@Papi Jo - manu years ago OH and I went skiing in Les Contamines. Our ski instructor was a former French national skier and then coach who had returned to his roots. On the last day he took us, supposedly a beginners' class, down a very steep slope "because he wanted to check out his summer pasture for his cows".
I asked if they had shorter legs on one side to manage the slope. He was amused but never mentioned a Dahu.
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)."
It's quite a while ago now, but my husband has never let me forget that one morning I poured boiling water into the tea caddy instead of the teapot...
I’ve done that. I’ve poured hot water into the cafetière with no coffee in it, and spooned ground coffee into the mug instead of the cafetière. And not that long ago either. Just a lapse in concentration! More commonly, I forget how many scoops of coffee I’ve put in if I get distracted. Did I get to five, do I add the water anyway, and risk it ending up too weak, or add another scoop or two just in case?
@pansyface, ooh as a child, that must have been fun! I think adults could seem a little humourless when I was a child, and so anything that could puncture the facade, i would have found gleeful too. I hope you weren't reprimanded too badly? 😬 @philippasmith2, a very similar story to mine, but you had to dance through it as well! I hope you managed to finish the dance? I wonder how long you might have stayed in 'that state' if the kind lady had not mentioned it? 🤭
Sorry to witness the demise of the forum. 😥😥😥😡😡😡I am Spartacus
I remember my mum playing with us and sticking a feather in her hair. Then going out forgetting it was there. I’m nominating OH as being a complete eejit. He has just dragged me round a couple of shops looking for a picture frame. Luckily we didn’t find anything suitable, as he had written down the wrong measurements.
I nominate my husband. A few years ago, he was leaving to catch a plane. I asked him to check he had his passport. Cue sarcastic answer. I insisted. He gave in. On checking, the eejit discovered that not only had he taken my passport, but it was an old, cancelled one.
We were booked for a short break to Maltaone February. Early morning departure so still dark when we left home and when we arrived at Bristol airport. OK, now to find details of our short term parking space, oh no, where's the bag with all the travel documents in? On the back of the sofa where we can't fail to see it when we walk out of the door. Yes, you can when the light switch is on the other side of the room from the door (old house) and it's still pitch black. We never did get to Malta.
In my working life, I used to order and install IT equipment for the Education Department and schools. I got a call from a school site manager who advised me the electronic whiteboard had arrived and could I come and install it. I advised that I had not ordered said item and knew nothing about it. Oh, he said the headteacher ordered it without my knowledge as well.
Okay, I’ll come and install it. I install the device, and on completion, the headteacher arrives with the site manager and asks, Can I ensure the electronic whiteboard wi-fi is working? As he has important guests coming to do a presentation, multiple users need to connect their laptops to the board wi-fi for the presentation.
No says I , The board you ordered does not have built-in wi-fi, only an RJ45 port for a cable.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
So, if I appear in public en déshabillé, please bear in mind that it may not be that I’m losing my marbles .., I may well be making a cutting edge fashion statement ….
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I asked if they had shorter legs on one side to manage the slope. He was amused but never mentioned a Dahu.
@philippasmith2, a very similar story to mine, but you had to dance through it as well! I hope you managed to finish the dance? I wonder how long you might have stayed in 'that state' if the kind lady had not mentioned it? 🤭
I’m nominating OH as being a complete eejit. He has just dragged me round a couple of shops looking for a picture frame. Luckily we didn’t find anything suitable, as he had written down the wrong measurements.
A few years ago, he was leaving to catch a plane. I asked him to check he had his passport. Cue sarcastic answer. I insisted. He gave in. On checking, the eejit discovered that not only had he taken my passport, but it was an old, cancelled one.
On the back of the sofa where we can't fail to see it when we walk out of the door.
Yes, you can when the light switch is on the other side of the room from the door (old house) and it's still pitch black.
We never did get to Malta.
In my working life, I used to order and install IT equipment for the Education Department and schools. I got a call from a school site manager who advised me the electronic whiteboard had arrived and could I come and install it. I advised that I had not ordered said item and knew nothing about it. Oh, he said the headteacher ordered it without my knowledge as well.
Okay, I’ll come and install it. I install the device, and on completion, the headteacher arrives with the site manager and asks, Can I ensure the electronic whiteboard wi-fi is working? As he has important guests coming to do a presentation, multiple users need to connect their laptops to the board wi-fi for the presentation.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ickers-off
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.