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Crepeys Not Crêpes

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Cremolafoam · 06/09/2012 15:38

Oi over here hags

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MrsSchadenfreude · 18/09/2012 20:37

I saw one (fox, that is, urban, not silver) walking down the Walworth Road one Sunday morning when I was on my way to East Street market when we lived in London. Bold as brass it was, just sauntering along by the Elephant.

Had quite a nice day today, went to the Marais in search of a birthday present for DD1, found shop indicated as Possibility by DH but didn't see anything I liked, so went off down rue des Rosiers for a nice sustaining falafel, but most of the places were shut for Rosh Hashanah. Got the last table in very tiny place, all squashed in, and sat next to two American lesbians of a certain age, who were discussing, I think in the mistaken belief that no-one could understand them, exactly what their plans were for bed that night. The man on the next table to me could clearly understand what they were saying, and was sitting there with his mouth hanging unattractively open. One of the lesbians asked me, in atrocious French what the sauce was on my table, and if she could try it. I said, in English, "Yes, help yourself, it's tahini" and her friend went absolutely purple with embarrassment. Man on next table guffawed into his kebab.

That entertainment aside, I then went to the Ile St Louis, had a Berthillon ice cream and found the perfect gift for DD1 in a shop she will love (must take her there). Then I walked along the Left Bank to Shakespeare and Co, went to Gibert jeune and bought a French slang dictionary and caught the bus home. Back at work tomorrow. Sad

motherinferior · 18/09/2012 21:55

MrsS I am so Envy of your day (mine has been minorly horrid, as Glossy Young Colleagues clearly think I am bovine and stupid). Especially of the ice cream Grin

TheReturnOfStropperella · 18/09/2012 22:02

MrsS, I command you to have more days like that and tell us about them. Grin Grin
I love the Rue des Rosiers and I love felafel.
MI, your GYCs need some drawing pins on their chairs. Or something.

TheReturnOfStropperella · 18/09/2012 22:06

BTM, I do not think urban foxes are protected. No foxes are protected. Which is why the ones around here run away bloody fast as there are lots of farmers with guns.

CointreauVersial · 18/09/2012 23:16

Gaylord

We have three regular foxes here; Peach (pale coloured), Flame (dark orange) and Stumpy (no tail). They aren't around quite as often now the rabbit has met his maker; I wonder why? I don't know why we have affectionately named them, nasty little blighters.

We also have a barking squirrel called Nigel, who lives under next-door's garage roof.

Blackduck · 19/09/2012 08:28

MrsS Envy at your day off, I want a day off like that.....

BTM - bike bought - sorry - anyway you don't live anywhere near me so not sure that would have worked ;) And, yes, I could have knitted cardi too, but wanted it NOW! and I have a half finished jumper for ds and the wool for a jumper for myself so plenty to be going on with.

We have foxes, they crap on our very small (have I mentioned this before?) lawn, BTM if you had a trampoline your garden must be positively massive in comparison to ours....

We also discovered at the weekend that dp's patented dog gate (garden furniture piled up against the gap) was ineffectual as the dog just ducked round it, we suspect he has been roaming the hills for the last two weeks, and is lucky he hasn't been shot for sheep worrying.

Still not sleeping well, not helped by the house getting up very early (dp up at 3.00!, ds at 5.00 - sent him back to bed).....

herbaceous · 19/09/2012 09:55

I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to hear that the passport courier rang to say it would be delivered.....

... Drum roll ....

Today!

Thank Saint Mary of Berry

Blackduck · 19/09/2012 10:16

fingers crossed Herbs...

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Cremolafoam · 19/09/2012 12:13

Mrs S quel parfum de glace svp?
I adore bertiillon pamplemousse rose .
Your walk is my idea of heaven but would also include the vintage school stationary shop on the rue st Paul and a shwing into pylones.

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CointreauVersial · 19/09/2012 12:48

Get you lot with your posh Parisian talk.

My lunchbreak consisted of a trip to Halfords and a quick blast round Sainsburys. Not quite the same, really.

herbaceous · 19/09/2012 18:45

Passport has arrived! Three working days between application and receipt, which is pretty marv. Shows the power of pestering!

motherinferior · 19/09/2012 18:56

Budge up on the unemployed bench, Cremmie, there's a love. My contract comes finally to an end in about 6 weeks...and the job is being restructured.

Well, I suppose that means not much longer of GYCs thinking I am subhuman, innit

wilbur · 19/09/2012 18:58

Right, dh is definitely going to take me to Paris next Spring for our 15th anniversary, I have been persuaded by all this talk of stationary and glaces and delightful little shops. I actually had a dream a few nights ago in which, for some reason, I remembered the French word for suitcase, something that would have been unlikely to surface very quickly in my conscious brain Grin, so it must be A Sign.

wilbur · 19/09/2012 19:00

Oh, posts crossed MI. Sorry to hear the job is coming to an end, but the CV must be looking very glossy now though, eh?

And yay for small herbs' passport - have a lovely holiday!

herbaceous · 19/09/2012 19:00

MI! That's a load of cockery.

motherinferior · 19/09/2012 19:04

Well, I did know it was looming. Thing is, the Job I Did Not Get a couple of weeks ago is for a mag that is now going bi-monthly, so even that pathetic little bit of income is being cut Sad

Wilbur, you'd think my CV was fab but it is feral out there. People with magnificent pedigrees are fighting over jobs for the mutts.

BTW Herbs am v chuffed re passport.

TheReturnOfStropperella · 19/09/2012 20:25

Herbs, have a lovely holiday Grin

MI, you have skills, experience, luscious quals and are v. good at what you do, ergo: it will work out. You have written actual books!

After many fallow months where I have gibbered, frothed and picked up little bits of work from dh's leavings, I have my actual own work again. I get sooo fecked off with him editing my work, though. OK, some of his suggestions are splendid, but some are just those kind of personal preference jobbies that he should keep to himself. Raaaaaaar.

I can tell he is feeling better because his editing is getting feistier again.

Cremolafoam · 19/09/2012 20:35

Oh crapola MI - come join me on the bench mrs.
Some news: company are obliged to find me a suitable comparable job. Just hoping I don't end up in some dreadful hell holeSad
Herbs really hope after all the hassle you have a wondrous holiday.

Wilbur - you must go to Paree.!

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motherinferior · 19/09/2012 21:07

I am just So. Damn. Tired.

It is hitting me and I feel v self-pitying Blush

alto1 · 19/09/2012 21:42

Sorry you feel like that MI.

I do have a job but cuts and redundancies are all around me.

I did my tax today (usually a January job - but ahead of time because I was worried) and, as expected, the bill is going to be huge. Trouble is, my self-employed income has been drastically reduced since husband's accident in Jan. He remains unemployed with no prospects. And I've been helping out my sister, who's in even worse situation, and giving subs to nieces and nephews because I did it for the older ones and it doesn't seem fair to stop...

Well it'll have to stop now. Thinking again about a lodger. Have nice attic but it would need carpet, TV, microwave, wouldn't it?

Not really asking, just nervously burbling.

Nice to hear about days out in Paris, though Smile

CointreauVersial · 19/09/2012 22:23

Herbs - so pleased for you! I would probably have snogged the courier in relief. Where are you going, by the way?

Sorry there are so many career woes out there at the moment.....

Alto - must have missed it, but what happened to your DH?

herbaceous · 19/09/2012 23:00

We're going to this haven. It's going to be 31°C, which frankly is too hot, but it seems churlish to complain.

S&B news: dress arrived, and is pretty nice, but has 'interesting' pocket detail, and mildly excessive draping from back yolk to arse. Uniqlo stuff also got here. Boobs a bit too big for the tunic, but a little more dieting might sort that out. Failing that, I can sell it on eBay for huge profit!

wilbur · 20/09/2012 10:21

Alto - we did the lodger thing for a while during dh's nightmare run of job losses over the past 3 years and it worked well for us. I will probably do it again if we can get our new house sorted out to the point where we have the space. We were lucky to find a daughter of a friend of a friend who was doing a masters degree and then she stayed a bit longer and got a job nearby at a posh wineshop (yay, they did tasting evenings and we got the leftovers, marvellous) So it's worth putting feelers out among people you know about whether they know of someone looking for a place. We did have a proper spare room, though, so were able to offer reasonable comfort although she did need to use our kitchen, but she was such a delight it was lovely to have her around. You definitely need a TV, and a desk or space to study if you're hoping for a student. And wifi.

wilbur · 20/09/2012 10:25

Herbs, that place looks lovely. It's not far from where we went for a week this summer - very easy to get to from Malaga.

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