Rhymer Rigby

Slow clap?

💯 Cry me a swimming pool

It's the fashion equivalent of touching a stove you know is hot

Exactly. That's what I want.

Really want a blue shirt with a white collar. IK, IK... look this is a mistake I need to make for myself

It's fast becoming one of the most of compelling niches on social media...

If you have 1%ish problems, the smart move is to moan about them at dinner parties, etc. with your 1%ish mates.

Walked down the South Bank yesterday, won't be doing that again in a hurry

King Kroc?

We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'

If I were absolutely furious about something, I would take five minutes to think about it might come across in a clickbaity newspaper story before speaking to the newspaper

inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Budget Fever

How to get the UK out of its economic hole Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country

Martin Wolf on our essay. "So, what do I hope for from Wednesday’s Budget? Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy. I do not expect it. It may already be too late. But, without that, it is hard to be optimistic about the UK’s future."
www.ft.com/content/17e1...

£31.90 on eBay! Local! Get in there before they're a thing in Hackney!

Check out this 4 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove 4 bedroom terraced house for sale in Reservoir Road, Telegraph Hill, SE4 for £925,000. Marketed by Dexters, New Cross

Wonder if 50s nana firesplaces could become a hipster thing. If I had one in a back sitting room I'd be tempted to keep it.

Speaking of wrecks, if you had £1.35m, you'd buy this and spend £300k on it, with a £125k contingency. Nice wide houses on a good road

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 3 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove 3 bedroom terraced house for sale in Malpas Road, Brockley, London, SE4 for £675,000. Marketed by Keatons, Deptford

Also, there is another house on Malpas for exactly half the price. I mean, it's a bit smaller. BUT 50% LESS!
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Breakspears Road, Brockley, SE4 for £1,150,000. Marketed by Marsh and Parsons, Brockley

I mean, this is £200k less!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

The fact that the windows are plastic squares, not sashes doesn' t have me itching to pay £1.35m.

Have been told in no uncertain terms that rat disposal is one of my jobs

Visually and stylistically it holds up really really well (and its fan base was always a bit iffy).

I guess younger Millennials and Gen-Z might find the idea of having an existential breakdown because your secure job allows you to furnish your city-centre apartment with IKEA stuff a bit much...

Youngest daughter: "I thought we could watch a film together."

Me: "Sure, you choose."

We are now watching Fight Club

Seems the cats are doing Black Friday too

Whereas I might drop by for some cuttings...

Fair

Granny cacti are taking over the bathroom

Mayor's plan for pedestrianising Oxford Street is out, with only the western end of losing traffic for now (largely on one side of Regent Street) but the rest may follow at a later date if there's the political desire. Buses will go to the north, along Wigmore Street. Cycles will also be banned.

Wife has come home and put the heating on. Time for an ice bath.

Papayas?

Oil Crisis childhood means I'm consumed with guilt if I put the heating on with only one person at home.

(also Victorian and not terribly well-insulated, don't really mind cold)

Upside of being in a freezing house: I ran out of deodorant 3 days ago and it doesn't really matter

8.6C in the kitchen this morning