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Welease Woderwick
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For some reason I forgot to mention yesterday about the bell up here ringing just after 9.30 a.m. - the upstairs bell summons those who are upstairs to go downstairs - breakfast long finished so it wasn't that so I thought it was Himself cheekily saying he was already ready for our planned shopping trip but no, it was the police!
Not your normal bobby - this was Special Branch!
The nice bureaucrat had formally submitted my Right to Remain application to TPTB on Monday and on Friday Special Branch turned up to check me out - it turned out that the Special Branch man lives in our local town and when the notification turned up he said he could see to it on the way to work next day so we got early service. He was chatty and friendly but, of course, couldn't comment on any outcomes so now it is wait [again] but at least there is a glimmer of progress.
We then went shopping and, amongst other things, bought a couple of those UV-light anti-mozzie things - I know mozzies are important in the food chain and all that but I loathe the little swine! I also had a little chat with manager of the deli [not Delhi!!] bit and he asked me for recommendations of cheeses he could try to get to add to his range - I've promised to make him a list.
WW - Honorary Cheese Consultant
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Piglet
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: ... WW - Honorary Cheese Consultant
Now that's a job on with which I could get.
The cookie-exchange went off nicely (pity the main course was tourtière - something I can live without). As I didn't know how many people would be there, I brought all three loaves, which was just as well, as I only brought half a loaf home. The selection of cookies, cakes and assorted wee buns was marginally more interesting than usual, but I still feel that if I didn't have them, it really wouldn't matter (and more to the point, I wouldn't eat them).
I have a confession to make: when I came home I put up the rest of the C******** decorations. I know I usually say I'll leave it until after D's birthday, but it was Saturday, we'd brought them out of the glory-hole when we put the summer tyres up there, and I thought, stuff it - I'll just put them up.
It did, however, provide an excuse to listen to The Best CD Of All Time™* - first of the season.
I really ought to go and make some red-pepper jelly, and listen to it again.
* Praetorius' Christmas Mass sung by the Gabrieli Consort
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Piglet, I put up our Christmas trees today it's been such a cr@p week I just wanted something to cheer us up!
When I was only a little sprog, my parents taught at a small village school so we never had a tree at home till after the end of term - because the school Christmas tree was always ours! Then when we were involved with Scouts we never had a tree at home till after the Senior Citizens' Christmas Party (aka The Fogeyfest!), because you just know how that one played out...
Mrs. S, now able to put trees up Whenever She Likes
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I'm very grateful for the weekend - it's been a long and busy week.
We had our staff Christmas meal out on Friday. I've been working at my current school nearly ten years now, and you can see how we've all got just a little bit older in that we're much happier out for a nice meal than getting drunk and dancing the night away, as was more the style when several of us were still early to mid twenties.
Two more weeks of school left: we can do this. Honest.
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Note to self:do not buy M&S lamb rogan josh unless you want terrible indigestion and feeling bleurgh. Guess what we had for tea last night?
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Christmas decorations up - I always do it on Advent 2. I am aching allover though (maybe I should be posting this on the Aches & Pains thread!) as I've been on my feet for Two hours or so. Feet hurt, knees ache, back hurts. But everything looks lovely. I was meant to lead the service & preach at church this morning, but only me, the rector's wife & the guitarist turned up!! We chatted for half-an-hour, decorated the church, had 20 minutes prayer and then went home. If I'd spent ages slaving over the sermon I'd've been well peeved. As it was, it was a recycled one so I'd not spent to long on it. Duck confit and roast potatoes tonight. Yummy.
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Piglet
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We had a couple of really nice services today - as is our custom on the second Sunday in Advent, in the morning we had the Great Litany in procession (v. nicely sung by the Dean), and This is the record of John (with solo piglet), which elicited not only Decanal Grinning™ but a decanal hug ...
Then a lovely Tudor evensong - Smith responses, and canticles and anthem by Farrant, causing further grinning.
It's so nice to be appreciated. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) [ 07. December 2015, 02:14: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Welease Woderwick
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I really don't know if what I am going to say will make any sense [does it ever?] but here we go anyway.
Recently we found that we had virtually run out of butter so, as it was evening time, I hied myself off to a nearby late opening local supermarket-y place but they hadn't got any of our normal brand so I bought another reputable make and, thank all the powers, we have now finished it. I know that butter is by its very nature greasy but is some butter greasier than others? This was sort of unpleasantly greasy - perhaps it was just me but I am glad it is finished and we have stocked up on our usual brand.
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Sipech
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Not the greatest weekends.
Started on Saturday morning by finding out that a friend had died. Then sat through a rather harrowing seminar which included graphic photos of the aftermath of someone being stoned, as well as descriptions of FGM. One bloke had to leave the room at this point. Necessary talk, but horrendous subject.
Sunday was then spent at work, which meant I missed both the regular Sunday morning service as well as the evening candlelit carol service. The latter was partly because I was dealing with a drunk guy on the bus home who was recklessly wielding his walking stick, effing and blinding all over the place, while two mothers were trying to protect their children from him.
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Oh dear, Sipech, harrowing weekend indeed.
What did you do with the drunk?
And what was that seminar part of?? Certainly subjects that should be aired more, and Done Something About (though quite what, I'm not sure) Sorry the man had to go out - perhaps you should remind him that some parents force their children to undergo whatever he couldn't stomach.
without anaesthetic.
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Sipech
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With the drunk, I just tried to draw his ire; sat next to him and asked him to talk to me. He ended up by storming off two stops later. But he held us up for quite some time as we weren't sure whether a bone or a window might get broken by his walking stick.
As for the seminar, our church runs a monthly bible school where we go into more in depth theology than we have room for during a Sunday morning sermon, where we first go through a particular book. After this, we have a talk on a theme chosen by a guest speaker. This month, we had Elaine Storkey who is going round the country at the moment, promoting her new book on violence against women.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Must be that sort of weekend. Was playing/singing at a funeral today. A 22-year old lass died suddenly. The church was packed to the rafters; there must have been her entire secondary school year there. Our deacon runs a good service (it wasn't a requiem mass) and it all went well, but her family were distraught. Very sad.
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Sipech
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Apparently at lunchtime today, I visited America. Shame I wasn't aware of it, as I've never been further west than Ramsey Island.
According to my bank, someone spent the grand sum of £1.25 on something called Jolly Hotels in the US. I was notified in 3 minutes and my card has been cancelled.
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Oh bugger. You’re not having a very jolly time of it at the minute.
My card once managed to be in Paris and in Canada within a couple of hours on the same day.
Can I say I am proud of Blighty? So far 220 000 people have signed the “Keep Donald Trump off these shores” petition . [ 09. December 2015, 15:23: Message edited by: la vie en rouge ]
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Ariel
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Someone posted a link to that on Facebook. By the time I'd finished typing a few words in reply, a few seconds later, 216 people had signed it.
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Today bought the joy of the infant's nativity production at school, called Tinsel and Teatowels. Lots of cute angels and shepherds and such, of course. And sweet songs too. It's definitely one of those signs that Christmas is well on the way - and we're busy prepping for the Carol Service next week too. That's really when Christmas starts, in my opinion. It's just glorious: the whole school plus parents shoehorned into church, singing their hearts out. As long as we're still awake by next Thursday, of course!
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Ariel
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Had the office Christmas lunch today. We went to a country pub with a log fire and came out a couple of hours later full of a surprisingly good meal and reeking of smoke. There was one dodgy moment when the place smelt overwhelmingly of kippers, and we thought we might too, but didn't.
I had roast turkey. I haven't had that for years but thought it might be a nice change, and it was.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Definite First World problem suffered today. I ordered a mulled cider in Wetherspoons today. It was filled to the brim and taking a sip in order to carry it away safely, I burnt my mouth. Don't worry, I'm fine. The alcohol deadened the pain ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Piglet
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Aaahh, you poor soul, A-in-E.
I tried to sign the Trump petition, but when I got to the bit where it said you had to click on the link in your e-mail, I found that they hadn't sent me one.
In other news, we had a bit of a post-choir bash: really just what we usually do - going to the pub and having supper - but most of the choir and the clergy came along to celebrate D's 60th birthday, which is tomorrow. With one thing and another, we've got quite a busy day ahead - I've got a Christmas pot-luck lunch at w*rk, and we're both invited to another one being held by the Queen's College students at 6 in the evening. We're just going to drop in to that one and have a quick drink, as D's booked a table in a new restaurant that we've been waiting for an excuse to try - the Merchant Tavern. It's not going to be cheap*, but it should be interesting.
* well, it's not every day that one of us becomes eligible for a bus-pass ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) [ 10. December 2015, 02:53: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Welease Woderwick
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Herself is a kind and generous soul - when she has a cold she is always ready to pass it on to me! Like most men I am a lousy patient and I'm either well or I'm Close to Death - today it is the latter. I even suggested to Himself last night that if I feel this bad on Friday I will go and see the doctor!
Actually I do feel a little better this morning but not quite sure I'm ready to admit it yet.
Another e-mail from Amazon this morning to say that the DVD release of Mr Holmes has been further delayed by the supplier and may not now be here for Christmas - I think this is the 7th or 8th delay! Most vexing!
Ah well, nowt to be done about it so I shall retire to my sadly virtuous couch for a little post-brekkie nap.
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Piglet
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Poor you, Wod - a cold's the last thing you need at this time of year. Hope you feel better soon.
We had a v. nice feed at the Merchant Tavern; despite a shaky start (v. noisy place, high-up tables with "bar-stool"-style chairs which are not piglet-friendly) they quickly recouped any lost points* once the food arrived.
We shared a charcuterie plate to start - nice selection of meats and pickled veggies - and then I had a saffron risotto with veal cheek which was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten. D. had lamb sausages with mash and roasted cabbage, which was also very good, and then he had "vinegar pie" (the vinegar in question being apple-cider vinegar, which gave it a lovely, un-sweet quality) and I had a cheese-board - nice interesting Canadian cheeses, good bread and home-made crackers.
It certainly wasn't cheap (as is often the case in such places, the wine was really a bit of a rip-off), but it was worth it - we'll be back when we've got another excuse ...
* When we're in a restaurant, we operate a points system, starting with a notional value of 0, and adding or subtracting from that. They finished up at somewhere over 100.
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Ariel
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Had lunch in a Vietnamese restaurant in London today. Food as good as usual. I've been there several times before but don't know why I hadn't twigged that it's actually opposite the famous Wong Kei restaurant.
Dismal day, it rained like anything, but one good thing was it shut up the bloke who plays bagpipes outside the National Gallery.
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Welease Woderwick
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As for my cold, I woke up yesterday and felt fine and have felt fine ever since, long may it continue.
Cheered this morning by the thought that in two weeks time the fuss will all be over for another year. Christmas e-card and e-letter designed and ready to be posted when I get round to it, probably next week.
Courier phoned this morning so had to go and collect a little package from their office and now, after all that exertion, may go and have a nap - I've been up nearly 4 hours!
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Things are finally starting to feel Christmassy in the chaos round here. We braved the crowds in Oxford this morning to buy vital items such as a tree and lights, and then had a happy browse in Blackwells. I even managed to restrain myself from buying anything that wasn't a gift in there! (OK, so that might be because I'm hoping for several books in about 13 days time... )
The tiny tree is now up, decorated, and lit; there are cards about the place; and Sandemaniac just bought our contribution to Christmas dinner from Jollys in Orkney.
The downside of randomly browsing online is that I just managed to buy a knitting pattern, so had to get the needles that will be needed. Managed to stop myself buying yarn, that can wait till I want to start making Sandemaniac his cricket sweater, since I do tend to change colours somewhat... ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Just got back from singing in a Christmas concert. Lots of lovely (and some not-so-lovely) Christmassy music.
Sadly, it was the final concert of the choir, which has found it can no longer continue. So I will have to find another choir with which to sing.
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Piglet
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Sorry to hear about your choir, St. E. - it's always sad when something like that happens. Hope that something else turns up that suits you.
quote: Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed: ... Sandemaniac just bought our contribution to Christmas dinner from Jollys in Orkney ...
Smoked salmon? I'll be right over.
We were at a party last night at the house of one of my colleagues, and considering the amount of wine I consumed, it's one of Life's Little Mysteries™ that I didn't have the mother and father of a hangover (at least I had the wit to take a couple of Solpadeine and a big drink of water before I went to bed).
I braved the shopping-centre again today - D. had unearthed a $50 Sears gift-card that he'd forgotten about which somewhat lightened the Christmas shopping load.
I'm getting there - another three weeks and I'll be organised ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) [ 13. December 2015, 01:53: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Chez Nen the plan is to get the Christmas decorations up, write the cards and render the spare room habitable for guests, all in the space of this afternoon. We have not yet had lunch. This is clearly why I'm on the Ship.
Was it on this thread or another, some while back, that someone made a suggestion of what to call the UK-and-all-associated-thereto thread next year? What about, "Turned Out Nice For A Change"?
Nen - trying to overcome her inner Grammar Pedant.
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Welease Woderwick
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[tangent] Just as last year the national threads or whatever will be started by whoever gets there first - anybody, not the Hosts in their Hostly capacity, but just anyone who wants to start the thread can do so as the year draws to a close. If you've got a fave name it's up to you to get there first![/tangent]
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Piglet
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Recipe for a happy piglet:
Byrd's Mass for Four Voices Nice lunch (in this case Chinese buffet) Snooze Weelkes' Short Service and Morley's Out of the deep (with solo piglet) Doing Quality Control on the plum chutney I made in the autumn (really rather good) Making a batch of French sticks (just out of the oven - help yourselves).
Tomorrow I really must start getting stuck into writing Christmas cards ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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quote: Originally posted by Piglet: Recipe for a happy piglet:
Byrd's Mass for Four Voices Nice lunch (in this case Chinese buffet)
Including Byrds' Nest Soup? [ 14. December 2015, 08:10: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
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quote: Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan: quote: Originally posted by Piglet: Recipe for a happy piglet:
Byrd's Mass for Four Voices Nice lunch (in this case Chinese buffet)
Including Byrds' Nest Soup?
I just had to find an image for that!
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I am looking at the Ship with the Elf Lass on my knee. So far she has been most animated whenever piglet's avatar appears ('Pillet!'), and she also likes the dog in the Gadgets for God header (although she thinks it's a cat for some reason - 'Pissy dat!'). She keeps being accidentally and innocently sweary like that, it is SO cute! Less cute is her insistence that I sing Jingle Bells constantly and without a break, I suppose it makes a change from Twinkle Twinkle and Wind the ****** Bobbin Up, but that's the best I can say about it.
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Château Rouge has been decorated. The rouge secondary residence in foie gras land (thankfully it turns out today, not under the political control of the National Front) will be decorated next week when we get there.
I spent Saturday afternoon with a German friend, perfecting my lebkuchen. Once we get to foie gras land I am setting up a gingerbread man production line. They are all going to have different decorations. So far on my list I have:
Father Christmas Pirate Astronaut Spiderman Fireman Shrek Doctor Elvis Presley Zorro A dude in a tuxedo who could either be a conductor or James Bond according to your preference
More suggestions welcome for famous people to be rendered in German confectionery. (Sadly I can’t make gingerbread women in skirts because I only have the one cutter. We’re sending it to foie gras land in the post because I’m worried they’ll confiscate it at the airport as an offensive weapon.)
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Piglet
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quote: Originally posted by Jack the Lass: ... she has been most animated whenever piglet's avatar appears ('Pillet!') ...
You have got her well-trained. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) [ 14. December 2015, 13:06: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Before a start is made on even preparing for the festivities we really must defrost the freezers. At the moment they are in a bad way but half an hour with a steam wallpaper stripper will sort them out.
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Welease Woderwick
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Yet another visit from the Police today! This is a guy I know moderately well from our local Foreigners Registration place and he informed us that this was the last hurdle before I am granted my Right to Remain. He said there doesn't seem to be any problem and that the next time I hear from his office will be to say that the papers are ready and I can go and collect them! I am trying not to believe him until I have the papers in my hot, sticky little hand.
Then I'll celebrate!
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: I am trying not to believe him until I have the papers in my hot, sticky little hand.
Filthy boy!
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Welease Woderwick
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Yup, that's me!
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Piglet
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That sounds like something well worth celebrating, Wodders (the right to remain, not the hot, sticky paws ...).
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Well, we have reached the last week of the school term, and as my current Christmas jumper says, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". After giving my class a strict warning that our rules still apply, we're still at school, etc etc, we have proceeding to begin indulging in all things Christmas craft.
Be warned: Tomorrow comes the glitter!!
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: Yet another visit from the Police today! This is a guy I know moderately well from our local Foreigners Registration place and he informed us that this was the last hurdle before I am granted my Right to Remain. He said there doesn't seem to be any problem and that the next time I hear from his office will be to say that the papers are ready and I can go and collect them! I am trying not to believe him until I have the papers in my hot, sticky little hand.
Then I'll celebrate!
I trust that Right to Remain doesn't entail a similar rigmarole should you ever want to leave!
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quote: Originally posted by Jack the Lass: I am looking at the Ship with the Elf Lass on my knee. So far she has been most animated whenever piglet's avatar appears ('Pillet!'), and she also likes the dog in the Gadgets for God header (although she thinks it's a cat for some reason - 'Pissy dat!'). She keeps being accidentally and innocently sweary like that, it is SO cute! Less cute is her insistence that I sing Jingle Bells constantly and without a break, I suppose it makes a change from Twinkle Twinkle and Wind the ****** Bobbin Up, but that's the best I can say about it.
In a couple of years, you, too, might have been treated to a nursery nativity and have every frigging song from 'A Wriggly Nativity' (Google it) as an incessant ear worm.
Still in denial about C******** here. No tree til the date starts with a 2. No cards written, few presents wrapped.
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I've had to be vaguely organised, Christmas-wise, cos I run an Amnesty International thing at church where we send greetings cards to Prisoners of Conscience. Numerous cards to parts foreign have been sealed and addressed; I'm looking forward to the Post Officer's face when I ask for 150 £1.37 stamps and airmail stickers.
Definitely no Christmas tree until Christmas Eve when there's a bit of space on the floor.
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Isn't it nice to be vindicated?
A week or so ago I bought us a new wi-fi-modem-y thing which can support up to 6 computers at a time accessing the interwebby thing but I just couldn't get the darned thing to work - I couldn't even get it connected to the 'net! After a day or two we took it back to the guy we bought it from and he drove home & back to get his laptop and then summoned the guy who supplied him with it and after half an hour or so it was declared cleared and I was assured that the following morning [Sunday] it would be working once the mobile company switched its systems back on after their 4G upgrade.
Wrong! It still wasn't working last night so we took it back again and our friendly neighbourhood supplier called the other guy again who said he didn't understand it and promised to come to check it out at the house. He arrived this morning and, after 20 or 30 minutes, agreed with me that there is definitely something wrong with the device and that it is nothing I have done - sigh of relief. He has taken the offending article away and if he hasn't got it working by this evening he will come back with a completely new device and will install it for us.
Result!
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Now I am super excited!
Gypsy's trainer has just rung and they are going to visit a potential owner tomorrow.
Her trainer says she's brilliant and very serious and hard working in harness and great fun 'off duty'. Gypsy loves busy towns, cities and shopping centres but gets a bit bored in quiet areas - so it looks like her owner will be in a city/town.
We are booked to go and watch her work and then meet her on the 8th of January. I simply can't wait. Christmas can come and go for me, my present is waiting on the 8th Jan!
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That is exciting, Boogie - I hope Gypsy's new human enjoys her company as much as you enjoyed training her.
C******** cards still sitting in a heap on the coffee-table, reproaching me ... really must get stuck in when I get home from w*rk.
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: Now I am super excited!
Gypsy's trainer has just rung and they are going to visit a potential owner tomorrow.
Her trainer says she's brilliant and very serious and hard working in harness and great fun 'off duty'. Gypsy loves busy towns, cities and shopping centres but gets a bit bored in quiet areas - so it looks like her owner will be in a city/town.
We are booked to go and watch her work and then meet her on the 8th of January. I simply can't wait. Christmas can come and go for me, my present is waiting on the 8th Jan!
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quote: Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet: ; I'm looking forward to the Post Officer's face when I ask for 150 £1.37 stamps and airmail stickers. .
FIL used to reckon that whenever he was in a hurry at the post office, there would be someone in front of him wanting to send a bassoon to the Cayman Islands.
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Sent mine now (cards, not bassoons). With the passage of time, each Christmas there are fewer to send.
On a brighter note, we were sent Christmas gifts at work today by a supplier. These consisted of a tower of seven boxes of decreasing sizes tied together with a beautiful green ribbon with an ornate bow on top that, seen from afar, gives the idea of a Christmas tree. The boxes contained biscuits, sweets, chocolates, jam, and even a Christmas pudding in the bottom one. It made a lovely change from the usual promotional calendars and boxes of Roses.
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quote: Originally posted by St. Gwladys: quote: Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet: ; I'm looking forward to the Post Officer's face when I ask for 150 £1.37 stamps and airmail stickers. .
FIL used to reckon that whenever he was in a hurry at the post office, there would be someone in front of him wanting to send a bassoon to the Cayman Islands.
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