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Malone

I agree about the logistics of eating there. You spend as much time on your feet as eating - not a great ratio. But I do like the chicken, probably as good as I've had anywhere. It is a very popular eating-place, the two here are always crowded.

Grunger

I think you should try Malone's idea - surely they will accept one box.

I should like to wish you both, together with all who read or contribute to this thread, a very Merry Christmas.

Thanks Malone and Jigjag

Presents wrapped, sprouts peeled and crossed, pies baked. Feet up with Times crossword - pleased to see ..........ess in it. I should like to wish all Pedants a very Merry Christmas.

Grunger, Jigjag

Thanks for the Christmas greetings. I hope you - and all PU members, PU-minded people, had a great day yesterday. I hope too that all pies were tasty, that quinoa featured on no-one's menu and that the crackers were … cracking.

Malone

Thanks. I had a lovely Christmas Day and hope you did too. I hope Grunger enjoyed her peeled sprouts. I was surprised that she crossed them. I would never upset a sprout, there might be repercussions.

I sent the empty beer cans to Tyke. They are having difficulties with bin collections in Yorkshire and I thought it would help to improve his re-cycling coefficient.

I hope you liked the box of chocolates I sent you. I know you prefer full boxes to empty ones, but I had to try a few in case they had gone off. Happily they hadn't.

Jigjag

Christmas here was lovely, glad you enjoyed yours.

I chuckled at your 'I would never upset [cross] a sprout' remark. My mother-in-law used to say she 'scored' them. My non-voiced reply was 'I'd give them 0/10 myself.' Grunger's cooking is often quite adventurous, maybe the peelings will have formed the basis of the latest pie variation? (And I just hope Grunger doesn't use them in, say, a Dundee cake recipe, one calling for 'peel'. That could result in something very odd.)

I'm sure Tyke is thrilled with the gift of empty beer cans, though he might be overwhelmed by your generosity.

A few of your chocolates had 'gone off' - in that they weren't present in the box. I was relieved to see that all my least favourites - the coffee, the very hard caramel and so on- were conspicuous by their absence.

Just joined. How do I post a message? alanfi

Hello, Alanfi - and welcome! If you want to post on this thread, just do what you did a minute ago, click on the Reply To This Post button. If you want to start a new thread - with a particular crossword query or a new topic, there's a Start A New Thread option, in the bottom right (I think!)

Thank you malone. I tried the new thread but it just seems to relate to crosswords.

Alanfi, if you want to join in the chatter on this thread - originally about grammar, apostrophes etc but with diversions into all sorts of things - feel free! If you have a query about a crossword clue or a quiz question, start a new thread.

PS The site itself is Crossword Help Forum so that's the main focus!

Tyke will, I'm sure, be pleased with the empty beer cans. I certainly would be. Here in Scotland, whether or not wee Nicky Sturgeon gets her independence dream, her government are bringing in cans (and bottles) as a new currency within a year or so. Each will be the equivalent of 20 pence.

I'm thinking of stockpiling the remnants from my own consumption of beverages (all soft drinks, of course - hic!), requesting donations from others, and wandering the streets with a supermarket trolley picking up the riches that have been thoughtlessly thrown away, to cash in when the new regulations come into force.

This time next year, Rodney, we'll be millionaires!