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  • ladyholly
    ladyholly Posts: 3,916 Forumite
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    congratulations to the happy couple. Will you need a hat?

    Oh dear to Mr SA. Did he say why he wanted it?
  • Blackcats
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    Congratulations to your son and his fiancée.  That's lovely news.
    good luck with getting a suitable wedding outfit for Mr SA.    Camouflage cargo trousers probably don't qualify!

  • Great news about your son's forthcoming marriage. My son has been with his partner about 10 years now, after a divorce from an 11 year marriage. I'd like nothing better than to see him married, but not sure it will ever happen. 
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  • amber03
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    Lovely news about the wedding. Good luck on finding an outfit. My DS got marries 5 years ago and I struggled to find anything decent. Even one of the retailers said to me that they were struggling to find any decent MOB or MOG outfits. I didn’t want anything too traditional just something simple in a pastel colour. Nowadays there’s so much around that I would have chosen.x
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  • Sun_Addict
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    That's lovely news. 

    Oh dear about Mr SA. Does he usually steal things? 

    I bet you're glad you've got an office now too. 
    Yes he stole a toy car from a 70s themed bar in Lanzarote. The bar had posted on social media about people taking things as the items were authentic and hard/expensive to source. I made him take it back. 
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Lovely news about the wedding - congratulations to both of them!

    Are you going to march Mr SA back to the shop and make him confess? Honestly... reminds me of my now-Son in Law doing that knocking on doors then running away thing when I was with him. (I didn't make him confess: he's bigger than me). And how very annoying about Mr SA turning up the heat on the log burner. Is there a way you can adjust the thermostat so at least the heating goes off when the log burner is providing the heat? That might persuade him to leave off.
    It’s just a paper bat so not worth the hassle. Thankfully not a saleable item. The electric log burner is in the same room as the thermostat so yes if he switched on the heat the heating would go off. When I do my Zumba class in there the heating goes off even if it’s cold as I generate enough heat to up the temperature in the room 🤣
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  • Cherryfudge
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    Sun_Addict said: When I do my Zumba class in there the heating goes off even if it’s cold as I generate enough heat to up the temperature in the room 🤣
    Now that's what I call impressive.

    Camouflage trousers are easy, just say you got him some really good ones. If you can see camouflage trousers, they're not very camouflaged are they

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