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I can't believe it either.

Do you know, fun of the thing is,

bonfire night seems like, you know,

ages and ages away.

And I don't think there were that many fireworks.

There were a few going off last night, but I think that was Diwali because there were lots of sort of bangs and

crashes and everything else. But I mean, generally speaking, most people appear not to have

fireworks anymore. I mean, I've still got a car full of them. I don't know where to let them

off. I was going to give them to my godchildren, but they've got a paddock with horses in it. I don't know where to let them off. I was going to give them to my godchildren, but they've got

a paddock with horses in it. I don't want to fry them horses. So I don't know where you do with these

things. A bit of pain, but never mind. Thousands of Britons now regret splashing out on luxury items

during the pandemic. Like what? Something I've always wanted, a pizza oven. You can get a portable pizza oven now and it's just

basically like a giant frying pan with a lid on it and you heat it up and then you put your

pizza in there which I thought it's quite good. A lot of people bought gym equipment. That was

a bit of a waste wasn't it? You know, trying to be fit and one in 20 adults bought a hot tub.

I don't like hot tubs.

I'm not a big fan of hot tubs at all.

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