I never have liked parties for myself, I don’t like being the centre of attention. Also why have a room full of people you haven’t seen for years, quite often there’s a reason you haven’t seen certain people.
Also as my wife’s old grandad used to say, you can choose your friends but you’re stuck with your family!!

I’ve got a millstone birthday this year, we’re just buggering off on holiday, she hasn’t told me where yet

Made in Bromley

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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I only asked because I noted you referred to your birthday as a millstone!

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.