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« Reply #2055 on: 17:42:44, 14-06-2007 » |
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Kitty,
On one edge of each plank is a sticky out bit. On the other edge there is a sticky in bit.
Make sure the sticky out bit of one plank goes into the sticky in bit of another.
(as the actress said to the martial guidance counsellor for dimwits)
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« Reply #2056 on: 18:27:00, 14-06-2007 » |
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Brothers and Sisters! Your prayers have been answered! All praise to the twin gods Decker and Black! It took me long enough to see that the underlying surface was not flat. NOT FLAT I tell you! In a good solid American Homestead! A floor that was wavy like the very sea itself!  Anyway, taking that into consideration the floor is now nearly halfway done. Thank you all for your support. p.s. for Trained-Pianist, what does the chant mean in English (or better yet, complete nonsense which is my first language anyway. Apologies to Michael and John). |
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« Reply #2057 on: 18:34:51, 14-06-2007 » |
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Hmmm ... It seems to mean 'God forgive me', which is a bit extreme perhaps for a failure to correctly assemble DIY floorboards (though no doubt appropriate for the split infinitive which I leave uncorrected in the foregoing  ). |
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« Reply #2058 on: 18:43:39, 14-06-2007 » |
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t-i-n, I was worried about diabetic man. Sorry, I over reacted. Point well taken.
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« Reply #2059 on: 18:48:05, 14-06-2007 » |
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Don't worry, tp! I just wasn't sure who needed forgiving ... But maybe I mistranslated the Russian phrase?
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #2060 on: 20:36:21, 14-06-2007 » |
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Oh...Jesus...working late tonight...just found myself drifting off so went across the road to get a (pretty icky) hot chocolate from the shop machine. Only then I thought "it's be much nicer if I could throw a marshmallow on top", only the shop didn't have any; thinking I could duplicate the effect with those foamy false teeth, I bought a pack and threw two in. Only they weren't the old-fashioned foamy false-teeth, they're new-fangled gelatin-based monstrosities that sunk to the bottom and drinking it, it feels like I'm licking babies.
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« Reply #2061 on: 21:38:03, 14-06-2007 » |
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t_i_n,
The Russian phrase said God have mercy.
increpatio,
it is easy to make hot chocolate yourself. You just have to buy it in a supermarket.
It will taste better and it will be cheaper.
I am saying because I think what you had was bad.
You can make yourself a really nice cup of hot chocolate with milk if you like. There are 100 % chocolate in a supermarket. I used to like it in a winter. I am off it now.
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« Reply #2062 on: 21:45:54, 14-06-2007 » |
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Oh yes t-p, it was *terrible*. I would never usually buy hot chocolate; however, I'm in my office now and I need to stay awake so that I can follow this proof that seems to require more concentration that I'm able to muster at the moment. (When says "Clearly X", I am inevitably befuddled, but cannot work up the energy to do more than blink). Got a hot chocolate from a vending machine this time; rather better. Feeling a bit giddy already.
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« Reply #2063 on: 21:53:33, 14-06-2007 » |
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Yes, it is difficult. I know.
I met some young people that eat healthy. They take apple, grape, orange or something. One has to take care of himself.
Some even make lunch in plastic box and bring it.
People are so practical.
I am still learning how to do it myself. One has to think in advance about these things. That is difficult for me. But tea with a chocolate bar is good too.
I am just saying, increpatio. I don't really know. You are working a lot. I know how it is.
I have seen people eating only salad that they bring from home. Teachers in schools are very practical people and they learn from each other. I saw how they do it when I accompanied students for living cert exams.
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« Reply #2064 on: 21:58:00, 14-06-2007 » |
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When I was a student we used to get very acidic (powdered. Just add water and wait for the fumes to die back) orange juice from a vending machine down the hall. Then somebody dropped a dirty penny in the cup one day. By the time he had emptied the cup...   |
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« Reply #2065 on: 21:59:14, 14-06-2007 » |
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Got a hot chocolate from a vending machine this time; rather better. Feeling a bit giddy already.
'patio, watch yourself, ok? You don't know what goes into those so-called 'machines'. |
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« Reply #2066 on: 23:30:11, 14-06-2007 » |
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Oh Slough.
Beautiful Slough.
My dad's first ever job was in Slough and we lived quite close to it but I've never been out of the train station. There's a stuffed dog on the main platform.
Milton Keynes = mind-gnumbing roundabouts between my parents' house and my girlfriend's parents' house.
I get lost every single time and nearly make an excursion into Milton Keynes proper but fortunately recognise the error of my ways and somehow find my way back to the correct road.
I saw the Last Supper in Oxford. I didn't know that they put it on in Slough.
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« Reply #2067 on: 23:35:46, 14-06-2007 » |
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I have indigestion now.
I've had it on and off all day.
Can't work out if it was something to do with what I cooked last night or the amount of alcohol I drank.
I'm looking forward to having my first lie-in on Monday.
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« Reply #2068 on: 23:36:22, 14-06-2007 » |
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thinking I could duplicate the effect with those foamy false teeth, I bought a pack and threw two in. Only they weren't the old-fashioned foamy false-teeth..... The world's gone and moved on without telling me again. Foamy false teeth?! That you can buy in shops that have run out of marshmallows?!! And there was an interim period when 'old-fashioned' (??!!!) foamy false teeth roamed the earth??!!! How did I miss all this? |
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