Essential Jobs for Christmas

[Nick Armstrong]

Check that passport is still valid...

[teamsaint]

sorry, it just made me larf.

[amateur51]

sorry, it just made me larf.

Me too!

Transmogrification I'd say

[Mahler's3rd]

Being able to play the Scalextric with my Grandson

[Serial_Apologist]

Me too!

Transmogrification I'd say

Transmoggirification, shurely? A case of paws before precipitant action.

[Zucchini]

Being able to play the Scalextric with my Grandson

Trying to mend the Scalextric with my Grandson...

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

ah Scalextric ... used to play for hours with No 1 son; but now he makes tv films about cars &c and is visiting over the holidays so i have been tidying the spare bedroom and rearranging a huge pile of junk in the middle room [don't know what else to call an ex bedroom full of files cds computers and furniture and stuff] ... another day of heavy lifting and the attic will hide the stuff i failed to chuck [a weakness i think]; so the house will be presentable for the visitations due shortly

dealing with stuff calls in to the reckoning the pathways of one's life and the meanings [such as may be] of existence .... it does slow the progress as nostalgia dives into the nooks and crannies hidden in old diaries, letters &c .... all shredded i am pleased to say ...

one day that elm stool will be stuff

[french frank]

one day that elm stool will be stuff

I did a furniture-making course [C&G 555] and we were told that the reason so little humble domestic furniture survived (as opposed to Hepplewhite and Chippendale] was because humble folk used to chop it up for much needed firewood ...

Now, I have just bought my Christmas cards and 2nd class stamps. Today is the last day for 2nd class guaranteed arrival by Christmas day ... so ... >>>>>>>>>>>

[Serial_Apologist]

I did a furniture-making course [C&G 555] and we were told that the reason so little humble domestic furniture survived (as opposed to Hepplewhite and Chippendale] was because humble folk used to chop it up for much needed firewood ...

Then I'm very lucky to have inherited a number of rural Chippendale chairs then, too inelegant though they would have been to have adorned a stately home. People say, "What do you keep such uncomfortable junk for?" "Because it was made to last", I tell 'em. Like your stool, ff.

[amateur51]

Then I'm very lucky to have inherited a number of rural Chippendale chairs then, too inelegant though they would have been to have adorned a stately home. People say, "What do you keep such uncomfortable junk for?" "Because it was made to last", I tell 'em. Like your stool, ff.

"Her: Oh we had a lovely time in Portugal but he wouldn't let me bring a lace tablecloth back

Him: We don't need a lace tablecloth

Her: Yes we do, for when people come round.

Him: But people don't come round, do they?

Her: They would if we had a lace tablecloth!"

[Serial_Apologist]

"Her: Oh we had a lovely time in Portugal but he wouldn't let me bring a lace tablecloth back

Him: We don't need a lace tablecloth

Her: Yes we do, for when people come round.

Him: But people don't come round, do they?

Her: They would if we had a lace tablecloth!"

[french frank]

People say, "What do you keep such uncomfortable junk for?" "Because it was made to last", I tell 'em. Like your stool, ff.

We-e-ell, I can't guarantee that if we have a cold winter. Kindling round here now costs £2.95 a bag...

[mercia]

how many bags of kindling would your £25 elm stool make ?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

it won't matter when the stool trips you up and breakfast goes flying

[french frank]

how many bags of kindling would your £25 elm stool make ?

Good point - even if I did pay too much for it. In fact, I probably ought not to have paid more than £2.95 for it. But that would be to ignore the pleasure in cleaning it - say, 10 hours @ £10 ph ... not sure what that proves. Anyway, the Christmas cards have been posted, so that's that job done.