Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Is it me, or has this forum well, sort of died? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Well, I'm still alive, Gluey; dunno about you![Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 [quote user="Gluestick"]Is it me, or has this forum well, sort of died? [8-)][/quote]Have you read Clair's figures for posts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I had only popped out to the garden... [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 It is a bit 'just the usual suspects' I assumed the good weather had arrived [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 No need to poke me with a stick .....still living [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 [quote user="now just john "]It is a bit 'just the usual suspects' I assumed the good weather had arrived [8-|][/quote]Well, weather good insofar as it has stopped raining long enough for the OH to get out on the mower. Alas, not really good enough to be dependable or be nice and warm without that hint of impending storm. I never knew it could rain so much in the Charente.I must admit the forum has been a bit "same old, same old" lately. Apart from the tax questions, not much that is attention-grabbing.I know, perhaps everyone is busy filling in their forms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 I thought it was the weather! After Paque (when we had a blizzard! [:'(]), week before last when Mrs G and I were in la belle, we at least managed to get the garden under way.Look at my hedges! Nice and straight and without the aid of a string!Lifting the big hedgecutter from the lawn side fair did me in, Guvernor! Not so bad from the terrace side, 'cos it's much lower![IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/PicsMay08024.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I must admit the forum has been a bit "same old, same old" lately. Apart from the tax questions, not much that is attention-grabbing.Then you post something attention grabbing ![:)][:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 RH, you don't mean moi? But I am modesty itself![:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Nawh!Come on Sweets: post summat really contraversial![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 glustick how about showing us the inside of your house, it looks very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 [quote user="Russethouse"]I must admit the forum has been a bit "same old, same old" lately. Apart from the tax questions, not much that is attention-grabbing.Then you post something attention grabbing ![:)][:)][/quote]Well, the title of this post grabbed me.I'm too busy playing Bubble Shooter, thanks to Twinkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Here we are Belle. And thank you!The Foyer[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/PicturesHouseFrance0007.jpg[/IMG]Part of the petit saloon[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/PicturesHouseFrance0006.jpg[/IMG]Part of the kitchen[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/PicturesHouseFrance0001.jpg[/IMG]Another part of the kitchen, leading into the petit saloon[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/PicturesHouseFrance0002.jpg[/IMG]The saloon: and friends.[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/FelthamsHouse001.jpg[/IMG]Oops!Photobucket won't let me sign in so I'll post this one later on.Now added.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Gluey, you and Mrs Gluey have excellent taste. Lovely jubbely, all of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Gluestick, hedges do look well trimmed, but the lawn looks like it could do with the treatment, have you got a scarifier? maybe Fertilizer & Weed treatment too! Is that provocative enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thank you Sweets: much appreciated. We like it and have tried to keep it as it was, originally a 200 year old torshe farmhouse, substantially rebuilt and renovated by its now elderly owner nearly 40 years ago. Our French friends love it as we are preserving part of their local memories, so they say, which is nice.John: I do agree. It was in quite good shape two years ago, however year before last I had serious surgery at the beginning of the year and wasn't able to get over until June.A friend popped in to cut the grass once so the grass really suffered still two friends helped in June but it was a mammoth effort with all the hedges, strimming, brushcutting and etc.: thus far I haven't managed to find anyone locally who I can rely on and doesn't think that all les Anglais are millionaires!This is one problem with the Nord Pas de Calais, I'm afraid. They've been spoilt by the first phalanx of brits who sold their houses for bundles and came over with pretentious concepts and loads of spending dosh!I'm also wary of allowing anyone else to use the ride-on mower, as it chews drive belts to the cutting deck if not used properly and they cost around € 35 a pop for patterns! (Kevlar).Five years ago when Mrs G and I bought the place, the garden took massive amounts of time to bring around: still lots more to do. 30 trees to lop and prune and sort out this Autumn.A friend, lost in some of the trees in Winter............[IMG]http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/Michaeleff/FelthamsHouse010.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 We shall be talking about what kind of washing up liquid we use next. [:D]I prefer Fairy, myself.P.S. Nice taste, Mr and Mrs G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks, Cathy.Lidyl or Aldi for washing up liquid. Works a treat and costs peanuts.Now use it in France and the UK.Even use Lidyl's dishwasher tabs and Aldi's dishwasher cleaner.Saves bundles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 When I'm not playing Bubble Shooter, I grow some plants:NB Can't remember how to upload the HTML code to here - can anyone help? I've got the photo on Photobucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 [quote user="Gluestick"]Thanks, Cathy.Lidyl or Aldi for washing up liquid. Works a treat and costs peanuts.[/quote]I prefer to pay in Euros so that I don't get chucked out of Aldi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Just so you can't say I hide and take pot shots, we thought in for a centime . . .[IMG]http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/classic69_72/View.jpg[/IMG]In for loads of euros, we thought we had removed the stones, then it rained, and rained and . . . .[IMG]http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/classic69_72/Lawn.jpg[/IMG]that's the patio just coming into frame on the bottom right [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Cathy, that is all I am doing too in my spare time. Bubble shooter. I log onto the forum, type ironing into the search box and it takes me straight to Twinkles link. She has been accused many times of killing a thread but this time, I think she is guilty of killing a whole forum!! [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 fabulous, gluey, I rushed back from shopping hoping the pics were on here, what a loverly place and house to live.Belle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 What is the best way to clean chair covers and get them back on the chairs and sofas please? By the way, there used to be a Museum of Ironing in Belgium. This is why I love 'em and hate 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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