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[Helen]

I still want a lovely ex!

[Ian, Moderator]

Helen wrote: "I still want a lovely ex!"

Would be good if all ex's were lovely like the former Mr Book Squirrel.

[Helen]

Indeed. Had all the Windows measured today, exciting.

[Dave]

@Lynne dead jealous - get upset every month when that mean mortgage man take half my salary :(

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Helen wrote: "Indeed. Had all the Windows measured today, exciting."

I am having a new door and a tilt and turn door to the balcony from my dining room - looking forward to the new door! I can see daylight through this one!

[Helen]

@Dave, I don't think they should be allowed to do that!

@Lynne, isn't it exciting, moving and getting new stuff...

Barclays cash machine didn't give me my cash Thursday, just a receipt. They said, Friday, that it was a purge and that it'll come back in 7-10 days. Went to my bank and was told to ring their banking dept on their free phone. Nearly failed the security test as I couldn't say when I'd last used my card to withdraw cash and I didn't know exactly what my mortgage direct debit was.

[Dave]

Had a phone call from by bank last week, to report some unusual activity on my credit card. But I haven't used my credit card in months I say.

There response - Yes sir thats the unusual activity :) :)

Clearly I need to spend more money!!!

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

@Helen - yes it is great! I have also get some more furniture too now I have a dining room again but went to a couple of second hands stores and got a lovely display unit in beautiful wood with lovely small glass panels with lead and a table and 4 chairs, not matching but will look fab together.

I also saw a lovely padded rocking chair painted and with padded back and seat in March but didn't get it but it was in the shop yesterday when I went for some paint to paint a few small tables I have also bought to dot around and there was the chair! I couldn't believe it so I bought it! Being delivered on Tues so have moved my lounge round for it.

[Ian, Moderator]

Lynne - The Book Squirrel wrote: "Helen wrote: "Indeed. Had all the Windows measured today, exciting."

I am having a new door and a tilt and turn door to the balcony from my dining room - looking forward to the new door! I can see..."

I've got one of them Lynne....now just need some sun oop north.

[Mark]

Dave wrote: "Had a phone call from by bank last week, to report some unusual activity on my credit card. But I haven't used my credit card in months I say.

There response - Yes sir thats the unusual activity :..."

LOL

[Tim]

Dave wrote: "Had a phone call from by bank last week, to report some unusual activity on my credit card. But I haven't used my credit card in months I say.

There response - Yes sir thats the unusual activity :..."

Sounds like The Curious Thing The Credit Card Did In The Night.

[Helen]

Dave wrote: "Had a phone call from by bank last week, to report some unusual activity on my credit card. But I haven't used my credit card in months I say.

There response - Yes sir thats the unusual activity :..."

You can buy me a bathroom...

[Deanne]

Just thought I'd say Happy Birthday to the NHS which is 65 years old today.

[Susan]

I didn't know that Deanne....Many Happy Returns to the NHS....

[Dave]

Helen wrote: "Dave wrote: "Had a phone call from by bank last week, to report some unusual activity on my credit card. But I haven't used my credit card in months I say.

There response - Yes sir thats the unusu..."

That's far to practical!, can't I blow it all on books?

[Dave]

Arrived home tonight to find ants crawling all over my kitchen floor!! I do so love warm weather :(

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Dave wrote: "Arrived home tonight to find ants crawling all over my kitchen floor!! I do so love warm weather :("

I have very large spiders, one comes out on the stairs on the ground floor the other pops out from under my coffee table in the lounge.

[Deanne]

Spiders, AAHHHHHHH!!!!!

[Ian, Moderator]

@ Janie - I have just deleted your post. If you want to promote your book, please do it in the authors section.

[A.L.]

Sunny here but fortunately not so hot. Might even be able to put the guinea pigs out in the garden and not be afraid they roast.

[Dave]

Mmmmmm roasted guinea pig :)

[Ian, Moderator]

Dave wrote: "Mmmmmm roasted guinea pig :)"

You'e a sick man Dave and you should emigrate to Peru to satisfy your tastes. I thought it but resisted lol.

[Nikks]

You didn't have to admit to that Ian. Maybe you and Dave should go to Peru together ! Lol

[Ian, Moderator]

Honesty is my saddest vice Nikks.....I'll let Dave make the travel arrangements. Cuidado llamas as Monty Python once shouted.

[Nikks]

I am honest too - sometimes to my detriment ! But I still like it :-)

[Ian, Moderator]

It's the Scouser in us Nikks.

[Nikks]

Must be ! Lol

[Liz, Moderator]

Lynne - The Book Squirrel wrote: "Dave wrote: "Arrived home tonight to find ants crawling all over my kitchen floor!! I do so love warm weather :("

I have very large spiders, one comes out on the stairs on the ground floor the oth..."

When I lived in Bath, at the end of the summer, the spiders used to come in to seek winter lodgings in our sitting room. (I could understand it; it was a bright, warm room, with a nice high ceiling for cobwebs!)

I counted 16 one afternoon and with a visit from my spider-phobic sister-in-law imminent, (who would be sleeping in that very room on the sofa-bed) I got out the ladder, a glass and a postcard and removed them to the bottom of the garden, one by one!

Naturally, over the course of the next week or so, one by one, they all came back....

[Liz, Moderator]

Ian wrote: "Honesty is my saddest vice Nikks.....I'll let Dave make the travel arrangements. Cuidado llamas as Monty Python once shouted."

LOL!

[Dave]

Ian - must learn to that little voice in my head that says STOP TYPING!!!

Peru feels a bit hot this time of year (wonder if they do takeout? :) ) Stopping now!!

[Helen]

Spiders, ants and eating guinea pigs!! Hate spiders and ants. I have a wasp nest, double glazer won't be happy!

[Ian, Moderator]

Dave wrote: "Ian - must learn to that little voice in my head that says STOP TYPING!!!

Peru feels a bit hot this time of year (wonder if they do takeout? :) ) Stopping now!!"

Please don't stop Dave.

[Helen]

Took my class to Manchester sea life today. Lovely place but too small for an all day trip.

[Louise]

I keep wanting to go back to the sea life place in London, but the cost is ridiculous (or I'm a cheapskate)

[Em]

My daughters were horrified when they heard about guinea pig stew!! Apparently, they're never going to Peru...

I didn't bring up horse meat in disguise in a supermarket near them.

[Deanne]

Could be worse, there's long pig stew.
Saw a stall on the continental market in Leicester that sold crocodile, kangeroo, beef, ostrich etc but had a notice which said that there was no horse meat in the burgers.

[Ian, Moderator]

Em wrote: "My daughters were horrified when they heard about guinea pig stew!! Apparently, they're never going to Peru...

I didn't bring up horse meat in disguise in a supermarket near them."

Don't take them to France then Em. I think horse meat tastes great.....my little pony goes really well with frites and a glass of red...yum.

[Em]

Mmmmm yum!

[Guy]

In Provence I saw horse and foie gras pizzas. Guinea pigs will probably turn up in an Iceland product at some point.

[Dave]

Had a nice relaxing time at Castle Coch this week. Decided that I need to see some of the sights around me as I've lived 30mins drive away all my life but had never been.

No roasted guinea pigs in sight - but apparently the first meal served there included horse meat.

[Deanne]

In the middle of a fairly violent thunderstorm, saved the rain up from the last two weeks.

[Federico]

Hi! Any good modern classic English authors?

[Ian, Moderator]

Federico wrote: "Hi! Any good modern classic English authors?"

British and Irish writers, rather than just English, but you could try Sebastian Faulks or Ian McEwan or Sebastian Barry or Pat Barker.

[Federico]

Ian wrote: "Federico wrote: "Hi! Any good modern classic English authors?"

British and Irish writers, rather than just English, but you could try Sebastian Faulks or Ian McEwan or Sebastian Barry or Pat Barker."

Great! Thanks a lot, I'll look into them!

[Helen]

Dave, colour me green. I always look wistfully at it whenever I've passed by. It looks so beautiful.

We had a thunder, lightning and heavy rain storm here, woke me up at 6.30am.

[Dave]

Helen wrote: "Dave, colour me green. I always look wistfully at it whenever I've passed by. It looks so beautiful.

We had a thunder, lightning and heavy rain storm here, woke me up at 6.30am."

Colour you read surely :) It was lovely

No storms here yet still unbelievably hot:(

[Helen]

Guessing you meant 'red', or coch even. This thing keeps altering my spelling, driving me mad!

[Dave]

yes red damn predictive text - now idea why read is a popular word on my ipad :)

Having an exciting weekend off to Hay on Saturday, then London to be part of a live BBC audience being introduced to the 12th Doctor. (at least I think thats what the ultra secret Dr Who recording is all about)

[Em]

Not so ultra secret now you've told us all...

Remember to pop back to let us know who it is!

[Ian, Moderator]

First female doctor??