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Yes that is certainly a good idea but alas with everything from the kitchen in the other rooms space is non existent apart from walking space from room to room :walk::tiptoe: and chairs to sit on as you cannot swing a cat here currently but hopefully by the end of next week the kitchen will be all finished.:cleader:

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The full refit of the kitchen has near enough finished today 3 days early and apart from the blinds needing to go up and the appliances fitted in again we are very happy with it.:)

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Very nice :tu: :)

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I'm so pleased for you den as I know first hand just how much of a upheaval a new kitchen causes I bet you will notice a huge difference. I bet you have missed the home cooking, I know my lot did and I never thought my hubby & kids would ever get fed up with Chinese, fish & chips from the chippie etc but they did.

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My happy thought off to the hospital Wednesday to see if I can get back on the transplant list :)

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Well lets hope you do get on the transplant list this time dilli.:)

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Yes we are certainly looking forward to having home cooking again soon weenie.

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With all the doom and gloom a pic to cheer us all up.

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Glad about your kitchen Den, Hope you are ok Dill and hello Weenie

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Hello nash I hope you enjoying your break to Jersey, I've heard it's a beautiful island & I'm looking forward to hearing all about the tour of it tomorrow. Take care weenie x

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l went to hospital for my ICD appointment this morning and they have given me a date for taking my ICD out and putting a new one in so one hopes it will finally all happen in just over 5 weeks.

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Excellent :tu:

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Hi Weenie, The trip was beautiful Weenie, every Bay is beautiful. The driver was an excellent guide. He took us past Alan Wickers grave and also the grave of Billy Butlins, Billy's grave stone was enormous and shaped like a poster bed all in black marble. Seemingly him and his wife done an awful lot for the Island as did Alan Wicker, there houses were worth millions, The houses in millionaires row are out of this world, The flower arrangements all over the Island are so beautiful, each Bay we came across was outstanding, The weather yesterday and today is really hot too, We managed to find some country music in a hotel last night and we are going to another hotel tonight for more country music. So that is what makes our holiday too. Forgot to say Kenneth More lived here too if you remember him, Nash ;)

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Finally some dry weather down here in Sennen and I can get some painting done.

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Electric Cooker now fully wired up again.:)

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I posted this on Facebook yesterday

Fifty years ago today England beat Mexico 2-0 at Wembley, in their 2nd group stage match on route to winning the World cup.


OH yeah and my Mum & Dad got married, and went to Guernsey for their honeymoon.


In the years that followed myself and my sister were born


So last night we all went to with my sisters family to our local Beefeater and had a big meal.

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Hope you all enjoyed your meal, Hom3r, Good food now that the cooker is ready to go, Den, How is the painting going Heero, ? Just finished the washing after the holiday,

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l hope you all had a very nice time last night Hom3r.

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When is the dinner party den ;)

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Very nice Hom3r :)

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Trust you nash to find somewhere with country music, I'm glad that you enjoyed your break just what the doctor ordered as they say :)

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So true Weenie. If there was no country music to be found, I would not be back to any place twice,

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LOL I believe you nash, you really do love your Country Music. I was so pleased that you enjoyed your break as at the start I was worried you were not enjoying it.

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Osem Jnr successfully completed his 'Pass Plus' driving course. Hopefully he'll get a reduction in his car insurance.

After a trip to hospital in a nice ambulance and a couple of hours in A&E this morning, Osem Jnr #2 has recovered from a rather nasty looking allergic reaction. Happily he's now back to his usual inscrutable, moody, self and having some lunch... :)

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Well done to Osem Jnr & sending a big hug to Osem Jnr #2

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Just a quick tip on the insurance Osem, adding you as a named driver to his policy will get a discount ( provided you have been a good boy of course ;) )

I got my son's insurance down below £500 by adding me and his mum to the policy. He is 17 1/2. :)

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@ Weenie - thanks! :tu:

@ Julian - I am already a named driver on his policy and have been a very good boy over the years. ;) Good tip for anyone else with a young driver in the family though. :tu:

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Saved hubby a couple of hundred pounds :) he will be pleased last week I phoned Vauxhall and they said I was looking at anything between £350.00 - £425.00 to replace the full front driver side door window mechanism. Today I bought a second hand one from ebay for best offer of £25.00 instead of the asking price of £29.95. I think one deserves a bottle of Prosecco and some nice flowers for that saving. The price included free P&P http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1418364956...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I never thought that they would accept my offer tbh

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That's excellent weenie.:tu:

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Indeed it is, well done weenie :tu:

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Well Done Weenie.

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Meant to post this morning, walked home because manager was in bad mood and she wasn't happy about me walking but I insisted so she said OK. Got a text this morning at half 7 asking if I'd got home OK. Nice of her to do so.

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Had a nice business lunch up at the local Toby carvery with the project leader and a German engineer over from Kassel on some work I'm doing for them. I opted for the carvery sandwich they do: Beef in a baguette and it comes with roasties, a jumbo Yorkie and a jug of gravy for just over 4 quid. Quite filling.:)

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Just had an Email from our local Councillor to say that the Council who refused to cut the grass on the large embankment round our house had made a mistake in error and will now cut the grass in two weeks and maintain it afterwards no charge. So glad I got in touch with him as they were determend that we would have to pay.

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Well done nash :)

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We were delighted Weenie, I think they were trying to make us out fools

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Nash the trouble with most local councils is the cut backs they face at the moment take North Lanarkshire for example they have budget cuts that they decided to do over two year period why I will never know as South Lanarkshire and other have not done this. North Lanarkshire a making cuts to some of it's vital services and outsourcing them to private contracts and I think some of the grass cutters section could be affected in these cuts eventually that's if the cuts for these services goes to plan. Take the large mechanical sweeper vehicles that keep our roads cleaned they are getting outsourced and the people who will suffer because of this cut is the people in housing estates as these companies will only do the main drag but I could be wrong as this is just my opinion nash.

I personally agree with it's time to stop outsourcing-local-authorities-contract-services as it's the wee man on the street who suffer's at the end of the day!

https://www.theguardian.com/public-l...tract-services

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I know what you are saying Weenie, They come and cut my neighbours grass, 4 men one machine 3 stand and watch and then they all go back in the van and sit for half an hour before they move on. The councill really need better management. Thanks for the link will look at it tomorrow, just in from a night out,

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New washing machine delivered and I've installed it. Now running first empty wash ready for some real laundry tomorrow.:)

Guys were staggered at how old the old one was. Paid extra to have them take it away and recycle it.

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Excellent news Heero,

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Another week and I'm still not dead despite my body conspiring against me - wooHOO!!! ;) :)

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As the saying goes there plenty of like in this old dog yet....:tu:

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Managed to get a alarm fitter that was within our chosen budget. I'm pleased to say that it will be fitted on Thursday, the guy was great and gave us what hubby was looking for what the alarm consists of is 1 Control Panel with Auto Dialler to his phone, 1 x wireless bell box, dummy box for the back, 3 x Wireless Pet Friendly Pir's, 3 x Door Contact, 3 X Key Fobs and 4 proximity tags it also comes with panic alarm.

What I liked about this alarm is it can be added to at a later date if we feel the need to do so as he said do you want your mobile added and I said no thank you I don't want to know if or when my home is getting broken into maybe I will add this feature at a later date as the option is their.

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Good news Weenie

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It will give me peace of mind nash and hopefully will deter the **** that think nothing of breaking into someone's home and taking what does not belong to them.

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Nothing beats peace of mind, Nash

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Just finished a 77 hour working week, including 20 hours this weekend - but everything's ready for our SAP Financials implementation tomorrow at 8am.

Looking forward to seeing my wife again on Wednesday evening, after 12 days away for work (normally only away Mon-Fri).

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Aren't there EU rules about that sort of thing? ;)

Good job we're leaving eh? :D

I suggest a nice evening out, nice food, wine, candles, flowers... ;)

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A wee present would be nice ,but I,m sure a X and a cuddle will be fine, Nash

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His beloved might be waiting at the front door when he comes home with a rolling pin.;)

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I'd have added my mobile, the vast, vast majority/ hopefully all activations will be false alarms. Make sure you dust the pirs regularly, don't leave windows open near them and don't let sunlight cross their beams.

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Only 77, on the first of last month I managed to book a 29.5 hour day which I was pleased about, reminded me of that monty python sketch about Yorkshire people and not knowing you're born. I only actually did 5.5 hours work in that 24 hour period which made it even better

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Will do TD hopefully as you say if/when it goes off or sends a message to hubby's phone it will be a false alarm.

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My wife won a few quid with postcode lottery, ching ching :)

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Excellent I like to hear that news...alferret.

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An ex-colleague was called to repair a huge TV that had died. He checked with the manufacturer for the parts and was quickly informed that that set was part of a batch stolen in transit.

Police informed, set confiscated, 3 other sets found in their families' homes, "owners" arrested for receiving stolen goods. Police investigating further.

:D

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Nah, these were 7 days worth of actual hours worked, and I get paid a day rate, not per hour...

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Mum and Dad has turned up this evening without giving us prior warning as they live 200 miles away in Hampshire as my partner and l suspected they were up to something as they have kept very quiet this last week about things.:):)

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It might be grey cloudy and a bit wet in August but least I don't get too hot and sweaty biking to work.

Its a silver lining of sorts....

:angel:

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I need summer damn it! lol

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You had it in July. It's the start of the Autumnal storms now.;)

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I blinked in July! lol

We're going to Devon Bay in 2 weeks so i am hoping the weather will improve.

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Fat chance, this is the month we get the tail end of the hurricane season from America.

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What a lovely surprise den, I love it when my husbands family turn up from England for a surprise visit. We a having his Uncle coming up soon I think it's the 12th then my Mother in Law will be going back down the road with him for a week or two. What surprises me is when she comes back her accent has went back to really strong English. We can always tell when she has been talking to sister etc on the phone.

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Yes it was a wonderful surprise seeing them at our front door last night weenie as they will be down here until Sunday afternoon so we will certainly be making the most of their time down here.

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Home for a long weekend.

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I get to test drive a new type of mobility scooter today, so I'm rather excited about it :)

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Very nice MG but don't forget your L plates.;)

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Well done ;)

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Very nice Den, I bet you all had a nice time :)

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The missus bought me a little DVD player to keep me entertained while I'm at dialysis- very nice :)

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Excellent Dill

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You are a very lucky man dilli having such a wonderful partner.

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this is the one:
http://www.mobilityscootersplus.com/...y-scooter.html

It was a pleasure to drive and I fell in love when I first saw it :)

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Does she have a sister dilli? I could do with someone like Natalie in my life.

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Well she does have a sister but they aren't really alike.

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That was lovely of Natalie dilli.

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Off with all the family for a meal and bingo tonight.

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Enjoy den hope you have a BIG win :)

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I'm well chuffed with the new alarm and the wee one has used it today using his proximity tag which I think is ideal for him as he doesn't have to worry about the alarm code & fob - he simply presents the proximity tag to the area on the alarm it's dead easy for him to use. I will say the only thing what I find annoying is when someone opens the back door or front door it says very loudly either back door open or front door open, I will need to get hubby to lower the volume as I have not got a clue how to go about that other than that I'm well pleased with it.

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l won £100 weenie and because we all share our winnings we all had £25 each.:)

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Excellent den :)

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Nice one, was going to say last night when weenie hoped for a big win that there was no need to hope as you always win but didn't want to jinx you.

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Well l had a even bigger win today TD as l won £115 on the horses so my luck must be in.:D:D

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You're not Irish are you Den. You seem to have that luck.:)

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Good for you matey. Spend your winnings wisely. ;)

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l think somebody else might have a say on how the winnings are spent.:)

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Sorry to disappoint everyone, still alive and well. Got called into work yesterday at ten past 10 Saturday night, and it was with my manager. She acted like last week never happened. So I'm totally confused.

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Shes professional, just keep doing your job well and don't mess up again as you don't want to lose it.

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Put the deposit down on my new mobility scooter today. Now to play the waiting game :)

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Make sure you haggle for a full tank of petrol and a set of car mats.

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What does he need petrol for, to burn it if he doesn't like it

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Maybe making an idiot of myself was what was needed, this week manager has been in a great mood with me, laughing and joking. I've been picked to do a couple of little jobs for her, and we even joked around with a bet that sees me now having to buy her a Costa coffee whenever we work together before end of August. 5 times before the end of the month.

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Good for you Den :)

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Used my freshly fixed shredder to demolish a large pile of brambles, twigs and ivy. Reduced it to about 6 bucketfuls that I dumped in the back of the borders. I would have put it in the large composter but I didn't want to disturb the wasps nest.:erm:

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Just booked Center Parcs Monday- Friday break in January something for us to look forward to :)

The wee one will be well pleased as we will be taking him out of school for that week with the head teachers blessing may I add so I'm also well pleased.

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Well Done Weenie, I am happy because is coming home for the weekend,

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I get to go away for a long weekend bank holiday weekend which was a pain to organise with dialysis but at least we're off for a bit , very nice :)
Yarmouth beware!

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Have a great time Dilli. Have you ever tried Marmite ice cream? ;)

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i haven't but if I find some i will be sure to give it a go :)

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Yes l remember Yarmouth very well dilli as its lovely place to go for a holiday or short break.

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Have you tried bubble gum ice cream as l had it when we visited the New Forest a while back and its very nice.:)

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Have a nice time Dill,

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I can only imagine the preparation for your weekend break dilli but I'm sure it will have been worth it.

Enjoy your break dilli, you both deserve it :)

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I go on my hols tomorrow for the first time since 2014.

We should have been in a silver plus caravan, but the owner pulled it from the site, so we have been given a gold caravan.

The minor bug is from 3 bedrooms down to 2, but I don't mind sleeping on the sofa bed.

But if a 3 bedroom caravan does become available it'll be ours.

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Enjoy your holiday Hom3r hope the weather is good for you :)

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Thanks the BBC says it should be nice, so I'm taking winter survival gear :D

The camp is next to the beach so no messing about with parking :D