Brave of the US to assume that foreign travelers will want to visit!

He’s lucky she didn’t shoot him.

I have a friend who’s lived in the US for 30-odd years. Married, has a business and I believe has a green card. He’s visiting the UK this year and I am seriously wondering if they’ll let him back in when he returns.

Actually, yes.

Because there’s a war on?

We visited the Titanic Museum last year and took a bus tour of the Peace Walls. I could feel the weight of history in the city (and not always in a good way) but I still adore Belfast, although the new flats going up in the Titanic Quarter are a disgrace, IMO.

The people were great, as they’ve always been. Loved the food and the Guinness! The missus had never been and would love to visit again.

Already have.

Haha! When I worked, I rarely had breakfast or lunch. These days, I skip lunch apart from on Fridays when I don’t have my usual toast and marmalade and pig out at the café instead. It’s really just a very late breakfast!

My wife and I have ‘breakfast day’ when we go into town, buy our vegetables and eggs from the greengrocers, our bread from the bakers and our meat from the butchers. Then we have breakfast at the local café. Much time is spent in the days beforehand deciding upon the choice of breakfast foods: what about bacon and poached eggs, or a full English (no beans, extra toast), or perhaps a breakfast bap (sausage or bacon). Will we have a latte or a flat white? Perhaps an americano? Orange or apple juice as well?

If for some reason the café is full and we can’t get in, the whole week is ruined. We’ve waited outside for 30 minutes to see if a table will become free. No other café will do. Yes, we could reserve a table but that takes all the fun out of it.

From Terry Pratchett: Dentistry, hot water and soft toilet paper.

Alcohol-free beer used to taste awful. These days, the lager at least is pretty good (Heineken is my favourite) so that may well be one factor.

I confess I am utterly gruntled.

Excuse me! Loads of Western European countries allow full incest (e.g. Belgium, France, Spain, etc.) so let’s not pick on us Brits for allowing cousins to fuck.