Elite 11+ The Olympic GOLD Jibber Jabber Squad

kadison

Morning all!

Bit annoyed! Went to book a stay with the Jury's Inn flash sale, "WOW!" I thought, a room at their Islington hotel (which is really nice) for only £67 a night! I stayed there a few times in 2008 or 2009 when Walkers were doing a 3 night promotion for £180 so bargaintastic!

So I chose the dates (for a 3 night stay) and go to book, where £40 of room tax gets added on! :mad::mad::mad:

WHY do they do that? Why can't they be upfront and include the room tax in the search price?!

£80 a night is still relatively good value but I have stayed at a 4 star Marriot for £85 so it's not THAT good a deal :(:(:mad:

On the up-side, my lovely new phone arrived this morning and I have managed (with some wrangling) to get changed onto a bonus android tariff on O2 (from a Blackberry one) which applies from midnight tonight! I can't wait!!!

Mrs_stinkface

Morning.
Happy birthday to Nikkilala and fuzzydo Hope you are both spoilt and adored.

madmuppet5

Got me new freezer.:j

Just going to put two ice trays in :cool:

Bananababe

Morning

Happy birthday Nikkilala :bdaycake::bdaycake:

:bdaycake::bdaycake: Happy Birthday Fuzzy do

All these Leos in here I remember a post while back about that so lots of birthdays this month.

Thank Fudge_cake beautiful post.

Hi Tiger Hope your ok in this heat. My OH in middle of Mr S says you can go home tell Tiger and the crew We got the beer.Home from home in here eh ? He was well chuffed wants to make it his screen saver at work ! Told him we amateurs lucky if drink 6 bottles each a year. So the packs we got last for a while

Away out for lunch belated gift from friend - happy hunting folks

Gemini_Jes

Happy Birthday Nikki and Fuzzydo....hope you both have a wonderful day..._party__party__party_

Mrs_stinkface

Fudge_Cake wrote: »

Hmmm something weird happened with my quotes!



LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! It's like all my favourite things rolled into one! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Thank you Bananababe :A So pleased for you for your win!! :j:j:j What a brilliant reward for all your hard work in your exams :T:T:T

cookie - I haven't been ill per se, you didn't miss anything But thank you for thinking of me

kadison - Ditto Thanks for the text, speak soon xx

midwinter - You're welcome, I really hope your tooth's all sorted soon

Saversavvy - :o You're welcome! Thank you!! :j:j Yippeeeeeeeee!!! Check you out, recovering so well and healing nicely :T Fantastic! So pleased for you and hope all progresses nicely for the move over the next couple of weeks. If I forget, hope all goes well at the hosp on Friday :A

Nanny Classy chick - :T:T:T Congratulations on the new addition to your family. I do hope your DD and baby are doing well and will be home soon :A

Mrs stinkface - :o:o:o Oooooopssiiieeeeee!!!! Sorry I did get it wrong! Happy birthday, so pleased Mr Stinkface was feeling generous!

MMW - :eek::eek::eek::j:j:j:T:T:T One word.... WOW!!!!!!!

tallulajo - Thank you so much for the coke glitch, for finding it originally and for heading back and trying it out :T:T And don't be a donut, like QOC and Miss L, amongst other said, we love a good drivel :p And I think I'm the queen of that:rotfl::rotfl::o:o:o

Nannylala - :A GREAT BIG CUDDLES! :A Yes it sucks to feel helpless when you're the fixer but sometimes, as in this case, just your presence will be enough to do the fixing :A That's what will really matter to Auntielala when all this ordeal is over, she will remember the laughter and love that you've shared with her on this journey. My Uncle has lung cancer and having severe side effects to both chemo and radiotherapy so I know how miserable it is. Keep smiling lovely lady and Nikki will be down with another pink orchid in no time ;):cool::rotfl:

ltf - I didn't realise you're off to Tanzania!! One of my best friends is leaving for volunteering in 11 days :D:D

Leenie - :hello:Please come back :A Ooooh and that reminds me toni_ I saw your post the other day :j:T Not long now till maternity leave :T Pleased to hear you're keeping well and I do so hope that you'll be around more once maternity leave comes around

COT - Happy 18th to your twin boys :T:T:T Hope the meal was ok after all

SD - :A xxxx

Westie - :T:T:T Brilliant work! :T:T:T

Anzac and Peggy - :A:happyhear:heart2::kisses3::A Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! Snap I laughed my socks off reading your comment about painting Peggy's nails....that's the first thing I thought!! :D:D:rotfl:Daisy's nails are currently hot pink :cool:

tweets - Sorry lovely, I could thank your post about spiders being ok! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::p

QOC - Lovely of you to offer to do the party :A Some fabulous ideas for games and suchlike. I have to say, at 25, I am STILL a fan of the cutting up chocolate game :rotfl::rotfl: And I always will be!


Which reminds me Lidl's leaflet came through the door earlier, this weekend's super duper offers include
Milk choc 100g for 17p :T:T:T Damn good stuff too :cool:
Cucumbers 29p
Gammon steaks 99p

FK - Your parcel made it's way back home today!

3Dogs - :iloveyou: :A xx :A xx:A xx:A xx

Mind it totally black, appologies for what I've forgotten, no notes made today! :o

Thinking of heading to the Balloon Fiesta tomorrow or Saturday, shall see how it pans out. My neighbour's have had a balloon flight booked for years and it gets cancelled everytime. The couple that were going with them, the man is scared stiff of heights and because it's gone on so long, he's worked himself up more and more and now decided he can't go. So has offered it to my Mum and Dad. Obviously given the chance mother dearest would prefer to throw my Dad out the basket than spend the flight with him but seen as our neighbour's are going too and she wants the experience, she's gonna go And 2 weeks ago the neighbour's got the call to say their next flight opportunity is Saturday morning from the Balloon Fiesta! Which if it's a mass ascent is gonna be amazing! :jBlinkin wish I was going!

Time for beddy byes, night all :A

Awesome post as usual fudge-cake:)
I always have a stupid grin on my face whenever i get a mention. :D

wackynut

nikkilala wrote: »

Mrlala is in his element, I'm cooking him proper home made chips for tea and he loves them:)He only gets them when Nannylala comes or at Xmas on Boxing day with all the cold meats because I can't stand the smell of the deep fat fryer:cool:He keeps looking at me as if to say "What are you after?":rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I love home made chips. You can't beat them but unfortunately, like you, I can't stand the smell of the deep fat fryer. Twice now I have craved for them and gone out and bought a fryer, only to throw it away a few months later. Not very MSE I know. :eek:

lesleysanderson

Aeschylus wrote: »

Morning

First post in here, have read with great interest and starting to understand, just one question I can not get my head around.

I did my first comparison last night on Tescos website it came back with N/A over the majority of items, whilist I understand they only compare "comparable" products there were ones on the till that I buy at other supermarkets made by different suppliers.

For example. Kids cross and blackwell pasta shapes, I buy these at Morrisons Asda and Tesco, yet it gave me a N/A

is this normal for them to be really picky and find the slightest excuse not to compare?

Welcome

madmuppet5

This afternoon Mad goes in Heat One of the Outdoor Freestyle Wombling

I'm expecting stiff competition from a couple of Kosovans and a team from Poland :cool:

Aeschylus

wackynut wrote: »

I love home made chips. You can't beat them but unfortunately, like you, I can't stand the smell of the deep fat fryer. Twice now I have craved for them and gone out and bought a fryer, only to throw it away a few months later. Not very MSE I know. :eek:

You need an Actifry, makes good chips with no smell and only a touch of oil, could not be without ours