'Owt else or Any Other Business

[Cathy]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE
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[Stanley]

Many happy returns Julie! Why do I always think of frog spawn when your name is mentioned......

[Cathy]

Kevin , this is my wee spider plant. It has tried 3 times to have babies, but each time they haven’t progressed.
I think it might be too young.
Will keep trying.

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[Big Kev]

That's a healthy looking one. We've already had 6 'babies' and the one I gave my son has produced a baby too

[Tripps]

From the recent Wigan pie eating speed contest -

Venue owner and self-styled "piemaster", Tony Callaghan, has been running the contest for more than 30 years.
He said the 2025 competition "wasn't as good as previous years". "A minute and two seconds was ridiculous," he said.
"We've had 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 20 seconds in previous years so I don't know what's going on today."

Tom O'Neil stands in a pub with a silver trophy which has a pie inside it. He wears a grey coat and a blue t-shirt and there are some people in the pub behind him. Mr O'Neil polished off his meat pie in just over a minute

Despite the slower than expected results, Mr Callaghan refuses to bend the rules of his strict "no lubricants" policy. He said: "I will not allow gravy and I won't allow any lubricants, don't come to the competition if that's what you want.

"I think it's wrong - you eat a pie as it is, you don't stick in a bowl of gravy, that's for Southerners."

[Stanley]

I saw the BBC report David.
A man has been crowned this year's World Pie-Eating Champion after polishing off a meat pie in one minute and two seconds. Tom O'Neil, 24, lives in Blackpool but was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, where the annual contest has been held since 1992. He was one of 19 competitors who lined up at Harry's Bar in front of their regulation size pies, which measure 12cm (4.7in) in diameter with a depth of 3.5cm (1.3in). Mr O'Neil said this was a "proud day" and has already vowed to return next year to defend his title. He told BBC Radio Manchester: "I won a local contest about two years ago and then I saw this pop up online, so I thought I'm gonna go for it and then now I'm here." Mr O'Neil said his talent was more of a natural ability than a learnt skill.
As it is I have no time for eating contests of any sort and the thing that struck me this morning is what effect would this report have on someone who was forced by circumstance to use a food bank. 'Obscene' is a strong word but I feel it might be appropriate....