Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

[psi310398]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

Why? Have you made the midshipman’s error of giving all your staff the same annual day off?

[21st Century Man]

Just keep a similar stable of Porsche, Mercedes, Bentley etc at each house. I think it's nice that the staff have something decent to run errands in.

[john2443]

Since Covid I mostly work at home, but today I've got things to do that I have to be in the office for, so had to get up earlier to drive 3 miles from the (un air conditioned) house to the (air conditioned) office.

[RizzoTheRat]

Pit Pony said:

Don1 said:

Ah, as a kid I was told to swim in the North Sea and enjoy it.

As a kid I swam in the Mersey. And the Canal. And the Irish sea. Nobody told me to.

I've 've been swimming in the North Sea every day for the last week or so, today's the hottest day of the year and I'm catching a ferry tonight so won't have time for a swim!

[ClaphamGT3]

psi310398 said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

Why? Have you made the midshipman’s error of giving all your staff the same annual day off?

Sadly, in a ludicrously ill-advised act of nickel and diming, we have a member of staff working at each house but no-one to take overall management of all three.

Talk about the high cost of low overheads.....

[psi310398]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Sadly, in a ludicrously ill-advised act of nickel and diming, we have a member of staff working at each house but no-one to take overall management of all three.

Talk about the high cost of low overheads.....

It is therefore really helpful to have this thread to help others avoid such solecisms. Thank you for sharing your experience, embarrassing as it might be to admit to such an oversight.

[talksthetorque]

RizzoTheRat said:

I've 've been swimming in the North Sea every day for the last week or so, today's the hottest day of the year and I'm catching a ferry tonight so won't have time for a swim!

I would be impressed if you could catch a ferry while swimming.

[Byker28i]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

[Halmyre]

Byker28i said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

They should be laughed at for only having two houses. And doing their own shopping. And drinking Pouilly Fuisse.

[Byker28i]

Halmyre said:

Byker28i said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

They should be laughed at for only having two houses. And doing their own shopping. And drinking Pouilly Fuisse.

Surely laughed at for doing their own shopping - thats something the staff do...

[Monkeylegend]

Byker28i said:

Halmyre said:

Byker28i said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

They should be laughed at for only having two houses. And doing their own shopping. And drinking Pouilly Fuisse.

Surely laughed at for doing their own shopping - thats something the staff do...

They were the staff.

[talksthetorque]

When I poured my museli out of the box in to the Kilner Jar, ( it's a job I like to do myself - keeping it real) it was 95% fruit.
A bag of cheap and nasty museli with hardly any fruit in had to be purchased to mix in and restore the balance.

[Road2Ruin]

talksthetorque said:

When I poured my museli out of the box in to the Kilner Jar, ( it's a job I like to do myself - keeping it real) it was 95% fruit.
A bag of cheap and nasty museli with hardly any fruit in had to be purchased to mix in and restore the balance.

As a matter of interest, where would one even buy 'cheap muesli' from? Never seen it in Waitrose!

[psi310398]

Road2Ruin said:

As a matter of interest, where would one even buy 'cheap muesli' from? Never seen it in Waitrose!

Strange frame of reference here. Anything in the muesli department available at Waitrose is by definition mass produced and cheap.

Not being a muesli person myself, I had to consult. My man tells me that there are various Swiss specialists who will mix fruit and grain to the customer’s personal preference and have it airmailed over on a weekly basis to assure freshness.

[Turtle Shed]

Halmyre said:

Byker28i said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

They should be laughed at for only having two houses. And doing their own shopping. And drinking Pouilly Fuisse.

"Mummy, these carrots aren't organic"
"Don't worry darling, they're for the ponies"

[DannyScene]

Turtle Shed said:

Halmyre said:

Byker28i said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

Last night, I had to travel from our house in London to collect something from our house in Hove that my wife, who is currently in our house in the Dordogne wants me to bring with me when I join her tomorrow.

A few years ago I laughed at someone being pretentious when they loudly announced in Waitrose "Darling, do we need Pouilly Fuisse for both houses..."

They should be laughed at for only having two houses. And doing their own shopping. And drinking Pouilly Fuisse.

"Mummy, these carrots aren't organic"
"Don't worry darling, they're for the ponies"

Who on earth feeds their ponies non organic carrots, poor things, you'll be lucky if someone doesn't have their butler report you to the RSPCA!

[g3org3y]

This happened on Wednesday.

[kowalski655]

g3org3y said:

This happened on Wednesday.

Whilst antique wooden dildos are a fine, if unusual, thing to collect, they really should not be considered suitable for everyday use.

[21st Century Man]

Still, at least a small step up from Samuel Windsor, just.

[wolfracesonic]

g3org3y said:

This happened on Wednesday.

Would I be correct in saying that is a generic shoe tree and not a lasted one? Not much sympathy if it’s the former, tbh.