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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 23:51:23 GMT
Nuno Bettencourt I can only conclude is some sort of deity. Every last second of seeing Extreme with Dan Reed Network this eve was thrilling, and had my favourite person along with me.
The night was only marred by a scummy little Tw*t who threatened to stab me in the face after my friend said she liked his trainers. As you do.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 18, 2017 13:53:49 GMT
When I popped into the library at dinnertime to read The Stage, the staff choir were singing carols, so I'm feeling extra festive.
(And I found myself sitting next to Sheridan Morley's cousin, or whatever relation she is.)
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Post by anita on Dec 18, 2017 15:27:32 GMT
Just been told the police have finished their investigations into my purse being stolen & have closed the case due to insufficient evidence to continue. - They have not even contacted me. It is all on CCTV which they told the librarian they were going to take for enhancing. Don't think they have bothered to collect it. Really angry.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2017 16:13:24 GMT
Really sorry to hear your story, anita, and- like Tibidabo - I didn’t want to ‘like’ your earlier report of it as it seemed wrong to like such a mean act from someone to another... Yes, the police response is disheartening. (My robbery last year was never concluded and as far as I’m aware my attackers are still out there, presumably enjoying putting others through the same misery they put me through.) As a neighbour said to me at the time, most people are decent and kind. And I suppose Good Old Mr Dickens teaches us that in his Carol. Maybe, just maybe, they will see the error of their ways before it’s too late. Perhaps the thief who stole your purse is already regretting it... We’ll never know. Don’t let it stop you visiting your library- you never know, the next time you pop in, the staff might be singing carols, just as TallPaul found when he went in today to eat his chips and curry sauce! Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas- don’t let one bad deed spoil it for you. 🎄
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Post by bellboard27 on Dec 18, 2017 18:53:49 GMT
Sometimes overhearing preshow conversations is fun. English guy explaining to his Italian girlfriend that driving a car is not a problem for him. However, sobriety is his problem. Then goes on to list the countries he has been arrested in. Seems a great catch.
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Post by lynette on Dec 19, 2017 13:22:00 GMT
Sometimes overhearing preshow conversations is fun. English guy explaining to his Italian girlfriend that driving a car is not a problem for him. However, sobriety is his problem. Then goes on to list the countries he has been arrested in. Seems a great catch. Def an Xmas engagement in the offing 😂😂😂😂
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 22, 2017 7:49:40 GMT
The days are now...........g e t t i n g l o n g e r!🌒🌓🌔🌕🌞
Whoopie! It's nearly summer! 🌻
Merry Christmas!🌲
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Post by michalnowicki on Dec 22, 2017 10:12:42 GMT
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 22, 2017 10:35:39 GMT
There is a long-standing Christmas tradition at Tibidabo Towers that something always breaks. In past years, whilst the world is on holiday, we've had breakdowns of the boiler, washing machine, dishwasher, boiler, shower, boiler, the dog, me.....well, you get my drift. This year's is somewhat strange. The plug in the bathroom basin ( TallPaul will be pleased to note the correct English version of the American word, sink*) has plopped itself down into the plughole and is refusing to budge, despite hammers, screwdrivers, magnets, nail files, dental floss.... Any sensible suggestions gratefully received. I wouldn't mind, but it is pretty tiresome having to walk all the way to the east wing to clean our teeth... *permissible for the one in the kitchen in the south of the UK. In your neck of the woods TallPaul please substitute the word bucket.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 10:54:57 GMT
Is it one of those plugs that has some sort of loop on top to attach a chain to, or is it one of those irritating flat ones that has a funky lever to pop it up and down? What's your plumbing like, can you get into the bit immediately underneath the plug and shove a broom handle up?
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 22, 2017 13:19:41 GMT
At least with a bucket, Tibidabo, there is very little that can go wrong, apart from a hole. (Do you get your little ones to sing that?) And living in the grim north, where everyone has a trade of some kind, either we can fix everything ourselves, or we know someone who can, on the other end of a pigeon flight!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 21:04:36 GMT
Made some mince pies that were very delicious compared to other years attempts, would highly recommend trying to make them , lovely crumbly buttery pastry www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1813664/mince-piesAlso am starting to feel really festive today and am just very excited for Christmas!!!!
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Post by showgirl on Dec 23, 2017 5:17:58 GMT
I know it was my choice to leave that job but I still miss the days when I could work through Xmas/New Year and other public holidays, as the extra free time coincides with the worst conditions for my leisure activities: too cold/dark/wet etc for much walking; cinemas and theatres shut or showing mainly seasonal fare such as panto, cartoons and CGI-laden blockbusters, and to get around you need public transport which either closes down completely or runs a reduced service - and everything and everywhere is so crowded.
It used to work well both ways as people like me were happy to work whilst colleagues with children/family could have the time off to spend with them, but now, even where I volunteer it was exceptionally and unexpectedly quiet yesterday, so not only were we given a longer lunch break than usual (and I never need the normal hour as it is), but sent home early. Very kind of the management and it was obviously well-received by most staff; I just wasn't in a hurry to get home to my own "to do" list...
Decided therefore to forego my last pre-Xmas London trip today (and avoid the rail replacement buses!) and do things locally whilst everyone else rushes around madly. Have fun all of you who are still having a hectic time out there and I shall rejoin the rush after Xmas.
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Post by viserys on Dec 23, 2017 6:10:04 GMT
How bad IS travelling on Boxing Day? When I told a British friend I was coming over on 26th Dec, he just oh dear'ed. However, I only need to arrive in London on the Eurostar, then a bit on a Piccadilly Line.
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 23, 2017 8:09:30 GMT
is it one of those irritating flat ones that has a funky lever to pop it up and down? What's your plumbing like, can you get into the bit immediately underneath the plug and shove a broom handle up? Yes, one of those. We've seen what we need to do under the sink to get it all undone, but don't have the correct screwdriver. So today we will take a photo of it down to one of those local old-fashioned 'ferreterias' (not sure what you call them in English - ironmonger? @thematthew would love this place - full of stuff made out of metal and copper in all shapes and sizes and no idea what it all does!) Hopefully they'll sort us out! I'm liking the broom idea!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 8:31:19 GMT
How bad IS travelling on Boxing Day? When I told a British friend I was coming over on 26th Dec, he just oh dear'ed. However, I only need to arrive in London on the Eurostar, then a bit on a Piccadilly Line. You should be fine - details here tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/boxing-day-2017#on-this-page-0Getting out of London (or getting anywhere on Boxing Day) by rail is a different matter!
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 23, 2017 12:58:36 GMT
don't have the correct screwdriver Everyone in't north has the correct screwdriver for EVERYTHING. I've even got one that doubles as a potato peeler!
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 23, 2017 13:20:17 GMT
I've even got one that doubles as a potato peeler! Well go peel yerself then.... I'm currently using a plunger - it's pulling the plug up but I need a cunning plan (or a teenager who's still asleep) to work out how to stop it falling back down before I can catch it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 16:03:25 GMT
It used to be you needed two types of screwdriver: crosshead ones for sane screws and flathead ones for annoying rusty slots where the screwdriver keeps slipping out and stabbing you. Now there are square ones and hexagonal ones and torx ones and three-wing ones and strange ones that look like they're intended to summon demons. I've just counted and I have at least 92 screwdrivers and tips*, and I still find screws that I can't remove. What has gone wrong with technology?
* Some of them are duplicates, but still...
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Post by bellboard27 on Dec 23, 2017 17:55:14 GMT
It used to be you needed two types of screwdriver: crosshead ones for sane screws and flathead ones for annoying rusty slots where the screwdriver keeps slipping out and stabbing you. Now there are square ones and hexagonal ones and torx ones and three-wing ones and strange ones that look like they're intended to summon demons. I've just counted and I have at least 92 screwdrivers and tips*, and I still find screws that I can't remove. What has gone wrong with technology? * Some of them are duplicates, but still... Just face it. You’re screwed.
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Post by lynette on Dec 23, 2017 18:00:19 GMT
Car broken into. Sat Nav stolen and purse of small change. Last night. Looks like they prised door open? The alarm did not go off. 😳
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Post by lynette on Dec 23, 2017 18:00:21 GMT
Car broken into. Sat Nav stolen and purse of small change. Last night. Looks like they prised door open? The alarm did not go off. 😳
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 23, 2017 18:46:56 GMT
I've just counted and I have at least 92 screwdrivers and tips* Mini Tibs has one of those small contraptions with loads of tips - used for loosening her taps (shoes, not water sprayers.) 92 is just too many! Old fashioned plunger did it in the end. lynette, these things always escalate at Christmas - so sorry to hear. I suppose it could have been worse - I bet they left your Giant Book of Roadmaps....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 20:08:51 GMT
Survived Christmas-Eve-Eve in retail. Having all assured ourselves, after the week from hell that it MUST be the worst over now. Highlights today included the drunk guy declaring 'HEMMINGWAY WAS A DRUNK WHY CAN'T I BE A DRUNK?!" to his Girlfriend who, at that point looked as if she wished he were like Hemmingway- dead.
Also we repeatedly disproved the notion Brits are good at queuing "The queue actually starts that end. No that end. No over there. No over- oh forget it."
But I managed it without using Warren Gatland's autobiography to prematurely end anybody's Christmas so I'm calling it a win. And if one more person asks me for Dawn French's new book (it's sold out nationwide) I will personally deliver it somewhere where the sun don't shine when it IS in stock.
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Post by lynette on Dec 23, 2017 22:36:43 GMT
It is ok. We can’t understand why the car alarm didn’t go off. Anyway Imperium and a v decent dinner so a good day. Thanks tm
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