Ian said:

dumplings with liquorice and brown castor sugar to go with stewed apples

I think that would be a good combination, delicious!

There is an old proverb. 'Each bureaucrat is protected by the one above him.' The 'one bad apple' argument only holds water where officials are not unduly reluctant to sack incompetent or malicious social workers.

Do you use Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac? If it's Windows and it's a MOV file, you should be able to view it on Windows Media Player... according to an article I've just read on the internet.

I'm in a first floor flat now.  With no green space of my own.

And i am not going to grow sunflowers indoors.

I've had enough of gardening.  

My late mother was the real Gardner, caring more about the garden than the house.  We grew our own potatoes…

I've visited Toronto. Lovely city.

I get what you mean about baby food. When my son was tiny, I used to finish whatever he didn't eat. I loved baby muesli and puree apples.

Nice to meet you.

I wonder if the shortage may be due to the possibility that the 'barrel' (as opposed to the apples) is spoiled? 

The school system (barrel) in my personal opinion, seems rotten; for both teachers and pupils alike? 

Hope said:

there are more differences between women than there are between women and men

If you analyse that logically, you'll find that it can not possibly be true.

And that is kind of the point of stereotypes - they're stereotypes precisely because…

Went to the shop as needed milk and apples.  Family members will go to the shops later.

Missing collecting the bread from the cheese shop. I've got my Friday  I newspaper bumper puzzles. Only do some of them.