[twelve]

Khellendros, on 21 June 2013 - 01:40 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 01:35 PM, said:

How the devil are you Khell? Got anything good planned for the weekend?

By jingo, I am fine Tatts! Well, I have a huge amount of work to do up to the end of June - writing an article - and unfortunately my computer decided to delete one of my very important files! That was...depressing. So unfortunately, my plans this weekend and up until 1st July involve 15-hour work days and not much else (though I am going to Wimbledon next week). But from July, two months (yes, MONTHS), of holiday! Whoop!

How about yourself? By the way, do you mind that I still call you Tatts? I'm finding it very difficult to switch to this GP malarkey.

He'll always be Tatts to me. I refuse to call him GP.

[Gnaw]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

[Tattersail_]

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

It's in our price range. We would work our way up, to the nicer area of where we live ie...

http://www.rightmove...y-39749288.html

This may look similar but it is in a better area and has a bit more space.

The joys of house hunting.

[Gnaw]

Khellendros, on 21 June 2013 - 02:18 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 01:47 PM, said:

I have fond memories of Tattersail and have no problems with that being my nickname

What do you work as? Journalist? Who do you work for? Say that in an Austin Powers voice!

Good. I'm used to you S "Tatts".
Go look at that 3 minute bit by Dave Allen that I linked earlier. That's Khell.

I watched that, very funny

I grew up watching PBS as much as possible. Monty, Dave Allen, Benny Hill, some Dr. Who though not enough to get addicted to it. Sunday night was German soccer. The Day the Universe Changed. My very devout parents should never have let me see that.

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Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Where do you live Gnaw?

[twelve]

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

[Tattersail_]

twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:35 PM, said:

Khellendros, on 21 June 2013 - 01:40 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 01:35 PM, said:

How the devil are you Khell? Got anything good planned for the weekend?

By jingo, I am fine Tatts! Well, I have a huge amount of work to do up to the end of June - writing an article - and unfortunately my computer decided to delete one of my very important files! That was...depressing. So unfortunately, my plans this weekend and up until 1st July involve 15-hour work days and not much else (though I am going to Wimbledon next week). But from July, two months (yes, MONTHS), of holiday! Whoop!

How about yourself? By the way, do you mind that I still call you Tatts? I'm finding it very difficult to switch to this GP malarkey.

He'll always be Tatts to me. I refuse to call him GP.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=kM9-ijq3TI4

edit. video is sad. I just thought of the song from what you said.

This post has been edited by Ganoes Paran: 21 June 2013 - 02:45 PM

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twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

What!!! Take a picture, show me! Make me Jealous!

[Khellendros]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

What!!! Take a picture, show me! Make me Jealous!

Americans and their crazy wide open spaces. The average size of houses in the US (and cars!) is in a different league to what you and I deal with, Tatts. The little islanders that we are.

[Gnaw]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:42 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Where do you live Gnaw?

Grew up in Colorado. Lived in North Carolina for a decade. Now live in rural Pennsylvania.

[Gnaw]

twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

You've got me beat. 2.5 acres. Though a zero turn mower makes it easy.

[Tattersail_]

In fact you are right Khell, they don't even have "real" grass. It's fake and it itches. It isn't soft and "rollaroundable" like it is here.

[Khellendros]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:30 PM, said:

Is it not possible for you to apply for a job elsewhere in the country, I wouldn't touch London with a barge pole!

For all my (entirely justified) complaining, I love London. I did apply for jobs elsewhere, and also in Europe, but I won a funded fellowship to do a project I proposed at the uni of my choice, and the one with the most appropriate academic support happened to be in London. And, as I said, I do love London - always something new to do, and impossible to completely explore.

The plan is to one day move to a lucrative gig at an American uni - 3 acre lawn here I come!

[twelve]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

What!!! Take a picture, show me! Make me Jealous!

The part in the rectangle in the top is my lot. The whole picture is what I have to mow as that is my in-law's place and they are always are gone to Alaska in the summers.

Edit: Clearly I don't have to mow the farmed portion of the map but everything else that is grass is up for grabs. Later in the summer it isn't so bad as the grass doens't get watered outside the fenced yard so it cuts down on what I have to cut but during the spring it's a chore.
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This post has been edited by twelve: 21 June 2013 - 02:55 PM

[Khellendros]

I am very jealous, twelve. That's amazing. I hope the grass does indeed itch like Tatts says

But...what do you do with it all?!

[Gnaw]

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

What!!! Take a picture, show me! Make me Jealous!

41.72589 N 76.48688 W
Google earth

[twelve]

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:51 PM, said:

twelve, on 21 June 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 21 June 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Ganoes Paran, on 21 June 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

You are right, isn't that what Tapper is as well? Also some others on here?
We are looking at house likes this http://www.rightmove...l?premiumA=true which would cost us £80k,

Oh gawd. No grass. I'd love that. It's a nice looking place Tatts.

Cute little place. Liked the kitchen the best and the carpet in the rest of the house needs serious updating. And the lack of a lawn is in some serious contrast to what I have to deal with. Try 3 acres of lawn I have to mow.

You've got me beat. 2.5 acres. Though a zero turn mower makes it easy.

Mine is just an estimate. I don't know for sure how much I actually have to mow. And yes I broke down and got a zero turn mower last fall when the riding one went belly up. The cost was a bitch but the amount of time it saved was worth it.

[Gnaw]

The zero turn (Bad Boy brand. Really that's their name.) almost makes mowing not a pita. 10 mph doesn't sound fast, but on the longer stretches it's nice.
EditYou're right about the cost. Besides the time and fuel savings, it also is going to outlast a riding mower. This thing is built with 1/4" steel. Half inch tubing on the frame. There's no doubt it'll last a very long time.

This post has been edited by Gnaw: 21 June 2013 - 03:06 PM

[Khellendros]

Sigh. As a comparison, this is the sort of thing that I can probably look forward to for the next couple of years.

http://www.rightmove...y-26915199.html

This is called, "good-sized". £1000 per month.

[twelve]

Khellendros, on 21 June 2013 - 02:55 PM, said:

I am very jealous, twelve. That's amazing. I hope the grass does indeed itch like Tatts says

But...what do you do with it all?!

My in-laws currently purchased a pool and promptly left so I have install it myself but for the most part the yard is dotted with fruit trees. We have some 10 apple trees, 3 cherry, 4 plum, 4 pear, 2 filbert, 1 walnut with a few cedar a douglas fir and pine thrown in for good measure. Oh there is a dogwood and birch in my in-laws front yard too. A few lilachs, a rose garden, honeysuckle, jasmine, wisteria(sp?). Oh the grapes, How could I forget about the 5 rows of grapes. My father in law experiments with home wine making. And experimenting is the appropriate term. His best is barely drinkable so far. Oh and my rasberry and blueberry row. It's almost July so those are just about ready to eat. Yummy!!!!