I suppose that I've really illustrated my reasons here - I regard you lot as my friends and I don't want to offend anyone....
I actually enjoyed the bits about various people's family members - I have family members in the forces too, so I know how worrying it can be, but there were some other political opinions expressed that I was itching to reply to and I knew it would just cause an argument, which wouldn't be at all appropriate in this nice, chatty sort of a place. If I want to argue there are boards I am a member of that can produce that just by saying "Hello"!
BTW, I had waffles for tea yesterday - a friend bought them for me from Costco (which I think is an American shop) and they were lovely!
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