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  1. Gustav

    Ok, had enough now..

    Of the snow! It was fine for the first couple of weeks, despite the roads being disastrous and like an ice rink, but now I am a bit fed up of it all! I'm fed up of my house looking like a team of elephants have trudged through it without wiping their feet.. Fed up of the salt that comes...
  2. Gustav

    Cadence braking and ABS...

    Ok, so my new car has ABS fitted, and from what I can gather you are not advised to cadence brake on snow like you are in cars without ABS.. So what do you do? Just stomp on the brakes and hope for the best?? When my cars not in 4 wheel drive, it's rear wheel drive and although I am...
  3. Gustav

    I got a new computer!!!

    Well I did, and I didn't... :D Next year my mum is thinking of spending alot more time down here in France than usual, so in order that she can do her work from home she needed a better computer, apparently my little laptop just didn't cut the mustard.. So when they came down to visit...
  4. Gustav

    Buh-bye Max..

    On the 28th of December we had to have Max the Saint put to sleep. He was an old boy and his joints were failing him, but during the night of the 27th he had what I can only describe as a stroke, and on the morning of the 28th we awoke to find him unable to get up and soaked in his own urine...
  5. Gustav

    Merry Christmas everyone!

    It being the 24th and me living in France we celebrate the "Réveillon" so our Christmas officially starts this evening.. It'll be manic children and FAR too much food that will carry on until the wee hours of the 25th morning. Hope you all have a wonderful time!! Stay safe on the roads...
  6. Gustav

    Sorry redheads...

    But I did find this hysterically funny!! :rofl1: Tesco withdraws 'ginger joke' Christmas cards - Telegraph
  7. Gustav

    She's just getting weirder..

    The mother in law that is.. ;) I went to pick up some hay today from my mate Claude, he's a farmer and always makes a bit more hay than he needs to sell on, plus he stocks it for me, he's really a nice guy.. Anyway, the mother in law came with me, and we got to chatting and she asked how...
  8. Gustav

    I've finally given in..

    And put the heating on, much as it pains me to do it! :rofl1: It's minus 3 C outside, it's been snowing all morning, and with just the wood burner going I can't get the house hotter than 16 degrees.. :( So I have succumbed.. It's not that I am tight with money, honest.. I am thinking about...
  9. Gustav

    It's definitley genetic..

    Pied piper genes.. :D Meaning that any and all lost or stray animals find US! Hence the reason why I personally have soooo many! Anyway.. My mum was out walking her dog today, casually minding her own business, when she found a Guinea pig.. I mean, a Guinea pig of all things! :rofl1...
  10. Gustav

    Boston Banker..

    Feel free to come and pick up La La the shetland any time you like, i'll quite willingly hand her over.. ;) She's gotten a new lease of life since Gavotte and Dee came home, terrorising everybody.. With Cavan her attempts to boss him around fell on deaf ears, but she is being a real pain...
  11. Gustav

    Do you guys think..

    That dogs have good days and bad days just like humans? Gus appears to be on REALLY good form today, he's really cheerful.. It could be the fact that he's basking in the knowledge that Perle got in trouble for stealing one of the cat dishes when I popped out for literally 2 seconds and I...
  12. Gustav

    I'm an Auntie.. AGAIN!!

    Florent's sister gave birth (via c-section) to a little girl yesterday morning at 5 am.. After being in labour for 24 hours.. Apparently she wasn't dialating correctly or something, and the baby was getting distressed. She was 4 kilos exactly (8.8lbs roughly), and measured 51 cms. They...
  13. Gustav

    Yesterday, just REALLY wasn't my day..

    It started off innocent enough, and then all went downhill from there.. :rolleyes: I spent all morning pottering about tidying up and cleaning my house, and for my standards, bearing in mind the 4 cats, 3 big dogs etc.. It was CLEAN, I mean it had to have been, I used enough bleach to kill a...
  14. Gustav

    Not so much a jungle..

    But definitley a racetrack out there.. :eek: They're doing road works up the hill and have deviated all the traffic through my village as they have entirely closed the road for 2 weeks.. And MAN is it hectic out there, my nice quiet serene village has turned into something worthy of Dick...
  15. Gustav

    I'm really cross..

    My mother in law comes STORMING into my house and says.. "YOU'LL HAVE to go and get me some chicken feed, i've run out and Claude who I normally buy it from is not at home today" I said.. "Pardon?" She said.. "You'll HAVE to go and get me some chicken feed, they've got nothing to eat"...
  16. Gustav

    One for Dizzy..

    The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday. The announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British Government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some Liverpudlian youngsters. The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on...
  17. Gustav

    Ewwww..

    To all those museli and other cereal makers, PLEASE refrain from putting dried DATES in your cereals in the future so that I don't innocently stumble upon them and gag uncontrollably!! :yikes: Thanks in advance. :D
  18. Gustav

    Roxette

    Does anyone else remember the band "Roxette"?? They've been having a Roxette hour on the radio, and the worst part about it is.. I remember all the lyrics still! :rofl1: *Sings.. C'mon join the Joyride.. She's got the look.. Must have been love, but it's over nooooowwww* Ahh, Thursdays...
  19. Gustav

    Car accident..

    My luck just keeps getting better and better this year.. *Le sigh* Some stupid woman ran into me on Friday night.. :mad: She apparently "Didn't see" my indicator to turn left and tried to overtake me just as I started to turn.. She ran into me at about 70mph.. :rolleyes: She was of course...
  20. Gustav

    I dunno HOW she does it..

    Morticia cat LOVES to sleep on the washing machine in the kitchen, normally not an issue, I am not constantly doing laundry.. But how on EARTH does she manage to sleep through the spin cycle when it is on?? You should see her face when it goes onto super fast spin.. ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS...
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