Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?

Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?

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Cotty

39,548 posts

284 months

Thursday 21st March
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57Ford said:
Well you can definitely walk into our hot-press (airing cupboard).
I do try to adopt her terms so she feels more at home, but my referring to the fridge as the cold-press simply gains a withering look and rolled eyes. Girls eh? smile
Never heard of a fridge being referred to as a cold-press. Any clues as to how that name came about? I get the cold bit but not the press bit.

hidetheelephants

24,388 posts

193 months

Thursday 21st March
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Cotty said:
57Ford said:
Well you can definitely walk into our hot-press (airing cupboard).
I do try to adopt her terms so she feels more at home, but my referring to the fridge as the cold-press simply gains a withering look and rolled eyes. Girls eh? smile
Never heard of a fridge being referred to as a cold-press. Any clues as to how that name came about? I get the cold bit but not the press bit.
A press is a cupboard in more primitive corners of the empire. hehe

jbailey114

44 posts

2 months

Thursday 21st March
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My other half can quite matter-of-factly tell me she just needs to put on her socks before we can go and we'll still be in the house 45 minutes later. It's absolutely ridiculous. She's from a country where everything works in slow motion but even her compatriots get annoyed by it. Ten years of marriage in, I'm used to it though (mostly). Still gets me once in a while though biggrin

CanAm

9,217 posts

272 months

Thursday 21st March
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cheesejunkie said:
CanAm said:
Nearly right. Dinner is called lunch down south. HTH.
I'm laughing but agree with that knuckle headedness.
Sorry, I should have put a suitable Smilie on the end.

57Ford

4,046 posts

134 months

Thursday 21st March
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Cotty said:
57Ford said:
Well you can definitely walk into our hot-press (airing cupboard).
I do try to adopt her terms so she feels more at home, but my referring to the fridge as the cold-press simply gains a withering look and rolled eyes. Girls eh? smile
Never heard of a fridge being referred to as a cold-press. Any clues as to how that name came about? I get the cold bit but not the press bit.
As described, a cupboard is called a press in seemingly celtic circles. A hot-press is what Irish call the airing cupboard so a cold-press is my own logical extension of that to describe the fridge. My wife is very good at hiding how secretly impressed she is with my efforts at learning her language.

JMGS4

8,739 posts

270 months

Friday 22nd March
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57Ford said:
Cotty said:
57Ford said:
Well you can definitely walk into our hot-press (airing cupboard).
I do try to adopt her terms so she feels more at home, but my referring to the fridge as the cold-press simply gains a withering look and rolled eyes. Girls eh? smile
Never heard of a fridge being referred to as a cold-press. Any clues as to how that name came about? I get the cold bit but not the press bit.
As described, a cupboard is called a press in seemingly celtic circles. A hot-press is what Irish call the airing cupboard so a cold-press is my own logical extension of that to describe the fridge. My wife is very good at hiding how secretly impressed she is with my efforts at learning her language.
And the meat press or dairy press was the cupboard in the larder (cool and in the cellar) which had steel mesh (flyproof) sides, and eggs in waterglass in a huge earthenware carbouy.... our house in Edinburgh in the 50s..

CivicDuties

4,637 posts

30 months

Friday 22nd March
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donkmeister said:
CivicDuties said:
Stottie-ly ridiculous comment.
nono A roll, barm, bap etc is simply a handy format of bread to contain a filling.

Stottie, however, was placed on earth by the gods, to give purpose to bacon.
My God I miss The Stottie Shop in Bowness. Bacon Cheese Burgers from there were one of the finest culinary experiences on the planet.

Hol

8,417 posts

200 months

Friday 22nd March
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There’s always the filming locations if you like movies.

https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseei...

Although, some locations like the mooring from Long Good Friday, or the tall building from Layer Cake have changed.

snuffy

9,767 posts

284 months

Friday 22nd March
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I went to a sandwich shop once called Big Baps in Mansfield and ordered 2. That was an error as didn't need to eat again for a week.

donkmeister

8,173 posts

100 months

Friday 22nd March
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CivicDuties said:
donkmeister said:
CivicDuties said:
Stottie-ly ridiculous comment.
nono A roll, barm, bap etc is simply a handy format of bread to contain a filling.

Stottie, however, was placed on earth by the gods, to give purpose to bacon.
My God I miss The Stottie Shop in Bowness. Bacon Cheese Burgers from there were one of the finest culinary experiences on the planet.
Burger in a stottie is something I've never tried, will add it to the list next time I'm in the north.

Arming oneself with a big wedge of stottie cake with plenty of butter and bacon or sausage in the middle, is the best way to experience the copious amounts of weather in County Durham.

Short Grain

2,760 posts

220 months

Saturday 23rd March
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robinessex said:
Can we swap? SWMBO vacuums TWICE a day. Blames the dog for hairy droppings.
What the hell are you feeding your dog for it to leave hairy droppings? eek


Jazoli

9,101 posts

250 months

Saturday 23rd March
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CivicDuties said:
My God I miss The Stottie Shop in Bowness. Bacon Cheese Burgers from there were one of the finest culinary experiences on the planet.
Haha I used to own that shop, sold it in 2005 and it became what it is now as they bought he cafe next door too.


Biker's Nemesis

38,673 posts

208 months

Saturday 23rd March
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Jazoli said:
Haha I used to own that shop, sold it in 2005 and it became what it is now as they bought he cafe next door too.

You mean I missed out on free food!

Jazoli

9,101 posts

250 months

Saturday 23rd March
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Jazoli said:
Haha I used to own that shop, sold it in 2005 and it became what it is now as they bought he cafe next door too.

You mean I missed out on free food!
You did John, it was before we met biggrin, also had the kiosk outside the arcade in Bowness at the same time, made a (small) fortune selling duck food to tourists!

Biker's Nemesis

38,673 posts

208 months

Saturday 23rd March
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Jazoli said:
You did John, it was before we met biggrin, also had the kiosk outside the arcade in Bowness at the same time, made a (small) fortune selling duck food to tourists!
Damnit. Anyway, get yourself another motorcycle Dave. We'll have to have a catch up this spring/summer.

gotoPzero

17,242 posts

189 months

Sunday 24th March
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Watching a film last night... the usual faff.

It always takes us about 2 hours to watch the first 30 minutes.

A combination of googling the cast, telling me some story about some long distant relative or other whos husband has been doing the dirty, 3 toilet breaks, getting various blankets, bottle of wine, nail file and putting the fire on. Usually the ipad comes out and she starts scrolling FB at which point I know its game over and might as well just look up the plot on Wikipedia.
 
She gets bored and says "lets finish it tomorrow". That's code for we are never watching this again.

I am usually left sat in the lounge wondering exactly what just happened for the last 2+ hours.


romft123

287 posts

4 months

Sunday 24th March
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gotoPzero said:
Watching a film last night... the usual faff.

It always takes us about 2 hours to watch the first 30 minutes.

A combination of googling the cast, telling me some story about some long distant relative or other whos husband has been doing the dirty, 3 toilet breaks, getting various blankets, bottle of wine, nail file and putting the fire on. Usually the ipad comes out and she starts scrolling FB at which point I know its game over and might as well just look up the plot on Wikipedia.
 
She gets bored and says "lets finish it tomorrow". That's code for we are never watching this again.

I am usually left sat in the lounge wondering exactly what just happened for the last 2+ hours.
Mine. Lets watch a film not just football this evening. OK, what do you want to watch.....dunno...you pick. So I pick a film, she's asleep after 20 mins.... I "taped" the football of course.............

RammyMP

6,776 posts

153 months

Sunday 24th March
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Jazoli said:
Haha I used to own that shop, sold it in 2005 and it became what it is now as they bought he cafe next door too.

I had a kebab from there a few weeks ago, it was crap!

donkmeister

8,173 posts

100 months

Sunday 24th March
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gotoPzero said:
Watching a film last night... the usual faff.

It always takes us about 2 hours to watch the first 30 minutes.
How many marriages have been saved by the ability to pause films and live TV? 50% of the population don't realise just how useful that little button is to the sanity of their partner.

donkmeister

8,173 posts

100 months

Sunday 24th March
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RammyMP said:
Jazoli said:
Haha I used to own that shop, sold it in 2005 and it became what it is now as they bought he cafe next door too.

I had a kebab from there a few weeks ago, it was crap!
I have my doubts about the authenticity of their fayre.