Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 2

Izadora

tea_lover wrote: »

some people are just unbelievable in what they think is an essential

I know it's not what you mean but the Waitrose "Essential" range makes me giggle. As much as I like artichoke hearts, there is no part of me which thinks that they're an essential store cupboard item

Back to the original meaning, I can't understand why people seem to think that they're entitled to have brand new everything straight away.

When we moved last year we needed to start pretty much from scratch so made a list of everything we needed and put it into order of priority. As much as I would love a brand new Smeg fridge, my parents' old drinks' fridge keeps things cold and I was incredibly grateful that they let us have it as it meant we could afford a mattress for the spare bed instead. We've also kept an eye out on Gumtree and picked things up from there to tide us over until we can afford what we want. Our dining table may not be the prettiest thing I've ever seen but it does its job and I'd far rather be able to have friends and family over for dinner than either get myself into debt or go without for months until I can afford a brand new one.

codemonkey

Nearly had an autocarrot nightmare. Sent an email requesting a meeting be rescheduled for the following week, read it through and it read can we reschedule for the striptease? That could have been awkward. :rotfl:

Pyxis

codemonkey wrote: »

Happy birthday tea.




amante do cha feliz aniversario (Happy birthday tea lover in Portuguese).

Oh yes! That's a good point!

Buon compleanno, AmanteDiTè!

(Amante-= lover
Di tè= of tea ........wrong accent but M.sE turns acute accents into swear expletives!)





On the making do theme........
When I bought my first house, I couldn't afford any furniture. I had cast-offs from relatives..... Two hideous dark green, scratchy moquette armchairs, a rickety gate leg dining table, etc., second hand fridge, no washing machine until my first was born, ancient second hand cooker, no freezer for another three years!
Was given an old mattress, but couldn't afford a bedstead to put it on, so it went on the floor.

The priority was the mortgage, and at the first opportunity, I increased the mortgage to get central heating installed. That first winter I had only a fan heater which I took from living-room to bedroom.

Although I'd passed my driving test in 1974, I couldn't afford a car until 1991! (I did ride a motorbike for three years though, before the children were born).

Pyxis

codemonkey wrote: »

Nearly had an autocarrot nightmare. Sent an email requesting a meeting be rescheduled for the following week, read it through and it read can we reschedule for the striptease? That could have been awkward. :rotfl:

I bet everyone would have come, though! :rotfl:

codemonkey

Pyxis wrote: »

I bet everyone would have come, though! :rotfl:

tea_lover

Got to love an inappropriate work email

Years ago, I woman I worked with forwarded a picture of Brad Pitt. He had a fig leaf and if you clicked the fig leaf moved. I'll leave the rest to your imagination. Instead of sending it to just the three of us, she sent it to 25 male marketing directors.... with the comment "knew you'd all enjoy this".

Must be 10yrs ago and it still makes me laugh.

mellymoo74

Got it rescheduled so is next week (coven job)

No sleep the cutter of steering are back

whitewing

Feeling brave enough to take it to the local paper? (I wouldn't, but it seems to be effective at changing the situation in our area).

Pyxis

codemonkey wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:


:o:o:o I hadn't thought of that!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Pyxis

mellymoo74 wrote: »

Got it rescheduled so is next week (coven job)

The Coven interview.......