The Edcawber Principle

PositiveBalance

ED!

It's good to have you back!

I've been keeping an eye our for your new diary (how rooooood of you not to PM me to let me know ) but missed it somehow.

I need a financial rejig as well: new mortage deal, car died, life happened etc.

Glad to hear Miss E is OK, despite the scares she insist on giving you.

Hand her over...I'll babysit while you recover!

P.S. To what is this Rym@n box for wrapping paper with 3 rolls in to which you refer? I'm desperate for one of those boxes and that seem a reasonable price.

pavlovs_dog

PositiveBalance wrote: »

P.S. To what is this Rym@n box for wrapping paper with 3 rolls in to which you refer? I'm desperate for one of those boxes and that seem a reasonable price.

t'was a few years ago now PB

PositiveBalance

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

t'was a few years ago now PB

Grr! How annoying! I could do with an enclosed one as well - I've been standing my wrapping paper up in an old Tupperware container for a long time and it gets a bit dog-eared. R's have a 2 for £20.00 offer. I need to find someone who also needs one!

Greying_Pilgrim

PositiveBalance wrote: »

Grr! How annoying! I could do with an enclosed one as well - I've been standing my wrapping paper up in an old Tupperware container for a long time and it gets a bit dog-eared. R's have a 2 for £20.00 offer. I need to find someone who also needs one!

PositiveBalance have you an Arg0$ near you? They have the wrapping paper boxes on special offer. HTH

ed - happy, shiny new diary (as beanie would say ). Hope DD is bright as a button today and not planning to give her dear parentals any further heart-lurching moments in the foreseeable!

Greying X

Karmacat

The wrapping paper box, Ed was talking about it a week or so ago, I think, because I remember having a laugh about it? Ed?

edinburgher

PositiveBalance wrote: »

Hand her over...I'll babysit while you recover!

I seriously think our life would be so much easier with a reliable babysitter. Thanks for volunteering PB, I'll pay the living wage and everything, will even sign you up for a pension :rotfl:

The chappy turned up early to fit the new electricity meter this morning, so I had the rare experience of getting to see a meter at 00000. It's as close as I'm going to get to a calf being born, so I enjoyed the blank wonder of the readout until the !!!!!! hit 00001

DD and I went out to the shops, but she was a total nuisance in Wholefo0ds (man am I going to miss that shop) and Mr M's. Managed to pick up some nice snack foods for a wee celebratory dinner with Mrs E (off to Murrayfield tomorrow and we have our 2nd night off in 2.5+ years) :dance:

I'm going to turn off the computer now so as to avoid any Black Friday deals, but I did succumb to whiskey and whisky. Ok, so I'm still a spendy Ed, but isn't £30 a great price for two cracking bottles of whisky? :beer:

Ps. I love how wrappingpaperboxgate has become a thing on this thread :rotfl:

Botherthatcat

I must also confess to being a fellow wrapping paper box owner - a total game changer

Suffolk_lass

Isn't it a bit short? the one GP linked to is only 82cm long. My roll of translucent natural paper (greaseproof to thee and me) is 85cm. I'm off to check if they do a longer one....

Aha! this might work for us http://www.argos.co.uk/product/3594740 as we have several of those really long rolls (by which I mean wide, but long when they are rolled up iyswim)

Greying_Pilgrim

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Isn't it a bit short? the one GP linked to is only 82cm long. My roll of translucent natural paper (greaseproof to thee and me) is 85cm. I'm off to check if they do a longer one....

I see what you mean SL - but as it was described as a 'wrapping paper box', I assumed...... I can't see anyone describing it as 'too short for purpose' in the comments section tho........ I wonder if Arg0$ measurements are right?

As we've had to invest in C'mas wrapping paper for the first time in several decades, I'm seriously thinking of getting one for myself..... and so I can be in ed's 'wrapping paper box owners club' :rotfl:

Greying X

PositiveBalance

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

t'was a few years ago now PB

Ya boo sucks!

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

PositiveBalance have you an Arg0$ near you? They have the wrapping paper boxes on special offer. HTH

Greying X

Yes, yes I do! Thanks for the heads-up! :beer: I have ordered one and will be picking it up tomorrow when I venture near the pick up point. (Via TpCshBck, of course!)

edinburgher wrote: »

I seriously think our life would be so much easier with a reliable babysitter. Thanks for volunteering PB, I'll pay the living wage and everything, will even sign you up for a pension :rotfl:

I'm in. It's just the travel costs for me to get there that will bankrupt you!

edinburgher wrote: »

The chappy turned up early to fit the new electricity meter this morning, so I had the rare experience of getting to see a meter at 00000. It's as close as I'm going to get to a calf being born, so I enjoyed the blank wonder of the readout until the !!!!!! hit 00001

I hope you took a photo of it in its shiny new 00000 state!

edinburgher wrote: »

DD and I went out to the shops, but she was a total nuisance in Wholefo0ds (man am I going to miss that shop) and Mr M's. Managed to pick up some nice snack foods for a wee celebratory dinner with Mrs E (off to Murrayfield tomorrow and we have our 2nd night off in 2.5+ years) :dance:

You have Whlefds?! That's even more middle-class than Wa1tr0se! :rotfl:

edinburgher wrote: »

Ps. I love how wrappingpaperboxgate has become a thing on this thread :rotfl:

This is both middle-class and middle-aged. It was my birthday earlier in the week which inspired me to thin about this type of thing. I can't believe what I have become! :eek: :rotfl: