| Whimper [message #10979] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 17:53  |
b_twin_1 Messages: 2593 Registered: September 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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Whimper
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Whimper [message #10989 is a reply to message #10979 ] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 18:09   |
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AJLR Messages: 2564 Registered: September 2008 Location: England, UK |
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| Quote: | But I made an Important Decision** about PEGASUS’ future about a week ago, maybe a fortnight, and it’s been behaving like a hellhound let off lead ever since. YAAAAAAAAAH! WHEEEEEEEEE!
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Oh, er, good - in fact YAY! Somehow I find this very comforting - if it's making you feel better then I'm looking forward to reading it eventually with even more enjoyment. 
| Quote: | because princesses and peas are the shallow end where stephanotis and draughts are concerned
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Yup, been there, killed that, got the dead plant to prove it... I still don't know why they hate the occasional indoor breeze so much, do you?
| Quote: | the long winding driveway at the mews is flat and pretty well a frictionless surface at present–as I know from (gulp) trying to walk hellhounds along it.
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I slipped over this morning (not badly) on the patch of ice in the driveway formed from the last few days of pouring warmish water over the windscreen each morning to take off the ice layers - and which promptly refreezes on hitting the ground...
Take care, all of you. Warm thoughts as always.
"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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| Re: Whimper [message #10992 is a reply to message #10989 ] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 18:14   |
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Robin Messages: 5999 Registered: September 2008 Location: England |
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| AJLR wrote on Wed, 04 February 2009 18:09 |
| Quote: | But I made an Important Decision** about PEGASUS’ future about a week ago, maybe a fortnight, and it’s been behaving like a hellhound let off lead ever since. YAAAAAAAAAH! WHEEEEEEEEE!
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Oh, er, good - in fact YAY! Somehow I find this very comforting - if it's making you feel better then I'm looking forward to reading it eventually with even more enjoyment. :)
| Quote: | because princesses and peas are the shallow end where stephanotis and draughts are concerned
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Yup, been there, killed that, got the dead plant to prove it...:( I still don't know why they hate the occasional indoor breeze so much, do you?
| Quote: | the long winding driveway at the mews is flat and pretty well a frictionless surface at present–as I know from (gulp) trying to walk hellhounds along it.
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I slipped over this morning (not badly) on the patch of ice in the driveway formed from the last few days of pouring warmish water over the windscreen each morning to take off the ice layers - and which promptly refreezes on hitting the ground...
Take care, all of you. Warm thoughts as always.
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How PEGASUS feels about it does NOT necessarily say anything about what *I* feel about it. *Ow* tends to be what I feel about it.
. . . And yet every now and then you get a stephanotis that can't get enough of whatever it is. I brought a six-footer (which Peter had bought me at about eight inches high) from the old house that . . . I simply couldn't find space for and before I figured out where I could cram it back in, the frost killed it. I STILL feel guilty.
Yes! Very similar to the dinner-plate-sized ice patches from de-icing the lock so I can OPEN the car!!!
[Updated on: Wed, 04 February 2009 18:15]
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| Re: Whimper [message #10995 is a reply to message #10990 ] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 18:17   |
b_twin_1 Messages: 2593 Registered: September 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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| Robin wrote on Wed, 04 February 2009 18:11 | b twin said:Hellhounds have never studied practical physics, brazen truants that they are. They have not bothered to think through the fact that if they, forty pounds, four legs and longer than they are high, slip and slither on sheets of glare ice, then a hundred and mumble mumble pounds of upright human on two legs is . . .
... fun to watch? 
HA HA HA FRELLING HA. VERY FUNNY.
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Well dogs do have slightly different senses of humour. *g* Like horses.
[Updated on: Wed, 04 February 2009 18:18] I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Whimper [message #11000 is a reply to message #10979 ] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 18:34   |
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| Quote: | But I made an Important Decision** about PEGASUS’ future about a week ago, maybe a fortnight, and it’s been behaving like a hellhound let off lead ever since. YAAAAAAAAAH! WHEEEEEEEEE!
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I am only good for enthusiasm here. HURRAH!!! with extra exclamation points! Go PEGASUS go! Fly, book! (And, er, do make sure Robin is buckled in first.)
| Quote: | And I am toiling in its wake saying, please, this isn’t fair, I wasn’t dressed for an assault on Everest, I had more in mind a stroll to the shops and maybe a nice cup of tea.
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Pfft. Who told you that you were in charge? ;)
So far I like PEGASUS and its attitude. Keep up the good work.
;)
Smooshes!
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| Re: Whimper [message #11003 is a reply to message #11002 ] |
Wed, 04 February 2009 19:37   |
b_twin_1 Messages: 2593 Registered: September 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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| southdowner wrote on Wed, 04 February 2009 19:09 |
On a good note I was one of the few who made Monday night practice and got to play at ringing up and down in peal (not terribly well but great fun to try) and plain hunted successfully at last. Hurrah!
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Ha! Another addict who has been brought low by the power of the McKinley blog!! You are lost now..... *g*
*hands twitching towards the rose catalogue*
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Whimper [message #11013 is a reply to message #10979 ] |
Thu, 05 February 2009 02:22   |
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Diane in MN Messages: 2728 Registered: October 2008 Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA |
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You must have made a hit with the Story Council with your PEGASUS decision--hurray for you, and too bad you can't harness some of that momentum to your vehicle when it comes to your hill. We find that all-season radials are fine on all the roads here, but that's with all-wheel drive on my husband's car and my minivan. The full-size van, with rear-wheel drive, does not go up hills when it's slick so it gets a lot of garage time in the winter.
It sounds like you made a good decision about skipping bell practice, too; you don't want to end up in the ditch or the hedgerow. Untreated roads are so treacherous when they get into the melt/refreeze cycle. I hope you get out of the current weather pattern soon. We had another very cold day today, with wind, too, thanks very much, but tomorrow it's supposed to get ABOVE FREEZING, and the weather folks allege that we'll have several days of daytime temps in the thirties. The mind boggles. It's good timing if true, because we've just begun heeling in Teddy's obedience class and we need to be able to work outside (heeling in the living room is not exactly a challenge). And the road in front of my house might emerge from under the ice.
There is still no sign of our county council getting up off that beach in Bali and coming home to run a snowplough.
They must be vacationing with my township board; the lack of effective plowing is WHY there is an ice sheet in front of my house. The county and state roads are clear and dry.
You might as well just relax and enjoy your flowering trees and budding roses in the cottage. Move some plants so you can sit down, take a deep breath, think of SPRING.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Whimper [message #11034 is a reply to message #11033 ] |
Thu, 05 February 2009 19:35   |
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| Robin wrote on Fri, 06 February 2009 00:33 | YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. Please.
*fainting and rolling around on the floor, possibly with some sobbing*
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*grin*
I'll investigate tomorrow!
It sounds like you're suffering the same pain I felt earlier this year when they stopped doing the gorgeous apricot one!!
Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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| Re: Whimper [message #11037 is a reply to message #11026 ] |
Thu, 05 February 2009 19:40   |
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| Robin wrote on Thu, 05 February 2009 19:22 | I know I'm not in charge. But whoever IS in charge is a big ugly drooling meanie!!!!! (And I am all professional and MATURE!!!!!)
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It's better to know, I suppose.
Yes, of course you're professional and mature. Of course.
*whistles*
Smooshes!
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| Re: Whimper [message #11066 is a reply to message #11033 ] |
Fri, 06 February 2009 11:10   |
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Robin, I have good news!
Sainsburys still had some!! I grabbed half a dozen bars for you, and I think they had about the same amount left if you wanted more.
What's the best way to get it to you?
Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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