Welcome Back To Big Jim At 388,

first to call in were Jay and Precil,

Diana and Precil, helping out with the drinks and food,

then Mr. Tony called in with a huge cooked chicken, he bought one of those "fast" cookers that seem to be popular now, Mike and Riza have one and Geoff has just bought one this week,

Tom called in for a few cups of tea,

thank goodness Joe made a welcome appearance, I was no longer the only person drinking alcohol!

Geoff relaxes next to Joe,

soon to be mum Fa the latest is mid June,

Big Jim brought a load of sweets for the girls and cheese and biscuits for the boys, yummy!

and he trimmed his beard as well!

Mark also called in, we had rolls, french sticks, chicken fillets, pork and a whole roast chicken, plus a huge salad,

then unexpectedly an old friend from the UK called in, Wayne, he is here for the next few weeks, now married, but a cry of "lock up your daughters Wayne's in town!" was heard echoing down the street,

and I forgot all about little Lara, she arrived with dad Steve, next to her Riza helping Diana with the washing up, lots to talk about and a few jokes, like this one on how to save money in the UK,

if you have a suit and you want it dry cleaned, instead of paying the dry cleaners, take it to a charity shop, they will dry clean it and next week you can buy it back for .50p!

after that one the jokes got really bad!