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Apple fanboy said:
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Glad you got the paint off. When I lived in the North East there was a lot of vandalism. I must have had about 4 bathroom windows one month. The first time I told the mother. She told me her child was at home all evening. He was never home despite being around 10.
After that I used to just call the council and get the window replaced.
Used to have a lot of break ins as well. But after the second one you’d have thought they would have stopped as there was nothing left to steal. I was poor back then.
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They probably don’t, although the area they are from is full of families who have never worked and many of them don’t give a toss as long as their kids are out of sight. I live in a nice street and everybody has nice cars. I wouldn’t park on the road out of choice but have no alternative at the moment. These particular kids are known to be exploring all over town and causing trouble, thieving and stealing from gardens. Judging by the feedback I’ve seen in social media, they need to be careful as it’s more than spray painting that people want to do to them.

Got the building inspector this morning to review the steel work for our extension. Hopefully the builder will be pouring the concrete tomorrow morning, fingers crossed.

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The-Real-Deal82 said:
They probably don’t, although the area they are from is full of families who have never worked and many of them don’t give a toss as long as their kids are out of sight. I live in a nice street and everybody has nice cars. I wouldn’t park on the road out of choice but have no alternative at the moment. These particular kids are known to be exploring all over town and causing trouble, thieving and stealing from gardens. Judging by the feedback I’ve seen in social media, they need to be careful as it’s more than spray painting that people want to do to them.

Got the building inspector this morning to review the steel work for our extension. Hopefully the builder will be pouring the concrete tomorrow morning, fingers crossed.

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Sounds just like where I lived in the North East. I couldn’t afford a car then, but if I had it would have been stolen.

Back from the office. Went to the warehouse for a meeting and a free change. Basically filled up what I used today going to work and back. Happy days.
 
Did Ninja Warrior with the kids in Cardiff this morning and managed to complete the wall! Not bad for a 39 nearly 40 year old. Impressed some teenage lads who said I couldn’t do it [emoji23].

First level of concrete poured into my extension base too just now. Project managing that whilst working full time has been a challenge in itself.
 
Herdfan said:
Getting ready to go pack to a trip to Savannah to watch the offspring graduate from college. :)
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Oh yeah, SCAD, I remember you mentioning this back on St. Patrick's Day.

They have a Treylor Park restaurant (I believe the original) , we just ate at the one on Ponte Vedra/Nocatee, OMG, fantastic, highly recommended if you're looking for a place to eat (excellent bar and beer selection too).

Avocado Fries o_O

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DT said:
Oh yeah, SCAD, I remember you mentioning this back on St. Patrick's Day.

They have a Treylor Park restaurant (I believe the original) , we just ate at the one on Ponte Vedra/Nocatee, OMG, fantastic, highly recommended if you're looking for a place to eat (excellent bar and beer selection too).

Avocado Fries o_O

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Have not tried that place. But we have almost a week, so we might have to give it a try. We always hit Rancho Alegre, which is a Cuban restaurant. We rented a house on Tybee, so looking forward to trying some places out there.

Seems she is going to be quite busy this week. She has a VIP tour scheduled on Thursday (she is a student rep), so interested to see who it is. So we should be on our own quite a bit, which is OK as Savannah has lots to explore.
 
Jubilee celebrations for us today. Window being decorated, afternoon tea to be prepared for us and the kids and a band and drinks in the park later. Hopefully the British weather doesn’t mess it all up.
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
Jubilee celebrations for us today. Window being decorated, afternoon tea to be prepared for us and the kids and a band and drinks in the park later. Hopefully the British weather doesn’t mess it all up.
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Enjoy. Been gardening all morning. Cleaned out the fountain pump as well. Having a rest now until dinner. Then I’ll clean the cars. Too sunny at the moment.
 
Herdfan said:
Getting ready to go pack to a trip to Savannah to watch the offspring graduate from college. :)
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Congratulations! I know you must be very proud. I got my gown and hood in the mail yesterday. Late graduation though, even though I finished in November, commencement isn’t until the last weekend in July.

We have a slow leak in the pool. A guy came the other day with dive mask, weighted belt, and dye kit and found the problem. Tomorrow more guys will come so they can half drain the pool, pull the liner in the shallow end, and re-seal it all. Meanwhile, my husband walks around bemoaning the cost of the water we have to keep putting in to run the pumps and keep it all from turning into algae.
 
Alli said:
Congratulations! I know you must be very proud. I got my gown and hood in the mail yesterday. Late graduation though, even though I finished in November, commencement isn’t until the last weekend in July.

We have a slow leak in the pool. A guy came the other day with dive mask, weighted belt, and dye kit and found the problem. Tomorrow more guys will come so they can half drain the pool, pull the liner in the shallow end, and re-seal it all. Meanwhile, my husband walks around bemoaning the cost of the water we have to keep putting in to run the pumps and keep it all from turning into algae.
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This story about the pool would have been better if the guy turned up in a copper diving helmet! That would have been way cooler.
Hope the repairs aren’t too expensive.
 
Apple fanboy said:
This story about the pool would have been better if the guy turned up in a copper diving helmet! That would have been way cooler.
Hope the repairs aren’t too expensive.
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I gotta admit, I had hoped he would show up in full SCUBA. It’s the little things in life.

On the bright side, the repair folk will show up tomorrow, and husband is no longer complaining about cost as we sold another parcel of land this week. And we got May’s water bill, and it was minimal.
 
Alli said:
Congratulations! I know you must be very proud. I got my gown and hood in the mail yesterday. Late graduation though, even though I finished in November, commencement isn’t until the last weekend in July.
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Thank you. :)

She is headed to LA on Friday for an in-person interview with some huge advertising firm I can't ever remember the name of, but she is super excited about it. All I know is that last Wednesday at the Showcase, the Chair of her major introduced her to the Creative Director of this firm. They connected on Linked In, had two phone calls and I had to buy her a plane ticket.
 
Herdfan said:
Thank you. :)

She is headed to LA on Friday for an in-person interview with some huge advertising firm I can't ever remember the name of, but she is super excited about it. All I know is that last Wednesday at the Showcase, the Chair of her major introduced her to the Creative Director of this firm. They connected on Linked In, had two phone calls and I had to buy her a plane ticket.
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What was her major? My son is in marketing/advertising and works for a large firm in NY. He knows all the right people.
 
Alli said:
What was her major? My son is in marketing/advertising and works for a large firm in NY. He knows all the right people.
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Facebook. LOL.

Technically Social Strategy & Management with a minor in Ad.

Basically Social Media Advertising.
 
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The water is now low enough for the pool repair guy to fix the leak. Then we can start the slow/expensive task of refilling.
 
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