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Gracious me…

Started by Hooch's mum (mrs h the 1st) in Chit-Chat on Wed, 3 August 2005 at 22:43

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Well, I have tried leaving her in a huge hamster wheel and using it to produce electricity to sell to Powergen, but apparently they have to stick to EU guidelines about health and safety and the hard hat/ steel toe capped boots/ hi-vis jacket and the mountain of paperwork she has to fill in (disclaimers, risk assessments etc etc) just weigh her down too much for it to be profitable. :(

I even suggest sex, once, would you believe! But, apparently, the cravings last for way longer than 3 minutes, so that was a non-starter. (Besides, that 3 minutes usually includes the post-coital cigarette, so that kind of defeats the object)

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 11:02

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mrs h wrote:

I must away. It’s got to that time of day when I can’t see my computer screen anymore :(

Have fun and if I don’t get to chat to you before I hope you have a fantastic time next week :)

*waves*

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 11:06

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Dennis wrote:

Thanks!

;)

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 11:07

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
:p

I must away. It’s got to that time of day when I can’t see my computer screen anymore :(

Happy hour?

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 11:26

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Jess wrote:

only 15 minutes left…i’m counting the seconds until i finish work

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 15:14

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mrs h wrote:

Misanthropologist wrote:
Happy hour?

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 17:08

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw (Fuck it) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
edit: troublegum is what you chew when you hate your teeth, and the therapy dude is just Taunty Dan in a silly robe :)

I thought troublegum was what you call those situations where you get gum stuck on your ass cheek of ya jeans.

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 17:25

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mrs h wrote:

No - you’re thinking of troublebum :p

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 18:09

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw (Fuck it) wrote:

I thought that was an american homeless person causing a riot?

Posted on Wed, 1 August 2007 at 19:09

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Divers (Simon) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
@Simon - Well you may or may not be pleased to know that I have decided to give you that painting that you liked - the one that used to be over the stairs at my house :) I don’t suppose you will be able to take it to Australia, but you can pick it up at Christmas if you want. Maybe you could take a photo of it and blu-tack it to the wall where it would have been if you actually had it with you :)

Ah cool thank you, I do like that one :)

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 00:21

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marja (sinner) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
Marja, it looks gorgeous :D Not sure about the bare bulb in the kitchen though - have you considered a chandelier? ;)

are you donating one :)?

I know the kitchen doesn’t look like the design you made, but that’s all boyfriend’s fault. He didn’t like the pattern on the walls, and he cooks, so I have nothing to say…

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 07:01

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mrs h wrote:

:mad:

Give your boyfriend a slap from me. The design was beautiful!!

Reminder

@Simon - no probs :)

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 09:23

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marja (sinner) wrote:

i know, but he threatened never to cook for me in it, and as I’m a very bad cook, i took tHE coward way out and gave in.

Police came round our house yesterday. this is all normal stuff when you register in a new city. But the garden still looks like a digger site, with sand all over the place, and you need to have an official document from the city that allows you to move the sand (even if you want to move it on your own property). We don’t have that… So we were a bit anxious. He didn’t say anything until he left, then he started talking about how nice it will look when it’s all finished and stuff, not a word about the obliged document… He probably doens’t know it himself :)

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 09:32

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mrs h wrote:

That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard - and this is GM!! I went back to look at that kitchen link and ended up reading half a dozen pages of silliness, but nothing as silly as needing an official document to move stuff about in your own garden!!

How’s it going anyway? Is it all lovely and cosy and romantic? :) I hope your boyfriend’s mum isn’t lonely :(

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 09:44

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Igor Belanov wrote:

I have to have a 3 week hearing with the junta of Halton before I’m even allowed to set foot outside the house :(

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 09:54

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mrs h wrote:

The Junta of Halton? I don’t know what that means but it sounds impressive. I shall get a ceremonial robe and become the Junta of West Yorkshire :)

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 10:10

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Igor Belanov wrote:

No, junta means committee or some such like, and usually refers to a group of soldiers who have seized power in Latin America. You would either have to find some other people to rule with, or take sole charge as a ‘Caudilla’.

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 10:15

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marja (sinner) wrote:

mrs h wrote:
How’s it going anyway? Is it all lovely and cosy and romantic? :) I hope your boyfriend’s mum isn’t lonely :(

she was a bit sad last week, but that has passed now.

I’ve been a real housewife, cleaning all the time and tidying up, making lunches, going to the supermarket, it’s great. I love it.
I had my first “i’m home”-feeling yesterday. got me all emotional. I no longer feel like a visitor, and I know now where I am when I wake up :).

even my collegues notice. They say i smile and make jokes even more than before :D, they’re all very proud.

than about that offical document, let me tell you an other story about idiot burocracy: we do have water, but we do not have the official certificate for the water installation yet, because our bath isn’t installed yet and the tap has to be 2cm above it, if not, you don’t get your certificat :rolleyes: an other engineer with too much time on his hands invented this idiot rule

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 10:19

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mrs h wrote:

@ Igor - Tis done :)

You can go out now - but only for 5 minutes :)

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 10:19

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mrs h wrote:

marja wrote:
an other engineer with too much time on his hands invited this idiot rule

I hate doing this and I do ignore spelling, but I think you might want to know that ‘an other’ is actually one word - another :) I only say it because in the past you asked us to point out if there were basic mistakes :)

By your weird Belgian rules my bathroom would be condemned! The taps are actually in the bath - either side of the overflow pipe :S I say pipe, but actually we have discovered that there is no pipe - just a hole in the bath. We had to have the kitchen ceiling pulled down and replaced last month - the water has obviously just been soaking into the ceiling for years. Maybe certificates are a good idea - the people i bought this dump off would have had to prove it was in working order before they were allowed to sell it to me! :(

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 10:28

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deadsetgav wrote:

:) Hello!

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 11:18

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marja (sinner) wrote:

hey gav, been a while since you were here. How are things? Still at that job you loved?

@mrs H: it’s ok to tell me, that’s how I’ll learn.
That’s just awful about your ceiling :eek: can’t you sue them. We have this law that when you buy something and it has a hidden default that is known by the seller, even years after buying it, you can still sue the seller over it. But you do have to prove that they knew about this

Posted on Thu, 2 August 2007 at 11:39