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jigjag

I dont see how they can re-arrange it . The first 3 days are sold out - I am going first day. They could cancel the I00 I suppose, which I would approve of.

Good luck v City.

Grunger & Jigjag

Hope the Old Trafford test is not re-arranged - the ECB should be grateful that cricket fans are still supporting test cricket in large numbers. IPL is important purely because of its broadcast revenue but I don`t think world cricket should be disrupted to accommodate it!

Grunger & Jigjag

Good to see a proper game of cricket - Lancs outplayed us throughout so I don`t begrudge you the win. At least we made a fight of it, and we now have a new Duke of York!

A mistake in today's Daily Telegraph quick crossword, I think.

2d Lightning up (12).

Lightning is what goes with thunder. The setter means lightening.

Today's Guardian "Marks & Spenser"! Really?!

jono@2330 Marks & Spenser

Hardly a case of long time no c. 😏

While I'm here. Yesterday's Times had a report of Bank Holiday Sunday 'beaches bustling and roads rammed'.

Rammed? I've heard it a lot recently. I would say crammed (not necessarily jammed, which may not be quite the same thing) if I didn't settle on very busy or crowded.

Do we have traffic rams instead of traffic jams now?

And was the beach really bustling or was it just crowded? Bustling suggests everyone on the beach was very active. Maybe some were but was no one just lying on the sand or sitting on a chair enjoying the sun?

Sitting on a chair . . . or sitting in a chair?

Both forms are correct, although I've never heard of a king or queen sitting in a throne.

It rather depends on the design of the chair! You would sit on an ordinary kitchen stand chair; but at the other extreme, definitely in an egg chair...
https://www.gardeningetc.com/us/news/bandm-hanging-egg-chair