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An interesting list of 'stuff' there DG,some of those to chuckle at but some made me gulp back a tear- the ansaphone message from your Mum.
I know that my home is furnished with many, many small memories which I could never part with.
Bike leathers?

BIKE LEATHERS?
Thats actual bike leathers for riding an actual motorbike, but no crash lid mentioned, hmmm.
You should infer nothing from things which aren't on the list.
And in which room is the magic computer that is the heart of the DG Blog operation? And is there a backup?

Can you you have an empty jar of mint sauce? If it's empty it's just a jar.
I can empathise with the tins of tuna fish, I have similar plus red salmon, pilchards and corned beef, just counted, 39. Would have been 40 but forgot to get anything for the salad yesterday. Truth though, these tins have long use by dates, sometimes on offer, ideal to complete a shop when needing to use a £4 off £20 voucher at JS.
I had not heard of Viners Splayds before,they seem a useful eating implement!
Shower gel can be used as bubble bath y'know (in fact they are probably the same product, differently packaged).
Your blog made me think of small, unlikely things I've kept and that provoke memories. Thanks for that.

I had one thing in common with you precisely and for the same reason:
• 150ml bottle of Avon Skin So Soft dry oil body spray (in case I make another visit to the midge-infested Highlands).
I envy you going to Iceland, but that's the third time you have mentioned it in 4 days. As for Fred Dibnahs calculator, wow, does it run on coal ?
This list needs a trigger warning: it's setting off my extreme hoarding guilt.

One day I'll hire some skips and go the full Marie Kondo .
Thanks for the shower gel tip.
This morning I smell of 'Adidas Victory League'.
Oh, that jamjar!
As for the Bryant & May novels I have them in paperback, so I haven't the latest one as yet.
Somewhere in the mess that is my flat, there should be a small piece of lava, which I picked off Mount Etna, Sicily, very many years ago.
It's amazing how things gather together when you live for a long time in the same place.
I hope you made at least one copy of that answerphone message.

Is this a portrait as in photographic or as in painting?

Just in case civilisation happens to collapse and the power goes off at night, do you have a torch to hand to find your wind-up radio?
Lynx. Africa.
I've scoured the Open House listings for Bow and find you've passed another year. 2019?

And the David Miliband letter intrigues. Are we allowed to know any more?
As I was waiting for the page to load this morning I realised that every time I click on the dg link in my blogroll there's a little bit of excitement and suspense - what will it be today..?

And this certainly didn't disappoint. The whole thing strangely poignant. However did you decide what to put in and what to leave out?

I do love this blog.
How old are the Creme Eggs?
You have a car?!?
Does it ever get used?
Love it! Only you can make a bunch of random objects interesting and mysterious.
I'm sure the effect wouldn't be the same if I had a rifle round my house!
I'm intrigued by the broom handle divided into sections with red and black tape. What was that for?

As often happens DG writes posts that intrigue and tease the reader. Have you ever written professionally, DG? I think you really ought to if you don't already.
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A lovely post. Why is it that most of what I read (on the internet or elsewhere) fails to satisfy when compared with DG's blog?

There is evidence that DG once had a car. But I think it was some considerable time ago.
You have listed 59 items. I'm guessing the 60th item is the Laptop you write the blog on.

dg writes: Oops. I've reinstated the missing kitchen item, thanks.
Hope your last will and testament includes the Blogspot password - and reveals the meaning of the Mystery Count !
I too have the complete Bryant & May books, spine designs all similar but subtly different enough to irritate.
Not just me who immediately thought "bike leathers!?" then.
There are many more questions that could be asked, but I'd like to know more about the 'wipe-clean board with 193 numbers written on it'.

Just asking...
I'd be tempted to guess the whiteboard of numbers is something to do with transport (bus routes ridden in 2018 perhaps? about 5 a week, sounds right)... except why would one keep that in one's bathroom?
Not as cluttered as my place!

Re car: see http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2006/09/carlessness.html
...time for a clear-out then
Geese...I need a clear-out too..but it'd take forever in a four bedroom ranchhouse with a fully finished basement..all of which is chock-a-block.
I thought I was the only one in the world to enjoy listening Isles of Wonder. The likes of Caliban's Dream lifts the heart. It is impossible to listen to it without a really warm glow... and then come back to the present, and wonder in considerable bewilderment about these Isles.
To answer some of your questions:

Yes. Yes. I have already mentioned this. No. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. Yes. No. No. Rhetorical. Editorial choice. Recent. No. See above. Guess. No. Yes. Sycophant. Sorry. No. Precisely.
@kev 0944

See DG's Blog for April 24th for the provenance of the calculator.
I also love the symmetry of the paragraphs - the way the sentences get longer towards the middle then smaller again.
A nice touch which is very pleasing on the eye!
I would never ever have expected to find the two things on DG's list that mirror mine were :-

Bike leathers in the bedroom.

A towel rail in the bathroom that falls off the radiator.

I suspect, though, that Chateau DG is vastly tidier than the mess I have surrounding me.
I have the London City in a Bag! Still in the bag tho.










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