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Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

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  • silvercar
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    But the rent's as cheap as a 3-bed council house, so cheap as chips, so I can afford it.

    Round here an 3 bed ex-council house would cost you £1200 a month! One still owned by the council probably half that.
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  • lemonjelly
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    cheap as chips,

    with gravy...?;)
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • SingleSue
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Round here an 3 bed ex-council house would cost you £1200 a month! One still owned by the council probably half that.

    Round here there is an ex council house almost exactly the same as mine going for £575.....one still owned by the HA is around £450.

    And you can commute to London in less than an hour and a half. (Ipswich to London Liverpool Street in one hour 10)
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  • Doozergirl
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    with gravy...?;)

    Mmmmm. Hungry now.
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  • michaels
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    DG I don't suppose you can recommend me a book to help me manage my extension? Thanks
    I think....
  • Doozergirl
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    michaels wrote: »
    DG I don't suppose you can recommend me a book to help me manage my extension? Thanks

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1905959443/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

    This is the one that everyone talks about and the reviews seem to back it up. I don't own a copy but I would like to. I do read Mark Brinkley's articles every month in Homebuilding & Renovating and it's fair to say that he really knows his stuff.

    Much of it won't apply, but most of it will - extending, especially a big extension, can be exactly like building an entire house.

    When you've finished you can sell it to me. :)
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  • Davesnave
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    davesnave, I'm wondering if that is what my toms suffered from last year (looks similar). I will read your link later when time is free-er. In case it isn't covered by the link you posted, would it just affect the fruit, or the whole plant?:j
    Just the fruit, though I've only ever seen it when the plant is getting to the end of its season, when the leaves tend to look a bit ropey anyway.

    Blight is a worse threat. I don't grow many toms outside now.
  • PasturesNew
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Round here an 3 bed ex-council house would cost you £1200 a month! One still owned by the council probably half that.
    My mate in Essex pays £450/month for a 4 bed council house. An identical one over the road, privately let is £1200. We compared/looked last year when the council offered her money to move out.
  • PasturesNew
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    with gravy...?;)
    I saw gravy on a chalkboard menu outside a chippy the other day; I had to stop at a red light and it was beside the road.

    Chips/curry sauce -or- chips/gravy for a deal price of £2.25. I think I'd rather stick with what I know (curry sauce) than ruin/lose £2.25 if I get the wrong thing!
  • lemonjelly
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I saw gravy on a chalkboard menu outside a chippy the other day; I had to stop at a red light and it was beside the road.

    Chips/curry sauce -or- chips/gravy for a deal price of £2.25. I think I'd rather stick with what I know (curry sauce) than ruin/lose £2.25 if I get the wrong thing!

    I'm gonna come down there & drag you back to that place and make ya have chips & gravy before it kills me I tells ya!:cool:
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
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