and is certainly not something I would give house room to. As for the coloured stripe on a canvas, that is surely something that anyone with a tester pot of paint could produce.

SuedeNym, I'm not hating on Rothko perse, but modern art in general as I said I don't get. I don't seem to have imagination to visualise the sort of things you are referring to. I've never been able to create something like art, drawings or anything like that.

My OH tries to describe things, but he ends up drawing them, cos I just can't visualise what he's describing.

You all seem to be hating on Rothko but I have quite a bit of time for his work. These paintings are meant to be sat with and contemplated for a while so that you start to see the fields of colour shimmer and see the many layers and overpainting that has gone into creating them. They have been described as Buddhist TV sets - a bit of a glib statement but you get what they mean. When we were taken as a group to see them in the Tate the tutor asked us what feelings we got from them, making out that they were depressing, being all dark maroon and such but I found them calming.

The story of Mark Rothko is quite tragic - he committing suicide and was partly driven to it by the appalling treatment that he got from the gallery that signed him up - Marlborough Fine Art. They constantly pushed him to produce more and more works that they could sell and persuade him to compromise his artistic integrity to make them more commercial. It was a bit like a record label signing a band and worked in a very similar way. He also overpainted acrylic on top of oils which is a big no no as it makes the painting unstable due to the different rates of drying so they are a nightmare to conserve and could all fall apart in the future. Some have speculated that he did it deliberately to get back at the gallery!

Lol63, yep that sounds like Rothko paintings. My OH, daughter and me went to a modern art museum in Dublin. Well one of the art pieces ( I use the term loosely) was an old TV playing a video, of what I don't remember, but that piece was the catalyst for me. I left them to it and went and sat outside, I was so annoyed !

SuedeNym. That would be an interesting critique...everyone stood around saying "it's not my cup of tea". Or maybe the art class was reality.

I took art A-Level at school and as a "treat" we were taken to London to see an exhibition of modern art at the Tate (not Tate Modern.)

My friend Shaun and I wandered around enormous canvasses with titles like "Black on Maroon," "Maroon on Red," "Maroon on Blue," which were all basically just a huge coloured vertical stripe. Then by chance we turned a corner into the classical section and were greeted by Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais. A relatively modest 30x44 inches.

As one, we both said "Now THAT'S a painting."

Umm, I really don't get so called modern art. Mark Rothko in particular makes me cross. It's just squares of colour. I don't see depth, interest, shading anything. Just someone whose used a tester pot to try out the best colour ! I cant get immersed in it as Rothko suggested. One sold yesterday for 74 million dollars, sorry to all the art lovers , but that amount of money for a square of colour is obscene!

If you want to own the art, the artist has done the job. A famous musician once said there are two sorts of music, good or bad.

They were wrong opera singers hurt my ears, there is music you like & music you don't like.

I saw an exhibition of his in Milan years ago and some of his stuff was really good as they all had to be able to paint classical scenes.I think he hated most women though.

I remember saying to my mate as we came out of an Art History class, ‘Thank goodness Picasso’s just died - at least he won’t be churning out any more junk for us to learn.’ She nudged me and said, ‘Mr. … (the teacher) ‘s behind us.’ I risked a glance and he was smiling, so I don’t think I offended him too much. When I got to uni I sent him a C & A carrier bag - you know the one with loads of dots in the middle and the letters in shades of colours, like those puzzle pictures. I put a note, ‘How could Seurat sink so low as to become a commercial artist?’

Yeah Alley1940, I do have a bit of a problem with conceptual art and 'installations'. Anyone who thinks you can get away with sticking up a video and saying 'it means whatever you want it to mean' needs to experience an art school group crit. This is where you put up on the wall whatever you've been working on and the rest of the class ask you to explain it. You'd better be able to defend your work because your peers don't hold back and those things can be brutal! I sometimes think some modern artists need a bit of that.

In the end I think you really agree with me SuedeNym.

My other peeve is the modern use of the word "Poetry". I was taught that poetry always rhymed and that anything that was a nice use of words was prose. Nobody can change me on that however hard they try.

I once sat through a talk by a teacher whose school had created an Art room and did a big project on the artist mentioned above. I turned to the colleague sitting next to me and said, "Well, that was a load of Pollocks!". She nearly wet herself.

Whilst I'm not a great fan of Jackson Pollock, I feel that as someone with a degree in Fine Art, I should offer some defence of modern art. These works may look like are simple to produce because they're not obvious recreations of recognisable 'real world' things, they are far from that. Try copying one yourself or look up a YouTube video of the artist and you'll see how much work goes into it. The artist is trying to convey more abstract ideas, rather than just illustrating them literally.

There are two things I believe you should ask of a work of art... that is that it should have intent and it should tranform whatever medium it uses to convey that intent. Drawing is a skill that can be learned, but seeing is unique. Just like you can learn an instrument but it won't make you a composer. The artist is trying to say something which may or may not be successful but it's still a valid endeavour.

Having said all that I do think a work of art should have some presence, speaking as the art student that tripped over the damned bricks in the Tate!

My unmade bed looks better to me than the artist's one ever did and I used to have some spare bricks somewhere.

I know art is subjective but can that be described as anything but scribble?

The price of fish & chips is expensive though..!

I like a nice bit of pollock "with chips", but i wouldn't pay that much ;-)

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Like that!

Very good, csikijanos! 😀

A load of bull, or at least fishy.

Very funny.

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You like the posts, but if you mark the page as a favourite, you'll see posts higher up in your feed.

One thing I have been working on at feeding time is making them stay on their own feed bowls and not go checking each other’s or Indi’s until I say so, when they have all finished. They also have to wait until told before diving in to start with - I lost a complete bowl of food when one jumped up and pawed at it as I was putting it down.

Your posts are always good reading Beth. We never had any problems with our dogs when they were pups except for one who had been a stay and at the beginning used to scavenge any food she could find. She soon learnt that she would get fed regularly.

Essay is an ongoing black cloud hanging over me - 3,000 words on Austen’s Persuasion and Pride &Prejudice. Quite enjoying it but a lot of work as we have to include critics’ writings and our own independent study done during the term. The trouble was that there was a lot of reading, note taking etc during the term, and different independent study each week, and you don’t know until the end which books you are going to choose, so you may find the independent work isn’t the one you needed to do for the question or books you are using, so you have to find time to do another chunk…

Beth, You know your going to miss them. keep the posts coming please..

And did you get your essay finished with all the interruptions? Aren't they lovely when they're asleep 😂

From Rob in Derbyshire.

Quite often, the dogs got to the pet shop counter before the owner did, so we got to know many people by the names of their dogs or by what they normally bought, ie Brandy’s dad, Tesses mum, Mrs pound of Shapes. One old boy used to drag this thing in on a bit of string. We used to refer to him as “My dogs got fleas” as that’s how he once introduced himself.

Maybe you are Squeaky's Mum, or a runny mummy?

Beth. Ref your spare key - have you thought about installing a keysafe to the outside wall of your home?

Don’t tempt me! I have a fridge full of bottles, but as I said to my friend when she commented on it, they are full - if they were empties in the glass box, it would be something to worry about! Most have been there for months - the beer is from last summer, the Baileys was a Christmas present and the sherry was the bottle I took on holiday last year. I think my liver is safe.

Beth, I think I'd be swapping the coffee for something stronger! 😀🍷

In The Yorkshire Vet (Channel 5), they are constantly having to open up dogs to extract something they've eaten. Quite often, it's repeat offenders, so keep an eye on 'em, now they've got the taste.

Blimey Beth, they certainly keep you on your toes - understatement! ☺️

They could turn into house breakers and start a career of crime….😂😂