DaButt -I hope your phone dries out but I'm not holding out much hope.
Tuumble - Sorry to hear this... I hope you guys find a solution soon.
Ellie went for a run round Big Ben this morning. Pretty cool!
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Coooooooooool.
How was the ballet, by the way?
Oh yes, the woman in possession of the bum on Kevin Murphy's avatar was on TV last night. Presenting a documentary about girls whose images were taken and used without their knowledge in a sexual way on the web.
I FOUND THIS IRONIC. 
I watched that Websex thing last night too. She didn't get her bottom out once. 
For someone so obsessed with her tablet/phone she was quite naive in regards to what she would find in a show about sex and the internet.
It makes me laugh when you hear people saying they're addicted to the internet and couldn't live without Facebook, Twitter, Emails. It makes me wonder if they realise that there's more to the internet than those few websites?
Quote: zooo @ January 11 2012, 1:01 PM GMTCoooooooooool.
How was the ballet, by the way?
Oh yes, the woman in possession of the bum on Kevin Murphy's avatar was on TV last night. Presenting a documentary about girls whose images were taken and used without their knowledge in a sexual way on the web.
I FOUND THIS IRONIC.
Ballet was very good - really enjoyed it. Mr JP seemed to enjoy it too.
Hahaha - that is brilliant. Someone should tell her.
Quote: Lee @ January 11 2012, 1:06 PM GMTIt makes me laugh when you hear people saying they're addicted to the internet and couldn't live without Facebook, Twitter, Emails. It makes me wonder if they realise that there's more to the internet than those few websites?
What like BCG? 
Tuumble can't think of a solution unless I know more, which then seems nosey, my surname is Parker, by the way!
Quote: dellas @ January 11 2012, 1:13 PM GMTTuumble can't think of a solution unless I know more, which then seems nosey, my surname is Parker, by the way!
You can ask anything - there's nothing particularly secretive about any of this.
Essentially these are our options:
1. Pay more than we can realistically afford for a property in the village
2. Hope that a reasonably priced property turns up but have all our documentation and finance ready to make sure we get in first
3. Find a property in a neighbouring district and be prepared to travel further to get the kids to school
4. Find somewhere else in Peterborough and change the kids' schools
There are other variations of the above involving public transport and cycling etc but that's the basic summary.
I like number 2.
Could you just about afford number 1? Even if it's not ideal?
Quote: zooo @ January 11 2012, 2:22 PM GMTI like number 2.
Could you just about afford number 1? Even if it's not ideal?
Number 2 only works if something comes in and there's no guarantee of that. The second part I can do though.
Number 1 would mean paying at least an extra £100 month to what we do now and that's not too attractive right now. It may be OK if living further away would result in us having to spend loads in petrol.
Obviously you will have to sell your body at weekends to raise the extra.
Seriously, obviously I don't know your area, but wouldn't you be eligible for council housing?
I wouldn't worry too much about the kids changing schools they will always slip back into the regime wherever they end up as long as it's a half decent catchment area.
We'll find somewhere but we'll just be taking on some extra incovenience when we don't need it
I'd be more inclined to find cheaper housing in another area, and travel the extra to the school. I've had to do similar myself when I got divorced, less disruption that way all round and avoids paying out extra in rent.
Still no luck with my soaked iPhone so I bit the bullet and ordered a new 4s.
"Siri: Please alert me the next time I put my phone in the washing machine."
Quote: DaButt @ January 11 2012, 3:49 AM GMTHmmm ... where's my phone?
(Logs onto Find My iPhone web app.)
Not located? Hmmm ... I know it was on and charged ...
(Remembers odd thump when putting clothes in the washing machine.)
(Panics and frantically pulls clothes from soak cycle. No iPhone.)
(Checks the rest of the house. No iPhone.)
(Checks the washing machine again and finds submerged phone. Almost cries.)
(Sucks out water with vacuum and places it in box with desiccant.)
I'll give it a day or two to dry out. I guess I'll be an iPhone 4S owner if it won't recover.
I know it sounds crazy but put it in the freezer and then a bowl of uncooked rice. The freezer stops the water doing more damage and the rice helps to draw out the moisture as it melts. I've done this a couple of times and it has always worked for me.
Chip was ping-pinged by a cyclist on a footpath earlier. And he's sure the cyclist muttered something under his breath as he passed. Bloody arses on wheels. I'd ban them all.