From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller
<sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> typed
>Catman wrote:
>
>> You are so right. We are in the same boat with similar wish list.
>> Either a farm or self build are on our future plans.
>
>I'm quite keen on a small holding in Northumberland or Caithness and keep
>alpacas and bees.

<VoBE>

Make damned sure you don't react to bee stings first. Alpaca bites I
know nothing of.

</VoBE>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: doetnietcomputeren on
On 2009-12-24 15:50:06 +0100, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> said:

> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
> wrote:
>
>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which
>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again).
>
> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch.
> My wish list includes detached, cellar, double garage with space for a
> workshop, large kitchen, and a ground floor study/office, but I only
> really want 2 or 3 bedrooms. nobody builds houses like that.

This was exactly what 2010 was going to be about, until 2009 happened.
--
Dnc

From: vulgarandmischevious on
Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:

>vulgarandmischevious wrote:
>> ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:42:56 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> But that means spending �100k on a house twice as big as I need (which
>>>> would involve morgages and stuff, which I don't want to do again).
>>> The real solution these days seems to get a house built from scratch.
>>> My wish list includes detached, cellar, double garage with space for a
>>> workshop, large kitchen, and a ground floor study/office, but I only
>>> really want 2 or 3 bedrooms. nobody builds houses like that.
>>
>> That's exactly what I have. Only with four bedrooms. And two sitting
>> rooms. And two dining rooms. And a three-car garage. For about 200k
>> sterling.
>
>Yeah, but *where*?

Colorado.
From: sweller on
vulgarandmischevious wrote:

> > Yeah, but where?
>
> Colorado.

Twenty years ago, that's where the beetles came from.

--
Simon
From: vulgarandmischevious on
"sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>vulgarandmischevious wrote:
>
>> > Yeah, but where?
>>
>> Colorado.
>
>Twenty years ago, that's where the beetles came from.

That means I rock, yes?