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B's, C ' s and D's. He just missed out on his maths by a couple of marks but got his English..so only one retake needed.
Sounds good!:j:T
Hope he's pleased.One of my favourite Aussie stats: nobody in NSW in the last decade has died in an accidental house fire which had a working smoke detector in it.
My other is never drive further than 8km to buy a Powerball lotto ticket. If you do you are more likely to die in a car smash on the way than you are to win the jackpot.
There's a similar stat here in the UK about not buying a lottery ticket till one hour before the draw as you're more likely to die than win if you buy it earlier.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
There's a similar stat here in the UK about not buying a lottery ticket till one hour before the draw as you're more likely to die than win if you buy it earlier.
I had a feeling that if you're older than 70(?) you can't buy a lottery ticket late enough on a Saturday to be more likely to win than die in the UK!0 -
It did not include the cost of painting in that figure, just the paint. Plus re-used the door furniture from the old door. We also did not replace the frame.
Frame really wants replacing - might as well get it all done at the same time. And I'd like the door to hang the other way too. Also has a window over the door.
Door furniture - won't be re-using but I'd be happy to source my own.
First quote included painting (and providing paint)0 -
What's the point of a multi-locking front door? Back doors and windows are far more likely to get broken into. So, why do one without the other?
Well ... you could end up with a moated fort... but you have to do the bits and pieces as you go along. Yes, they can get in through windows .... which would need looking at when your windows need replacing.
When I bought my last house it needed all new windows. One "vulnerable/low" window at the back I even had made in laminated (?) glass to make it less kickable.0 -
Talking of statistics - many years ago I read that at/by age 35, if you're not already married, you're unlikely to .... but if you've been married before then you're likely to remarry still.
So, 35's the age you're "officially on the shelf" so to speak
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Ooops - we just do:
First day a quick tour - here is bus stop, here is station, here is school, here is supermarket. Is there anything we are buying you won't eat?
Help yourself to breakfast
Dinner time is 6.30 let us know if you will be there / want us to put something aside for later. Menu is we just cook more of what we were cooking anyway.
Come and go whenever you want, if you come home after midnight please get a taxi as the street lights are turned off
In reality it is less hassle than having the 3 kids as the students play with the kids, help clear the table etc.
What age students do you have? Perhaps yours are young adults who can be responsible for themselves. My friend has school age ones, who need to be looked after by a responsible adult. There's also the extra housework (keeping the place guest-clean rather than just family-clean and endless extra changes of bedlinen), which you seem to have forgotten.If they come up with any simple decluttering exercises for Sunshine Girl please share them with us.....
He doesn't do the decluttering. His stuff is about helping her to resolve the underlying trauma that makes her get into a panic at the thought of getting rid of anything whatsoever.lostinrates wrote: »
I love the idea of surprising the sunshine girl.
Do you know yet when she gets her help with the 'stuff' keeping?
The friends cancelled on me, so I went home a bit earlier in the evening and arrived when she was still up. She answered the front door to me, and first looked so shocked that even she was stunned into silence, and then hugged me while squealing so loudly that I thought my eardrums would burst.
Unfortunately she was then much too excited to sleep, and kept interrupting me as I was trying to have bit of collapsing time before crawling into bed, and I'm afraid I lost my temper.
:(On our way north a couple of weeks ago we saw tons of minis all different and customised travelling presumably to some rally. In fact on several years we've seen the same. Bit of a cult car.
DS went through a phase at primary school when he and his friends used to spend the bus journey to and from the swimming pool spotting minis - one point to the person who first spots each one. My kids and I still sometimes play it on long journeys.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Earlier this year OH came across the cable and tidied it up. He has cut it off, flush with the window where it enters the bedroom.
Genius.
Yep ... he's not really getting a very good track record is he ..... what with that and the "naked in the woodshed with his b4lls hanging out" episode.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Thanks doozergirl.
Yeah. RP isn't going to go quietly. Kicking and screaming.
even just across the yard. Its so weird.
??? Have I missed something? You are thinking of installing RP in separate premises across the yard? Would that be with own electricity bill, I wonder?B's, C ' s and D's. He just missed out on his maths by a couple of marks but got his English..so only one retake needed.
Well done him. Fantastic achievement starting from that baseline. I hope he's pleased. Does it get him into where he wants to go next?Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
What age students do you have? Perhaps yours are young adults who can be responsible for themselves. My friend has school age ones, who need to be looked after by a responsible adult. There's also the extra housework (keeping the place guest-clean rather than just family-clean and endless extra changes of bedlinen), which you seem to have forgotten.
He doesn't do the decluttering. His stuff is about helping her to resolve the underlying trauma that makes her get into a panic at the thought of getting rid of anything whatsoever.
The friends cancelled on me, so I went home a bit earlier in the evening and arrived when she was still up. She answered the front door to me, and first looked so shocked that even she was stunned into silence, and then hugged me while squealing so loudly that I thought my eardrums would burst.
Unfortunately she was then much too excited to sleep, and kept interrupting me as I was trying to have bit of collapsing time before crawling into bed, and I'm afraid I lost my temper.:(
DS went through a phase at primary school when he and his friends used to spend the bus journey to and from the swimming pool spotting minis - one point to the person who first spots each one. My kids and I still sometimes play it on long journeys.
They are all 16+. The house gets a sweep hoover everyday anyway. We show them where the cleaning stuff is in their bathroom and like us only change the bed linen every two weeks (I know yuck).
I know just how you feel with DD last night, it is great getting home to them but when they are excited and you need that chill time it is so hard. Our DKs also seem to worry about giving things up, they really miss our old car and any suggestion that we might move house is terrifying... As is giving up old broken toys or grown out of clothes or shoes.
Our kids do who can count the most minis on a trip or day. For some reasn fiat 500s also count.I think....0 -
How long do yours come for? A lot of the ones my friend has are shorter stays than 2 weeks, I think, as well as being under 16. I think her house is smaller than yours too, which would make the students be more under the family's feet. She certainly doesn't have a separate bathroom for them. As far as the extra housework is concerned, I said that my friend manages fine because she only works part time, but it would be more of a burden for FC because she works full time. Since your DW doesn't work full time, I'm not sure that the ease with which you manage them says anything to the question of how they would be for FC. V glad they're working out well for you, though. You can think of it as your DW's contribution to the family income. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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