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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    schoolrunmum wrote: »
    He rang this morning saying he'd fly down "if I really wanted him too", knowing full well I'd say it was too much trouble to go to...half a mind to call his bluff and say ok then,get on a plane...but if he did then 'd be so ill tempered at having to go back up there to finish off it wouldn't be worth it.............grrrrr...truly pi55ed off SRM xx

    Tell him to come down. Remind him that he made a commitment.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • SuzySu
    SuzySu Posts: 3,478 Forumite
    On a different note, are there any meets in the pipeline? I know there is one is Weymouth(?) on 1/2nd August which I can't make, but I'd really love to meet you all sometime soon.

    Is anything else being planned? How often do they happen?
    YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)

    really....it's not hard to understand :T
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    i think there is one in Brizzle in october ish time...

    and maybe a xmas one in scotland.....

    talk also of a london one sometime too...
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    morning peeps :wave:

    Where abouts in essex are you Suzy?
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • SuzySu
    SuzySu Posts: 3,478 Forumite
    Ooh... now there's something to look forward to. I'll look out for the Brizzle one - not sure if Scotland is viable but London definitely is.

    Thanks Maz.
    YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)

    really....it's not hard to understand :T
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    well, it seems my sister's plan to move to Canada must be getting quite 'definite'. She got back from a 2 week trip there yesterday and was apparently only a few weeks from gaining citizenship and had possibly found a job. She's changed her FB status to needing to sell her car asap......she's never settled in anything and went through some real shiite with her job (she was sacked for theft from a bank she worked in (she had nothing to do with the missing money) and then re-instated on appeal when they had to massively back track and say they then knew it wasn't her, but it was too late, her reputation was shot :( ) , I never thought she would definitely do it, but if she does, good for her. She'll have an amazing life there with her daughter.
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • SuzySu
    SuzySu Posts: 3,478 Forumite
    Scaredy - have PM'd you.
    YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)

    really....it's not hard to understand :T
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i've replied Suzy.
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    right, I'm going to make carrot cake.......I don't have any SR flour so am going to have to make my own concoction with plain and baking powder.......
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i think it's 4 teaspns of baking powder to 8 oz plain flour, BB?
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


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