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hethmar

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

LOL was it the Ocean Grand, Saltdean? If so, I got caught in just the same way! I didn't mind though as I love art deco architecture...but the hotel was hilarious, all the food seemed to have boiled sprouts with it, and they served tea with the meal - when I asked for wine, they said 'er...I think we have some...yes, in that cupboard' and pointed to a small collection of dusty mateus rose bottles...!

pmsl, Yes, thats right, I remember now! Yes, I did point out the art deco to OH but he wasnt convinced. I went in the hotel while he sat outside refusing to get out of the car and I came back and said to him, it wasnt so bad. He just shook his head and said, "Everyone who has come out and gone in has been at least 4 stones overweight, had bandages on at least one limb and were eating as they wobbled along"

Austin_Allegro

hethmar wrote: »

pmsl, Yes, thats right, I remember now! Yes, I did point out the art deco to OH but he wasnt convinced. I went in the hotel while he sat outside refusing to get out of the car and I came back and said to him, it wasnt so bad. He just shook his head and said, "Everyone who has come out and gone in has been at least 4 stones overweight, had bandages on at least one limb and were eating as they wobbled along"

I got lost in its labrynthine corridors which were like something out of 'The Shining', and ended up in this big ballroom that was empty apart from two elderly couples dancing to a Glenn Miller tape on a radio-cassette player!

The clientele were friendly though - my friends and I did Karaoke in the bar for a drunken laugh and after we'd finished, the oldies all started clapping and asking for more!

The hotel's architecture is pretty much all it has to recommend it! It's appeared in loads of films - it seems to be on Hercule Poirot every other week...

hethmar

Yes, I bet they enjoyed their holiday there more than the people up the road in the real Grand.

Had a similar thing happen with my youngest son - he rang a holiday camp thing and asked for 6 tickets for a "Dance Weekend" earlier this year. An envelope duly arrived with the holiday company's name on it and I left it in his room. Days later the envelope was still not opened so I said to him hadnt he better open it and check all the details. But he waved his hand and said, Oh, itll be ok. So I picked it up and opened it whilst he played a war game with someone the other side of the universe on his puter. I pmsl. The operator must have misheard him and there were all these photos of fat men playing DARTS. I almost didnt tell him as I quite fancied the idea of him and 5 mates sitting in their rave gear, trying to look cool, wondering when the Aceed music was about to start whilst fat men in striped shirts were going up to the 'ockie. In the end I felt I had to tell him and he faffed about but managed to get it changed - lol.

Davesnave

I used to keep ferrets for working, later on in life, a GF kept them as pets and used to show them, weird, she always used to smell of them I used to wish those bloody things would give up the ghost. luckily she dumped me, so that was sorted out

Yes, the smell's an acquired taste, though ours are neutered and also have a monthly bath. Apart from that, We have a set of coats on a separate rack for ferret handling. However, once people realise it's just them, and you haven't been peeing yourself, they are more tolerant anyway.

Generali

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, the smell's an acquired taste, though ours are neutered and also have a monthly bath. Apart from that, We have a set of coats on a separate rack for ferret handling. However, once people realise it's just them, and you haven't been peeing yourself, they are more tolerant anyway.

An acquired taste! Do you roast them or do they require casseroling?

Davesnave

Generali wrote: »

An acquired taste! Do you roast them or do they require casseroling?

I mean when you first experience it, it seems rather unpleasant, but familiarity makes it less objectionable.

To keep this on-topic, I don't think the presence of our 'ferret rack' affected the price of our house, but we were always careful to explain during viewings what it was & why it was there.

hethmar

I think we should all thank PP for starting a thread which has given us all so much fun.

Davesnave

hethmar wrote: »

I think we should all thank PP for starting a thread which has given us all so much fun.

Agreed, she's a bundle of laughs; I don't know why some people get so worked up over her. I often wonder what she looks like. I have this image of Raine Spencer in my mind..... What was it the Royals called her..."Acid Raine?"

clobber_2

The best things about PP's threads is the thread drift. One learns so much.

A propos of this, I saw a chap walking a ferret on a lead in Northampton the other day.

fc123

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

LOL was it the Ocean Grand, Saltdean? If so, I got caught in just the same way! I didn't mind though as I love art deco architecture...but the hotel was hilarious, all the food seemed to have boiled sprouts with it, and they served tea with the meal - when I asked for wine, they said 'er...I think we have some...yes, in that cupboard' and pointed to a small collection of dusty mateus rose bottles...!

It's been turned into ''Luxe Appartments '' now.
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article3853926.ece

I think they may have missed the boat......