Yesterday I did something I've been meaning to do for a while. An important landmark of my life.

I ordered a table football for my ramshackle room laughingly called a "conservatory".

So maybe not a earth-shattering event, but a significant one for guests to my house . Now we won't have to pay 50p a time for a game and hopefully we won't have a slope like our local pub's table. Perhaps I'll add a quiz machine in time too!

I looked at really cheap ones and came to the conclusion that something solid was needed, considering the battering some of my friends are likely to give it. The deciding factor on the model was the four drinks holders on the side!

Hopefully it will arrive in time for my Yuletide party. And won't distract us from our gaming.