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Post by Patrick on Dec 30, 2010 12:42:44 GMT
He was nagging for food this morning - and couldn't give him any 'til I'd popped up to the shops. A packet of Bran Flakes falls off the side and hits the floor scattering a few of them - he starts tucking in! I didn't last once the taste set in.
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Post by everso on Dec 30, 2010 16:56:12 GMT
They're great when they get a whiff of something their don't like. I like offering ours a sip of whisky. Blimey Aubs, I mean, I like cats, but offering them whisky? That's taking it too far! I share my whisky with nobody.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 30, 2010 17:04:04 GMT
Blimey Aubs, I mean, I like cats, but offering them whisky? That's taking it too far! I share my whisky with nobody. Or your gin, or your vodka, Ev. Looking back, it's a wonder any of us were capable of doing the Lambeth Walk on the way back to the tube.
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Post by everso on Dec 30, 2010 17:12:32 GMT
Whisky is my first choice, Weyland. The reason I stuck with gin then was because (and I find this vair difficult to understand) the pub had no ginger ale! I like my whisky straight occasionally but it never lasts very long then. Gin is usually for air travel and sunny afternoons.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 30, 2010 18:41:54 GMT
Whisky is my first choice, Weyland. The reason I stuck with gin then was because (and I find this vair difficult to understand) the pub had no ginger ale! I like my whisky straight occasionally but it never lasts very long then. That pub didn't have any decent bitter ale either, but plenty of choice of expensive lagers. Not that Birra Peroni isn't an excellent beer, but it cost an arm and a leg. Maybe it's a London thing. I blame Aubrey. I rarely drink spirits, but the perfect g&t is a wonderful thing. And I recently discovered just how good a Gin & It could be when invited for festive drinkies at a neighbour's house. That's what they called the event -- drinkies. Bloody yuppies. If only I had a fridge, I'd have a g&t now. But everything in one has to be very cold, and I no longer have a working fridge. (The Dutch agree about gin being very cold -- in their case jenever. The expression is ijs en ijskoud. They usually drink it neat, sometimes with a beer chaser.)
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Post by aubrey on Dec 30, 2010 19:20:11 GMT
They're great when they get a whiff of something their don't like. I like offering ours a sip of whisky. Blimey Aubs, I mean, I like cats, but offering them whisky? That's taking it too far! I share my whisky with nobody. I know he won't touch it. I wouldn't have offered it to my dog because she would have lapped it up (and then shaken her head as the effects kicked in).
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Post by everso on Dec 31, 2010 9:29:18 GMT
Whisky is my first choice, Weyland. The reason I stuck with gin then was because (and I find this vair difficult to understand) the pub had no ginger ale! I like my whisky straight occasionally but it never lasts very long then. That pub didn't have any decent bitter ale either, but plenty of choice of expensive lagers. Not that Birra Peroni isn't an excellent beer, but it cost an arm and a leg. Maybe it's a London thing. I blame Aubrey. I rarely drink spirits, but the perfect g&t is a wonderful thing. And I recently discovered just how good a Gin & It could be when invited for festive drinkies at a neighbour's house. That's what they called the event -- drinkies. Bloody yuppies. If only I had a fridge, I'd have a g&t now. But everything in one has to be very cold, and I no longer have a working fridge. ( The Dutch agree about gin being very cold -- in their case jenever. The expression is ijs en ijskoud. They usually drink it neat, sometimes with a beer chaser.) Similarly, the Germans drink ice cold schnapps. My sister-in-law's folks keep theirs in the freezer - alcohol has a lower freezing temperature than the usual freezer, apparently, although I have no knowledge of these things, science not being my subject unless it's biology.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 31, 2010 16:10:06 GMT
Know what you mean, Squire. Eh? Eh?
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Post by jean on Dec 31, 2010 16:16:26 GMT
I was offered a G & T without ice the other day - never realised before how little worth drinking it could be.
(If you are siezed with a craving while up a mountain, crush a few juniper berries from the nearest juniper bush, and inhale the scent. If the mountain is in Scotland where there is lots of juniper, everything will be freezing anyway.)
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2010 16:48:27 GMT
Know what you mean, Squire. Eh? Eh? Chelmsford?!
Saynomore, saynomore, saynomore, squire! A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!..er.. I mean Happy Old Year to One & All! (Me? I can't even heat up a can of beans. Not that I'm bitter.)
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 31, 2010 17:11:32 GMT
I was offered a G & T without ice the other day - never realised before how little worth drinking it could be. (If you are siezed with a craving while up a mountain, crush a few juniper berries from the nearest juniper bush, and inhale the scent. If the mountain is in Scotland where there is lots of juniper, everything will be freezing anyway.) Actually Jean, Scotland is positively balmy at the moment. So there.
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Post by Weyland on Dec 31, 2010 17:51:51 GMT
Actually Jean, Scotland is positively balmy at the moment. So there. Even up a mountain, Riot? After all, you're perched on Ben Vegas, which I guess is roughly sea-level. Here it's about +2°C . . . -4 predicted tomorrow. I'm turning the water off at night now. Still unable to contact the insurance company. They must be snowed under (hoho).
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Post by everso on Jan 1, 2011 23:46:17 GMT
Know what you mean, Squire. Eh? Eh? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Oh Weyland's already done it.
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Post by everso on Jan 1, 2011 23:51:53 GMT
I was offered a G & T without ice the other day - never realised before how little worth drinking it could be. (If you are siezed with a craving while up a mountain, crush a few juniper berries from the nearest juniper bush, and inhale the scent. If the mountain is in Scotland where there is lots of juniper, everything will be freezing anyway.) A G & T without ice?? Good god! I thought there was some law against that anyway. I've been told that if you just rub a bit of gin around the rim of a glass and only put tonic water in it, it still tastes like a G & T because you can smell the gin as you sip the tonic. Not that I'd even consider doing that, but if any of you don't want to drink and drive etc., it's probably worth thinking about. Actually, with the small measures that you get in a pub, you can hardly taste the spirit in a drink anyway.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 2, 2011 11:37:20 GMT
Not that I'd even consider doing that, but if any of you don't want to drink and drive etc., it's probably worth thinking about. Actually, with the small measures that you get in a pub, you can hardly taste the spirit in a drink anyway. I remember waiting to meet Mrs YI (when she was Mrs Y) and another couple in Amsterdam after work one day, and they were delayed about an hour. So I retired to a bar and, uncharacteristically, ordered a g&t. The barman just sloshed the gin in like lemonade. Perfect, it was. Sho I had another. Empty shtomach. But no harm was done. And I can still remember how much it cost -- ƒ4.50 -- less than £2 at the time. But that was long ago and far away. [/ramble]
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Post by Weyland on Jan 2, 2011 13:28:52 GMT
Serious question, friends.
The burst-pipe water has subsided now, but everything's wet and it's beginning to smell a bit. Haven't managed to contact the insurance company yet beyond a machine saying I can spend up to £1000 no-questions-asked for now. Already spent £95 on a plumber, but it's going to cost a LOT more than that, of course, and I'd like to get the immediate mess cleared up asap. There'll be a lot of stuff to chuck out, such as soaked rugs, dead machines, thawing food, etc.
Can't do much myself, on account of a recurrent stomach hernia problem. What would you lot advise?
I'm thinking of ringing a local cleaning company tomorrow, but beyond that I'm a bit clueless. Help!
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Post by Patrick on Jan 2, 2011 13:39:48 GMT
Best Beloved (Ex insurance person) Says get in touch with "Chem Dry". They were the company recommended (or "affiliated") to many insurance companies (it's the one AXA uses.) They can sort most things out, and if you give them your insurance details they'll just deal directly with them in the end. They will also put some blowers in which might cost a bit electricity wise but that can be claimed too.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 2, 2011 17:19:51 GMT
Best Beloved (Ex insurance person) Says get in touch with "Chem Dry".Thank you, Mrs Patrick (and Patrick). That's two I owe youse. * I'll get in touch with them tomorrow. Any more advice from anyone? ________ * I might well be up near Morecambe in the foreseeable future. Not sure exactly when yet. The drinks are on me. Just say the word.
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