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Originally Posted by ravenne

Hey wow!! I'm very impressed! Could you just come over to my place and fix my dropping tap? Oh, and I need a do-it-yourself pro for painting the kitchen and bathroom walls (I hate painting!) and the kids want a pink (!!) book shelf, please. I want tiles in the basement and you could cut one or two old spruces in the garden ... Thank you!

pfff ! did you not read closely ? i promise you, you don't actually *want* me to come and fix *anything*. actually i have a leaky tap as well but maybe i'll try to tackle that tomorrow (i'm a bit more worried about that one). besides, don't you have a husband for all that stuff ??? isn't that the whole point of having a man around all the time ?

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Well done on getting the door and shower holder thingy fixed!

thanks ! i'm rather pleased with myself, i admit.

We call them rawlplugs in the UK - apparently that is a brand name though - the generic name is wall plug. But they get called that irregardless of brand!

i'll probably forget that in less than 10 minutes, but thanks for the info !

This is one of the reasons that as much as we'd love to live in the middle of nowhere, we've stuck to being just outside London

lucky for me, there are other reasons living in the middle of nowhere wouldn't appeal to me.

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Congratulations.

thanks !

Originally Posted by mklynds

LOL and I had to give it up for the last few months. Try and handle that!!

i think that would likely kill me.

Originally Posted by ravenne

Months?? MONTHS???!!! That's the English term for a time period that's even longer than a day or two, right! Jeeez, mklynds, how did you survive?

i'm wondering the same !

Originally Posted by Reyben

That's easy, you just pretend that real life is the internet. Go around with a large cardboard frame around your face, poking (double-clicking) everyone you want to talk to. TV stands in for Youtube. The cinema is technically download piracy. Bars are social networking sites (bring a little piece of paper with all your information written on it) and dating services are... uh... dating services.

If all else fails, pretend your playing a huge and very immersive Multiplayer-Online Game.
Of course, this can backfire. Just remember, in real life it isn't okay to kill the NPCs. Also, while it's perfectly acceptable to go around approving or disapproving of complete strangers online, strangers on the street are less likely to be receptive if you spontaneously walk up to them and say: "You look funny," "LOL You need more doughnuts," or, most especially, "I love you."

(what about rofling ? can i do that in this "real life" of which you speak ? and how do i lolpanda ?)

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Queen Z, I got Coco that stick with a string of feathers and she loves it! It was funny to watch

fun isn't it ? i did buy my cat that other toy, as well as a new scratching post, some new balls, and a few other toys. luckily she's now given up scratching my chair in favour of the scratching post , and she does like the really expensive toy although (*sigh*) so far only if i play with her (the whole point was to get her a toy that could keep her busy by herself, so i can get some work done...). the other cat likes the balls and the little yarn mice i got her. predictably, though, of the entire order, what both cats are most excited about is... the big giant cardboard box it was delivered in, and the scrunchy packing paper. pffff.