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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Re: cheese. On returning from holiday, my aunt sent me home with two boxes of tinned (tinned!) Kraft cheese.

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Originally posted by Piglet:
...* Neither of us likes artichoke hearts, but this passed the "making us like food we don't like" test with flying colours; it was dressed in a lovely balsamic drizzle, and before we knew it, we'd polished off the lot.

In other news, in a couple of hours we're going to look at a flat to rent.

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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
...By the way, why are the only pictures I have seen of the little Themselves been shown to me by a mutual friend?

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Originally posted by Piglet:
We had supper this evening in a pub called the Snooty Fox, and it was v. good - we shared a steak, leaves, peppers and goat-cheese salad (they even managed a decent compromise between "medium rare" for me and "cremated" for D. with the steak), a bowl of quite spicy creamy veggie soup and some mozzarella sticks with tomato sauce, and very reasonably priced wine.

well-fed piglet

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I think we are detecting an emerging theme in your recent posts ...

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
WW, I'm looking forward to your new picture in the Gallery!

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No offence Wodders, but if it's in any of that get-up, I'm not!

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
What have I done to deserve adverts for fishnet bodystocking nightwear appearing on my ship-feed? I presume it is just me as it is an Indian company and so is not general to us all.

So far I have been offered one set in black fishnet [neck to somewhere down there] and a 3 piece of bra, panties and fishnet thigh-length over-jacket in bright red. Whilst it might be argued that a bra might be desirable these days to control the effects of gravity on my rather voluptuous [podgy?] frame I would never wear one.

How does GoogleAds decide what adverts to send where? It baffles me.

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
I think we are detecting an emerging theme in your recent posts ...

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You are indeed, BT, but we do have an excuse; the Motel Grottsville's only domestic facilities are a small microwave and a fridge, so any attempts at culinary greatness are on "hold" for the moment.

Having said that, last night D. said, "what I really would like is a few slices of decent French bread, some cheese and maybe a dollop of pâté". So we toddled off to the nearest supermarket and stocked up with same (including a Brie-type cheese with walnuts in it which was beyond yummy), a bag of delicious cherries and a bottle of Pinot Grigio, borrowed some plates and glasses from the Cathedral hall kitchen* and thoroughly enjoyed it (and there was enough for this evening as well).

We saw another flat yesterday morning, which D. preferred (although it's on the third floor), so we filled in the application and are just waiting for it to be approved. We'll have to do some basic shopping, as we have no furniture here (see below), but it might be quite fun - we haven't done serious furniture shopping in years!

Still no bites on Château Piglet though.

* We asked the Dean yesterday if we could borrow some bits of furniture when we move into the flat, and he said we could borrow anything we need - there are folding chairs and tables which will do for eating off, and sundry other bits and pieces.

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Originally posted by Boogie:
I haven't been on here for a while

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Nor me - Life Stuff. But most of it good.

Glad the puppy frenzy continues, Boogie. Are there any pictures available of the new big-little chap?

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Nor me - Life Stuff. But most of it good.

Glad the puppy frenzy continues, Boogie. Are there any pictures available of the new big-little chap?

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Thanks Nenya, if you click 'Room' in my sig you will see lots of puppy pictures. She's not 'mine' I'm caring for her for five weeks as her 'proper' puppy walker is new to the job and can't start until August. The minute she goes I've got Big Bad Bruce coming for some re-training. Now that will be a big change from little sweetheart Kara (she's 11 weeks now and has been with me for four weeks). My puppy will arrive in October when Mr Boogs is back. Having Kara has been great practice as it's 12 months since I had a pup and you forget!

Mr Boogs is currently working as staff for Cycle America and he's somewhere in deepest South Dakota. They are cycling coast to coast Seattle to Boston (like one does )

All the very best with the move Piglet, hope it cools down!

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I am actually a qualified Assertiveness Trainer but fear that if I impart such skills to them too early their parents may disapprove.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... as they were spending the afternoon sleeping I decided to follow their most excellent example.

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You are such a wise man, WW.

We're getting the keys to the flat tomorrow morning and meeting the agent for a "walk-through" - I think this is the equivalent of when you take a good look at a hire-car before you take it out of the car-park to check for any bumps or blemishes that might later be blamed on you.

We had a trawl around Walmart (sorry about that) to check on prices of futons - we'll need something to sleep on - and found that they were about twice the price the web-site said last night*, but still not horrendously expensive, and D. reckons the box will fit in the Pigletmobile. Also looking for air-con units and finding that they're not scarily expensive either - and we'll probably need one for whatever house we end up buying anyway.

Weather has cooled a little today, and we've had some of the sort of rain that sends Wodders up to the roof-tops, but with a spot of thunder and lightning for added interest.

At least it's not boring weather ...

* This may be because I might have inadvertently looked at the American web-site, where the dollars are bigger but there aren't so many of them.

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Originally posted by Piglet:
Weather has cooled a little today, and we've had some of the sort of rain that sends Wodders up to the roof-tops, but with a spot of thunder and lightning for added interest.

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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Well that was an unexpected day. My friend and I were supposed to be strawberry picking, but the field was 'shut for ripening', unlikely as it's been persistently precipitating all day, so we went to the ice cream parlour.

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Originally posted by Ariel:
We've just had thunder. Nothing else, just thunder. That's the recession for you, we don't even get full thunderstorms any more, just the economy version.

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We got the keys to the flat today, and bought a futon. And yes, you can get a whole futon in the back of a Nissan Micra.

Tomorrow's task: assemblage.

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Piglet, I do hope that as well as the keys to the flat, you have an Allen(?) key for the futon assemblage. And that the futon is comfortable. What kind of mattress came with it? Best of luck.


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Originally posted by MrsBeaky:
Just back from London where we were celebrating our Ruby wedding. Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, lunch at an Italian restaurant, then mooching around Covent Garden.
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Congratulations -- what a lovely way to spend a special day!


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