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One of the cookery books we have it Carluccio's Simple Cooking or something and one of the recipes is "Platter of cured meats" and the recipe is "Go to the delicatessen, buy some cured meats, lay them out on a plate".
I appreciate the book is called "Simple Cooking" but I think that's taking it a bit too far.
Day off work today as we're completing so sitting around waiting for solicitors to phone.
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Those of you who know CiH offline should phone him from an unknown number at regular intervals throughout the day. It'll be well lolz.
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No idea. Just spent the afternoon at the new place and I'd obviously listened very keenly to the line "Ignore the decor, you can change that so pay attention to the space" as the decor is ten times worse than I remember it. There are multiple different types of artex around the house and they cover every ceiling and almost every wall. The walls that aren't covered in artex have tacky wooden panels on. Some of them full height, some half height. There is an archway half way through the sitting room/dining room and they have put what appears to be crazy paving up the sides of the archway with concrete about 2 inches thick. It's fucking madness and there is so much to be done to the house.
So, we're getting someone in tomorrow to give us a quote and timeframe for plastering the entire house. Will ask him about getting rid of the crazy paving/panelling. We have just under a month left in our flat so we're in no massive hurry.
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The artex on the ceiling is just being plastered over. The stuff on the wall that is just thin raised bits I'm scraping off but wearing a mask for doing it.
We've got a plasterer coming in next monday to plaster all of the downstairs walls and ceilings and the landing. Unfortunately it's a bigger job than we expected so we won't be getting the bedrooms done just yet and won't be able to put wooden floors down before we move in which is a shame.
Crazy paving on walls.
Wall after a couple of hours with a hammer and chisel.
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I checked all the cupboards and there was no AIDS in any of them which is a victory.
There is also a satellite dish on the roof and they've left a sky digibox. I have no idea if I can use this to get satellite TV without paying anything.
quote:But Angus Moat, 39, a tax officer, said of his younger brother: "He was a mentally ill man under a lot of stress who cracked, and it was just the final straw.
"His actions, although I appreciate were absolutely horrendous, and although I wish he hadn't gone ahead and done what he did, were a cry of anguish.
"It was a cry of pain. The media have been bigging him up as a kind of Rambo type character. It's crazy."
Moat's brother needs to dig out his copy of First Blood and give it a watch. John Rambo's rampage in that is exactly what he describes and makes the Rambo analogy quite apt. He needs to be more accurate in his film references. It's this kind of mistake that gets Drew Barrymore killed in Scream. (<--spoiler)
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quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Hello music studio!
That is a good idea.
I was thinking about getting a lathe and stuff in there and making things out of wood. Like furniture and a dolls house and medieval instruments of tortue.
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quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Hello music studio!
That is a good idea.
I was thinking about getting a lathe and stuff in there and making things out of wood. Like furniture and a dolls house and medieval instruments of tortue.
Well that would be good too. But I think you'd get some good use out of a music room, as would the kids. I keep looking at pictures of that shed and fantasising about it. If I was you I'd get the shed decked out first. The rest of the house can wait. Or let Kate and Amelie do it, if they care so damn much about it. I'll be in the shed.
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Yes! Make a massive jigsaw of like, a skull on fire with a snake writhing through its eyes and put it on the wall.
I agree with Mart - that crazy paving was freaking awesome and I really think you should have thunked twice about chiselling it off.
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I've actually filled one of the fish ponds with all the rubble and not used it for a driveway. I will then fill the fish pond with soil and use it as a raised herb bed. The rubble is there to provide drainage or something.
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quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: I agree with Mart - that crazy paving was freaking awesome and I really think you should have thunked twice about chiselling it off.
I don't believe that you actually thought that. It was horrendous. I don't believe anyone could like it and I think the previous owner was probably drunk when she did it.
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quote:Originally posted by mart: That's crazy -- what are you going to use for the driveway now? Fish?
It's already got a driveway. I can't actually remember if it's crazy paving or just tiles. The back garden is entirely concrete slabs which is a nice child friendly environment for a child to learn to walk and ride a bike on. It gives you more of an incentive to not fall over.
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quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I don't believe anyone could like it and I think the previous owner was probably drunk when she did it.
Bit rich come from someone who shovelled tiles into their fish pond, paved their driveway with fish, and put a lathe in their music studio. I've probably known you longer than anyone else on here and therefore I guess it falls to me to say you sound like you've fucking cracked, mate. If you need some to help look after you, or just to talk to someone or anything like that... I dunno. Give Rob Tooker a call or something. I've got enough on my plate without you ringing me at four in the morning asking what's the best way to staple kippers to the skirting board or somesuch.
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