The Alfies are a six‑piece covers band formed for a 90’s university reunion party, but we just kept on playing. The band comprises members Mitra Djalili, Caroline Shears, Ross Richardson, Andy Baker, Affy Sheikh and Alex Craig. From 90s pop, Britpop and indie bangers we now play whatever we like from the 00’s, 10’s and 20’s. Between us, we’ve clocked up years of live experience – pubs that turned into full‑blown singalongs, reunions where we amped up the nostalgia and parties where the dance floor never emptied. And if you want to unleash your inner rockstar, we occasionally dabble in Bandaoke (live karaoke with a full band behind you). It’s exactly as fun and unhinged as it sounds.
Available for hire for cover residencies, bar gigs, private events, venues, and festivals with fees negotiable. If you want a band that seriously brings the energy, and seriously doesn’t take itself too seriously, get in touch. Seriously.
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Kenny b
4 minutes ago
I was on a safari holiday a few years ago. A woman in front of me said "look there's a flock of elephants"
" A herd" I told her.
"Herd of what?" She asked.
"Herd of elephants" I told her.
"Of course I've heard of elephants" she said "there's a flock of them over there!!” 😜😜
Poppy
in 2 minutes
🤣
Poppy
1 hours ago
Following on from Bob up and Down's comment a few days ago, I've just read that 11 NHS staff have been sacked for inappropriately accessing medical records of the victims in the Nottingham attack, and rightly so. What is wrong with people these days?
Bob up and Down🟦
in 28 minutes
Yes, hopefully the hospital in Liverpool will realise how wrong they got it
Lol 63
2 hours ago
I read the blog.
Made a donation.
Tried to think of something to write.
Got all choked up.
Marie
1 hours ago
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.
Chocolate Spaniel
3 hours ago
Thank you for publishing a blog about Emma and Simon. Much appreciated, and great that donations are being made to her chosen well deserving charities.
Marie
1 hours ago
💕
Beth8it!
10 hours ago
How’s this for irony: Michelmersh Bricks are closing their 139 year old site at Charnwood due a slump in sales, fall in confidence in the housing market, despite the government’s promise to build thousands of homes each year. They are considering what to do with the site but say they may sell it for redevelopment…
Lol 63
2 hours ago
"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.
Little Owl
3 hours ago
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.
Beth8it!
4 hours ago
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.
MickmeDad
5 hours ago
They will probably import the bricks from the other side of the world ! 🫣
samandi
6 hours ago
At least the bricks will be readily available for the developers 😂
Alley1940
6 hours ago
I agree with your thoughts Beth.
Kenny b
a day ago
I'm thinking of starting up a business renting out dogs for hunting parties.
I'm going to call it.......
We lease the hounds!! 😜😜
Alley1940
6 hours ago
Both funny.
maddadof
20 hours ago
Kb/Enver :-) :-) :-)
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
& Woof! Looks like your business has gone to the dogs...
You could compare prices on "Outfox the Market" ..
Beth8it!
a day ago
We give them away!
Beth8it!
a day ago
Just been reading up on the proposed taxes and changes to be made by the possible replacements for the current incumbent on No. 10. Most of them look totally unfeasible, unfair and probably downright immoral. Would they be bringing in a new Cabinet or just carrying on? Goodness knows, but probably playing pass-the-parcel and musical chairs with job titles and offices ‘to make their mark.’ Bring in new people who know nothing about the subject to replace the current ones. I hope to goodness they do away with Reeves the Raider - I found the following interesting info while reading up on Sir Walter Scott last month. Is it a coincidence that the Reivers were border rustlers?
Wiki definition: ‘Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border. They included both English and Scottish people, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims’ nationality. They operated in a culture of legalised raiding and feuding.’ well, well. Plus ca change etc.
Beth8it!
4 hours ago
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.
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
a day ago
After seeing Tesco profits, they could well afford to reduce prices on staples like bread, milk & eggs- never mind just capping them!
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
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.
Beth8it!
a day ago
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.
Jaffa
a day ago
Oh for goodness sake so they must be in league with the weight loss jab folks!
Poppy
a day ago
Bisto Kid, I saw that this morning and couldn't believe it, of all the things to reduce the price of, absolutely crazy!
Bisto Kid
a day ago
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!!
csikijanos
a day ago
Having been a teacher, I recall David Blunkett who deserved respect as Education Minister.
Mrs Pea 🫛
a day ago
You have all put it so much more succinctly than I could - and I completely agree.
Purple Anonymous
a day ago
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.
Alley1940
a day ago
@ 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.
samandi
a day ago
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
1 days ago
Hi all. Hope you're all ok.
Simon's memorial/tribute page is ready to view, if anyone wants:
https://simonwhite.muchloved.com
It includes photos, anyone can add them. It could include memories if people decide to post something. It also has charity and funeral information, including the live stream link and password.
No obligation, this is just for information. Maybe some would like to see the photos. I look a bit wind swept and interesting in the one which my sister posted of Simon & I on a camel. (She was on the camel in front of us with my nephew)
I'm getting by 1 day at a time. It's a very busy week sorting Simon's accounts. This evening was particularly emotional when I found letters he wrote the night before his surgery. I called my parents & brother-in-law to warn them before I forwarded, then sat and shed a few tears over mine. But there have been some occasional laughs as well as tears. I'm best with a task, so keeping busy.
Speak soon.
Lol 63
2 hours ago
Oh Em.
I have to stop there, I've got a lump in my throat.
Tattie
4 hours ago
My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself.
Marie
5 hours ago
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/
tracy
6 hours ago
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.
Beth8it!
6 hours ago
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.
Jaffa
7 hours ago
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.
Marie
9 hours ago
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.
Em
9 hours ago
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.
YogiK
19 hours ago
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💞
Damsel
20 hours ago
The pictures are lovely Em, sending you lots of love.
BMS
a day ago
Sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with you.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
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.
Beth8it!
a day ago
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.
Mrs F
a day ago
Good to see such lovely photos of happier times. I hope that with time your memories will give you some comfort
Happy
a day ago
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
samandi
a day ago
Lovely photos Em, thank you.
Jaffa
a day ago
Your pups have given pleasure and comfort to lots of people.
Little Owl
a day ago
The puppy photo is lovely. Em and Simon look so happy.
Beth8it!
a day ago
I have added the puppy photo last night. Hope you like it.
Marie
a day ago
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 💕
Shyboy
a day ago
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.
Always Hope
1 days ago
Thanks for sharing this Em.Lovely photos.Thinking of you ♥️
Pettal
1 days ago
Awww lovely....thinking of you, take care ❤️
Little Owl
1 days ago
What a lovely tribute, Emma. Simon looks so handsome and happy. The Dancing Man is very appropriate - Simon will be dancing in heaven.
maddadof
1 days ago
Thanks for sharing with the PMP family Em. Thinking of you and your family.. Xx
Barrie
1 days ago
Thanx Emma.
Bisto Kid
1 days ago
Such lovely, happy pictures and beautiful memories to treasure forever. In our thoughts brave lady xx
Poppy
1 days ago
Thanks for sharing the photos with us Em. Thinking of you. Take care 💞
Jaffa
1 days ago
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.
Chocolate Spaniel
1 days ago
Thank you for posting this Em, nice to see the pictures of a happier time. Thinking of you each day ❤️
Saphicat
1 days ago
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 💕
GrumpyGran
1 days ago
My therapist keeps telling me I should "love myself".
I try, I really do,but I'm just not my type!
Lol 63
2 hours ago
Sounds rather close to home!
Alley1940
a day ago
Raised a smile.
samandi
a day ago
😄
maddadof
1 days ago
:-)
Grumpy grandad
1 days ago
For the first time in years we had a Fray Bentos chicken and mushroom pie with our dinner, i now know why we haven't had it for years, the meat and mushroom would struggle to fill an eggcup. They used to be full of meat, now no better than chicken soup.
Beth8it!
a day ago
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.
Jaffa
a day ago
Sounds dangerous Beth.Try the ring pull ones.
Beth8it!
a day ago
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.
Little Owl
1 days ago
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.
Bisto Kid
1 days ago
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!
Jaffa
1 days ago
Stopped you asking for a second helping I bet !😭😤
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
1 days ago
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.
Kenny b
2 days ago
Bought a Greyhound yesterday.
My mate asked "are you going to race it"
"Don't be daft" I said "He'd beat me no problem!!" 😜😜
Beth8it!
a day ago
Hey, Mrs Kb, you’ve got the new stand-up comic for the office party and you don’t even know it!
Kenny b
a day ago
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!!
Beth8it!
1 days ago
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?
maddadof
1 days ago
:-) :-)
Insides And Outsides
2 days ago
Had a productive chat just now with my wheelie bin. Apparently it had been feeling a bit put out.
Kenny b
1 days ago
😁
maddadof
2 days ago
:-) :-)
Marie
2 days ago
😀
Poppy
2 days ago
🤣
Beth8it!
2 days ago
Puppy tails - today I decided to have another session down in Hythe, a small village/town in Hampshire next to Solent Water, views of the cruise ships coming in and out, and a nice little shopping centre. I only took the boys, not Indi, and decided to concentrate on them walking nicely, behaving round other dogs, and crossing all the many side roads and junctions properly. After a couple of false starts when Storm forgot what Sit meant at crossings, and we had to redo it four times, they were excellent again. Lots of people wanted to stroke them, and they only tried to jump up once (Shadow, I think). A couple of times I got talking for quite a while - ran into a couple of ladies I had met at the vets earlier when I took Indi for her vaccinations , and they wanted to make a fuss of them, then Hooray, ran into an old friend - I taught his daughter to ride when she was 14, helped her break and train her first pony and she helped me break in my young pony. I met his wife about 5 yrs ago, so we had lots of catching up to do. It turns out the daughter, now 42!!!, and her partner are very keen on getting a dog, so there is hope for Storm again. The two boys were brilliant while we were talking, they just lay down, relaxed and waited quietly. Lots of nice comments from people passing.
Beth8it!
1 days ago
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.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
1 days ago
Looks like your Woody won a dinner?
Jaffa
2 days ago
Let’s hope something comes of your unexpected meeting 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Jaffa
2 days ago
Shyboy I did not see your post but saw Flower’s re Puss Puss,so sorry to hear the sad news.
Little Owl
2 days ago
Thanks Jaffa, I didn't see the post (Bonus Page) until now.
Marie
2 days ago
😢
2 days ago
A Jackson Pollock artwork, described as one of history's "first truly abstract paintings", has sold at auction for $181m (£135m) in New York.
I’m sure I’ve got a similar painting in the attic. I completed it at junior school with the aid of a straw.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
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.
samandi
a day ago
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.
Rosy 2 cakes
a day ago
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.
SuedeNym
a day ago
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!
Rosy 2 cakes
1 days ago
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 !
A Nick Name
1 days ago
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.
Lol 63
1 days ago
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."
Rosy 2 cakes
1 days ago
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!
Barrie
2 days ago
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.
Jaffa
2 days ago
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.
Beth8it!
2 days ago
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?’
SuedeNym
2 days ago
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.
Alley1940
2 days ago
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.
Longstocking
2 days ago
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.
SuedeNym
2 days ago
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!
Alley1940
2 days ago
My unmade bed looks better to me than the artist's one ever did and I used to have some spare bricks somewhere.
samandi
2 days ago
I know art is subjective but can that be described as anything but scribble?
Marie
2 days ago
The price of fish & chips is expensive though..!
maddadof
2 days ago
I like a nice bit of pollock "with chips", but i wouldn't pay that much ;-)
Little Owl
2 days ago
"Bereaved people hit by the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) lost funds scandal should be contacted by the bank in the coming weeks about accessing their loved ones' money. " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzrz59yz2o
Lol 63
1 days ago
To err is human, but to really foul up on a grand scale, you need a computer.
R.Martin
2 days ago
Notifications worked for a couple of days and is now not working again. Even signed me out on here.
Marie
2 days ago
Unfortunately we're having issues sending the daily reminder emails to addresses operated by Microsoft (again).
If you have a non-Microsoft email address, please consider using that instead: https://pickmypostcode.com/account/my-details/
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Chocolate Spaniel
2 days ago
Just use an old reminder until they come back. Best of all, set up your own reminders and create a shortcut on your phone.
https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/86-how-to-create-a-shortcut-to-pmp-on-your-phone
Kenny b
2 days ago
I had to end a relationship because of her obsession with astrology.
To be honest it Taurus to Pisces!! 😜😜
Lol 63
1 days ago
Like that!
Marie
2 days ago
Very good, csikijanos! 😀
csikijanos
2 days ago
A load of bull, or at least fishy.
Alley1940
2 days ago
Very funny.
maddadof
2 days ago
:-) :-)
Barrie
2 days ago
😊
samandi
2 days ago
😄
Poppy
2 days ago
🤣
Saphicat
2 days ago
😂
eastfifer
2 days ago
mr thicko here. I have looked everywhere to like pmp on facebook but where or how do I so it?
Chocolate Spaniel
2 days ago
You like the posts, but if you mark the page as a favourite, you'll see posts higher up in your feed.
Beth8it!
3 days ago
Thought I was going to have to rush Storm to the vets today - major panic. They had been for their walk, been fed, had a while playing and chewing up toys, fighting etc, then I wanted to get on with my essay so put them in their pen, where they usually go to sleep straight away. Then I heard one of them cough a few times - very unusual in a dog anyway, but then I heard a 'squeeeek-squeek'.Alarming. Very alarming. I shot over to the pen and Storm was looking a bit startled. He sat up, and squeaked again. Oh, God, he's swallowed the squeaker from one of the toys. I opened his mouth, and luckily it was caught in the roof of his mouth - disaster averted.
4.30pm I have returned- just been out to the garden to see why Shad was barking. Storm wouldn't let him have a toy. Nothing unusual in that, but there was a chewed up Chinese-meal plastic tray in two pieces and Storm was holding something. Where has he got THAT from? I went over to him and he's mangling a key with a key fob - I recognised it as my spare front-door key, which I keep .... outside. Somewhere. In a plastic tub so it doesn't go rusty. Hidden. Back to the drawing board - I had to take it indoors, wrap it in silver foil temporarily, then I found an offcut piece of the Jet-lag pipe-lagging, buried it in that, and hid it somewhere out of reach and not easily seen. The problem is, they watched me. They saw where I took the offcut from (a bucket with a load of bits in, from when the air-pump was fitted). OK, that was 2015, and maybe it should have been disposed of by now, but I need them occasionally... Next thing I see is the pair of them going hell-for-leather round the garden with Shad holding another offcut, Storm, who is unencumbered, heavier and more dominant, bearing down on him, Shad, lighter, rangier, longer legs, and scared to be caught, doing speeds that would give Usain Bolt a run for his money. My garden and lounge are an absolute wreck, with stones thrown all over the lawn, bits f paper and toy-stuffing everywhere on the carpet, the boys are now asleep in their pen and I am finally getting to drink my half-cold coffee. Peace!
Beth8it!
a day ago
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.
Alley1940
2 days ago
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.
Beth8it!
2 days ago
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…
maddadof
2 days ago
Beth, You know your going to miss them. keep the posts coming please..
samandi
2 days ago
And did you get your essay finished with all the interruptions? Aren't they lovely when they're asleep 😂
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
2 days ago
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?
Poppys aunt
3 days ago
Beth. Ref your spare key - have you thought about installing a keysafe to the outside wall of your home?
Beth8it!
3 days ago
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.
Marie
3 days ago
Beth, I think I'd be swapping the coffee for something stronger! 😀🍷
Lol 63
3 days ago
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.
Poppy
3 days ago
Blimey Beth, they certainly keep you on your toes - understatement! ☺️
Jaffa
3 days ago
They could turn into house breakers and start a career of crime….😂😂
billyfartpants
3 days ago
I have hired a (PI) to look for £5 flash draw
1 Flash Draw Winner. I can not find it.
Beth8it!
3 days ago
The person who has the chancenof winning it is the only one who sees it.
Marie
3 days ago
The £5 Flash Draw happens daily. It or they are only shown to those accounts who are randomly selected as a winner of that draw each day. That is between 5-10 people each day and they could be anywhere on site, in any ad slot. This is why they go unclaimed so often, though we have had a few claimed recently which is nice. Many people just check the draws and don’t scroll down all the way or check every page.
This FAQ article has more information:
https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/12-what-is-the-5-flash-draw
Chocolate Spaniel
3 days ago
There is no special place you need to go to find them, they can appear anywhere! They appear to individual users randomly - not to everyone browsing the site
Take the long way home ...
3 days ago
You won't find it because it only appears to the person who found.
A Nick Name
3 days ago
Our local chemist used to give everything out in very strong plastic bags so I kept them for all sorts of other uses. That chemist disappeared and we now have a new one that uses paper, but I still have a cardboard box full of the old bags, all very neatly folded, there must be hundreds. I needed a box to send a parcel and that was all I had so I began pulling all the bags out to put in a single carrier, but found the box had quite a bit of disintegrating plastic in the bottom which ended up all over my bed and the bedroom floor. Obviously whales and other marine creatures don't shop at Rowlands chemist or they'd be perfectly safe. Why oh why do they harp on about plastics when this is what's happening in reality? I appreciate some items may have been found years later but it makes you wonder when mine are disintegrating so quickly. It isn't the first time I've found this but it's been a while so I'd forgotten until this time.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
2 days ago
I read a study of analysing which era people lived in by the amount & type of plastic that gets into their food & bodies. It also shows in the hair & bones.
csikijanos
3 days ago
Mostly the bags are more photodegradable rather than biodegradable. It is light (probably the UV components) that cause the breakdown so burying them in landfill is bad. There's a lot of misinformation in labelling the bags as biodegradable.
However they break down, plastic particles are threatening a wide variety of animals and may be harming humans.
With the rollout of the new waste management systems, soft plastics will be collected in more areas.
Rosy 2 cakes
3 days ago
Our council collects soft plastic in the recycling, otherwise take to a supermarket that has recycling for soft plastic.
Alley1940
3 days ago
I used to save carrier bags but also found that over time they disintegrated and therefore can no longer reuse them.
Little Owl
3 days ago
it is the disintegrating plastic that the marine life digests,. This is why I hate sky lanternx. One landed in my garden, it was a coat hanger covered in a black plastic bag which spread finely shredded bits of red hot plastic over the garden, It burns and it is so fine you can't sweep it up.
Jaffa
3 days ago
Good idea I will try that in future thank you.
PicklesTheKat 🐈
3 days ago
We've been making "samosa" shapes of bags for years. I think a lot of crafters do it. I have at least nine at a time in a little zip pocket of a handbag, they take up hardly any room that way.
Beth8it!
3 days ago
😈Thanks for saving me the postage.
The best way to store plastic bags was shown me by a French lady - 'le packet' Flatten the bag, fold from the side inwards, fold over again twice more, then take the bottom corner of the narrow strip you now have and fold diagonally, just the corner, keep folding it all the way up until you have a thick triangle left and tuck the handles in. Very useful for sticking in a bag or pocket or in the car for a spare.
A Nick Name
3 days ago
My bags were long before they started charging for bags and before biodegradable were really getting into fashion. I've just had a look and there's no wording or marks to say recyclable, biodegradable or anything. Apart from their own name the only other thing is that they are "Proud Sponsors of Cruelty to Children". Which I was pleased to see. Oh, hang on, it's followed by "Must Stop". Well, that was a letdown, I was just about to join.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
3 days ago
I think biodegradables need to be exposed to sunlight & air to rot away.
I have a carrier bag in each back pocket, used about 100 times.
Barrie
3 days ago
I have aa monthly magazine that comes in compostable bioplastic but I've found them a couple of years later & they haven't changed after being in the compost bin & then buried in the garden.
Lidlicker 🎀✨👀
3 days ago
Some modern plastic bags are designed to disintegrate sooner. Do any of them have a label saying they're compostable bioplastic?
Beth8it!
3 days ago
Puppy tails: today’s episode: you know the Bag for Life shopping bags from the supermarket? Normal shopping bag size. I have an M&S thick paper one, quite strong. I also had a delivery today of two pairs of trainers in a large brown paper bag. Inside the bag were two shoe boxes, with the white paper the shoes are wrapped in and the stuffed bits inside the shoes. You can see where this is going, can’t you? Right, now for the question: how many pieces of paper approximately 1/4” x 1/8” does that lot make when two termites have had access for ten minutes? And how many waste paper bins do they fill? And how long does it take one person to pick them all up?
2 days ago
Magic? 🪄✨
Beth8it!
3 days ago
Why thank you, kind Anon! (Curtseys), How did you get rid of your name?
3 days ago
The little “tails” read very well. The humour isn’t forced, it’s derived from the actual activities with an emphasis on the comical side. There are also little dramas included. Do we have any freelance artists on PMP?
Marie
3 days ago
You could make a fortune here, Beth!
Beth8it!
3 days ago
Holy cow! Commissions? I will contact a publisher toot-sweet as Del-boy said. After my last assignment goes in on Thursday.
samandi
3 days ago
I would buy the book too.
Longstocking
3 days ago
I'd love to hear these stories from the puppies' point of view!
Jaffa
3 days ago
Hilarious 🤣🤣
3 days ago
These anecdotes will make a great book. You could write in the form of a diary with short chapters. You just need to enlist an artist who could illustrate with comical sketches. I’d buy it! 😊
Marie
3 days ago
Cakey 😀
Cakey🎂
3 days ago
Is this a question off the GCSE Maths paper?
AJR
3 days ago
Bet they had a blast. Get that book written like Chocolate Spaniel said as it would be hilarious 🤣😂
Beth8it!
3 days ago
Safely in the wardrobe!
Barrie
3 days ago
Where are the trainers?
samandi
3 days ago
I bet they thoroughly enjoyed themselves 😂
Chocolate Spaniel
3 days ago
Oh dear! 🤣🤣🤣 You should write a book about your adventures as a puppies mum's owner. Great fun for the reader, not so the author.
Kenny b
4 days ago
I was stopped by a man asking me the best way to Selfridges.
Probably on eBay I told him!! 😜😜
Bisto Kid
20 hours ago
Can't wear perfume of any kind as it brings me out in a rash. I hate those adverts for scented fabric softeners etc with perfumed washing powder followed by scented softener followed by scent in the granule thingies. I just want my washing to smell fresh and clean not like I've dragged it through a perfumery.
😎👍🏼 ...9--0==✈🌞🐯
a day ago
You can imagine when I had deliveries of rare oils to a perfume mixing place in Park Royal, the smell as soon as you entered was so sharp & overpowering it gave me an instant headache. Good thing I didn't work there, I wouldn't last a day.,
Alley1940
2 days ago
@ Lol 63 and Samandi - All the girls in Selfridges used to spay the air just as you walked through so the scent lingered for hours on your clothes. I was glad when they told us to use the staff entrance.
samandi
2 days ago
It would be ok if it was just one perfume, it's the assault on the senses of so many different smells that is migraine inducing.
Poppy
2 days ago
Hopeful2B, I'm the same!
Hopeful2B
2 days ago
Lol 63
Although I'm female I hate anything highly perfumed. It gives me a headache if I linger in the perfumery so I always dash through too..
All those tv ads about making your house/ washing smell to high heaven really annoy me. I want unperfumed everything!
Lol 63
3 days ago
Alley1940 - Can't comment on the brothel part, but the John Lewis in Peterborough has one of its main entrances through the perfumery. If my wife dawdles there, I have to keep moving through or I start choking.
PicklesTheKat 🐈
3 days ago
I'd like to know, too. Might be good for a laugh.😈
Alley1940
3 days ago
I had to occasionally work in Selfridges. In the beginning my colleagues and I would go in by the front doors but later we had to use the staff entrance at the rear. Entering at the front you go straight into the perfume sales. I told my wife it smelt like a brothel. I had to change that opinion when my wife asked me how I knew.
maddadof
3 days ago
:-) :-)
Buttercup2
3 days ago
That's the first time it occurred to me that it can sound like two words...duh 🤪
Poppy
3 days ago
🤣
santamaria
4 days ago
After 12 long years I finally won something. The flashdraw £5. Thank you very much. I'm going to spend it all on chocolate😁.
V
2 days ago
Yay !! Enjoy the chocolate. 🍫
Valexyz
2 days ago
🎉🎉
Alley1940
3 days ago
Well spotted you. Enjoy.
Suelero
3 days ago
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉🎉
Great choice. 🍫
Dharma
3 days ago
Congratulations
Mystic Bear
3 days ago
Congratulations. Enjoy!
Barrie
3 days ago
Buying the chocolate will take longer than the eating. 😁
maddadof
3 days ago
Well done, chocolate Mmmm, yes please...
4 days ago
Agree, perfect choice. 😀
Congrats on your win.
Lol 63
4 days ago
A wise choice!
Damsel
4 days ago
Congratulations on your win! Enjoy the chocolate 🍫 🎉
Trekker22
4 days ago
Well spotted, santamaria - they’re elusive little bu@@ers!
LLAP 🖖!
Marie
4 days ago
Well done. Enjoy your chocolate🍫
Mikey
4 days ago
Nice one
Jaffa
4 days ago
Yum🤗
Poppy
4 days ago
Congratulations 🥳. Enjoy your chocolate!
Chocolate Spaniel
4 days ago
🎉 Congrats 🎉
FlowerPower🌺🌼🌸💐🌹🌻🌷🍄
4 days ago
Good idea😋 well spotted.