From: sweller on 24 Dec 2009 10:54 vulgarandmischevious wrote: > >> Colorado. > > > > Twenty years ago, that's where the beetles came from. > > That means I rock, yes? Of course, as long as you're keeping perfectly still. -- Simon
From: vulgarandmischevious on 24 Dec 2009 11:27 "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >vulgarandmischevious wrote: > >> >> Colorado. >> > >> > Twenty years ago, that's where the beetles came from. >> >> That means I rock, yes? > >Of course, as long as you're keeping perfectly still. I am now.
From: Catman on 24 Dec 2009 11:29 sweller wrote: > 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. > > Unfortunately, alpacas don't like the wet and it may be too windy for > bees. Sounds like a great plan. > Too far north for us. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 24 Dec 2009 11:29 Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > 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> > It's Llamas you need to watch out for. Especially if you're swimming. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 24 Dec 2009 11:30
vulgarandmischevious wrote: > 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. Temtping. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |