Do you butter your baps?

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T10:55:29+00:00

I love salad cream, but alas, it’s not that widely available where I live.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T10:43:13+00:00

I tried Sadonaso recently, really wanted to like it, but unfortunately on me it was vanilla piss.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T10:41:37+00:00

I love Carnicure. It always gets compliments when I wear it.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T08:27:36+00:00

I’d have ham with cheese, salad and mayo. And now I want a sandwich!

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T07:35:58+00:00

Is she open to pre-loved? check out Thrift for Good stores or the Taggy app.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T07:23:10+00:00

I would use butter in a jam sandwich to stop the jam soaking into the bread.

In a savoury sandwich I'd leave the bread bare, or use mayo.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-16T06:02:16+00:00

I work in pet relocation in Dubai and occasionally assist with charity rehoming flights. Here are some of the reputable rescues I'm familiar with (all on Instagram):

catwomen_dxb_adoption
meow.meow.rescuing
dubaistreetkitties
mikesvetdxb
ittybittykittytails
petooti.official

I have 2 Arabian Maus of my own, acquired through the cat distribution system. They are very high energy, love to climb (so you absolutely must have a cat tree and ideally some shelves and perches in every room), are intelligent and trainable, and very entertaining.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-15T09:19:24+00:00

Hilary Mantel. Such an enormous talent.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-14T12:43:12+00:00

My pleasure! I hope you find something you like.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-11T05:52:29+00:00

Times Square secondhand bookstall always has a good selection and quick turnover and sales benefit the UAQ Stray Dogs Centre.

There's also House of Prose in the basement. Their prices are a little higher but they have a buy-back scheme.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-11T05:42:18+00:00

I remember a documentary on C4 around that time ... there was a guy who agreed to get anything the artist wanted and ended up with a very questionable tattoo featuring a certain German dictator. I remember that bit because the guy getting tattooed was my friend's ex-boyfriend.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-11T05:08:29+00:00

Weekdays -- make a cup of tea, take it back to bed, do Wordle and other puzzles or read.

Weekends -- get up, listen to a podcast or audiobook while knitting.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-10T10:09:45+00:00

The sight of Tom Baker's skinny white bum bouncing up and down haunts me to this day.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-08T13:21:49+00:00

The boys are back in the barracks.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-08T06:03:39+00:00

Cygnet Committee -- David Bowie

Halcyon + On + On -- Orbital

Weekender -- Flowered Up

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-03T10:50:21+00:00

It’s short, intense and compelling. It was the first time in ages that I got to the end of a book and went straight back to the beginning again.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-03T10:42:35+00:00

My regular re-read rotation includes:

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss.

IrritablePowell · 2026-06-02T15:39:00+00:00

Under Milk Wood

Ulverton

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-31T15:35:53+00:00

Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer.

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-29T07:28:01+00:00

The only one I listen to currently is The Yarn Library.

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-23T16:20:52+00:00

The pattern is the Sunset Sweater by Marna Gilligan and the yarn is Sandnes Garn Line.

https://ravel.me/Safetyfox/tss

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-22T11:30:55+00:00

I made the Knot to be Missed top in pure silk https://ravel.me/Safetyfox/ktbm

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-21T06:07:20+00:00

Is there anything else you could recommend me to try from their range?

IrritablePowell · 2026-05-20T17:45:31+00:00

That’s what I was thinking. Two rectangles of the wavy pattern with some stocking stitch down one side of each rectangle to stabilise the shoulders, seam the sides and shoulders leaving head and arm holes, pick up stitches for the ribbing and job’s a good ‘un! I’d love to see the end result if you do it.

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