Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Gift giving emergency strikes. One In law is coming to m and I said to dh ' um, what did you get for X'. And he looked at BMW blankly and said 'but, surely you, um...'. ' nope, dh, your sibling, your responsibility'. Dh is now stuffing a bag full of branded client merchandise he assures me his sibling will think is darling.

Hmm. At least iot gets some of it out of our house (I find nothing darling about this stuff at all!)

Any branded golf umbrellas, please? (Not that I play golf.)

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Any branded golf umbrellas, please? (Not that I play golf.)

We don't have one, but can get you one if you Want one?

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I'm checking mine at least three times a day now, for the last couple of days.

I do not understand it, but I know it's funky somehow,:D

kabayiri wrote: »

really well labelled pipes.

You two are so lucky! Properly labelled pipes, and a heating system that's a conversation piece. :T:T:T

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

You two are so lucky! Properly labelled pipes, and a heating system that's a conversation piece. :T:T:T

Yeah, but you have a boiler that is bigger than domestic sized so you must live in the most amazing place.

kabayiri

GDB2222 wrote: »

You two are so lucky! Properly labelled pipes, and a heating system that's a conversation piece. :T:T:T

It's weird. You start talking boilers at dinner parties and suddenly the invites dry up.

Can't figure out why! :rotfl:

GDB2222

We drove up to North Norfolk on Christmas Day. Roads almost empty, so a quick journey.

Today, we went on the Christmas Ramble in Sheringham Park that started at 11 AM. Except it's tomorrow, so we went for a walk by ourselves. The park is famed (possibly within a narrow circle) for its collection of Rhododendrons, and I thought it was cool that 2 were in bloom on Boxing Day. Not as cool as having an interesting heating system, though.

Talking of which, the loos are heated by a wood chip boiler system, so if LIR needs any advice, ask the National Trust at Sheringham Park. Mind you they have installed their own mill to chip the wood, and they have a conveyor belt to feed the boiler.

It has rained LOTS round here, so the ground was what DW terms slushy-mushy, but we got round without actually falling into the mud. It was a lovely day, really quite sunny. Amazing!

Then we went shopping for food, as we didn't bring any with us. Only, all the shops are shut here, because they take Boxing Day really seriously here in North Norfolk. Both Morrisons and Fortnums North were closed. So, we are having Muesli for supper.

Have a good holiday.

misskool

stuffed full of christmas dinner!

Now for the trifle.

kabayiri

zagubov wrote: »

Given the tablet idea the body-swerve. Couldn't figure out what it could do that laptops and mobiles didn't do already.
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There is me dismissing the need for another tablet PC in a different thread, and an hour ago DH turns up with an extra pressie - yep that Archos 80 tablet thing.

You could do worse than find one for £50 in Tesco? It seems perfectly usable. I did have a previous version but I sent it to a colleague in India so we could use the parts.

lostinrates

kabayiri wrote: »

It's weird. You start talking boilers at dinner parties and suddenly the invites dry up.

Can't figure out why! :rotfl:

Well, come here, we can chat boilers I can show you my pressure guages and expansion tanks.:D

If you are REALLY charming, I will let you fill the pellet hopper.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Yeah, but you have a boiler that is bigger than domestic sized so you must live in the most amazing place.

An amazingly poor Energy Certificate!