*Bob*

If it were an Irish Tennis-Themed Towel set, I'd definitely be interested.

Sorry Grok, I've been in a 'clique of One' since 2006.

I have The History of Irish Tennis Volume 1 and also Volume three, but I don't think Alan will be willing to split and just sell vol 2.

If it's still on sale after a week.. see earlier post about realistic price and decent photographs. I'm sure there's a bit of leeway for the 'conscientious bumper' (added information, price reduction) but a bit of leeway can so often be a slippery slope to taking the piss. Some people find it hard it hard to accept that, you know, no-one wants it.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's more,how do you sell anything there if your > post sinks without a trace in minutes? Start a > thread in the Lounge? Put up some decent pictures, sell it for a realistic price and friendly price. it will go. 80% of the sellers using this section don't manage either of these things. Bumping is bad form, punishable by death.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- when you've not done anything ha ha ha! That's a good one.

It's Christmas. Let's all hold hands and have a group hug - then start up again in January.

There's a new clique in town these days. The 'Louwich Grox'.

"It's all about me It's all about me (Oh yeah) Me, myself and I It's all about me It's all about me [You know it's all about me]"

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blair was once a passive supporter of CND and > went on rallies.. > Was Blair 'Radicalised' ? He fell under the spell and teachings of a fundamentalist religious cult that made him believe that everything he did was right and just. Hang on.. that all sounds quite familiar..

Oh god .. I was thinking about that as well

It wasn?t that long ago that more women than not had to put up with all sorts of actual (real) crap from men in a variety of social, public and workplaces. Now the pendulum has swung. Consider the fate of poor modern man. Forced to share a public space with a load of women whose only passing interest is in stopping their children from bothering him. Woe is him.

I have never - once - felt weird being in a place full of kids when without my own, or being in a situation where someone else's kid spoke to me and I felt uncomfortable (beyond - you know - just wanting them to piss off soonish) - or felt like someone was moving their kid away from from me on account of me being some sort of perceived threat! Maybe you're all self-projecting your own paranoia? Sometimes I look at threads like this and wonder if I'm living in a parallel universe.

Do you both look really dodgy or something?

The problem these days is that these so-called parents just let their kids run riot and invade other people's space when you're just trying to have a cup of tea. The problem theses days is that these so-called parents don't let their kids run riot and invade other people's spaces when they're trying to have a cup of tea. etc

Yes, Welcome back Fazer UC!

You can burn wood in a smokeless zone if you have 'an approved appliance' (which most woodburning stoves are now). It's not against the law. It should be against the law to sell crappy bags of unseasoned firewood though, as often supplied by your favourite DIY shop, supermarket, garage forecourt.

before - or after - you're dead?

can't swim

(Irish) Catholic upbringing would be my guess? They were late to the party / crematoria.

God Bless Thames Water and their never-ending generosity and good value. Ah yeah - the comm pipe probably involves digging up the road?

I suppose there could be something about your particular situation that has lead (boom boom) to that cost and advice (?) but generally the supply pipe from the street to your house is your responsibility and you can choose how to deal with it. e.g. if Thames find a leak in it - they inform you and you're obliged to fix it. But it's up to you how you do so entirely. You can ask them to quote; they can provide a range of 'approved companies' to fix it; or you can organise the whole thing yourself. In the case of a leak, Thames used to provide an incentive one-time grant towards the cost of making the repair. Can't remember exactly how much, but it was something like ?125 towards a 'part repair' and a bit more for replacing the whole supply pipe. From memory the quotes for us (from a Thames approved type outfit) were ?450 for a part repair or ?750 to do the whole thing (which for us was a run of maybe 8 or 9 metres from the water box in the street, under a wall, with some concrete work where it came into the house. This was only for the supply pipe from kerbside to front of house though - not replacing all the pipe work once it gets into the house as well, which might have added a bit. As I say, maybe find out if your situation was unusual for some reason.. before blowing your stack!

I wear the bandages at home for visibility - and slip them off to go down LL / stalk ???? in the Co-Op

Beware The Blue Arrow of Death outside you house.. ?1600+ sounds crackpot though.. was it a particularly long run from the street to the house?

It wasn't me who needed the new door (fortunately) - it was a friend. They highest quote they had was nearly ?6k! They settled on a 'budget' one but that still set them back nearly ?3k.