Life with Nat - EP148: Scraping the Barrel #26 - Saving the salad, Cicadas, and collecting novelty bottle openers

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

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Well I got some place mats from a nice pub in Belfast Oh yeah I thought it was quite nice to have a fucking real beer mat I can't see them No well if you lifted your glass off You'd be able to see from a lovely little pub called the Garrick We haven't got any lights on in here No that's true

And how did you get beer mats In a pub called the Garrick I just put them in my bag You stole them Um Well they're only sort of cardboard You've stolen the beer mats Yeah

I suppose so Right okay Should they'll be really happy about that They don't reuse those Once they've had a big guineas all over them Do they? Of course they do So they were nice and fresh

And I thought well I put those in my bag Yeah Once they would wouldn't have been throwing away. Oh, it's a bit awkward. A nice gesture has turned into a crime. How was it a nice gesture? A nice gesture would be from giving them to you

and saying, here you go, have a beer, Matt. I did it for us tonight, it would be nice. Brilliant. So, for Garek, Belfast, I mean, they all nice, yeah. Aren't they? So you actually went there? Yeah. When did you go there?

Wednesday evening So yeah How are you anyway I haven't really seen you much this week Yeah I'm good thank you yeah Good You said you had loads of voice notes to play I have I've got lots and lots to do

I hope everybody's had a lovely weekend Thank you as always for tuning in On a Monday Or whenever you're listening of course I would like to shout everybody out for all your fantastic messages of late I am going to play a couple of things that may not be overly scraping the barrel

but very, very lovely and important to me so I'm going to start with one which really touch my heart and I just think sums up what this pod can do so here we go hi Nat Caroline here I just want to say a massive thank you

I tell you why I told my 84 year old mum to listen to your podcast I didn't even know if she could figure it out she did it on Alexa and she figured it out she's just phoned me up at work I thought she was crying I thought something was wrong she was listening to monday's podcast it was Mark talking about his packing and what he needs to buy for holiday she was just laughing so much and she said she woke up I'm going to get emotional because I worry about my mum sorry give me a minute yeah worry about my mum but she said she woke up feeling low

and she listened to you Oh God, sorry, can't stop now Get a grip And she listened to you And it made her laugh So thank you You don't know what a difference you make Thank you, thank you

Thank you Take care, bye-bye Now she didn't stop there, bless her She got a grip of herself And she carried on Right, me again I've composed myself I'm so sorry

I get talking about my mum Get emotional I'm standing in the cupboard at work. Honestly, ridiculous. But no, seriously, it was lovely. It was so lovely. She has just discovered your podcast and she's just bloody loving it

and I think she's going to listen all day. I've told her about Nat's nieces, Mark, Auntie Linney, you know, oh, brilliant. So just, I know you know what a difference you make to people, but I just want to remind you. Honestly, you just make people smile

in a world that there's sometimes not a lot to smile about so you deserve a bloody medal love you thank you and just take care bye well i'd like to say thank you very much caroline i don't know what your boss thinks about you've been in a cupboard at work though i'm not sure what you do but uh yeah i mean that could be quite interesting couldn't it yeah but i really thought how lovely that message was because i know how much i worried about my dad and I think for her to be at home on her own and to be able to put it on and have a bit of company, it really made my day. So I really hope she's still listening and thanks so much for your message. I thought it was great. It's lovely, isn't it, that sort of

the power, the power of the pod if you like, because we just sit and jab her away but you don't realise that you're making people's days. I'm just trying to work out what Caroline's job is. Just thinking, because... To be in the cupboard. Teacher. Well, that's, that's bring to mind. How would that work? There'd be, like, loads of rowdy children screaming while she's like recording.

That's not going to be a case. Maybe it's a stationary cupboard in an office. Could be. Possibly. Yeah. Also, would her colleagues not wonder what she's been up to on her own in her cupboard? Well, she was only in there two minutes. No, I know.

Well, so maybe a stationary cupboard is. a good shout. Could be a supermarket. Did she have to come out of the cupboard, if it was a stationary cupboard, with some paper under her arm and maybe a clipboard, not a clipboard, I don't know. A couple of pencils. A couple of pencils, thank you. That would have been funny. Fewer raisers. Yep.

It's the isms. It's the funny words, you know, you've got to make the rhythm. Yeah. But anyway, what a lovely message. Lovely message. But I've honestly now, all evening, we'll now just be thinking about what does she do as a job you better let us know what cupboard you're in we had a lovely

Turkish takeaway tonight didn't we? Absolutely stuffed We've got to stop doing that actually And in fact Do you know the other thing The whole bread And when I phoned you

Yeah And I said I'm going to be Making some sauce with the tomatoes And I haven't got time to cook Because I'm cooking Yes Which does sound very strange

Yeah It does But because I was cooking trays of tomatoes, frying trays pans of tomatoes. Yeah, I understand, yeah. I didn't want to stop what I was doing. No. And I made quite good progress there, I thought. Yeah.

Did quite well. Mm-hmm. Were you pleased with the amount of jars of sauce? Yes. It's brilliant because we honestly have got quite a large number of tomatoes. And it's brilliant that they're being utilised. And, you know, preserved. I'm hoping we've got enough.

Because it does look like we've still got a lot. If the sun comes out and they ripen, I'm hoping to do another tomato and chili chutney. Nice. Because you love that last year. That was really nice. Yeah, that would be good. Yeah.

So that is what I would like to do. Well, we have got a huge bowl of tomatoes left over. We have, but we do like to use them throughout the week as well, don't we? But yes, I could use those. So you've gone off a bit of a tangent. Yes, I have. Just because I'm quite proud of the sauces, but you don't really want to go into it, so I'll move on.

So when I phoned you, I said, we'll get a Turkish, and it's lovely. Grilled chicken, grilled lamb. You like it, Joni likes it, I like it, a little bit of rice. Who said, well, get hummus and bread, though, won't we? I did. And now you're moaning about it. Yeah, in hindsight.

Did you have a lot of the bread? I was very disciplined, actually. I think I had one piece. Oh. But then you had that other thing and you said, oh, I'll have some of this. Oh, the Lushman or something? Lachn. I can never say it right.

No. We've had this conversation on here before. But yes, it's delicious, got meat in it and different to a big bread. It's thin, isn't it? So I like a little bit of that. But I don't feel full at all. I've indulged myself, I think. But it was lovely.

It's nice. Really lovely, yeah. It's one of the best, one of the freshest, isn't it? And you had a little salad box downstairs, I saw, that you've kept. I put it in the fridge, yeah. You didn't, you left it on the side. Oh, I intended to put it in the fridge. Well, I put it in the fridge for you.

Thank you. I must say, you often do that. You often put one of the side salads in the fridge. I don't like wasting food. No, but you put the side salad in the fridge. Yeah. And it remains for three days before. for I throw it away.

Well, it's the fault that counts. And if I really fancied a side salad, you know, if I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, I really fancy a green chili on top of some lettuce and tomatoes. Yeah. There's one available. And I haven't just thrown it away. We didn't ask for the salad.

We didn't pay for the salad or order it. No. Granted. I mean, it comes as part of a cabat. No, it's just for me, the plastic box that goes in the fridge. Every time we have a Turkish, it's annoying. Okay. Well, I'd like to hang on to it just in case.

You also messaged me, in the lounge to say why have you sent me a picture of my lunch tomorrow? I think that's a fair question. Who sends the other half a photo? I put it on scraping the barrels so it reminded me to talk

about it. Okay. As a side note. But you're not going to have that for lunch tomorrow, are you? I might take that tomorrow. I haven't got a soup or anything. You're going to have that as your lunch? Possibly. At the Albert Hall the other day, I had a plastic

tub of tomatoes, half tomatoes and half, what was I put in there, grapes. And that's what you had for lunch? Yeah. Lily and Lala would like that for lunch? They don't like tomatoes. Or grapes for that matter. They only eat green stuff. But you can't have that for lunch.

You're a grown man. Yeah, okay. You know. I just want something healthy. No, I know. But I don't think. think maybe a couple of crackers with it or, you know, it's not very substantial when you're at work all day.

No, but tomorrow night we'll have a very substantial dinner. Well, I don't, that's the, this is the problem, listeners. Three years have done this. I want to throw it out there. I would love in the evenings, which I do do a little bit and used to do a lot more of, but I would rather have a little something in the evening, have a little pick. Wouldn't we all? a little pick of something, be it a little bit of cheese, a little bit of ham,

not cook a lot in the evening, and have a larger meal during the day. That would suit me down to the ground. But what I find happens is obviously Mark comes in and he wants a big dinner. And of course I want to sit and eat with you. But I would really love to know your thoughts as women, 07-8-20, 1919. You can't just positively exclude the men. I'm not excluding the men.

They can give me their opinion after, but I believe it's quite difficult, especially if you're trying to healthy eat. We eat differently. We don't need the same things as a man. No. Do you want my view on it? If I've been at work

Yeah And I've had quite a long day And I've come back at what, I don't know what time That depends what I'm working on Yeah, well Some back late Yeah And I probably have had a limited amount of time for lunch

And I haven't seen anyone in my family Because I've left before anyone got up Yeah And I've got back and it's late And Joni's not got long before she has to go to bed and never see her anyway but she's in a bedroom

permanently but you know I'll try and see people yeah it's not very sociable not having an actual dinner I would go the opposite I would go

if you had something large at lunchtime when you got home that whole hour eating and cooking could be with Joni we could be doing something anyway

I love to cook I love us all to eat together but I'm just saying when you're on a bit of a health kick after the holidays and nothing fits do I rather eat much more in the daytime that's all Yeah but how lucky you are to have the time to do that

I know Well done Pretty not all the time Not all the time but Right But no Turkish was lovely I enjoyed that tonight

We haven't done that for a long time No We haven't That's true Cut him right back actually on the takeaways which is really good. Yeah. Oh, Joni's birthday.

We camps in the garden. We did camp in the garden. That was nice, wasn't it? Really lovely. I enjoyed that. The grass has come back well as well. We worry about the grass, but it comes back in the end.

Life's too short and all that. Yeah. Not normally very worried about the grass, personally. That is a bit of fib. That's not. When the pool goes up, it's a bit of a fib. I've got to say, our grass net, I mean, we've got a funny-shaped bit of grass.

I'm resisting using the word lawn. Because it isn't. But not only is it now very bumpy and all over the place for various reasons, but it wasn't helped by, I think it was 35 red ants nests that just popped up when we got back from holiday. That's mad. actually. Is that to do with the heat?

I have no idea. But lumps everywhere. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Anyway. It doesn't matter. The space is there to be used and I feel like we've used it really well. It's not been weeded for a long time. We do use it very well and actually it's very good that we actually use it as an area to put stuff.

I do. Or be a paddling pool or a tent or whatever it might be. Yeah. It's lovely. I'm fully for it. Yeah. It was good timing because if Joni's birthday had happened to be three or four days. later, it was highly

possible that we could have woken up with a tractor going past, spreading manure about six foot away from our heads. That is true. It was good timing. It was good timing. I had lovely sleep in there as well. You have a lovely sleep in a tent, don't you?

Yeah. Apart from my back was finished. No, I was fine. Is it? Yeah, surely you were all right. It's not that bad, nah? No, the beds and that are lovely. It's just me.

I don't know what it is. My back. If I sleep anywhere but our bed, my back's terrible. Plays up shocking. Strange. I know. I know this is very random. But Oasis.

Just thinking that. I was just thinking to myself, I think we had quite a lot of messages. People agreeing with me on what I was saying about Oasis, especially the lady who went to the first gig. I am going to read it It's Lisa from the West Midlands She said

Just listening to scraping the barrel And sorry, love you dearly But I'm with Mark We did the first night in Cardiff Absolutely incredible But Noel and Liam and Liam Didn't interact at all Apart from a quick hug at the end

Which was like watching your kids When they have to have a hug Exactly the same as one week or Well I'm not going with you But we did have quite a few messages that agreed with you. We also had some that said, I can't believe Mark thinks Oasis are from Liverpool and he's moaning when I was desperate to get a ticket,

like quite angry. Fair enough. Quite angry. Fair enough. But yes, we did have a few. Mises from Liverpool. Yeah, she couldn't believe it. This problem with it.

I sat on my computer for eight hours. No, to be fair, to be fair, I didn't know her from Manchester. I did know that. He's sitting on that night I did It was a long People need to realise

We record these Like at stupid times But I'm barely even conscious I've had to wake him up tonight Off the sofa Thank you I was actually asleep He was asleep

Bless him And I said do we really need to do one You need to get me like I feel like I feel like You've opened a cupboard door Pushed Caroline out the way And pulled me out

and shrunk being here to speak. The white chocolate macadamia cream cold brew from Starbucks is made just the way you like it. Handcrafted cold foam topped with toasted cookie crumble. It's a sweet summer twist on iced coffee. Your cold brew is ready at Starbucks. Hi all, this is the first time that I've been messaging a voice note. That's, I have to say, I agree with Mark regarding Oasis. if you're paying a lot of money to go

and see a band you don't want to see too miserable buggers do you snarling at each other I think it's all put on anyway I think behind closed doors they really really love each other and the best mate

and I've just done this all these years to get this comeback concert to make them a couple of extra million but that's just my opinion and I do think Mark comes across as miserable but I just think he's not my favourites are the nieces or I love listening to you with the nieces

but then I guess I love it listening to all of it really. And I've actually spent the last couple of months catchy enough because I found you late. But I've actually caught up now, so I have to sit and wait for the next episode. And I've been trying to find other pods to listen to while I'm waiting for your latest episode to come on. Very sensible. Anyway, I just thought that I'd send a message to let you know that I really enjoy the pods and I think Mark's right regarding Oasis and now I've gone over a minute. And my name's

Alice and I'm from North Wales. Thank you. Thank you Alice. Love hearing your opinions. I do come across as being miserable. Loves the pod, the girl. Loves it. Even though.

Brilliant. Well, there you go. I wonder where in North Wales that is. Not sure. Oh, yes. You've got lots of nice railways near you. I'd like to go to the Festinioch Railway. Yep.

That's a good one. That'd be nice. Pretty. There's no down here and all that. lovely yeah just listening to scraping the barrel the most recent one and as you know i'm just back from my holiday well i've been back since early hours of saturday morning just had my first way in at slimming world oh god 12 pounds on but let's hope that we can get most of that off next week and you're talking about maxi bonds well when i was away maxi bonds featured i only had

two different varieties I think I think I had the one that had I don't even know what oh the waffle one which was the blonde one that was really nice and I had one that had like a chocolate tea like a feast type that's the original yeah thing but they were both very nice I must admit I don't know that I've ever had one before but I did have to have them due to the pod but yeah the one that I enjoyed the most however whilst I was away It was a magnum, oh, I don't even know what it was, double gold caramel or something.

It was, oh, divine, so nice. But yes, those days are gone now. Need to get those £12 off, back to Target. But yeah, just for a chair. Okay, see you later. Bye. I love that. We didn't find any maxibonds

when we were in Crete. We looked in many freezers. I did. Many a freezer. Many a freezer. Not a maxi bond inside. No. What are you going?

Talk amongst yourself some minute. I'll be talking to you, darling. You can't just go. I'll be back two seconds. Oh, okay. I'll continue to talk then, shall I? Someone did message in and say, Hi Nat, just listening to your latest episode

when you are on holiday. Back in 2010, Crete had an M&S in the old town. I worked for them at the time. So I had to get a pick. Sounds like you had the most wholesome holiday. So thank you for your picture. Maybe M&S are out in Crete. We didn't see one, but we were sort of up in the mountains.

So you never know, do you? I'm going to read this out as Mark's pissed off. This is from Laura, from New Zealand. Hi, Nat. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and your gorgeous family for the podcast. I moved from Cornwall to New Zealand when I was 15. I'm 42 now, same age as me, Laura. And listening to your pod is like a piece of home for me.

I absolutely love it. I only discovered it a few months ago after hearing you mention it on your other TV pod. And I'm listening every day on my hour commute to and from work each day. Every single episode has been fantastic. I can't tell you how many times I've laughed out loud or chatted back to you before remembering you can't hear me. Anyway, just wanted to say a big thank you. So thank you, Laura. I love thinking, I love hearing about people listening in New Zealand or Australia.

My best mate's moving to ours soon, and I'm sure she'll be listening from out there as well. Hopefully she'll send in lots of voice notes and stuff like that. My lovely Sophie, you're all right there, you're back, are you? Yeah. Is that I miss much? No, don't worry. I've got a good question. Has anyone sort of owned something for a pitch?

period of time and then realized that there's a function they didn't realize it did or there's a control that you, like the fridge tonight we've actually discovered tonight you can adjust the temperature

in our freezer and we've had the fridge freezer for what? Six years. And it was only tonight. Well, you have, I haven't. Yeah. But stuff like that,

that crops up sometimes time, doesn't it? I bet there's some corkers. I'm sure that even on my phone that I'm sat with, there's things on here that I have no idea it does. Well, no idea. I mean, even your car.

Oh, I just get in the car. That dangly thing, up there by the left-hand side, up by the windscreen. What thing? That mirror thing. Do you know what that does? Does that heat up in the winter? I don't know.

But it's got a purpose. The email may not be aware of I get in the car About the stick beyond the wheel You know Put it one way And it clicks and flashes one side And you press it the other way

And it clicks and flashes the other side I indicate and look in my mirrors Thank you You're talking about all the poncy stuff on it No I'm doing about the buttons and stuff like that Yeah It's stupid and you get in and you're a fiddler He's fiddling eco this

And sports mode that And trying to auto park it I get in the car I drive from A to B and I get out again I want to park my own car, thank you. I don't want to sit

and let the car park itself. It's a load of bollocks. This gives it a break. Ridiculous. Mia said they aren't grasshoppers laughing face. We had a lot of people

tell us they are shakadas. I think a shakada is what the noise was that we were hearing. A lot of people

said it's certainly not a grasshopper. However, looking at the picture that you have put into chat GPT that has told you there are two grasshoppers mating on a white outdoor cushion. Yes. Maybe there are a few grasshoppers, but I think the noise was made by the Chakardas. I've got to say, the lovely man that we hired the villa from, said that it was grasshoppers. Oh, really?

and the he's American though two friendly creatures sitting on top of each other took the photo of and put into chat GPT that chat GPT said

was a grasshopper yeah mating to grasshop was mating they were making the same noise just on a bit of a quieter level to everything else well lots of people said they aren't but looking at the photo

of I mean I've got to say I mean we didn't see any Jakarta's No that is true We saw a lot of And when we say grasshoppers They were three inches long Yeah And very loud

So Well there you go I don't know Talking of Crete Just going back to it Because even it's a distant memory now The holiday I have to say What are you doing for your foot

Oh I had a little blister I'm picking the scab off Please don't do that in here Sorry That is absolutely Sorry You want to start video in these Hi

Just listening to your Today's scraping the barrel While you're in Crete I've had to pause listening Because I have to tell you I started collecting Those penis bottle openers A little while ago

Because I've got a dream That one day My grandchildren Will call me Nanny Cock Because I would like like to have a display on my wall that I'm going to call Cox of the World and I'm going to display all of my penis bottle openers on the wall. So now when my friends go on holiday, they're always searching for the old phallic bottle opener for me. I love the pod. My name's Sarah. And I hope to

keep listening for a very, very long time. Keep making the apps. Love them. Thank you, Nanny Cock. Now, if ever there was a reason for you doing this podcast, it would be to receive that voice note. Brilliant. Because not in a million years, could you have made that up? When you think, why do they do the penis bottle openers? That's why there are people like Sarah who collect them from around the world and they want a cock display on their wall.

It's a bit like a field of dreams. If you build it, they will come. Don't get it. If you make something or sell it, then people will come to... Have you not ever seen Field of Dreams? No. Surely you've seen that.

No. I thought it was a Freddie Flintoff documentary. Oh no. Well, anyone that knows what that film is understands what I'm saying now, so I don't feel the need to explain it. I thought you were being very rude. Well, you know. I thought you were.

being rude. It's mildly amusing. As usual. It was mildly amusing, but also relevant. Jenny sent me a fantastic packet of spinach and cheese parcels, which I believe she said, are in Lidl. Someone else sent me some from the co-op, honey and feta parcels. Listen, guys, it's all very well, but they're not the same as those beautiful pastries. However, I've had a...

couple of people send me a link to a Greek delicatessen in St. Orban's, and they look exactly the same. I haven't stopped thinking about driving there, but I'm not going to. But thank you for letting me know. All right, Liza? Is that the top? What's that top? The top to their bottoms. They're lovely. Really nice. How good are they? Beautiful. There were so many pairs. Are you coming to stay in the night? Yeah, I was actually, but my legs Oh, I've got something to tell you I can't cope quickly

Yeah, come on You know the penis bottle openers Yes That we kept seeing on holiday There's a lady called Sarah Who has messaged in To say that she collects them And she gets all her friends

To collect one from different countries Because she wants a wall of cocks And when she's older And she's a grandmother She wants to be known as Nanny Cock I have no words Funny, though. That is brilliant.

That is brilliant. And on that note, see you later. Oh, really? Do you don't find that a bit embarrassing? No, I just think it's hilarious, actually. Fantastic, isn't it? Yeah. Love you, we won't be long.

No, I'm going to sleep. Oh, are you? Bye-bye. Good night. Bye-bye now. Bye-bye. Good night. See you later.

Shut that door Right now Hi guys This one's for Mark I nipped into my local shop today And I couldn't believe my eyes A Maxibon chocolate bar Well obviously I had to buy one

Has anyone else seen one of these Or tried one? It's in my freezer Ready for a Friday night chocolate treat Also does anyone freeze chocolate or is it just me? I love the pod It makes Monday and Thursday Morning's a lot better at work

Cheers guys Karen in Derby They are selling Maxibon chocolate bars in Derby Now I thought that was quite a A biggie Let's have a look What is that on your phone

Ro Roe bought it for me As a press You got rid of one And now you've got What is the point of that You put it around your arm Right Yeah

And it's like a bracelet as well as a holder. Your phone just dangling off your wrist. What an annoying thing. Does that not bother you, Pat? I know that's that miserable, but honestly, that is ridiculous. No, it does bother me when I'm in here, because it does, it can hit the table.

But it is quite good when you're out to have it around your wrist. Why? Because it's a safety thing, especially in London and stuff. Just don't hold your phone out in public. I know, but if you're on Google Maps and stuff, it's quite good. Madness. Maxibon, how in terms? Interesting.

It's got all foreign writing on it as well. Hmm. Very good. Freezing chocolate's a funny one though. Yeah. Why would want to do that? I mean, I get putting it in the fridge. I love a bit of fruit and nut.

And I would always keep that in the fridge. Yes. But freezing chocolate, I've never heard of that before. No. Let me know if you freeze your chocolate, guys. Interesting. I've got through another week of Cooking with the Stars, by the way. Hope everybody watched last night.

You're getting on the right on that. Feeling the pressure, though, honestly, watching it back. It was so much pressure. It was so intense doing it. But I am very proud. Last one. Last one next Sunday. What do you mean with the last one's next Sunday?

The last one next Sunday. So what's this Sunday's one? Semi-final. Are you in it? Yeah. I've not been watching it, so I don't know. You have. been watching it. That's really silly things to say.

No, I'll be honest. I did sort of fall asleep. Yeah. Yeah. It's relaxing, isn't it? Sunday afternoon. I'd done a roast, didn't I? That didn't help. That definitely didn't help. Or the red wine? No, the combination of the roasting and red wine and a long day outside.

Probably didn't help. Drive a steam engine that day. That was nice, wasn't it? It was nice, yeah. You know, you made a lot of. lovely cottage pie the other night for Brian and Lorraine? I did, yeah. It is really good, your cottage pie.

Sorry, was it cottage or shepherd? Was it lamb? It was shepherd's pie, yeah. It was really good. Like, I can, I really fancy it soon. Could you just make a couple of large ones? And then we can put one in the freezer in a tray. I think that would be worth doing.

Yeah, it could do. I really do. Yeah. Really good. Never enough of it. Oh, that's nice. Nice. But the reason I mentioned that is that Amy said she just tried cottage pie with Brantston Pickle.

And she said, wow, I'm changed forever. So thank you for having a go at that because when I have my shepherds pie, it can be cottage or shepherds. I have no gravy on it. I had some peas and sweet corn and loads of Brantzden pickle and it was delicious, Amy. Fantastic. That was my dad's thing, wasn't it? Yeah, got it from your dad. Best thing he ever taught me.

Yeah. It was. He taught you some amazing things. Best thing you ever taught me? It was the best, yeah. Another lady here. I'm not going to read it all out, Emma. Emma from Bristol.

Oh, do you know what? And then in brackets it says, I'll be so grateful if you read this one out, so I will do. Sorry, Emma. Here we go. I was going to shorten it, condense it a bit, but we've got time to fill.

or as Mark's tired. So here we go. Now, I've been listening to Life with Nat since November. I've been right back to the start and listened to all of the podcasts. I'm now listening weekly and cannot wait for the new ones to come out.

You are so relatable. My girls are 12 and 8 and so many of your conversations resonate with me and us as a family. I particularly loved your recent scraping the barrel podcast from your holiday, mentioning Joni being a sausage connoisseur.

Grace, our 8-year-old, is a huge fan of sausages. The way you talk about Joni seems to be so similar to our grace You really helped me through a bad work time in November when I was off sick And listen to all your varied podcasts was a true tonic for me I love your family, especially your nieces It reminds me of the bond I had with my cousins growing up As everyone says, it really feels like we all know you

I've just listened to your latest podcast with brother Tony Whilst I'm out in Spain with my family And I could identify with so many of the comments About how your life choices happen over time and you're never completely sure of the way life may turn out. Keep doing what you are doing. That is lovely. It does go in a bit longer.

I am going to leave it there, Emma. I'm ever so sorry, but I have read most of it out, and it is very, very kind of you, so thank you. I like hearing that people have found it and have gone right back to the beginning. It's good, that, isn't it? Yeah. Hi, Nat. I just wanted to check in, say hello.

my name's serena and what back in july july the 12th i don't know the date because i'm staring at my phone why sending you this voice note i was up to episode 43 and now i just want to say i have just finished listening to episode 146 and it is fucking amazing it is still just jokes through and through yeah i don't know if you'll read this out well not read it out but play it and I'm really excited about your book I feel now that I can jump on and just say a little hello and talk about some of the things that you guys have been chatting about it's just been absolutely amazing I am like a cleaner I've got small cleaning business I've also just qualified as a counsellor so like this summer has been like the first summer

in four years I've had to myself and I've spent it with you lot honestly catching up on all these episodes and just live in my best life. So yeah, just wanted to finally send a voice note because I feel like now I am up to date with it all. And I can't wait for the next episode. Take care. Love you lots. Keep doing what you're doing and never fucking change. I feel bad now. Serena, that is such a cracking message. Your positivity, I'm so happy that you're doing what you're doing. You've had a lovely summer. You're listening to what you're listening to. You sound really on top of the world. It's brilliant to hear. I love it. And Paul Serena is looking forward to this.

Should have been right with me. I just apologise. Sorry. It's all right, babe. At least you're here with me. It's a bit like a solo pod, but just with a little bit of background noise. Yeah. But that's what they normally are. Which is fine. Yeah. You know. I've never, never proclaimed to do anything different. Have to have a shout out to Samantha, who I call Alice from the Vicar of Dibbley,

become a dear friend on the pod. She sent me a picture of a husband's pint and her glass of wine. I just wonder what you're going to say then. And she said, apparently, I have to stop listening to the pod because a glass of Sonser cost 20 quid. So he's absolutely furious that I've told her that Sonseer's really nice and now she likes it. Yeah, but you could buy a bottle with it for 20 quid.

I know, but they're at the pub, aren't they? I mean, I don't know, you're very lucky, whatever pub you're at. I never find it in the pub, in a glass. For 20 quid? Yeah. Or is it gold-plated? No, but it probably is for a large glass, I reckon, 20 quid in a pub. That is mental.

I reckon it is. That's mental. So anyway. I'm with Alice's husband. I know. It's not Alice. Samantha. I call her Alice from the vicar of dibbley.

Because she's like, hello, my love, I hope you're all right. She sounds like Alice. Oh, lovely. That's a, wait on. but that's the same person Yeah Give me Chuck the old

Football shit over There's nothing on there That's the same person Hang on I'm so confused What You know the same Cut

No Give me the phone Right So confused now Oh What you're thinking Oh I thought It was the same person

I thought It was Karen from Derby And then thought Oh, and Karen from Darby's husband No But it's because it's all in a WhatsApp group That's correct Yeah, please get that thing off your phone

But anyway Samantha I did laugh at that Oh, you made me laugh Brilliant Absolutely brilliant Was it a glass Was it a large glass for 20 quid Let me know love would you

No, that's a lot of money For a glass of wine It is ridiculous That's a lot of money But you can get A lovely sunset About 15 quince in Marx's bottle.

Exactly. Lovely. Well, we've caught up with all the messages on our WhatsApp group, which I always love to do, because sometimes we all get nagging, and I don't play enough of them, so I'm pleased. I have to say, I think I've been unfairly represented. Why is that, sweetheart? Because you've got a hell of a lot of messages regarding what I said about Oasis.

And I've heard I've had one read out Yeah, and then a voice note And one voice note From somebody who said, I'm miserable That was just chance Pure fluke Pure fluke

There are a few Brilliant So No, there were loads Have we got lined up for the weekend, darling? I'm working tomorrow Yes, Saturday And Sunday we were going to go

The open day Friends and Family Day That would be nice Looks dry actually It has been Pants by the way The covers haven't been put On the furniture

I know I know It's soaked It's soaked Finished Nees to stay out To it dries off I think yeah

I think so And then we put the covers on Sunday Monday Tuesday Looking okay Weather-wise So I think they need to be Covered up Tuesday night

Okay But that's I'm going to pop that down Write that down Nice one I'm going to finish With a message From a friend of ours

He likes to have a joke They're not always overly funny Are they, cow, but I actually think Some of them are okay It's an instance of humour But this is for everyone Enjoy yourselves

Have a fantastic week Speak to you on Thursday 0778-28 2019-19 Do you freeze your chocolate And anything else you've got to tell me about I've got some really big news coming for you extremely soon, so please keep listening. And can you please spread the word?

We want to get the old numbers up if possible. Love you. Hi Nat, this is Callum listening to you from Edinburgh. I just listened to your most recent scraping the barrel about Oasis. And I agree with Mark's final point. You talking about bins is completely rubbish.