Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“There may be a sort of sense in the burnt toast thing. I have some experience with overdoses (I used to be a night listener at Uni) and one of the things they do to deal with the poisoning (depending on what has been taken) is to fed the patient charcol. I seem to remember it absorbs and neutralises.
How did she set fire to the bread board. I love things like that with family history. I have so many things that are ancient, in daily use and that I love.”
We had an old cooker with an eye level grill. She often used to put things on top of the grill to "finish drying off" after they had been washed up....and one day she forgot the bread board was still sitting up top when she stuck a couple of crumpets under the grill!!!! Dad just sanded down the burnt bit
I saw that bread board every day of my life as a child and when it came to emptying mum's home I had to keep it, and gave my daughter the one I had. She also has mum's old breadknife as I have a set of knives. I've no time for diamonds and gold but those old family things are my preciouses
