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Grunger

I hope you don't think the health slogan 'Five A Day' refers to pies and pints? That could be disastrous.

tyke @1549
...so this thread has become the Hotel California, then?

PENDANTS CAN STAY, YOU ARE REPRIEVED.

I've read the last few posts and can assure all you Pendantors out there that this long standing thread can continue, it was never my intention to stop it.

What I am stopping are threads which regularly pop up addressed to one person, I don’t feel individual conversations have a place in our Crossword Forum.

I felt it was the right time to stop PCT and introduce an inclusive Cafe where everyone can join in at any time without feeling they are butting into personal conversations. I also wanted to keep non crossword chats in the one place.

Pendants does have a purpose in life, it deals with bad grammar. I was a Text Processing Supervisor in my other life, as such I’ve always taken an interest in grammar and tried to ensure that nothing left the office unless it was correctly worded.

That was a long time ago so i apologise in advance if you find any mistakes in this post, ha, ha.

Malone

You are right. When the slogan appeared, I assumed it meant 5 of each, until I was corrected. So now I have 3 and 2 which is much healthier. I get confused with the units allowed per week, but I know men are allowed more which seems unfair in these enlightened times.

Norah

Thank you very much for that, which makes everything very clear. All contributors, plus those who follow it for interest will be very pleased.

Norah

Thank you for making the position clear. It seems very reasonable and has been well received. Best wishes JJ

Us pendants are much relieved, Norah - could we say we are swinging?

Norah, thanks very much. That was all very helpful and informative.

PS - Sorry, but I really don't want to be a Pendant! (And as for 'pendantors'.... wince!). I feel safe mentioning these as you apologised in advance.

I'm off to make my own apologies now - to Brenda/Brendan.

Don't worry Malone, I can promise I've been called a lot worse:-)

Grunger

I'm relieved you paid attention to the '5 A Day' stuff and put it into action. I don't know which country it is, but there is one which encourages '9 A Day'. Even Jigjag, with his access to the finest fruit and veg, could find that hard-going at times.

I think the 'units' refers to alcohol. I don't know how anyone can keep track of all that anyway - working out how many units are in a small glass of wine, a large glass of wine, a beer, a strong beer... maybe drinkers all go around with a calculator to hand?