Latest Moan From You and Me 2025

I live in a big town, and the suburbs have spread out so far they merge with a village. You can tell where the transition to the village is because the street lighting ends.

 

I don't, I just hate paying alot in council tax then in return get nowt, makes it worse when there is a problem it doesn't get fixed, but you do get people move to village and want to change thing so it's more like a town, 1 comment from a lady who move in near by, "but nowt is open" init dark" etc etc

 

I dont know, but swede was always one of those veg you picked all winter, often frozen in the ground, maybe they need a hard frost to harden them up.

 

I haven't bought a swede for ages but I they certainly used to keep for a good couple of weeks in the fridge, maybe more. I did see some in Aldi last week. They looked very small - maybe that's due to the dry spring and summer. And maybe it's no bad thing if they aren't lasting long enough to use a bit and keep the rest for another day.

 

It does seem to be an anomaly that healthcare is funded nationally but social care is funded locally.

 

I thought it was me doing something wrong @Fat Controller. I've tried every which way - various parts of the fridge either in plastic or out. A cool room and so on but within days, as you say, it's soft and rubbery. What's gone wrong?

Edit: And the same with carrots.

 

I have been looking for short breaks to Edinburgh by train but after seeing the prices don't think it will happen. The sites I've checked want about £1200 for 2 people, 4 nights in hotel with breakfast.
We've not long come back from Krakow in Poland which cost about £900. Prices here are crazy.

 

I wouldn't have a swede in the house so wouldn't know @Fat Controller but carrots here are still OK. I do my best not to let Brussels sprouts get in too but sometimes OH sneaks a few in. I definitely have the genes that don't get on with those two veg.

 

Swedes I generally like but not swedes!

 

Is it something to do with root vegetables @Fat Controller ? Any other veg seems to be fine. I've not bought parsnips recently, so don't know if they go the same way.

 

The last swede I bought was like a block of wood, I needed a saw to cut through it. I threw it away and haven't bought one since.
The vegetables I buy from a market stall in a not-far-away town, and the ones I buy in the local open air market in my nearest little town, all keep well. I never buy them in a supermarket, they go off in no time.