Brian Bilston nails it yet again!

Oh yes! Big fan of Brian Bilston myself

Brilliant! Have forwarded it to several - thank you!

That was me last Wednesday, the new stamp book is now sitting cozily next to its friend the old stamp book in my purse ?

I loved that! Thank you Maw.
I must look out for him as I’d never heard of him.

Brilliant, thank you!
How many times have I done just that?!

Excellent! By the way I’ve got untouched Christmas ones from ages ago somewhere safe, some first some second class….

Made me smile ?

Love it. Thank you.

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It’s so true! ?

Reassuring to know that it happens to others!

Oh yes, that's me! ?

OH at the shop 'I don't think we have any sea salt, I'll get some'. Come to put it away and of course there's the largest jar of sea salt, which will surely last years, right there on the shelf.

I follow him on Twitter and he almost always "nails it". Definitely the Poet Laureate of social media.

Granmarderby10

Excellent! By the way I’ve got untouched Christmas ones from ages ago somewhere safe, some first some second class….

Beware! You'll have to find them by January 2023, and the introduction of new bar-coded stamps. According to the Royal Mail website: Non-coded stamps - including Christmas stamps - will now only be valid until January next year.
However, they can be exchanged for the new ones through Royal Mail's Swap Out scheme, which opens on 31 March.

Love it! So true! Thanks Maw.

this did make me chuckle, it is so true.
it is also true of car keys, or so says my husband.

So true! Thanks, Maw.

Bodach Thankyou for alerting me to that. I suppose I shouldn’t be so very surprised as it is the way of all things once thought of as “a given thing”, change for the sake of change etc.
I will set to and get rooting through those boxes and bags?

Spot on!

Yup. That’s me. Countless pots of the same spice.

Bodach

Granmarderby10

Excellent! By the way I’ve got untouched Christmas ones from ages ago somewhere safe, some first some second class….

Beware! You'll have to find them by January 2023, and the introduction of new bar-coded stamps. According to the Royal Mail website: Non-coded stamps - including Christmas stamps - will now only be valid until January next year.
However, they can be exchanged for the new ones through Royal Mail's Swap Out scheme, which opens on 31 March.

From RM site

Note: Special Stamps with pictures on and Christmas Stamps without a barcode will continue to be valid and don't need to be swapped out.

Tizliz

Bodach

Granmarderby10

Excellent! By the way I’ve got untouched Christmas ones from ages ago somewhere safe, some first some second class….

Beware! You'll have to find them by January 2023, and the introduction of new bar-coded stamps. According to the Royal Mail website: Non-coded stamps - including Christmas stamps - will now only be valid until January next year.
However, they can be exchanged for the new ones through Royal Mail's Swap Out scheme, which opens on 31 March.

From RM site

Note: Special Stamps with pictures on and Christmas Stamps without a barcode will continue to be valid and don't need to be swapped out.

Thanks, Tizliz. That's obviously from a more up to date Royal Mail web page than the one I saw. Looks like we can relax...

Thank you Maw for introducing me to Brian. I found this which I loved.

Thank you for the Brian Bilston poems.
I hadn't heard of him before, but, they remind me of the sort of poems Pam Ayres would write.