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« Reply #4335 on: 21:47:08, 11-01-2008 » |
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Pim, We are going to miss you. Come back soon. Well, I'm back t-p.  The only sad thing is that I have to buy a new computer. At the moment I'm using a rather difficult laptop, but at least I'm online again! |
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« Reply #4336 on: 23:56:16, 11-01-2008 » |
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Had a strange smell in the bathroom for the last couple of days. Not mouldy or damp or musty but it reminds me of unpleasant cough pastilles, hard to describe. I thought it might be the drains so I put thick bleach down them. But today the smell's still there so I sniffed round all the walls and I think it's coming from inside the electic shower unit on the wall - yet it doesn't smell like it's overheating. And the circuit-breaker hasn't been triggered. Can anyone suggest why it should be smelling?
The electric shower unit? Unpleasant cough pastilles? Could some shower gel with menthol have leaked in and be going nicely rank in the warm, dampness when you switch it on? Failing that...can't think of anything that smells like that. Some sort of mould? Mould can smell very peculiar. Have you looked underneath the actual unit? If it's all black - that's your answer! Well, it wasn't mould, it was faulty wiring by an incompetent plumber and apparently something was slowly burning.  Had to pay the Mira engineer £60 for his visit  as it wasn't the shower at fault after all. Anyway, thank goodness it didn't develop into a fire. |
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« Reply #4337 on: 00:06:51, 12-01-2008 » |
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All's well that ends well, then, MJ - apart from the cost: still less than if the thing had gone up in smoke though. Any chance of a comeback on the original plumber?
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #4338 on: 21:08:55, 12-01-2008 » |
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WEDDINGS! My son's getting married, and I'm glad he is, and I like the girl -
BUT - what a fuss they're making! Somehow I managed to get married without much fuss in the nearest Register Office. I always knew this would be different, but already the stress is much more than is necessary. Where to have it - they haven't even decided which county yet (that is county, not country), let alone where. Suggested places have veered between Islington Town Hall and a mock Greek temple in the grounds of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. Who's to be invited, who'll be offended if left out - The Sleeping Beauty has nothing on this. I'm fed up already.
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« Reply #4339 on: 21:42:26, 12-01-2008 » |
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I thought that wedding is organized by the bride's family. In this way it is good to have a son. He doesn't have to choose a dress.
I love weddings very much, but I had to go only very few times.
Some weddings costs so much that parents ask if they want a wedding or downpayment for the house.
The most difficult thing is to pick a present for a wedding (now they tell you what they want and it is easier this way).
Also I don't like to buy a dress just to go to a wedding.
And why have a big wedding if so many people get divorced. It would be better to celebrate marrige ceremony if the marrige survives 20 years.
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« Reply #4340 on: 21:57:49, 12-01-2008 » |
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Wise words, t-p. Frankly, I cannot stand them (weddings), or the institution of marriage itself. If I think of my closest friends who happen to be 'couples', most of the happiest happen to be unmarried and childless too. They are MUCH happier and outward looking than those who are married. I've seen countless of my friends get married, disappear into some kind of zombiefied existence where nothing else seems to matter, and a large proportion of them end up miserable, divorced etc. Of course I know of plenty of exceptions. But I'll never pledge myself to someone in the name of a god, the state or any other institution, creed or law; I'd do it for them, and them alone. As Joni Mitchell so sweetly sings, 'We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall keeping us tied and true...' That's probably the most sanctimonious post I've ever written, or am likely to.  |
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #4341 on: 21:59:57, 12-01-2008 » |
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I thought that wedding is organized by the bride's family. In this way it is good to have a son. He doesn't have to choose a dress.
Some weddings costs so much that parents ask if they want a wedding or downpayment for the house.
The most difficult thing is to pick a present for a wedding (now they tell you what they want and it is easier this way).
Also I don't like to buy a dress just to go to a wedding.
And why have a big wedding if so many people get divorced. It would be better to celebrate marrige ceremony if the marrige survives 20 years.
Although the girl's parents and I have some input, they are organising their own wedding, as I did, and all the fuss is by them, not me - but I have to listen to it, and I find it hard not to worry. I do take your point about the dress. That would be an even bigger fuss! (Even I made a fuss about what I wore. I bought it in Dickens and Jones in London, the last place I tried.) They already have a house, so that isn't a problem, but I still think it's silly to spend a fortune on a wedding. Much better to keep the money to help with expenses of any children. I do agree with your last point. It would be a very good idea to have the big party in 20 years' time. My son said to me, "It's once in a lifetime." I was touched by that - so much evidence against it  . |
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« Reply #4342 on: 22:01:39, 12-01-2008 » |
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All's well that ends well, then, MJ - apart from the cost: still less than if the thing had gone up in smoke though. Any chance of a comeback on the original plumber?
Yes, profuse apologies and an offer to pay us that £60. He's a nice young man - apprenticed to his plumber father who's done other work for us here. We like our young plumber but he seems to be learning through his mistakes in our house....he's the one who didn't cap a gas pipe properly and we had a gas leak. Perhaps we'll ask his dad to do the next job! |
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« Reply #4343 on: 22:09:46, 12-01-2008 » |
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Frankly, I cannot stand them (weddings), or the institution of marriage itself.
I agree with the former, not really with the latter, though I certainly know what you mean. I remember thinking it was only a bit of paper when I married myself, but I still did it - in those days most people did, and it did seem like a bit more commitment. Theoretically I do think it's silly, and I was quite surprised when my son opted for it. They want to marry before they have children. The girl has Polish Catholic relations, and although they're not going to marry in church, I think the wedding is partly to keep them happy. |
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martle
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« Reply #4344 on: 22:13:31, 12-01-2008 » |
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The girl has Polish Catholic relations, and although they're not going to marry in church, I think the wedding is partly to keep them happy.
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« Reply #4345 on: 22:22:31, 12-01-2008 » |
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That's probably the most sanctimonious post I've ever written, or am likely to. Stands a good chance!  |
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« Reply #4346 on: 22:26:51, 12-01-2008 » |
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That's probably the most sanctimonious post I've ever written, or am likely to. Stands a good chance! Yeah, but give me time, Andy.  |
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« Reply #4347 on: 22:35:17, 12-01-2008 » |
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Frankly, I cannot stand them (weddings), or the institution of marriage itself. If I think of my closest friends who happen to be 'couples', most of the happiest happen to be unmarried and childless too. They are MUCH happier and outward looking than those who are married. I've seen countless of my friends get married, disappear into some kind of zombiefied existence where nothing else seems to matter, and a large proportion of them end up miserable, divorced etc. Of course I know of plenty of exceptions. But I'll never pledge myself to someone in the name of a god, the state or any other institution, creed or law; I'd do it for them, and them alone. As Joni Mitchell so sweetly sings, 'We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall keeping us tied and true...'
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« Reply #4348 on: 22:36:08, 12-01-2008 » |
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I do agree with most of what you've written though martle, but I'd better not say any more since my ex-wife knows I post here. |
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« Reply #4349 on: 22:51:00, 12-01-2008 » |
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Well you've blown it now, haven't you? |
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