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  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
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    Maz, you are such an inspiration. I was only telling someone about you the other day, about you learning to swim, losing the weight, the running etc, you are amazing.
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,235 Ambassador
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    Happy running MAz.
    Bump into runnerman did you??
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  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Anyone fancy a 10k in September? Snags is going to join me...

    http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/sports.nsf/open/C4452B53892D402E802575EE002F2000
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    whatatwit wrote: »
    Evening :hello:

    Ames, I recycle my shredded paper, also , when we had a cleaner, I just made sure that things were put away and then the cleaners came and blitzed. I used a cleaning firm and they sent 2 ladies round every 2 weeks. It did cost a bit more, but they brought all their own stuff and I knew they were insured. Also, it was easier to complain if needed and dispense with their services;)

    Sorry Ames, have been busy screwing a set of drawers together...my hands hurt now but its done....

    I would echo what whatatwit says - get an agency, I have two people come and they blitz the place...I also hide in my office when they come (or go out if I have Chloe with me)
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    The diet started so well but now I'm sat here eating a box of Special K. I'm doomed to stay fat :o
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Agency it is!

    I am such a hoarder! I've just been agonising over whether or not to keep an OU letter about resitting an exam because I was ill on the day. I've already resat and got the course final mark fgs!

    If I'm not heard of again, it's because I've drowned under a large rainforest worth of paper.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Spud, at least it's not a box of chocolate!
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    Well Maz, that beats my experience last night....I had just dropped DS off at his house.....and was wending my way home, as you do....please note it was nearly 11pm!!! I am usually in bed at this point and don't like driving much in the dark so was a bit .......you know anyway..

    I was behind a taxi...a lorry type thing pulls up almost at the side of me but slightly in front.

    I see lorry passenger man gesticulating at the taxi in front - then noticed an axe on the dashboard:eek: .

    Passenger man then got out brandishing said axe - to be pulled back into lorry...

    Then he got out again fully and stood right in front of me brandishing this axe and laughing manically at the taxi driver in front. Then he got back in his lorry and they drove off...I slowed right down and they pulled in front of me...I was terrified. They went through the lights and I held back .....phew...I aint driving at night again for a while:cool:

    If you encounter that sort of idiot again; run them down.

    A good hit and he won't be threatening you with a pencil, never mind an axe.
    "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.'
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    :rotfl: Yep, will be on my best behaviour with him. Just DVD and coffee and chat.



    Oh god, this is going to be very hard... _pale_ :o

    Isn't it the bloke who is supposed to say that?
    "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'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    It's a 'gastro pub' :rolleyes: .

    I thought that meant their food gives you wind...
    "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'
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