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Morning everybody.

Welcome along to your free podcast for today, Thursday, 23rd.

Told you're getting close.

Told you we're getting really close.

So you've got the day today and then tomorrow to get the turkey.

I mean, listen, you might not be one of those people who has turkey.

You might be having veggie and all the rest of it because they're goose.

Or actually, if you have veggies, it's about the cheapest time to get veggies at the moment.

Most of the supermarkets are doing them for like less than 20p.

So, you know, I mean, if you fancy cooking up, nut roast and all the rest of it, it's a very cheap time to do it this year.

But for those of you queuing up and they started queuing yesterday at Sandys in Twickenham to get their Norfolk turkeys, because they're sort of about the vet.

They're running at about £70 to £100.

Turkeys.

I know, this sounds an awful lot of money, doesn't it really? But that's how much they cost if you're going for the free range turkeys.

And my Christmas, as you probably have seen already, has now collapsed because we've got one down with COVID.

So that's taken out one half of it. And I thought, just to be on the safe side, I was toying with it.

I did really think about it quite

carefully thinking, can I afford to go down with COVID? And the answer is, I can't. It's as

simple as that. So I thought, listen, I can have a Christmas lunch. I still speak to people. I'll

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