Shish
I almost forgot to report this. Last Tuesday I went out for a pre-Christmas meal with a bunch of men I hardly know. Let me explain. Every Sunday night I go up to "The Hammer and Pincers" to participate in their weekly quiz. I join with my regular quizmates - Mick and Mike and Danny. Whenever we are up there there's another regular team - also all men and in the same age bracket as us. There are usually six to eight of them They are our main competitors. Back in October, the leader of their team kindly asked if we would like to join them in December for a meal. We all said yes but then each of my three mates dropped out. Danny moved thirty miles away to Buxton, Mike developed a serious muscle condition called myasthenia gravis and Mick simply didn't like the idea of going to a Turkish restaurant where of course they serve "foreign food". And so it came to pass that I was our sole representative at the "Mavi Rüya" Turkish restaurant on Abbeyda...
