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  • BertieUK
    BertieUK Posts: 1,701 Forumite
    How many of us have often wondered just how owls swivel their heads around without passing out..

    ...when you have a moment check this link...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21279609
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    BertieUK wrote: »
    How many of us have often wondered just how owls swivel their heads around without passing out..

    ...when you have a moment check this link...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21279609
    It's never been high on my agenda.... I'm usually wondering "what'm I having for tea?"
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Can you lot have a whip round... looks like I'm £30-40k short of buying a house I'd prefer, rather than one I can afford *grins*.
    :)
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,381 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Can you lot have a whip round... looks like I'm £30-40k short of buying a house I'd prefer, rather than one I can afford *grins*.
    :)

    Well once you have a likely candidate we could all go and view (individually) and purse our lips a lot and point out faults and then put in offers 50k below asking price then when you turn up as a cash buyer offering 35k below asking price they will bite your hand off :rotfl:
    I think....
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Can you lot have a whip round... looks like I'm £30-40k short of buying a house I'd prefer, rather than one I can afford *grins*.
    :)

    offer them 30k short and tell them it's a cash buyer. quick and easy :)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Whimsical or twee?

    http://www.voyagedecoration.com/studioline-2/mae.php

    I also like the one called dahlia. On this page

    http://www.ourgreenroom.co.uk/imogen-heath-fabric/4569581965


    Has to be reasonably sober for the study.....but also needs to have colour, be light and quite summery
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    Whimsical or twee?

    http://www.voyagedecoration.com/studioline-2/mae.php

    I also like the one called dahlia. On this page

    http://www.ourgreenroom.co.uk/imogen-heath-fabric/4569581965


    Has to be reasonably sober for the study.....but also needs to have colour, be light and quite summery

    whimsical for the first one, i like it.

    not sure about dahlia. it's a bit too...."abstract" for curtains?

    I have to clean the house :(
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    misskool wrote: »
    whimsical for the first one, i like it.

    not sure about dahlia. it's a bit too...."abstract" for curtains?

    I have to clean the house :(

    Fwiw it will be roman blinds,not curtains, so a 'flat view' of the fabric.

    The first is also available as a linen mix fabric. But I think the velvet though less light is a better choice because I want black out lining, and high insulation interlining. ( we WILL be warm!):D
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    misskool wrote: »
    whimsical for the first one, i like it.

    not sure about dahlia. it's a bit too...."abstract" for curtains?

    I have to clean the house :(

    Funny isn't it? I like Dahlia and not whimsical. Possibly because I read that it was for roman blinds before looking. The first doesn't look like a RB fabric.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Nikkster
    Nikkster Posts: 6,391 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Funny isn't it? I like Dahlia and not whimsical. Possibly because I read that it was for roman blinds before looking. The first doesn't look like a RB fabric.

    I agree - I prefer the first one, but I think that Dahlia would look better as roman blinds. I REALLY like the first one though.

    I need to stop mentally buying things for my imaginary house!
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