Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
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jakesmith said:
On holiday in Spain wife just asked if she could use a UK stamp to send a letter home
I had something similar once, when staying with relatives in Carcassonne, Aude, France.She said, “What’s French for England?”
I said, “Angleterre, but they also use Royaume Uni, or Grande Bretagne, why?”
“I’m sending Zöe a birthday card, but if I put England, the French Post Office might not know where I mean.”
Frank7 said:
I had something similar once, when staying with relatives in Carcassonne, Aude, France.
She said, “What’s French for England?”
I said, “Angleterre, but they also use Royaume Uni, or Grande Bretagne, why?”
“I’m sending Zöe a birthday card, but if I put England, the French Post Office might not know where I mean.”
ClassicShe said, “What’s French for England?”
I said, “Angleterre, but they also use Royaume Uni, or Grande Bretagne, why?”
“I’m sending Zöe a birthday card, but if I put England, the French Post Office might not know where I mean.”
tribbles said:
Depends - my old house had a single RCD, and if that tripped, then everything would go off. If this is the case, then someone may not know that it's the RCD, and assume that it's "the house".
My new house has a split fuse box, so some is on an RCD, and some isn't.
What new houses should have now are individual RCDs for each circuit.
RCBOs on each circuit instead of one or two RCDs and MCBs on each circuit. Just had the house rewired in this spec. My new house has a split fuse box, so some is on an RCD, and some isn't.
What new houses should have now are individual RCDs for each circuit.
LHRFlightman said:
Left the house to go on holiday and turned off the water under the sink.
Wife: "If you turn the water off, won't that break the fridge?"
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.Wife: "If you turn the water off, won't that break the fridge?"
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
I’m unsure if this qualifies, partly because it’s my wife’s sister-in-law.
She and my wife’s brother are staying with us for a few days, (unfortunately).
I gave her a set of keys to the house, and she came home this afternoon, and rang the buzzer.
I buzzed her in, and said, “Why didn’t you use the keys, Kelly?”
“Oh, I left them in the bedroom.”
“When did you realise that you’d forgotten them?”
“I didn’t forget them, I left them on purpose, I was frightened that I’d lose them!”
She and my wife’s brother are staying with us for a few days, (unfortunately).
I gave her a set of keys to the house, and she came home this afternoon, and rang the buzzer.
I buzzed her in, and said, “Why didn’t you use the keys, Kelly?”
“Oh, I left them in the bedroom.”
“When did you realise that you’d forgotten them?”
“I didn’t forget them, I left them on purpose, I was frightened that I’d lose them!”
Frank7 said:
I’m unsure if this qualifies, partly because it’s my wife’s sister-in-law.
She and my wife’s brother are staying with us for a few days, (unfortunately).
I gave her a set of keys to the house, and she came home this afternoon, and rang the buzzer.
I buzzed her in, and said, “Why didn’t you use the keys, Kelly?”
“Oh, I left them in the bedroom.”
“When did you realise that you’d forgotten them?”
“I didn’t forget them, I left them on purpose, I was frightened that I’d lose them!”
Another classic from Frank!!!She and my wife’s brother are staying with us for a few days, (unfortunately).
I gave her a set of keys to the house, and she came home this afternoon, and rang the buzzer.
I buzzed her in, and said, “Why didn’t you use the keys, Kelly?”
“Oh, I left them in the bedroom.”
“When did you realise that you’d forgotten them?”
“I didn’t forget them, I left them on purpose, I was frightened that I’d lose them!”
You forgot to say where your house is located, street, town, county, country, continent and all?
RammyMP said:
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Why on earth would anyone put an appliance on when you are leaving the house for two weeks. The fridge-freezer and some wifi lights are all I would leave on. Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Cotty said:
RammyMP said:
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Why on earth would anyone put an appliance on when you are leaving the house for two weeks. The fridge-freezer and some wifi lights are all I would leave on. Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Cotty said:
RammyMP said:
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Why on earth would anyone put an appliance on when you are leaving the house for two weeks. The fridge-freezer and some wifi lights are all I would leave on. Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Cotty said:
RammyMP said:
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Why on earth would anyone put an appliance on when you are leaving the house for two weeks. The fridge-freezer and some wifi lights are all I would leave on. Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
nonsequitur said:
Cotty said:
RammyMP said:
I’m glad it’s not just me that turns the water off when we go on holiday.
Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
Why on earth would anyone put an appliance on when you are leaving the house for two weeks. The fridge-freezer and some wifi lights are all I would leave on. Last time we went away (bearing in mind I always turn it off following a leak about 5 years ago) the wife put the dish washer on which then beeped for 2 weeks as there was no water feed.
ks 
There must've been some scaremongering in the Daily Mail back in the 70's/80's or something because lots of people of a certain age are a big fan of it.If the burglars are sitting outside your house for hours on end to see that the lights turn on and off, they'll also notice that nobody has entered or left the property, and will probably have noticed that they haven't seen anyone moving around inside. They'll also be well aware that people of a certain age have lights on timers.
But that's probably not how they'll scope a place out anyway...
BMWBen said:
That one's such a load of bks There must've been some scaremongering in the Daily Mail back in the 70's/80's or something because lots of people of a certain age are a big fan of it.
If the burglars are sitting outside your house for hours on end to see that the lights turn on and off, they'll also notice that nobody has entered or left the property, and will probably have noticed that they haven't seen anyone moving around inside. They'll also be well aware that people of a certain age have lights on timers.
But that's probably not how they'll scope a place out anyway...
Someone's watched "Home Alone" I see!ks There must've been some scaremongering in the Daily Mail back in the 70's/80's or something because lots of people of a certain age are a big fan of it.If the burglars are sitting outside your house for hours on end to see that the lights turn on and off, they'll also notice that nobody has entered or left the property, and will probably have noticed that they haven't seen anyone moving around inside. They'll also be well aware that people of a certain age have lights on timers.
But that's probably not how they'll scope a place out anyway...
BMWBen said:
That one's such a load of bks There must've been some scaremongering in the Daily Mail back in the 70's/80's or something because lots of people of a certain age are a big fan of it.
If the burglars are sitting outside your house for hours on end to see that the lights turn on and off, they'll also notice that nobody has entered or left the property, and will probably have noticed that they haven't seen anyone moving around inside. They'll also be well aware that people of a certain age have lights on timers.
But that's probably not how they'll scope a place out anyway...
IIRC there was a sketch on this very thing on Alas Smith and Jones in the 80sks There must've been some scaremongering in the Daily Mail back in the 70's/80's or something because lots of people of a certain age are a big fan of it.If the burglars are sitting outside your house for hours on end to see that the lights turn on and off, they'll also notice that nobody has entered or left the property, and will probably have noticed that they haven't seen anyone moving around inside. They'll also be well aware that people of a certain age have lights on timers.
But that's probably not how they'll scope a place out anyway...
Last week a neighbour got uppity when I asked her teenage son to stop pushing my wheelie bin over, she came round and started mouthing off.
I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
Robbo 27 said:
Last week a neighbour got uppity when I asked her teenage son to stop pushing my wheelie bin over, she came round and started mouthing off.
I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
Wrong thread?I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
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Shakermaker said:
Robbo 27 said:
Last week a neighbour got uppity when I asked her teenage son to stop pushing my wheelie bin over, she came round and started mouthing off.
I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
Wrong thread?I was in the garden just now and she was walking past, she started again, I said. just keep walking.
"I will do as I want"
"Ok, stand there".
"I won't"
I got on with pruning my roses.
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