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Buggalugs is fast asleep on the bed again, so whatever was bothering her, seems to have resolved itself.
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Maybe she wanted a bit of reassurance that you would be there if she needed you? Cats, exasperating critturs, but you wouldn't be without them!One life - your life - live it!0
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Update on the drainage situation.
The blockage is clear :j we did not have to dig the floor up.
The best advice i can now give is....
Ensure your children know that flushing their boxer shorts down the loo is not the best way to deal with 'accidents'... :mad::mad:
It's a bl00dy good job he left for uni on saturday and is now 100 miles away...I wanna be in the room where it happens0 -
Update on the drainage situation.
The blockage is clear :j we did not have to dig the floor up.
The best advice i can now give is....
Ensure your children know that flushing their boxer shorts down the loo is not the best way to deal with 'accidents'... :mad::mad:
It's a bl00dy good job he left for uni on saturday and is now 100 miles away...
Oh my goodness :eek: So glad you didn't need to dig the floor up though! Perhaps you'd better warn him not to do it again at uni....0 -
Update on the drainage situation.
The blockage is clear :j we did not have to dig the floor up.
The best advice i can now give is....
Ensure your children know that flushing their boxer shorts down the loo is not the best way to deal with 'accidents'... :mad::mad:
It's a bl00dy good job he left for uni on saturday and is now 100 miles away...
I hope you have sent him the bill (and will send the rest of them on at appropriate intervals)0 -
I hope you have sent him the bill (and will send the rest of them on at appropriate intervals)
Little point, he only has us as an income anyway.... He 'may' be doing a lot more lawn mowing in the future, however...
The reality is, there was a lot of scale build up in the drain, and a rainwater gulley has become silted up and much of the cost has been dealing with that. There were things we'd ignored even though we knew they were causing problems so it's done us a bit of a favour.
Not that i am going to tell him that...:pI wanna be in the room where it happens0 -
I was thinking of visibility of the costs, rather than cold hard cash. But make him sweat a bit... 0
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Oh good lord! Thats quite an intense learning experience all round! Thanks for the update 2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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Update from marginally-sunny Mallorca: we're flying Ryanair. I may be gone for some time...Angie - GC Jul 25: £225.85/£500 : 2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 26/68: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)0
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Just saw an interesting video about how we walk nowadays compared with Medieval times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EszwYNvvCjQ
Should I try to walk differently?0
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