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« Reply #8295 on: 19:55:41, 02-11-2008 » |
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Mort, how's your sausage longing levels!! That's a chat-up line I think I might try some time. |
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #8296 on: 20:55:58, 02-11-2008 » |
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The best heating at night is a duvet. Why do you need to heat the house, when natural body heat will warm your bed?
Yes, I remember my childhood (and my college days) with no central heating. When you found a heat source it was such bliss to toast your toes, as I did when getting up in the dark of a winter's morning to get the bus to school.
O here's another potential grump. Every now and again, some fool says O wouldn't it be wonderful to have British Summer Time all the year round, forgetting there just aren't enough daylight hours in November and December to go round.
When I was at school Harold Wilson's government tried Summer Time all the year round. This meant when I reached school at 9am the sun was barely risen, and it was still night when I got back home at 5.30 in any case. The entire bus trip to school took place at night. Dawn began to break around Woodbury.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #8297 on: 20:58:42, 02-11-2008 » |
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The best heating at night is a duvet. Why do you need to heat the house, when natural body heat will warm your bed?
I'd disagree. The best heating at night is someone under the duvet with you. Sigh.  |
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Bryn
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« Reply #8298 on: 21:02:26, 02-11-2008 » |
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The best heating at night is a duvet. Why do you need to heat the house, when natural body heat will warm your bed?
I'd disagree. The best heating at night is someone under the duvet with you. Sigh. Or a Xoloitzquintle? |
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oliver sudden
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« Reply #8299 on: 21:04:00, 02-11-2008 » |
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The best heating at night is a duvet. Why do you need to heat the house, when natural body heat will warm your bed?
I'd disagree. The best heating at night is someone under the duvet with you. Sigh. Or a Xoloitzquintle? FAULTS: Any departure from the forgeoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.
- Head very broad.
- Body very long.
- Nervous or aggressive dog.
- Exaggereted lack of pigment (Albino).
- Hair on parts not mentioned in the standard.
- Skin slack, loose with formation or folds.
- Dewlap.
- Dewclaws.
- Eyes light in colour, round and protruding.
- Short tail.
- Body very long and slim with short legs.
DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
- Dog with coat all over the body.
- Cropped or drop ears.
- Over- or undershot bite.
- Long, soft topknot as with a Chinese Crested Dog.
- Height greater than 60 cm.
- Docked tail.
N.B.: Male animals must have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. If it's all right with you I might continue to prefer the company of humans... |
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harmonyharmony
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« Reply #8300 on: 21:10:07, 02-11-2008 » |
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If it's all right with you I might continue to prefer the company of humans... For the most part I'd second that, but there are definitely certain human beings over whom I might favour such a [ahem] distinctive canine as a bed companion. I seem to remember one friend of mine in particular who coughed every ten minutes, and sat up and blew his nose five minutes later. Properly blew his nose. This went on for hours. I understand now why his wife sleeps on the sofa downstairs when he has a cold! |
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« Reply #8301 on: 21:12:57, 02-11-2008 » |
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If it's all right with you I might continue to prefer the company of humans... For the most part I'd second that, but there are definitely certain human beings over whom I might favour such a [ahem] distinctive canine as a bed companion. I seem to remember one friend of mine in particular who coughed every ten minutes, and sat up and blew his nose five minutes later. Properly blew his nose. This went on for hours. I understand now why his wife sleeps on the sofa downstairs when he has a cold! Aim higher, hh. Aim higher.  |
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Antheil
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« Reply #8302 on: 21:21:17, 02-11-2008 » |
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I don't like to have any heat in the bedroom and generally (unless the temperature is severely low or it is blowing a gale) have the window slightly open.
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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Bryn
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« Reply #8303 on: 21:26:28, 02-11-2008 » |
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I don't like to have any heat in the bedroom ... What, not even the afterglow? |
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Antheil
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« Reply #8304 on: 21:27:55, 02-11-2008 » |
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Bryn! The second after I had posted that I had second thoughts!! |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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harmonyharmony
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« Reply #8305 on: 21:28:04, 02-11-2008 » |
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I made the mistake of checking my work email before cooking dinner tonight.  Why do I do this to myself?  |
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« Reply #8306 on: 21:39:20, 02-11-2008 » |
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Whatever it was, you weren't to know it was there.
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"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set"
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« Reply #8307 on: 21:41:58, 02-11-2008 » |
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Whatever it was, you weren't to know it was there.
There's always going to be something in my inbox to make me . It's one of the perks of the job. Raise your blood pressure instantly! Check your work email at the weekend! This is why I have three accounts: one for work, one for home and one for composition-related things. |
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« Reply #8308 on: 21:45:26, 02-11-2008 » |
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I grew up in a rather large Victorian house and my parents refused to contemplate central heating as they considered it unhealthy and encouraging coughs and colds. We had a large stove and could open the doors and throw salt and sugar into the flames which produced lovely colours. Also we would send our letters to Father Christmas up the chimbley. Fitted carpets were also a no go area as they encouraged asthma and germs. All six of us survived without central heating. In fact, it was quite lovely in the morning to see the tracery that Jack Frost had left on the bedroom window at night. The stove was also useful for settling around with crumpets and a fork. Oh! Simple pleasures.
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #8309 on: 22:01:26, 02-11-2008 » |
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All six of us survived without central heating. In fact, it was quite lovely in the morning to see the tracery that Jack Frost had left on the bedroom window at night.
Goodness yes, I remember the beautiful frost patterns. Very few children today will see that. |
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