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Post by bixaorellana on May 5, 2017 15:35:06 GMT
If God meant women to have husbands, he wouldn't have given us pillows to hold over their grouchy sleeping faces.
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Post by rikita on May 5, 2017 17:35:48 GMT
well, i had many hours of labour before the c-section - but since i was the one that was more keen on having a baby, he might not accept that argument ...
i thought the pillows were invented as a defense against snoring?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 5, 2017 17:51:49 GMT
No, but it's good if the unwary believe that.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 16:20:20 GMT
I hope that you won't all hate me, but I sent all of the cricket posts to the cricket thread.
Meanwhile, I received an email from my supplementary insurance company today which brings my coverage up to 100% I wasn't even going to read it at first because it claimed that it had more to offer than just health coverage. Who cares? All I want is the health coverage. Then I decided that I should take a look. Well, shit and screw them -- it was about their funeral services.
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Post by patricklondon on May 16, 2017 16:47:22 GMT
Hah. I just had a letter from the water company saying my consumption seems to have jumped and I need to check for leaks. Funnily enough, the estate management have been saying there seems to be some sort of leak from our building, but only on close checking do I find that the mysterious noise in the pipe works is my WC cistern busy emptying itself down the overflow pipe almost as fast as it fills. So that's the plumber to pay to sort it out and a backlog bill of I'm ashamed to say how much. Grrr. And I suspect there may be more to do than just fix the overflow. Looks like it's about time to get serious about the bathroom re-do I was vaguely daydreaming about. My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by Kimby on May 16, 2017 18:59:47 GMT
Running toilets add up to big-time water bills. Some years ago I flushed the guest room toilet at my parents house as I was leaving after a weeklong visit, and it kept running unnoticed for weeks. They also were surprised with a large water bill, $600+ as I recall.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 21:13:01 GMT
Running toilets add up to big-time water bills. Some years ago I flushed the guest room toilet at my parents house as I was leaving after a weeklong visit, and it kept running unnoticed for weeks. They also were surprised with a large water bill, $600+ as I recall. An even more tragic end to this was when I was in NY in my mother's cottage for 7 weeks counting deviled egg trays and other such chores, there was a running toilet issue in the upstairs bathroom that I kept telling my brother about as he is the one who knows which plumber to call etc. etc. Well, he never did anything about it and that winter when a hard freeze occurred and he was in Mexico the whole downstairs flooded with major damage as it sat that way for 2-3 weeks. The beautiful pine floors were all buckled up etc. What a mess. Gratefully the home owner's insurance covered most of the damages.
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Post by whatagain on May 16, 2017 22:02:47 GMT
Why do some people have a sense of orientation and some - me - not. Leaving Gambetta my hotel is 236 m from there took the wrong street. Now good I remember the street - the p'tit pere - a Senegalese restaurant is there then I just turn and hop bed.
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Post by rikita on May 17, 2017 7:17:30 GMT
our toilet doesn't stop flushing unless you pull that thing back up, that you push down for flushing. when we have guests, they usually forget, even though i tell them - but fortunately our apartment is so small, i always notice right away, because i am never far from the bathroom ...
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Post by tod2 on May 17, 2017 14:35:02 GMT
Rikita - I have made a request on a piece of paper to guests using the guest toilet as the handle got stuck sometimes. It has been fixed but I have left the sign stuck on the wall (just in case it breaks again).
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 7:17:49 GMT
Chelsea Manning looks better than Caitlyn Jenner. But what's with these names that they chose?
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Post by onlyMark on May 19, 2017 9:04:46 GMT
I think they were born with Manning and Jenner.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 19, 2017 9:47:18 GMT
Mrs Cactus has just informed me that her sister has bought a George Formby Grill.
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Post by onlyMark on May 19, 2017 10:05:04 GMT
From a bloke leaning on a lamp post?
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Post by questa on May 19, 2017 10:37:07 GMT
"From a bloke"...long time since I heard 'bloke'. I thought it was only Aussies who used it. Now the younger generation call every one 'guys' with no distinction as to gender. Other old words for men, now rarely heard, are cove and feller [fellow]
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Post by mossie on May 19, 2017 10:58:33 GMT
"bloke" is a good old word, but if he was leaning on a lamppost he would be an "idle git"
And Caitlyn is the Anglicised version of Kathreen
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Post by patricklondon on May 19, 2017 11:10:18 GMT
>>her sister has bought a George Formby Grill.<< Better be careful to keep it well clear of his little stick of Blackpool rock. My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by Kimby on May 19, 2017 13:52:51 GMT
We had the chance to own a George FOREMAN grill, since we were cleaning out my mother-in-law's apartment, but I have no desire to own a space-hogging, limited use appliance that looks like a toilet seat sitting on the countertop.
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Post by tod2 on May 19, 2017 16:25:54 GMT
Oh Yeah, George has made a mountain of cash from his promoters idea. Good for you George, I don't begrudge you a penny. You slugged your guts out for less. Yes, I have two. But BIG problem. The BANTING Diet wants you to eat fat so this device is obsolete.
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Post by patricklondon on May 19, 2017 20:22:41 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2017 23:52:11 GMT
Because cats have been clamoring for soup and manufacturers are finally filling a burning need?
That must be it.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2017 0:44:02 GMT
Better yet, there was a time when the resident poet of the Maple Leaf would crash in a room shared by the resident cat, aptly named "Maple".
He would always pass out, fall asleep with a watered down scotch on the rocks and when he awakened would throw a fit because the glass was empty, presumably drank by the cat.
Well, the scotch that he drank to this very day is called "KITTY" Sark versus it's real name. (Cutty Sark).
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2017 13:29:32 GMT
Never heard that story before! "Kitty Sark"
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 13:57:21 GMT
Never heard that story before! "Kitty Sark" Thought you'd enjoy that one!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 24, 2017 18:49:26 GMT
My 3 drawings have been accepted to be hung in a local city gallery...it's an 'Open Exhibition' but they don't accept everything. I expected them to just choose one but they're hanging all three. Very chuffed
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Post by mossie on May 24, 2017 19:01:01 GMT
Well done Cheery
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2017 20:25:29 GMT
You are a STAR, Cheery, & now the world will know it!
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Post by kerouac2 on May 24, 2017 20:43:22 GMT
Will you also be exposing at the Serpentine?
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Post by mich64 on May 24, 2017 21:02:08 GMT
Cheery that must be so exciting! Congratulations!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2017 21:28:05 GMT
Someone has got to get that boy to stop using the French term!
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