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f0xh0les

VintageHistorian said:

 Did you see the Essex academic who had his entire life cloned? The guy even tried to copy his hand tattoos (presumably with permanent marker rather than actual tattoos) and pretended to be him at conferences etc, very bizarre! It was in the Guardian a few months ago.

Yep, it was so strange! The tattoos were permanent though.

jennystarpepper

f0xh0les said:

This is going to be my playlist for the month then:

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2019/04/01/top-100-songs-of-1984/

 and

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/07/01/best-albums-of-1984/

and I will dust off my sp0tify, but for tonight I will stick with ....

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/08/01/best-albums-of-1985/

Might have to get in the loft and get the 12" Prince, Frankie and a few others out now!  

kerri_gt

f0xh0les said:

VintageHistorian said:

 Did you see the Essex academic who had his entire life cloned? The guy even tried to copy his hand tattoos (presumably with permanent marker rather than actual tattoos) and pretended to be him at conferences etc, very bizarre! It was in the Guardian a few months ago.

Yep, it was so strange! The tattoos were permanent though.

Maybe not remind DH of that just at the moment, his imagination may go into overdrive,  although if you make notes you could turn it into a best seller.
Remind him imitation is the highest form of flattery or something like that.  But don't mention stalking, and perhaps steer clear of the hypothetical ghb...😳
I consider hoovering and pie making an achievement at least. 
Weather here today is awful. I've battend down the hatches, hoovered,  polished, ironed and keep repainting a bit on the office ceiling that never seems to blend with the rest. Its a combo of the plaster and the light i think and if i don't get a grip soon that patch will have so many more coats than the rest of the celing I'll have a white emulsion stalagmite as a feature of interest to deal with. It all started when i decided to sand and repaint it last year after doing an online class and seeing how badly it had previously been decorated. I'm now obsessed and it doesn't help its where i sit 9-5.30 (and the rest) five days a week. 

f0xh0les

Ooh, this is a bit random, but have you considered doing it in chalk paint?  that blends everything.  When I painted the living room white, the ceiling  and fancy plaster bits suddenly looked dirty yellowish in comparison, and I had  plans to paint it all, but after doing the cornicing and the big round plaster  ceiling rose doo-hick, the ceiling itself has changed colour- honestly, it is back to being white as the chalk paint tied it all together and does not bounce the light in the same way.  Totally weird but it has saved me a job.  Can often be found in Herr Al Dee's middle aisle, and it really is a one coat thing, dries in 20 minutes, practically no smell and not sticky, goes on like a dream.  Advert over.   I have done the skirting boards in it, it is so easy.

kerri_gt

f0xh0les said:

Ooh, this is a bit random, but have you considered doing it in chalk paint?  that blends everything.  When I painted the living room white, the ceiling  and fancy plaster bits suddenly looked dirty yellowish in comparison, and I had  plans to paint it all, but after doing the cornicing and the big round plaster  ceiling rose doo-hick, the ceiling itself has changed colour- honestly, it is back to being white as the chalk paint tied it all together and does not bounce the light in the same way.  Totally weird but it has saved me a job.  Can often be found in Herr Al Dee's middle aisle, and it really is a one coat thing, dries in 20 minutes, practically no smell and not sticky, goes on like a dream.  Advert over.   I have done the skirting boards in it, it is so easy.

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. The annoying thing is the whole ceiling has been painted at the same time so it should all blend as it's not old / new paint but I just don't know why it isn't. It's fine from some angles but of course, the angle where you walk in the door I can see a 'patch'. I think I largely need to stop being so focused on it or it will be like the Forth Bridge. 

f0xh0les

NUMBERS!!!!!

On this wonderful StarWars Day, the force is with us all.

The monthly interest  for April was £126.53 (next mini target sub £120)

The daily interest was £4.21 (next mini target £4.20)

I have made an o/p of £565.99, which is more than DH pays as the regular mortgage payment to bring me down to...

£84,999.99 and now breathe! That amount,  combined with DH's payment is another £1000 down off the mortgage + this month's interest.

I have paid off 9% of what I am allowed to pay off (10% o/p) since March.  It is all looking good for £80k in December.

Baileys_Babe

Those numbers are looking good @foxholes I like seeing my daily interest go down, it spurs me on.
Good luck with speedily reaching your next set of targets.

f0xh0les

Crazy few days.  One of my oldest friends has died at the age of 45 and 2 weeks, very suddenly - I think it was covid related.  I found out on fakeb00k.  It makes me wonder, in these days where computers are password protected, and all our numbers are stored on phones that only let us in, how we have come to a place where the only way to let your loved ones know, is to write a fakebook post and tag the person who has died.   Just wow!  Can't get my head around it at all.  No details, just 'died suddenly'.  and my friend is now no more.  Very fragile last night and today, but I kept busy, went volunteering, made a difference to people's lives in the here and now.    Made sure I told the people we both knew who were closest to her, so it was not a total bolt from the blue.  Well, it was a bolt from the blue but at least they were told by a friend.

Bought my (Rubber) Wedding Anniversary Tyre - it turned into 2 tyres (unavoidable) - so I am now £140 in the hole again, I declined their kind offer of wheel balancing for another £50. I am unbalanced, accept it.  I filled the car up to the top with petrol while I was at it (£22), and now I have to rob £40  a week out of the £100 budget each week to recoup my spends.  Luckily there are no birthdays this month, or half terms.   At the end of this week I will only have £28.34 to shunt across to the cc bill.   Then it is belt tightening time.  Maybe should have bought the tyres before I made the big mortgage o/p, but I am not sorry I did it this way.   Just have to hit p/a for every available survey.

Step gran wants more of the chocolate covered ginger biscuits I got her for Xmas that she has only now been bothered to try.  She found them at the back of her cupboard and was so surprised at how nice they were, she demands more. Can't remember where I got them from though!  Will have to have a trawl around the shops tomorrow.  If she has found a new favourite thing at least she is getting some pleasure from something, even if it is only offering her visitors a nice biscuit.

apple_muncher

Hugs, f0xh0les. That's tough to deal with x

joedenise

Sorry to hear about your friend; take care of yourself!

@f0xh0les the chocolate ginger biscuits could be the ones from Lidls which are on special offer this weekend.  My sister loves them!