Just Katie
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Tom,
As I said, the gite was spotless, the beds stripped and linen piled, no bleach marks, needles or residues from bun fights etc. Only the kitchen needed a little mop through which, I (personally) consider to be light cleaning between guests. Should you have decided to ask for a cleaning charge for that, after me paying a rental fee of 1000 euro per week, I would have gladly given it to you and wished you the very best of luck. [:)]
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What sad news. It is really awful when someone this young dies.
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OMG, so she will be on form when she comes to Paris. Look out!![:)]
Glad to hear that chunk is now behind you Twinks.
[kiss] for la petite
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Hi Rose, how did you find new year in Paris. I was in the UK last year but some of our mates said it was amazing. I have been told however that things can get a little out of hand on Champs Elysees.
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Hi Lou
That is really really sad. Please send him my love.
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That is OK Jon.
You ask why live in a city where you feel you must barge past people. I have given this some thought and must say that I dont feel like this too often, thank God.
However, sometimes the city leaves me feeling a bit lost and I find it quite unnatural that humans dont give each other eye contact.
I see the homeless in the mornings as I walk down the Champs Elysees and I honestly dont know whether or not they are dead. I often stand by them to see if they are breathing and it is beyond me that others just walk by. It worries me that I may turn into this kind of person.
Everyone is in a rush and nobody seems to respect fellow humans and to be honest it worries me, saddens me and annoys me.
On the other hand, the city makes me feel alive. It is wonderful and I love the opportunity and choice. Me and hubs were bored last night so we went for a walk. It was late night shopping and we stood on the terrace at Printemps at 9.30 and enjoyed the wonderful views of the tower and sacre coeur with the moon behind.
Small town is the opposite. A person sleeping or dead in the street would be seen to and cared for. On the other hand everyone wants to know everyone elses business. Then then chat about it and add miles on and that used to sadden and annoy me too. I often stood my ground against these people, the same as I did the other day when I barged past people in Paris. Am I wrong or right? I dont know.
Small town v City? Swings and roundabouts. On the whole, I love Paris but slip into acting like an arse for 5% of the time. Same in small town.
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That is a shame Dave, I made the comment only half meaning it but you obviously cannot have this type of behaviour. I don't know some cats don't know they are born.[:D]
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Yes Cathy I agree with the Pink. I may even use a Barbara Cartland theme when I decorate the bathroom, that'll learn 'im [:D]
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[quote user="ErnieY"]
Katy, your posts also saddened me, shocked me even. If these are your private thoughts they bode very badly for the future of your relationship. Again not preaching but you need to discuss them with your OH not us [kiss]
[/quote]No need to be sad Ernie [kiss]. This is not deep rooted it is just our everyday married life. He will annoy me massively for one hour then things turn around and we are all lovey dovey again then he will put Top Gear on and hog the sofa. [:@]
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[quote user="Chris Head"]
JK...what can I say? You can take a man out of the valleys...
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Yeah but you can't take him out of the toilet. He is still in there. God he would kill me if he knew what I was writing about him [:D]
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[quote user="Anton Redman"]" He doesn't speak, he grunts when prompted " I checked with Isabel who claims this is an improvement on the standard male[/quote]
I suppose, but when his mates are around he remembers how to converse, how to make people laugh, how to laugh himself. He has just walked through the lounge with a loo roll. Yipee half an hour of separation [:)].
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[quote user="TWINKLE"]
Anybody else still think they can do the same things they did a couple of decades ago?
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Yes, looking cool doing the pogo (the dance I mean, I could never handle the stick)
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So? I am sick of men. He's here having a rant over stuff that doesnt concern me but there is a bit of finger pointing going on. [:@]
He thinks he is the only person who works.He sulks and moans if I want to watch my programmes but I have got to put up with Top Gear, war documentaries and Ross Kemp on Gangs.
He always seems to be in the bathroom doing plop plops and I mean THREE times per day and HALF HOUR per session.
When we are out in company the boys have got to do all the talking and it is normally "member that game and member that trip". When the girls talk you get blank stares, quietness then "member when............".
I hate ACDC, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin.
He never gets me to the beach by 10am instead we arrive at 2pm because he has got important things to do first like getting the tracking done on the car.
I like my porridge done with water and he likes his done with milk (two pans).
He doesn't speak, he grunts when prompted.
He insists in putting oxo cubes in gravy (two pans).
He hogs the most comfy sofa.
He snores and blames me.
He annoys the guts out of me.
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I have settled into Paris quite well but getting used to the city is hard. I come from a place where you say sorry if YOU get knocked but I cannot cope with people bumping into ME and tutting. [:@] I took my bad mood out on Paris yesterday. I barged them off the pavements and kicked them on the trains and stared them out with a full kung foo look if they dared to tut. It was quite liberating and I found my sanity again. I also walked up the Champs Elysees in a straight line and a very blank and cold expression pushing through groups of friends and kissing couples. I can fully understand that bloke in midnight express who walked around the pole the wrong way. I feel great today because my washing machine broke which is always a good excuse to shop for clothes.
So, what will happen to that tree? Will it live or stay like that?
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Hi Chris, nice to see you posting.again. So have you been doing loads of bivvying lately? What about tabbing? You got to do a bit of that too you know. Ying and yang, got to do a bit of both [:D]
Keep in touch [:)]
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Just seen this thread. Brilliant. You never change do you "Tinks" [:P]
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Throw it into the garden and never allow it back into your home again otherwise it will stink.
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Well I am glad to say that my TV which conked out after two weeks is finally fixed. After staying home from work for delivery and being let down on two occassions, I went into Darty and spoke to the Manager who was extremely charming. He said because I had been messed about so much that I could have a brand new tv which was delivered last Saturday on time and as promised. Happy days [:)].
However, two hours later, another knock on the door by two more Darty men with my old tv, now fixed. They told me that it was mine, "No" I said, "I have a new one". "Well, you may as well have this one as it is no good to us now".......................Quids in mate [:D]
Seriously though, why dont they just send it back to the manufacturer?
Still thinking about what to do with the mare in the post office. She is really due a thump [:@]
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No sign of Twinkle, perhaps it just brought life to an end in her area. Ah well, I suppose it was nice knowing her.
Clair, what was you doing when the earth started to move?
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Maybe because themm sorts make me feel better about myself [:$][:D]
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My husband bought me that book for christmas and it went straight in the bin alongwith the pair of jeans he bought me which were one size too big.[:@]
French women are slim because (with very little exception), they either eat very healthily and only at mealtimes or they starve themselves. On top of that most dont drink much alcohol.
I am a size 10 and feel fat in Paris. They walk about in their skinny jeans and look as though they havnt got enough energy to draw a decent drag on the fag shoved in their mouths. Oh and they all carry big bags in a posh spice sort of a way which adds to their beautiful frailness.
Sorry for the bitchiness but I hate the way they look at each other and me like shit.
I would much prefer a woman with an ample bosom and crumbs on her lap myself. [:)]
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Another cause could be rain driving beneath the roof tiles. If you have felting, it could be that this has rotted.
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Judith wrote:
" I've known the little finger to be offered when all else is dirty"
JK replied:
"Hands up who could seriously shake that AND keep a straight face?"
JK asked:
Why doesnt the quote button work? [:@]
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Sorry JD, I missed your post. Yes of course it could also be a leaky pipe. Water is very sneaky, there could be a leak in one part of the property from which the water will meander and manifest itself remotely from the problem.
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in Travelling to/from France
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I went to book a ticket on the internet at work the other day and went onto the english speaking site. My colleague intervened and told me that I should only book on the French site as it is cheaper.
I could do an experiment to check if this is true but I hate the website, and besides it gives me a good reason to make a serious post and get in Ron Averyon's good books.
So, I wonder if anyone could confirm if my colleague's query is correct?