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Nicodemia
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Hooray for Piglet - and her buyers! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Now to find another lovely chateau Piglet ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Originally posted by Nicodemia:
Hooray for Piglet - and her buyers!
Now to find another lovely chateau Piglet
.....or pigsty.......
(more natural fit, surely?!)
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Foolish, potentially deranged witterings
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Yay Piglet! So pleased to hear that your former abode has sold. Enjoy looking for the next!
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Thanks for all the good wishes!
That pigsty certainly looks posher than the former Château Piglet ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
We're meeting the estate agent here on Sunday afternoon to see what's what and look at a couple of potential châteaux - I'll let you know how we get on.
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Yay for château Piglet!!
And because I’m a copycat - I think a new chez rouge is also in the offing. We visited an apartment on Saturday just round the corner from our current one, but bigger (3 rooms instead of 2) and hopefully quieter. It’s not much more expensive and upstairs from a bakery (tasty baking close by and yummy smells and reduced heating bills). Only downsides: kitchen’s a bit small and we’re not sure there’s a cellar. What will we do with the wine???*
The lady from the agency is sending our papers to the owner and letting us know. We’re apparently top of the list.
*My Dad thought there was a fairly simple answer to this one: drink it. All 50-odd bottles.
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If you're above the bakery, presumably they've got the cellar.
If your dad's plan isn't an option*, you'll just have to get one of these.
* I'm sure there are several people on here who'd be pleased to help.
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I love wine, especially French....
PM me for shipping address. I have a PayPal a/c.
(Thinks: living above a French bakery..mmmm....you could practically live on the aromas!)
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I suggest a French Shipmeet -- we could all help with the move and do our best to deplete the excess supply of wine.
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Excellent idea!
We took a little drive out of town this afternoon and had a bite to eat in a road-side caff, but I think I made a bit of a duff choice - they had striploin steak for $15 and it really wasn't awfully good. IMHO striploin isn't nearly as nice as sirloin anyway, and this one wasn't very well cooked. I asked for it medium-rare, as is my wont, and although it had some flavour, it was tough on the outside and underdone and stringy on the inside, and had a huge great strip of gristle running down the middle.
The lemon meringue pie we shared afterwards was nice though - they specialise in pies, which are usually very good indeed.
I'll know better next time; I suppose you can't really expect top-quality steak at that price.
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The apartment is ours!
Turns out it does have a cellar after all so no symposium is in the offing. Anyway, some of it was bought to age and it would be a shame to drink it now. We were thinking of getting an electric wine cellar if necessary but it would have taken up space and they don’t work as well as a real damp murky cellar under your building.
Now we have to put all our belongings in boxes, which I’m not very excited about. ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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Wesley J
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Hurray! When are you planning to move? If it's as close as you say, are you moving over gradually, instead of in one big go?
Congrats and have fun - perhaps even with the boxing up? And if you're lucky, i.e. more consistent than many of us ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) , you'll still be LVER and not La Vie En Boîtes (in boxes)! ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Can I join in the fun? We are hoping to move in March and expect to be signing the contract on a house on Friday.
As we have always lived in church property, we will be first-time buyers - in our early 60s! And, no, I am not retiring.
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Wesley J
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Oh, and of course congrats (and even a couple of hallelujahs!) for the Piglets as well!
ETA: And for the Baptist Trainfans! Will there be space of a wee liddle model train layout?
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Wesley J
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*space for, sorry. Linguistically challenged this morning...
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Well done all the movers
Well, I'm off to work this afternoon - I only work two afternoons a week, but I'm very lazy about it!
Today we are painting ancient Mayan symbols
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Well done BT. Accommodation can be a real headache for Baptist ministers later in life once they retire (I know you said you’re not yet) and there’s no tied housing anymore.
I don’t know when we’re moving. Previously you had to give 3 months’ notice when you left before the end of your contract. In view of the French housing crisis, a law came out last year reducing the notice period to one month, but only if you signed after the law was published. However, a lot of people don’t know about the second bit and we’re hoping our current landlord is one of them ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif) . We’re going to innocently say “we’ll be moving out in a month then” and see if he contradicts us. It’s not like he’ll have trouble finding a new tenant (aforementioned housing crisis). If he says no we’ll have more time to get organised, but we’ll have to pay three months’ double rent ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) .
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Welease Woderwick
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There is a strange custom locally, I don't know if it is a general Hindu custom or specifically a Kerala Hindu custom*, when babies get to 6 months old they are taken to a temple with parents, grandparents, extended family, etc. to receive their first rice prepared for them by the Brahmins [hereditary priests] of the temple**.
Our pair were taken on Sunday last to a Naga [snake] Temple about an hour's drive away - Gorgeous Gertie Girl screamed the whole time whilst Beautiful Bertie Boy had to be woken to have his! It is all cooked thoroughly so it is very soft and there isn't much of it but custom and practice was, apparently, maintained to the satisfaction of all. I say apparently as it is very definitely a Hindus Only sort of event so I stayed at home and looked after Pete - well, I made him breakfast and later I made his lunch even though they were all back by then.
*Himself has just been upstairs so I asked him about this practice and he says it is restricted to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, just in case you were wondering.
**Brahmins are usually [very] good cooks as they learn the art of temple cooking almost from birth. Whether they take over the cooking at home from their wives I have no idea.
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Originally posted by Wesley J:
Will there be space of a wee liddle model train layout?
I doubt it ... it'll be hard even to fit in my railway books!
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Now, now...must try harder!
http://www.carendt.com/
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Piglet
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Mustn't let D. see that website ...
Congratulations, La Vie and Mr. Rouge, and health to enjoy your new place (and the contents of the cellar) when the time comes; and happy hunting to BT and Mrs. BT.
Now that we've got the remains of the sale price of the old house (considerably reduced by all the expenses) in our sticky trotters, our buying power seems to be very small indeed - we can just hope that people selling here will be as desperate to get rid of their places as we were to get rid of ours.
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Bishop's finger wrote
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Now, now...must try harder!
http://www.carendt.com/
The late Carl Arendt published solutions to so many space problems. I have modified three of his designs to satisfy my N scale fetish. Currently building a modification of his folding terminal for a local exhibition in May.
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Well, if we had any lingering doubts that we’re right to move… the heating is broken down again at (the current) chez rouge. Last night it was -2°, going down to -6° tonight. Brrrrrr. We have plug-in electric radiators so it’s bearable but frankly, y’en a marre*.
Turns out we only have to give one month’s notice. The original law only applied to leases signed after it, but Emmanuel Macron (God bless his cotton socks) has passed another one since to make it apply retrospectively in stressed areas which basically means Paris and its suburbs. So we’ll move at the end of February.
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Wesley J
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Can you get the landlord to pay some compensation towards the leccie bill? After all, them heaters are very costly in terms of power consumption! - With our last heating breakdown, in deepest winter too, and for a few days, the landlord had to cough up some cash towards to leccie, as its within their responsiblity to provide a working heating system.
Hope you will be ok soon. And I hope that the temperatures you indicated were rather outside than in the flat! May all go well!
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In Canada, for y'en a marre*, we often says j'ai/avais mon voyage* to mean much the same thing as "sick of it*/ I've had it!*
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For my education, who or what is the il of il y en a marre ? Is it like man in German, 'one is sick of it' or is it a different construction ?
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
There is a strange custom locally, I don't know if it is a general Hindu custom or specifically a Kerala Hindu custom*, when babies get to 6 months old they are taken to a temple with parents, grandparents, extended family, etc. to receive their first rice prepared for them by the Brahmins [hereditary priests] of the temple**.
How fantastic is that? Is that the first taste of solid foods? Ferijenet is coming up to ten months old. His first food was also ceremonial. Ceremoniously dumped all over the floor and that and most meal times since...
Good luck on the various house moving plans. We, too, intend to move at some time this year, but can't begin to comprehend the uphill battle required of sorting the house, and keeping it tidy. We're also tied to a very small area due to older Ferijenet's school, and there is very little on the market.
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We went to look at another house this afternoon* and we think it's The One. It's only just come on the market, but the owners have already moved out (I understand one of them is in poor health), and it really has everything we want and nothing that we don't.
And we think we can afford it!
We've put in an offer a bit below the asking price, but we may be able to be a wee bit flexible - wish us luck!
* The one we saw on Sunday was a bit of a non-starter - although it was cheap, it was very poky and needed a new roof.
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Welease Woderwick
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Here's hoping, Piglet.
* * * *
Today is Republic Day here so not much is going on as it is a Public Holiday but our house painters still turned up.
Schools will be in for the kids to parade, raise the tricolour and sing the national song and then they will all go home again...
...and I will go back to bed shortly.
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We've offered and they've accepted!
We just have to get the estate bloke to approve us again (he's probably still got the paperwork from our previous attempt), get the legal whatnots and insurance sorted and, DV, we should be closing on 9th February.
As we'll still be house-sitting until the end of March, this'll give us a chance to get a spot of internal painting done before we move in - the kitchen and hallway are a sort of yellow colour - not horrendous, but I really don't like yellow, so I think it'll have to go ...
We may have a few bits of furniture to get rid of - although it's probably not much less in square footage than the former Château Piglet, it's laid out differently (all on one floor, for a start), and because the kitchen's better-equipped than our old one, we probably won't have space for the pull-out larder. We might also ditch the old spare bed, because (a) it's hideous; and (b) we've got a futon which will do the job. We're thinking the two smaller bedrooms will work with one as a study and one as a library-cum-ursularium, which should keep everyone happy, including the bears.
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Wonderful news, Piglet!
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Welease Woderwick
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Brilliant news!
A small caveat is that an Ursularium may not work - I tried concentrating mine all in one room but then I found that Certain Bears [etc.] liked to be separate from the rest so I now have 4 that share my bed, one of whom looks after my specs whilst I sleep. Eeyore, being A Snooty Sort of Donkey, sits all alone on a bookshelf then complains that nobody ever comes to see him!
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Good news on the house fronter Piglet. It's great that you'll have some time to sort things out before you move in.
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I used to have an Ursularium, for Very Small Bears - it was the 'parcels shelf' of my 1970s vintage Mini (known, ingeniously IMHO, as 'Min'). The Ursularium could accommodate about 35, IIRC.
Min, alas, passed away some years ago, from terminal corrosion, but the bears were rescued, and are now safe indoors.
Best wishes to you box-packers!
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A busy week ahead. In addition to helping Eldest Son & d-I-l deliver their second child (which consists mostly of looking after their 18 month old firstborn) we have to clear the stuff/junk from under our bed so that the replacement bed can be moved in.
The old bed is a superking size (six foot wide) so it covers a considerable area and we've used it all. There isn't much room elsewhere so a serious clearout is needed. Mrs Sioni and I have become hoarders as a consequence of periodic enforced decluttering when young so this will hurt.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A small caveat is that an Ursularium may not work - I tried concentrating mine all in one room but then I found that Certain Bears [etc.] liked to be separate from the rest so I now have 4 that share my bed, one of whom looks after my specs whilst I sleep. Eeyore, being A Snooty Sort of Donkey, sits all alone on a bookshelf then complains that nobody ever comes to see him!
Poor Eeyore. Can't you find him a friend?
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A small caveat is that an Ursularium may not work - I tried concentrating mine all in one room but then I found that Certain Bears [etc.] liked to be separate from the rest so I now have 4 that share my bed, one of whom looks after my specs whilst I sleep. Eeyore, being A Snooty Sort of Donkey, sits all alone on a bookshelf then complains that nobody ever comes to see him!
Poor Eeyore. Can't you find him a friend?
PeteC has suggested I move him on to my bed but I'm not sure how the others there will take to him and he will undoubtedly moan about them in his usual passive/aggressive manner.
Off to the Eye Hospital in the morning at some ridiculously early hour in the hope that Dr Elizabeth can work out what my left eye is up to - I don't know what it is doing but seeing hardly seems to be on the agenda these days. I have done a list of the medication I am taking just in case it is iatrogenic and I need to have them modified - I just know I might have to wait a while before I'm seen!
All right, if you insist I'll try Eeyore on my bed for a week and see how it goes.
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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We've offered and they've accepted!
Success! Congratulations, Piglet.
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All right, if you insist I'll try Eeyore on my bed for a week and see how it goes.
Thank you. We'll expect a progress report.
More importantly, good luck with your eye, and we'll want a report on that too.
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Wesley J
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
[...] PeteC has suggested I move him on to my bed but I'm not sure how the others there will take to him and he will undoubtedly moan about them in his usual passive/aggressive manner. [...]
Holy moley, I read the 'move him' as 'move PeteC' on to your bed...!! TMI! ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
I clearly need a wee bit of rest over the weekend! Which I do wish jolly and restful to all here.
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The bears won't be all in the one room; some of the larger ones will live on the sofa*, and there are one or two who live on our bed. Most of our bears are really quite small (under 6" tall), and they can live on top of bookshelves, of which there will be many. Both spare bedrooms (sorry - the office and library ) have built-in cupboards, which could probably be fitted with shelving for books and/or bears. One will be for D's clothes, as his bathroom** is at that end of the house but there's no reason why the other shouldn't become an ursularium.
* for purposes of curling up and falling asleep, you can't beat the company of a generously-proportioned bear.
** Somebody (I think it may have been Sir Michael Caine), when asked the secret of a long and happy marriage, replied, "each having your own bathroom". I think he was right.
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I did hear someone saying recently that not all that many husbands and wives consider divorcing their partners at some time, but most consider murder ...
We went to look at our new house on Thursday and did some Measuring Up; on Friday we met the solicitor and signed the contract; this morning I have sent her the deposit. We hope to exchange next week.
Having never done this before I find it quite nerve-wracking, and my wife said that I therefore Talked Too Much while we were with the solicitor!
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Just remember, Baptist Trainfan, that every sentence you say at a Solicitor's costs at least £5!!
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Baptist Trainfan
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As little as that??? You're obviously using the wrong kind of solicitor!
Actually we're on a "fixed fee" deal.
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Wesley J
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
[...] Talked Too Much while we were with the solicitor!
Some people say that about sermons!
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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Wesley J
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Sermons in general I mean. Present company excluded.
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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