From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 24 Dec 2009 10:25 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 24 Dec 2009 10:45 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 24 Dec 2009 10:48 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 24 Dec 2009 10:50 vulgarandmischevious wrote: > > Yeah, but where? > > Colorado. Twenty years ago, that's where the beetles came from. -- Simon
From: vulgarandmischevious on 24 Dec 2009 10:50
"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? |