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i just watched grand designs and now want too kill somone.
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Was it this one?
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/grand-designs-abroad/malaga-2.htmlBudget
Cost of land £35,000
Budget for build £250,000 (including £25,000 [45,000 euros] on glass)
Actual spend £300,0000 -
No, I think it was this one in Alicante:
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/grand-designs-abroad/alicante-2.htmlBudget
Original budget: £400,000
Overspend: £80-90,000 (approx. 130,000 euros)0 -
So, they spent 10 years working/planning/saving for this.
And spent £500,000
So who does the OP want to kill again?0 -
Community is another word often best cut out. Not only is it usually unnecessary, it purports to convey a sense of togetherness that may well not exist. The black community means blacks, the business community means businessmen, the homosexual community means homosexuals, the intelligence community means spies, the international community, if it means anything, means other countries, aid agencies or, just occasionally, the family of nations.Not sure about that bit!.
I think the point is that the word 'community' is superfluous and doesn't add anything when used in this context and may be misleading, suggesting a homogenaety(sp?) that isn't there and so shouldn't be implied.0 -
homogeneity dear chap. If one uses firefox one gets a spell check built in"Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
"I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.0 -
Guy_Montag wrote: »homogeneity dear chap. If one uses firefox one gets a spell check built in
Thank you old thing.
Normally I'd look it up on dictionary.com but I've been feeling lazy all day.0 -
Thank you old thing.
Normally I'd look it up on dictionary.com but I've been feeling lazy all day.
Don't you mean abeyant, mate.dolce vita's stock reply templates
#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
#3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing0 -
dolce_vita wrote: »Don't you mean abeyant, mate.
ennui would be better, don't you think?"Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
"I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.0 -
I'd have to take a guess and say that the better standard of writing here probably reflects an older membership - educational standards seem to have slipped considerably in the last decade or so.
My siblings and I were fortunate (!) enough to have parents who firmly corrected us all the time - actually, that's an incorrect use of the past tense, my father still does.
His current favourite pet-hate is "it looks like it's going to rain" or similar. My OH's brother said that at Christmas this year, and my father growled "AS IF!" before realising it wasn't one of his off-spring and muttering an apology.......much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Not sure about that bit!.
I agree. It's often a word used to give legitimacy to some unelected bod who claims to speak for a whole "community", whether that's a Rabbi speaking on behalf of the Jewish Community, an Iman on behalf of the Muslim Community, etc....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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