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kitchenpete wrote:

I was there, up the...ahem...Emirates!

Oh happy day - if only we'd beaten the "lesser" teams in the autumn.

Now look, KP - I thought you were coming over to see your girlfriend - she's a footballer? For da gunners?

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Great News everyone (mornin' btw)

They've been out and capped the boiler AGAIN!

Seems it has not been put in properly, inadequate ventilation, a leak of gas and CO2.

No heating this morning...

Life just doesn't get any better than this.

x

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'morning, smorgs.

Up early and no good news Sad

Is it as cold over there as here? (-6°)

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It'a as cold as...

Let's put it this way, Walter:

If there was a monkey living in my house, and I tapped it's balls, by way of a Good Morning greeting... there would be a distinct mettalic sound!

I'm typing this in my coat AND dressing gown.

Have a nice day.

x

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That's bitter cold.

Have a nice day with warming thoughts!

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As I was saying, British workmen, a fine bunch of men.

The Polish Plumbers have got a lot of work ahead of them to put things right.

Long live the European Community.

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I hope it gets sorted soon, Sarah.

I'm a bit surprised that the gasmen didn't notice the poor ventilation etc., when they came to repair it the first time around.

Funny how these things never seem to happen during the warm summer months....a classic case of sod's law, eh?

.........Oh, and don't forget to take off that dressing gown when you go to work, by the way.

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Smorgs when is the tide going to turn for you? I feel incredibly sorry for you, love to give you some of our hot weather, keep your chin up my dear.

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25 million trees fell down during the storm in just our state Shocked

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So? We had nine come down in our local park!

(seriously....25 million? Bugger meee!)

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Lord Ellpus wrote:

(seriously....25 million? Bugger meee!)

Unfortunately: yes. (We've nearly 1 million hectar forest here.)

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

Lord Ellpus wrote:

(seriously....25 million? Bugger meee!)

Unfortunately: yes. (We've nearly 1 million hectar forest here.)

25.000.000 that is a lot of trees! Do you have any trees left at all Walter Smile

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

Lord Ellpus wrote:

(seriously....25 million? Bugger meee!)

Unfortunately: yes. (We've nearly 1 million hectar forest here.)

Does that mean no Germans may drive their autos until the trees grow back....to balance the greenhouse gases?

Bummer.

Seriously, what a large figure. I'd have thought there weren't that many trees in the whole country.

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Well, that means: most forest can't be entered the next couple of weeks.

And some "forest farmers" lost a fortune.

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Lord Ellpus wrote:

I hope it gets sorted soon, Sarah.

I'm a bit surprised that the gasmen didn't notice the poor ventilation etc., when they came to repair it the first time around.

Funny how these things never seem to happen during the warm summer months....a classic case of sod's law, eh?

I know... but like the gasman said last night "being Corgi registered, doesn't make you a saint'!

AND it was one of the Landlord's henchmen that sorted it out last time (Corgi). Phoned the Landlord, he was annoyed about it, said it just cost him an arm and a leg to fix it, said he can't promise for today! And it really is freezing, may have to pack daughter and granddaughter off to Australia for a few days to stay with Dutch in the heat.

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When I did a dutiful stint as a landlord (never again) I was told on a number of occasions, one of which involved the removal of a light bulb from the stairs by one of the tenants to save her getting a new one, that if I didn't fix things the council would and send me a bill which would reflect the high esteem council workers attached to their activities. This was doubly stressed if there were children involved which there was in all cases in that particular "investment".

On another occasion it was hair blocking the bath outlet.

Never be a landlord is my advice. It's a fast route to early retirement.

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Walter can you link me with any articals (english) on the forest farmers losses. I may be able to reprint in a magazine here. Farm forestry is my occupation.

Australian forest growers

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There is actually a current shortage of timber in Europe and prices have increased even before the storm.

The trade seems pretty convinced that Chinese buying is the cause. Some best grades are difficult to find.

Scrap metal rose from £25 a ton to almost £100 a year or so back and that was also said to be for the same reason.

At that time it was a fairly common sight to see a truck go by with an old rusting farm machine on board covered in grass which had overgrown it over the years it had been laid up. A bird's nest or two as well. There was a grand national weigh-in.

Timber hasn't gone up anywhere like that.

With Chinese wages and working practices the price of heat for the smelter more than offsets the price of raw material.

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margo wrote:

kitchenpete wrote:
I was there, up the...ahem...Emirates!

Oh happy day - if only we'd beaten the "lesser" teams in the autumn.

Now look, KP - I thought you were coming over to see your girlfriend - she's a footballer? For da gunners?

Eh? Margo, what are you on about?

The primary reason for visiting London was to see my girlfriend (with whom I spent the whole weekend apart from the match) but Arsenal v Man U was a game I couldn't possibly miss.

I'm a season ticket holder, since the beginning of this season and I've been in Prague for most of the games so I like to attend those I can when I'm back in London.

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So you're still speaking then? :wink:

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