In England the bathroom is often called the bog, and toilet tissue rolls can be called bog rolls.
Something that has no frills or is base line can be called bog standard.
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Books to read
I am currently seeking out classic titles, including old greats as well as new classics. All books should be second hand where possible, especially if any art leather bound:)
Doyle- All "Sherlock Holmes" stories
Hemingway- The sun also rises, a farewell to arms
Orwell- 1984
Bronte- Wuthering Heights
Tolkein- The Lord of the Rings
Austen- Pride and Prejudice
Salinger- Catcher in the Rye
Dickens- A Christmas Carol
Grahame- Wind in the Willows
Tolstoy- War and Peace
Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath
Carroll- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Montgomery- Anne of Green Gables
Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby
Steinbeck- Of mice and Men
Golding- Lord of the flies
Huxley- Brave new world
Cervantes- Don Quixote
Dumas- The Three Musketeers
Swift- Gulliver's Travels
Nabokov- Lolita
Twain- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Hugo- Les Miserables
Shelley- Frankenstein
Wells- The War of the Worlds
Defoe- Robinson Crusoe
Melville- Moby Dick
Rowling- The Harry Potter series
Pullman- His Dark Materials
Herbert- Dune
Fielding- Bridget Jones Diary
Wodehouse- Carry on, etc
Greene- Brighton Rock
Cookery tools
food processor
high quality knives
Cast Iron skillets
high quality stainless steel pots and pans with composite (or copper) bottoms
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