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Glad the first phase of all things French are done.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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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Yes we do :j, though they're still on their winter holidaysDo you get bee eaters as well Gally?
. Never see them too close but they sit on the telegraph wires. I think we get siskins as well - quite a distinctive call and small and yellow so pretty sure it's them. They would be small enough for you :rotfl:.
Sorry for hijack KC and good news on the French front :T.A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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carbootcrazy wrote: »I've been known to walk a very long way round a big group of pigeons on the ground. Is there a term for a group of pigeons I wonder?
"A freezer-full."I have great sympathy for anything anyone does that looks like an overreaction to something ... I have several triggers to a startle response myself, it's horrible.
The important thing is not to overstress the aftermath of the reaction. If you have a uncontrolled instinctive reaction, then so many people think to themselves "I should be X, Y and Z - I shouldn't have A, B & C". It's an instinctive reaction. "Uncontrolled" is in it's job title. It is what it is.
You've got to remember that people reacting in different ways is all part of how humans survived, especially when meeting new things and situations. When they first came out of Africa and met wolves for the first time, half of them would think "Ooh! Isn't it cute?" and the uneaten ones would have been the ones who ran."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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You're welcome, I love hijacks :j And the siskin is *so* pretty!Sorry for hijack KC and good news on the French front :T.
Bad news on the French front, though - my accountant replied by the close of business, and she says its still 20 years to full rebate on the VAT for the apartment - the rebate does increase year on year, so at some stage this year, I'll find the paperwork and see if its worth doing now - I don't feel any urgency about it, I must say
Spot on, Z, and I've stopped apologising for it, a long time ago. Evolution in action :jThe important thing is not to overstress the aftermath of the reaction. If you have a uncontrolled instinctive reaction, then so many people think to themselves "I should be X, Y and Z - I shouldn't have A, B & C". It's an instinctive reaction. "Uncontrolled" is in it's job title. It is what it is.
You've got to remember that people reacting in different ways is all part of how humans survived, especially when meeting new things and situations. When they first came out of Africa and met wolves for the first time, half of them would think "Ooh! Isn't it cute?" and the uneaten ones would have been the ones who ran.
Today I have:
- put the dishwasher on.
- used my phone to get the mobile watch SB points.
- got millions of SB points via lappie (nearly there!)
- while I was scanning photos, from 1988
- watching out for the friend of An Enormous Thing that I killed in the kitchen last night
I like the automated multi-tasking
Shutting down as soon as I've reached a good stopping point on the photos, I'm off out to a Games Afternoon today, I've even got a lift there and back :j hope everyone has a good day.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
- watching out for the friend of An Enormous Thing that I killed in the kitchen last night
Shutting down as soon as I've reached a good stopping point on the photos, I'm off out to a Games Afternoon today, I've even got a lift there and back :j hope everyone has a good day.
What kind of Enormous Thing was it, KC?:eek: Furry or creepy-crawly?
Luckily, being a rural dweller, I'm not fussed by any creatures except the feathered variety. I wouldn't want the house over-run by any of them:rotfl: but I tend to believe in live and let live. I even release house spiders into the garden but I'm not sure I'm doing them a great service in this cold weather:think:
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As our house is on the same level as outside (makes for fun when there's heavy rain:rotfl:) we get woodlice which can get through the little gap at the side of the door. I don't mind them at all, but have to rescue them from Mary the robotic vacuum cleaner who tries to swallow them then spits them back out again :eek:. The only thing that I can't countenance in the house is cockroaches _pale_. Luckily they are far and few between as neither of us can sleep till we find itcarbootcrazy wrote: »What kind of Enormous Thing was it, KC?:eek: Furry or creepy-crawly?
Luckily, being a rural dweller, I'm not fussed by any creatures except the feathered variety. I wouldn't want the house over-run by any of them:rotfl: but I tend to believe in live and let live. I even release house spiders into the garden but I'm not sure I'm doing them a great service in this cold weather:think:. Oh, and we had two of these last year :eek::eek::eek:. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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Creepy. Very creepy ...carbootcrazy wrote: »What kind of Enormous Thing was it, KC?:eek: Furry or creepy-crawly?
Good point! If the stars are all in the right place for me to reach them with the vacuum cleaner, then they get relocated to the group of trees over the road.Luckily, being a rural dweller, I'm not fussed by any creatures except the feathered variety. I wouldn't want the house over-run by any of them:rotfl: but I tend to believe in live and let live. I even release house spiders into the garden but I'm not sure I'm doing them a great service in this cold weather:think:
Thanks! It was brill - I won at Chinese Chequers :j:j:jGames Afternoon sounds fun. I hope you had a good tie:beer:
Plus my friend wanted us to choose some prints in remembrance of his wife, as well as being a top notch in the counselling world, she was a professional print maker. We each chose four, I remember her talking about all of them. It was great to have a meet up.
Blimey! Those aren't too good, and I only looked at half the picture! I'm not a fan of cockroaches either - the last therapy rooms we rented for our practice in London was over a restaurant, and at one stage there were cockroaches under the cushions in the dratted therapy room. So not good!As our house is on the same level as outside (makes for fun when there's heavy rain:rotfl:) we get woodlice which can get through the little gap at the side of the door. I don't mind them at all, but have to rescue them from Mary the robotic vacuum cleaner who tries to swallow them then spits them back out again :eek:. The only thing that I can't countenance in the house is cockroaches _pale_. Luckily they are far and few between as neither of us can sleep till we find it. Oh, and we had two of these last year :eek::eek::eek:.
Woodlice - I adore them I've had a conversation in the past (with Cheery, I think) about how long sweeping can take, in the house or the garden, because you need to wait and let the woodlice have time to climb out of the dustpan :rotfl: 2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
A lovely lovely way to remember your friend
I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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Thank you beanie, it really is, it's a lovely closure.2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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They are supposedly 4 - 6". Hmm...... These were definitely at the higher end of the spectrum :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.Blimey! Those aren't too good, and I only looked at half the picture!
That's lovely re the prints KC A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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