Heating or eating

 The Winter of our Discontent

I always felt sorry for the people who coukdn't pay for their glasses, and needed to buy cheap ones with plastic frames which were held together by sticky tape - I am one of them now.

Several years ago, my family were short of money at Christmas; we only had food because of the charity from our school who we had helped over the years at various jumble sales. This year, we may be forced to choose between heating and eating as the bills have gone up so much.

To add to our discontent, my wife has said her son can come to the house, despite telling the family, and the police this would not be so; he has an ASBO forbidding him to come here, what can you do if he gets invited.