Joe66
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Post by Joe66 on Oct 19, 2019 19:17:08 GMT
Puzzled as to why you want to put socks on your back? Today you deserve the first class twat award, twat. You were the one that said your back was so stiff you could not get your socks on
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Post by Milly on Oct 19, 2019 20:12:42 GMT
Today you deserve the first class twat award, twat. You were the one that said your back was so stiff you could not get your socks on I didn't say on it though did I 😡 sensible people know you put sock on feet not backs, double twat. 😠
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Post by Milly on Oct 21, 2019 7:30:55 GMT
Navajo comes nearer This week the Navajo will come to Limburg which is 15 km from here, better than 170 km away. It will be at a proper Fiat garage, the first one was not and I imagine this garage will know what's what and where under the bonnet. They will give me an estimated, (I expect that what this strange word they use means) and unfortunately whatever it is I will have to accept after Gordon has seen it. They will contact Fiat and request help toward the cost. I am not expecting anything, but if they don't ask we would never know. Still got a few things I would like out of the van so now I will be able to easily fetch them, tea strainer for instance, I have 2 lb of loose tea, not a strainer in this house, my potato peeler which is much quicker than the one I have to use here. Surprising the little everyday things you miss being away from your own things.
We are feeling more and more at home each day. Motley is getting quite attached to Heike and is happy to see her when she comes home, Jürgen will take a little longer, but he is playing with him and this will soon bring him round. He is allowed on the huge corner sofa and is treating it as he would ours at home.
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Oct 21, 2019 10:41:05 GMT
I never allowed my dogs onto our furniture, let alone someone else's...
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Post by Milly on Oct 21, 2019 10:45:39 GMT
I never allowed my dogs onto our furniture, let alone someone else's... He has been invited, the part he lays on has his own special cover. He is part of the family and is treated so. Our big dogs never attempted to get on our sofa, they always had their own, which you were allowed on if you asked nicely How many dogs have you owned Trig?
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Oct 21, 2019 10:52:47 GMT
Just two. And the last one's death was just too tragic.
I used to walk him on the heath opposite my house. He was stone deaf and when he ran ahead, he would always briefly run back to see me then run on again. This particular day I took my young son, who was a toddler, with is and the dog ran ahead as usual. But because I wasnt walking at my usual speed, he obviously became confused, lost touch with us and went running off round the heath looking for me. He ran back home and, crossing the road, was hit and killed by a car.
He was a small Border Collie and a more loving and intelligent dog you couldn't wish for.
"Bobby"... I swore I'd never have another dog.
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Post by Milly on Oct 21, 2019 16:44:16 GMT
That is tragic Trig and was so hard to come to terms with I´m sure.
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Post by Milly on Oct 21, 2019 17:41:28 GMT
It is now in Limburg, so now we wait for the estimate which I will send to Gordon to check, they will then get in touch with Fiat and we see what comes of it, but I don´t hold out too much hope.
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Post by Milly on Oct 22, 2019 13:22:36 GMT
Went shopping at Netto this morning, its only down the bottom of the road. I managed to make several people laugh, there was a sign "FUNNY CRISPS" and I stood and laughed, the lady behind me wanted to know why I laughed and I just could not think of the word for funny in German, a young woman behind her said `Lustig crisps` then they understood why and laughed with me, I then had a conversation in English with the young one who helped me out she spoke pretty good English. I spoke to at least 5 people, in German, about one thing or another then when I got back here and opened the car for Motley to get out another young women came across to introduce herself and admire Motley (especially his behaviour) and invited us across when I wanted for Motley to make friends with her poodle cross bitch and play in her garden. Its will soon get around there is another English woman about :laugh: I have to introduce myself to the one already here, she lives in the same road. I may do that tomorrow.
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Oct 22, 2019 13:54:56 GMT
That's really good and must be encouragement for you. See? Life has a habit of working itself out.
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Barry B'stard
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Post by Barry B'stard on Oct 22, 2019 14:36:12 GMT
yeah good story Milly. How good is your German? I think you said you kind of got by. Maybe you could improve on it a bit. Might make your long term choices easier. I think ultimately if your going to stay there and at some stage be on your own it would be a major benefit being fluent. A winter course perhaps, maybe even something you could do on the Puter. not so much an issue in Germany as say France but I still think it would help.
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Oct 22, 2019 16:52:17 GMT
yeah good story Milly. How good is your German? I think you said you kind of got by. Maybe you could improve on it a bit. Might make your long term choices easier. I think ultimately if your going to stay there and at some stage be on your own it would be a major benefit being fluent. A winter course perhaps, maybe even something you could do on the Puter. not so much an issue in Germany as say France but I still think it would help. Nah! Make all them furrigin buggers speaka da Inglish... an' if they don't understand, JUST SPEAK LOUDER!!
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Post by Milly on Oct 22, 2019 17:31:27 GMT
At the moment I am speaking German all day with Jürgen and with most of the people I spoke to today. In the evening its mostly English with Heike, because she likes to speak English, she makes quite a few mistakes and I have to correct her, i.e. "No I don´t phone you" instead of "I didn't" it doesn't matter because I know what she wants to say. Yes Barry, I am sure there is a German language course on the computer, when my head is in the right place and I don´t have all this other stuff cramming it I will spend time to learn the lingo.
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Post by Milly on Oct 26, 2019 4:33:35 GMT
A phone call from the boss of the new Fiat garage yesterday. A sum of 20,000€ was mentioned for a new engine :surprise: However, they haven´t looked yet to see what might be wrong, they have to strip down the engine and make the estimate still. The service history is important and I am not sure when it should be done, there is an entry in the book for 20,000 km service and it has now done 44,000 but I think we have had a service in between, trouble is all the information re the service is at home, I can´t drive 1300 km to find 2 bits of paper so have to hope Marion will go and look for me and send by email. Once the estimate is made and the service history is up to date, if it is something really major they will also apply to Fiat to contribute toward the cost. I am between the devil and the deep blue sea, but to scrap a 5 year old motorhome that has so lovingly been altered to suit us I cannot possibly do so the devil must win and whatever happens I will pay. Plus the fact I will never find a motorhome here without a fixed bed which I definitely do not want.
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Post by Barry B'stard on Oct 26, 2019 9:17:01 GMT
As said on FUCTS the garage should be able to email you the service details. As Alan said hopefully there are lots of options.
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