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Loose Gadgies
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2022
One's a power nerd with Autism and OCD. The other is a an ex-director with dyslexia, who often has his spelling corrected - without asking.
Decades of experience and qualifications in life & leadership coaching, training, self-help, tech and, more recently, bus driving are tickled together into news, views, advice and dirty jokes.
It's chat. It's humour. It's a proper Geordie podcast.
Decades of experience and qualifications in life & leadership coaching, training, self-help, tech and, more recently, bus driving are tickled together into news, views, advice and dirty jokes.
It's chat. It's humour. It's a proper Geordie podcast.
What is behavioural science? | Marketing | Perception | Deception
What is the first thing you think of if we say "bread advert"?
What is your perception of the problem you're fixing? Is it simpler than you think?
#marketing #perception #science #psychology #neurology #memory
What is your perception of the problem you're fixing? Is it simpler than you think?
#marketing #perception #science #psychology #neurology #memory
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What is Autism? (Part 2) | Parents | Neurodiversity | ADHD
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Si covers further questions on Autism from Childhood to Adulthood. How do you identify it? Can you cure it? How is it caused? This and many things in between. Downloadable exclusion test for parents www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-04/ASD DSM-5 Parent Interview Final (1).pdf Join the debate on socials! loosegadgies loosegadgies tiktok.com/@loosegadgies Prefer aud...
What is Autism? (Part 1) | Neurodiversity | ADHD | OCD
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What is Autism? Do you know someone with Autism? Did you know ADHD can have a sensory component, and those with Autism are often diagnosed with both conditions? Do you employ anyone who has Autism? Simon, who has Autism, takes questions from Mark to help him, and you, better understand the Autistic perspective. #autism #adhd #neurodivergent #ocd #asd #career #health 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:32 Auti...
Is the NHS broken? | Doctors | Appointments | Healthcare
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Is this NHS, as an entity, broken? What was your last experience like? Do you differentiate between the people that work there and the NHS as a service? #nhs #healthcare #hospital #doctors #nurses #experience Join the debate on socials! loosegadgies loosegadgies tiktok.com/@loosegadgies Prefer audio podcasts? tinyurl.com/SpotifyGadgies apple.co/3I6Aq9p
Do you have a good work/life balance? | Work | Career | Health
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Do you have a good work/life balance? What does this mean? Is it important to separate the two? Are they two separate things? #career #advice #health #work #job #balance
What is Pancake Tuesday? | Lemons | Nutella | Lent
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What is Pancake Tuesday? Isn't it mean to be a religious holiday? Is Nutella a valid toping? Or are you a lemon and sugar person? #pancake #lent #religion #holidays #toppings
What is good customer service? | Sales | Marketing | Cold Calls
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What does good customer service look like? What difference does it make? Has it ever influenced you or your decisions? #service #customerservice #sales #marketing
How loyal are you to your employer? | Careers | Employment | Loyalty
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Are you a loyal employee that plans to stay indefinitely? How long have you been in your current role? Is it worth it? Is it the 'done thing'? #jobs #loyalty #career #employees #employers
Interviewing the interviewer | Questioning | Interviews | Techniques
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How prepared are you before interviewing candidates? Do you have a process? What does a good candidate look like? How do you ensure you don't miss one? #interview #question #technique #jobsearch #jobseekers
Why do we give up on goals? | Gains | Planning | Achievements
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Why do we give up on our goals? Were they badly thought out to begin with? Do we deliberately aim too high, too soon? Is it personal sabotage? #goals #planning #achievement #fail #truth #help
The everyday myths of exercise | Exercising | Health | Gym
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You may not know what you think you know about exercising! How much do you need to do? Does all activity count? Is the gym the best or only way? #gym #exercise #health #weightloss #myths
Do we lie to ourselves about food? | Diets | Lifestyle | Calorie Count
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Do we lie to ourselves, or make excuses, about food? What's the difference between a lifestyle change and going on a diet? Which is heathier and more sustainable? Are diets good for your state of mind? #diet #lifestyle #resolution #newyear #weightloss #food
Dry January: are you taking part? | Resolutions | Alcoholism | Goals
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Are you taking part in Dry January? Have you already planned to end it with a bang on February 1st? Is it a struggle? This episode could help! #dryjanuary #alcohol #alcoholism #resolution #2024 #newyear
Christmas CRACKER JOKES | Comedy | One Liners | Xmas Jokes
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It's the Loose Gadgies Festive episode, and it's all one-liners! Whip out your best Christmas cracker jokes! Can you beat our selection? #christmas #xmas #jokes #festive #holidayseason
Is your Christmas tree REAL or FAKE? | Decorations | Festive
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Do you have a real or fake Christmas tree? How do you decorate it? Do you hang sweets or chocolates? #christmas #christmastree #decoration #chocolate #podcast #realorfake
What are your favourite CHRISTMAS movies? | Die Hard | Gremlins | Home Alone
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What are your favourite CHRISTMAS movies? | Die Hard | Gremlins | Home Alone
What are your Christmas traditions? | Movies | Food | Christmas Day
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What are your Christmas traditions? | Movies | Food | Christmas Day
What are the best and worst Christmas songs? | Xmas | Holidays | Festive
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What are the best and worst Christmas songs? | Xmas | Holidays | Festive
What are the best and worst Christmas foods? | Xmas | Holidays | Festive
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What are the best and worst Christmas foods? | Xmas | Holidays | Festive
Is Christmas Sh*t? | Presents | Money | Traditions | Family
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Is Christmas Sh*t? | Presents | Money | Traditions | Family
Is reliability related to trust? | Recruitment | Jobs | Expectations
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Is reliability related to trust? | Recruitment | Jobs | Expectations
How do you learn to trust someone? | Faith | Corporations | SMEs
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How do you learn to trust someone? | Faith | Corporations | SMEs
When should the Christmas period start? | Christmas Songs | Decorations
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When should the Christmas period start? | Christmas Songs | Decorations
Do you know your political biases? | Voting | The Left | The Right
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Do you know your political biases? | Voting | The Left | The Right
What do protests achieve? | London Protests | Israel | Palestine
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What do protests achieve? | London Protests | Israel | Palestine
What is a proportional response? | Israel | Palestine | Hamas
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What is a proportional response? | Israel | Palestine | Hamas
What are your bad habits? | Procrastinating | Sleeping & Eating
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What are your bad habits? | Procrastinating | Sleeping & Eating
What is your idea of generosity? | Charity | Giving
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What is your idea of generosity? | Charity | Giving
What's the best news source? | Talk TV | BBC
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What's the best news source? | Talk TV | BBC
Men's yearly medical check-ups | Men's Health | Health Checks
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Men's yearly medical check-ups | Men's Health | Health Checks
what happened to your instagram?, was a huge loose gadgies fan😢
NASA only knows how to kill an alien party… what do you expect from these NASA space creatures who are looking for aliens on earth…
You mentioned ADHD being on the spectrum? When did that happen? great video.. very informative.
Watching it back, that was a rather sloppy comment. Apologies. I will do a separate ADHD episode. In short, ADHD can have a sensory component, as with ASD, and those diagnosed with Autism are often co-diagnosed with ADHD. So, there is an overlap. This is more accurate! Although, not the whole story. Thanks for watching and commenting! Really appreciate the question.
Well done guys, great insight into Autism and what you went through and still are. Made me think about things I do which could be questionable, like number patterns, planning things so I don’t get any surprises. Might be seen as a bit OCD by some. Looking forward to a follow up.
I think everyone wants to feel a level of control over their environment, direction, influences. Even the most confident people often have (for example) a perfectly ordered wardrobe, with crisply ironed shirts ironed 'the best way', or hung in order of colour, or can't have shoes left on the floor, or hate crumbs on the bench and feel compelled to clean them NOW. It's all a matter of degrees, and ironically, the control of those controlling impulses. It can also be a difference in neurology vs psychology. For example: are you wired for it, or did an event cause it? Definitely doing more. It has been our most viewed episode! It felt good to talk about it, too.
Privatising through the backdoor.........sounds like an interesting night out 😃
Fnarr. Nothing wrong with delivering a big policy through the smallest entrance.
You have to make your way to hospital, ambulance anything from 4-12 hours. If you lucky . It’s all by design, forcing us to go private, privatisation through back door . Recruiting is still big problem
This is something we've been wondering: is it by design? But, which is worse: being gradually encouraged to go private, or that we have lost so much trust we're willing to believe/suspect our Gov't would do it? Yep. Recruiting and retention are a big problem. Someone needs to have the balls to wade in and make big changes.
There does need to be some serious readjustment to the NHS. When I started investigating my toe problem (this has been a problem most of my life but getting worse all the time), I had little trouble getting a GP appointment, X-ray the next day, and the hospital rushed the result through within 2 days. GP decision was for me to visit orthopaedic clinic. Waited for 3 weeks without notice of an appointment, rang up to be told the letter hadn’t been typed. When the appointment came it was moved 3 times. Who knows how long a surgery appointment would take, so decided to go private. Should have done that at the beginning, everything went smoothly, care and aftercare were amazing. I had private medical insurance when I worked but have had 2 private operations in the last 10 years, both because the NHS waiting time was too long, for which I have paid. I feel the older you get the less they are inclined to treat you. Just a personal opinion.
It's weird. I would've assumed the opposite is true: the older you get the higher your priority. I often feel it needs to be ran more like a business than a service. Perhaps have someone from the private sector take over a hospital and make an example of it.
Video "Interviewing the interviewer" at 11:52........."Stop with the cool questions, which superhero best represents you?" That was my reference point to Batman 😀 Hopefully you can now have a good night's sleep.
Of course, I totally forgot about that until I watched the episode back. D'oh! But, if I had to answer that question, Batman is also what I'd choose, for similar/same reasons.
In recent news an accountant was fooled into attending an online meeting with her senior management team. It resulted in 200 million of transfers being made. The issue was the whole meeting was a scam using AI to replicate voices and faces of the management team. This got me to thinking that I could in effect load my own personality and image, training the AI. This would mean I would never leave my better half alone after my own demise. In response I was told "well at least AI would have an off button"...love is 😋
Well, I've been accused of being a robot in the past. Perhaps it would be hard to tell the difference? The AI would likely replicate elsewhere to avoid being turned off in one place. Is the world ready for an unleashed AI version of you?
3:55 "Spread the load"...yibb, fnurr, chub....alright Finbarr. Followed by talking about Virgin(s). Where is the adults only version 😀
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Your dad quit due to his own principals (well done, him) and then the conversation moved to "Why do you stay loyal to a company.?"...for money. I have finally had the correct impact into your world view 😉 You are not working for a corporate entity, only a collection of people who decide your value. Contracts are a set value that purchases your own time. Careers are an approximation of how you use that time. You are valuable right up until the point when you are no longer required. Love life, love your family and friends. Love your job, seek immediate professional help. The threads of reality are unwinding and rapidly slipping away from you.
Yep. Seeing things very differently. Locked and loaded. Really enjoyed this breakdown. Well put. 👍
There is only ONE person you should be loyal to when talking about employment...YOURSELF!
It took me far too long to recognise that fact... But, it's definitely a primary driver these days. 👍
Getting in the "Habit", taking up a religious doctrine 😄
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I would presume that the assumption is correct; Batman is the greatest non superhero. Thought I would try to cover all the dislikes in one sentence.
I am, cough cough, he is the greatest non-powered/mutant superhero. I can't think of many in real life with vast fortunes doing anything that isn't a handy tax deductible expense. To be fair, I imagine the batsuit is. Would HMRC give him a K tax code? Seeing his rocket powered company car as a work-based benefit?
Great content. My only form of exercise is walking and it has been very noticeable that on holiday, in the sun, my ability to walk is greatly increased and helps to balance my intake of “treats” and local delicacies. I usually come home with just a couple of pounds gained, which is easily manageable. At home I love to cook, I love variety but always on plan. It took many, many years to get to this point, but it’s never too late to wake up and smell the coffee (that’s a black Americano - calory (syn) free).
So many say that warmth helps with mobility, and even move abroad in later years because of it. Stable and healthy weight loss is a time investment. Something some don't expect, accept or deal well with. Perhaps a bit like giving up smoking, it's not going to work until your mind is set and you've accepted "this is it" and it's worth what it takes.
@@loosegadgies Totally agree. ☑
I can’t say “I don’t drink” because I sometimes do have a single measure of gin and tonic when I am on holiday. This last holiday I had 2, but I’m also happy not to bother at all. I don’t drink coke but happy to have a glass of water or a coffee. It is also a case of I would rather eat my calories (syns) than drink them. Keep up the good work, guys.
Eating usually wins vs drinking, for sure. Fancying a gin, vs needing a drink, I think is the key difference. 👍
Mark, you were lucky I didn’t watch this until I came back or it would have been no Christmas presents for you, using language like that !!! Really enjoyed those daft cracker jokes, something for everyone, well done, lads.
Happy New Year! I'll pass the warning on. 😂👍
Die Hard 1988 Elf 2003 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 Rare Exports 2010 Scrooged 1988 Violent Night 2022
That's an interesting mix. Rare Exports is completely new to me...I shall investigate! Contemplated a couple of 'darker' Christmas movies, especially as Violent Night is recommended in a few movie review site "Best of" lists for Christmas. I was going to add Bad Santa, but crossed it off last minute. I'll put this list to Mark tomorrow!
I used to put 2 up, both fibre optic, one in lounge other in conservatory, simply plug in and leave, no trimming or mess. I have a little tree on the mantle piece, probably 12 inches high, decorated with a string of £1 lights and 3 pair of Christmas earrings 😁Will take a few minutes to put into a carrier bag on 18th and away in the cupboard
Fibre optic trees! They were fancy back in the day. 😃 Haven't seen them in ages. Christmas earrings on a little tree is a stroke of genius. Love it. 😊👍
My favourite Christmas movie is “Its a Wonderful Life”. I still have the video that John bought me, unfortunately I don’t have a video player. Oh well, happy memories.
It seems I'm one of the few that still hasn't seen it! One of Mark's favourites too. Can't remember when I last had anything VHS, mind. I have a load of DVDs and some Blu-Ray, and my player is gathering dust on the shelves in the spare room. Not many people own their favourite movies these days when you can stream them any time. A person's DVD and bookshelf would often tell you a bit about them.
i don’t have any DVDs now. The books on the bookcases in the hall are mostly what John collected and mine are all cookery book. I read novels on my kindle as I couldn’t deal with the clutter of books.
I can’t remember having an Advent calendar. Mam used to buy cheap chocolate anyway, so best not to have one. On charity giving, I donate to a local one that supplies Christmas dinner to the homeless, also meals and other basics through the year, and to a local food bank. I remember what a struggle Christmas was, wouldn’t have managed without my parent’s help.
Donating towards Christmas dinners and food banks is a great idea. I'm relying a lot on my parents this year with contracting the way it is - solving that problem shortly, fingers crossed. Not sure where I'd be without them, at times. Interesting that a time about giving is also a time when some struggle the most. Seems counterintuitive, and I'm not sure what that says about it.
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I don’t listen to radio or watch TV so can’t comment on recent Christmas songs. I love the classics, some that you mentioned, and traditional Christmas carols.
No radio or TV? Radio in the car only. TV for me is mostly watching TH-cam streams/lectures/talks/interviews.
Loads of interesting content. When I used to do Christmas dinner it was every veg imaginable, turkey and all the trimmings, and gravy (although now a couple of spoonfuls is enough), then Christmas pudding and brandy sauce. Chocolate before lunch was a big no no, didn’t want you kiddies spoiling your appetite, got that from my mam. .
My mam was the same. No selection boxes before dinner! She used to make her own xmas pud, and 'feed it' in the lead up to Christmas day with brandy and whatnot, and let it mature in a tin. Boxing Day was always at my Aunty's house for Christmas buffet.
Christmas should be a time of peace and goodwill, a family get together, not speeding around the shops buying useless gifts, food you probably won’t eat, and spending money you cannot afford. Even worse, feeling you must get the latest this or that for little Johnny and getting into debt for the next 6-12 months. Mind, I have been there and done that, but you get older and wiser, which is why I do what pleases me at Christmas, and go on holiday. 😁
All good points. We conflate presents with goodwill. If we have skills, we could just ask if someone needs something doing, and do it for free for xmas. It does make me question the 'presents for xmas' charities. They only need presents because we decided that's what we do at Christmas. You could, instead, offer to cook, buy shopping, fill petrol, buy school books, paint & decorate... Offer a service someone needs, but can't afford.
Love the show gadgies! Keep it up!
Cheers, Jack! Really glad you're enjoying it. 😃👍
The Christmas period for me, now, starts when I get on the plane. 😁 Can I upset Simon and say, sprouts, sprout, all the way. Christmas songs ❎ Christmas carols ✅
Sprouts and holiday flights don't mix. You can't open a window on a plane. 🤔😃
I vote, only because this was fought for us many moons ago. Who I vote for is never cut and dried. Charisma of the leader is one factor, also how the local council has performed. So, when my postal vote arrives it’s weighing up these factors, or, like my nana used to pick a horse in The Grand National, stick a pin in it.
Yes! Exactly my point: it isn't, and probably shouldn't be, a cut and dry process. We're never presented with exact opposites, character/charisma matters, we're told background (thanks to news media) matters (e.g. self-made or inherited wealth). If a leader has an opposing view on a subject we hold dear, this can stop us voting for that whole party, even we agree on 99 things and disagree on this 1 alone. We're human: emotion is hard to remove from debate. We should all appreciate, and execute, this right. You'd miss it if it was gone.
I enjoyed the Twix analogy, I can relate to that, but being the pacifist I am, I totally am against conflict, but understand it can be necessary. Another reason why I don’t watch or listen to media, is it’s biased, far from truthful and causes more problems than can be solved.
I agree. Sometimes the discussion of the problem causes further problems. The advent of 24 hour/all day news channels has likely exacerbated this by needing to find/pad/stretch content with the 1000's of subject matter/political commentators.
As I shop online I don’t see yellow labels. Just as well as then my meal planning would be compromised, and I couldn’t handle that. On the subject of emails and texts, I can’t use one word if 20 will do. I put in detail that is irrelevant and far from the point I want to make. I set the scene for everything so it would probably be better to phone.
Full punctuation, spelling and grammar in my texts. No excuse when every phone has a QWERTY keyboard these days. However, I've learned to condense the content - too much detail, and many people wouldn't read any of it at all. It's a balance of detail vs a chore to read. Learned the hard way....from working with Mark.
Yellow labels for the win 😂
This is the way.
I like to give to local charities and lately it’s been food banks or the like. Totally agree about charity begins at home. Many times, in the past, I have needed help from family, now I’m in a position to be the one who helps.
is this real?
Yep, unfortunately.
This past year I made a conscious decision not to watch television, especially the news. Maybe my attitude is wrong, but if it does not directly affect me, them I don’t need to know. If anything is going on that family or friends think I need to know they will tell me. I feel my life is more positive because of this.
Enjoyed this and thank you for the mention - wish I had known years ago that I was “posh”, thanks Simon. 😁
Top mentions for our top fan. 😃👍
Totally agree regarding respect for your elders and not questioning. This has been discussed with you, Mark, but being brought up in a particular religion, I believed everything that was taught to me (I was brainwashed, if you like). It was only when someone came into my life with a different point of view and questioned my beliefs, that I realised they were not feasible or true. This could be applied to so many other facets of my life.
I often wonder if having it drummed into you by your parents, is responsible for a few things. Your religion, your voting habits, stereotypes, career.... My parents are confirmed. Did the whole wine & bread service. Sent me to Sunday school. Although, I don't feel there was malice/malintent in it. But then, they also didn't question it. I'd leave it open for my kids to question if/when I have them. Good that you had the opportunity to freely question it. I did too, in the end. Love your comments so far!
Continuing with the Marmite, Simon, I love it on toast, without butter. I airfry toasted sandwiches,very crunchy, and the crispy things like Melba toasts were Danish Crispbakes, I think. I can’t comment on pizzas as I don’t eat them. The first curries I had with sultanas in were Vesta beef curry. Your dad liked those, Mark, back in the day 😁
I still need to get into the air fried toast! Vesta sounds familiar, for some reason. I can't remember what Marmite tastes like these days. Although, isn't that what they put on Twiglets?
That was funny😂
Love a silly joke. 😂👍
Amazing.
The silliest jokes are often some of the best. 😃👍
Not gonna lie that made me laugh a bit bro. Was not expecting it keep it up! One thing I would say tho for feedback, wait about 3 seconds before saying the answer.
Once again, extremely interesting and informative. Thank you.
Good to know we hit the mark. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 😊👍
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Very interesting about the reading styles. I mostly speed read, which I didn’t realise I was doing. Probably why I get through so many books. Thanks for that. 👍
That's a brilliant result! Glad to hear it. Always learning something new about ourselves. 😊👍
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Horrifying jump scare at the end there.
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Lmaooo this is how you make a good trans joke without being hateful. Take notes fellas
This is exactly what we aimed for. Cheers Allison. 😊👍
Where can i read it
Easily one of the best responses to this joke. 😂👍
That took me a minute lol 😂
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Hello Si and Bro. I’m not answering to anyone. So yes, I spent around £200 on our stag night out. Loved every minute I can remember. Lol. Was a great night.
I like the qualification you added to that sentence "every minute I can remember". 😂 Brilliant. You're a legend. 👍