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  • beanielou
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    All sounding good :)
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  • greent
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    Sounds like a great source of social history that you have in those boxes, Fortune! :)
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  • Fortune_Smiles
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    beanielou wrote: »
    All sounding good :)

    Thanks Beanie :)
    greent wrote: »
    Sounds like a great source of social history that you have in those boxes, Fortune! :)
    x

    Some of it is interesting Greent but only really because of the family connection and there's an overwhelming amount of it. I don't think it would be interesting to anyone else.

    Fortune x
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  • Fortune_Smiles
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    ... or not! Mr F decided to experience the vagaries of public transport today and went into London on the train. It was not a success. His outbound journey was delayed because someone had stolen the cable from the train tracks :eek: And his homebound journey was delayed because there were trespassers on the line :eek: What is wrong with people :mad:

    My day was far more relaxed. I cleaned some of the house as planned, made Meatball Stroganoff with Tagliatelle for supper and even managed to finish some writing for the next further away Writers' Group meeting.

    The Stroganoff nearly didn't happen because I'd forgotten to include meatballs in this week's grocery shop :o I did get an inexplicable extra pack of sausages though so I just took the skins off those and made meatballs from the filling ;)

    The piece for the Writers' Group is a poem. Not my forte but I'm trying to stretch myself and it seems I've written something in Free Verse :cool: Perhaps I am a real poet and I do not know it :rotfl:

    Tomorrow I have a fun girly day out planned which I'm really looking forward to. Let's hope it doesn't thunder.

    Fortune x
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  • beanielou
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    Enjoy your girly day :)
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  • themadvix
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    It sounds like you're nearly there with the annex :) and great result on ebay. I wonder if a museum (perhaps local to where Mr F's family lived) would be interested in any of the paperwork - I envisage the bill being blown up and printed as a background on a display board sort of thing! :)

    Hope the weather is good for you today
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,685 Ambassador
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    Hope you enjoyed your girly day :)
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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  • in_need_of_direction
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    I love that a new iron gets you excited!
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  • Fortune_Smiles
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    themadvix wrote: »
    It sounds like you're nearly there with the annex :) and great result on ebay. I wonder if a museum (perhaps local to where Mr F's family lived) would be interested in any of the paperwork - I envisage the bill being blown up and printed as a background on a display board sort of thing! :)

    Hope the weather is good for you today

    We're getting there Madvix. Weather held - just spits and spots of rain.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Hope you enjoyed your girly day :)

    It was a lovely day out Beanie.
    in_need_of_direction wrote: »
    I love that a new iron gets you excited!

    I am easily pleased INOD - I once bought some recycling bins and was over the moon with them for a week :rotfl:

    Fortune x
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  • Fortune_Smiles
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    A lovely girly day out was had :D I know where all the best charity shops are now and got to visit one in particular that I'd been hoping to visit for a while. A couple of things were found for the annex too and I got the opportunity to make a small person very happy with a chance find - made my day :D So nice to spend time with friends.

    There's been a torrential downpour here this morning but it only lasted for half an hour or so. We managed to delay taking FDawg out until the worse was over. It won't have helped the blackbird fledgings. They left the nest yesterday and took cover in the shrubs in the courtyard. Sadly the jackdaws have already found two of them :(

    Farmer Giles has been round this morning. We have agreed to cows in the bottom field on the basis that, if it doesn't suit us, they can be moved out quickly. In return we'll get our top field cut and Mr F can borrow a trailer for picking up a plough he's interested in :eek: It's only for decorative purposes. Mr F's father used to work for the company that produced them.

    I had intended to do some cleaning in the annex today but it is dark and wet so I'm going to shuffle my chores around and spend the day Baying instead.

    Have a good Friday all.

    Fortune x
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