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Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

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  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,137 Forumite
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    Chimney stacks are coming down - very noisy and one is on the outside of the wall my TTV is hung on the inside of which is a bit of a worry...

    I am thinking of going for a vented hot water system with weather compensation control - can anyone recommend a good mains gas boiler?

    The first floor steels are in - the bigger one weighed 500kg - apparently after that the loft ones at only 280kg will be a breeze...
    I think....
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    iB1 wrote: »
    Did anyone else get up at 6am to try and get Olympic tix after failing the first time? I'm normally up at 6.15am anyways so it wasn't too much earlier than usual for me., getting up at 5.55am. I got two thirds of the way through my application before the site threw a wobbly - but managed to get there in the end by 6.35am.

    Now just to wait and see if I've actually got anything this time round...

    OH did it for us, and we think we did get some.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,317 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    The first floor steels are in - the bigger one weighed 500kg

    Let me guess: they got a few big strong lads to lift it?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,137 Forumite
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    Amazingly about 8 of them did lift it - I'd have gone for a crane or block and tackle or some sort of mechanical device myself...
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Let me guess: they got a few big strong lads to lift it?
    I think....
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Ugh. Worst day of my year, fill the freezer with chicken day. :( Its only good for stock and coc au vin too.

    They are happily chomping now on their rum. :( Anyone fancy supper at my house? ;)
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,317 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    Amazingly about 8 of them did lift it - I'd have gone for a crane or block and tackle or some sort of mechanical device myself...

    That gear would have cost money. :)
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    I'm supposed to be getting a plane in a bit. I'm not ready and I feel a bit dizzy. I need a sleep. If I put my toothbrush in my handbag, can I buy clean knickers at the airport?
    Go commando ...
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    misskool wrote: »
    I'm not a naturally morning person which is why I jump for joy at lighter evenings....

    Light evenings are great.

    But 3am sunrises up here are a b1tch when you're trying to fall asleep... :D
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    Ugh. Worst day of my year, fill the freezer with chicken day. :( Its only good for stock and coc au vin too.

    They are happily chomping now on their rum. :( Anyone fancy supper at my house? ;)

    Your grown-up 'boys,' I presume? ;)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 25 June 2011 at 9:04AM
    Davesnave wrote: »
    Your grown-up 'boys,' I presume? ;)

    Yep, the ''Suppers'' 2011.

    today is unrelentingly busy. We have bees arriving, more chickens to do, a whole host of garden/field stuff we need to get round to.

    My whole incubator clutch seems to have failed :( I'm really upset about that....they weren't chickens and were gifted eggs for me to try. I'll leave them a few extra days but....
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