? It still does come in a green bottle.

Experiences may vary, I've only seen it in the clear bottle in Canada, but Mme Google shows the green variety.

Good to know. This is what we get here, where Gordon's isn't sold as a premium gin:

Gordon's Dry Gin | LCBO

I used to drink Plymouth gin in the UK, here its Bombay Sapphire

Espresso machine

Beer

Paying $20 a month for one Sports channel

Fresh eggs from your own free-ranging chickens.

I was delighted yesterday to hear that, for two colleagues, the day that it's their turn for eggs means omelettes for supper. It's nice that they're appreciated and slightly dispiriting to bring in eggs for people who treat them as if they came from some supermarket.

How many do you have and what breed?

We are just about to order a new set of chicks following the cull of our previous hens last year.

We had White Leghorns last time and my wife hated them as, apparently, they were not very friendly to her. I have no idea as to why she wishes to cuddle them, but the Leghorns were certainly prolific layers.

Do you keep them as layers or layers and meat birds?

Can i ask a chicken and egg related question.

I understand the original bird was a wild jungle fowl. Here in the tropics, they live really good lives generally, their role is pest reduction, you often see them with chicks round open air beach bars and similar dealing with any errant centipedes, ants etc. They get fed chicken food too of course.

The eggs and meat are really good though a bit tough sonetimes [not the fast growing bred birds, never eaten till 9 months +] , much nicer than anything ive ever had from a temperate farm or smallholder. The eggs also have very tough shells compared with anything ive seen in the states or uk.

The question - I wonder if they prefer the climate here, do they like warm generally? Nb the trees are full in a few places in the evenings.

At the moment, none. We had 4 up until recently when Mr Fox decided to drop by. Very unusual that, I've never seen a fox around here, country foxes are far too wary of people for that, plus with all the pheasants around here they never need to work very hard for a meal.

Anyway, we had one each of Sussex Ranger, Pied Ranger, Speckledy and a Goldline. Just for eggs, not meat. The Speckledy was a damned nuisance, broody as anything. I was really tempted to wring its neck. The others were brilliant, in total we got probably 20+ eggs a week from the 4 of them.

Will get some new ones later this spring, not the Speckledy though.

Where to begin with luxuries...

1,000 thread count cotton sheets (an everyday luxury)

Chicken liver pate on toast for breakfast (a rare luxury)

Dinner at Scott's in London (a rare luxury)

Belle Epoque champagne (a very rare luxury)

Oh lovely bedding! If I was filthy rich I'd have a servant change my Irish linen sheetsand pillowcases for brand new every day.

I always worry about > 600 thread count, or silk sheets, too slippery, I find I have to spend too much time holding onto my significant other at times of errm enjoyment...

I finally found a jar of Devon Cream (from Wiltshire ) in Sobeys.

So I went back to the bakery area to buy some scones.

My new luxury.

Linen is really grippy

Hate cream but happy that someone enjoys it