Why does OH always get grumpy and stroppy when we go to a DIY shop? Today it was a curtain rail, wardrobe rails, and paint. He knows paint is expensive here but it's cheaper than going to the UK to buy it and exponentially cheaper if I paint, as opposed to hiring painters, and why get huffy about 9€ for 7 proper brushes in a pack?
Doesn't grump about his Belgian beer from the French SM!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The first cuckoo of Spring? Just listen to the carp being spoken on the subject we dare not name (beginning with and you'll know it's been calling out daily for the past 2 years.
Why does OH always get grumpy and stroppy when we go to a DIY shop? Today it was a curtain rail, wardrobe rails, and paint. He knows paint is expensive here but it's cheaper than going to the UK to buy it and exponentially cheaper if I paint, as opposed to hiring painters, and why get huffy about 9€ for 7 proper brushes in a pack?
Doesn't grump about his Belgian beer from the French SM!
My dear Obelixx, you really don't understand our minds at all. Paints and brushes are not essentials for our wellbeing. Beer, Belgian or otherwise, is. Subject closed.
Ah yes KT but which grump git has been grumping about waiting for me to finish other things before getting stuck into the decorating? If he could paint in a straight line he could bloody well start without me! And will he make the curtains? Not a chance!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hubby is a painter and he LOVES his brushes. He has dozens of them, many worn into the weirdest shapes which are ideal for intricate bits of window mouldings etc. He's a set for white, a set for black and a set for woodstains. They have a little "kettle" each as they stand in water. He checks them before we go away on holiday to make sure they're not going to dry out. He LOVES shopping, of any sort, it's me who gets grumpy shopping ( unless it's garden based , obviously ) so I never go shopping with him. I've not bought an item of clothing in a shop for over 10 years, maybe even 15.
Can't stand that greengrocer who holds his fork upside down,shovels in the food and eats with his mouth open. the judges in these programmes remind me of the jaded king in chitty chitty bang bang.
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Why does OH always get grumpy and stroppy when we go to a DIY shop? Today it was a curtain rail, wardrobe rails, and paint. He knows paint is expensive here but it's cheaper than going to the UK to buy it and exponentially cheaper if I paint, as opposed to hiring painters, and why get huffy about 9€ for 7 proper brushes in a pack?
Doesn't grump about his Belgian beer from the French SM!
He's a set for white, a set for black and a set for woodstains. They have a little "kettle" each as they stand in water.
He checks them before we go away on holiday to make sure they're not going to dry out.
He LOVES shopping, of any sort, it's me who gets grumpy shopping ( unless it's garden based , obviously ) so I never go shopping with him. I've not bought an item of clothing in a shop for over 10 years, maybe even 15.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
the judges in these programmes remind me of the jaded king in chitty chitty bang bang.