Come One, Come All To My House!
 

Well, okay, not ALL.
Lurkers and lurkers-in-law might want to post a bit first.

But yes, I have the place to myself from 2nd March until 14th March and Dwellars are invited.
Yes, it is my parents' house, but I have checked it out with Mum. And after all we're a bunch of adults, not a house-trashing, hard-drinking, wall-vomiting parcel of teens. I think.

I know the majority of you won't even be able to consider it.
I'd really hope to see Dana, but even Limey is a stretch (who in their right mind would travel from Arran to Aylesbury? Oh right, me, coming home).

But if anyone has any plans to come to Angleterre in March, or if we can winkle CZ out of Zumerzet, or any Bucks residents want to stop by for an evening etc etc.

I'll be working during this time, but home by 14.00 every day, and I'll have my weekends free.

If you think it's possible do let me know.
The house sleeps four (plus me), five at a push but there are places in town you can stay. March is unlikely camping weather but we do have a garden.
And at the very least there are cooking and washing facilities. Americans might want to avoid our shower though. It's stereotypically English, to the point even I despair over it.

Address and telephone number supplied via PM only of course, I'm not a complete nutter :)

Count me in Hon, I'll have a think about dates and let you know :)

Because some people *are* nutters!

Teen's Facebook party cancelled as 200k threaten to show up

Shame there's a lot of cold water between us, Sundae, sounds like a great time!

And after all we're a bunch of adults, not a house-trashing, hard-drinking, wall-vomiting parcel of teens.

Sez Who ???!!!

Id Love to come party with ya , but its a Bit far !

:eyebrow:

That is to far for us to come, but pic's would be appreceated.

Well, I know for sure you've got a drawer that I can share with Diz. :D

*dying for wanting to go*

I curse my poverty.

My wife would get to thinking I have a girlfriend. Sure sounds like a good time though. Thanks for the offer, you are welcome to our home anytime as well!

Dana is coming! Dates are (pretty much) agreed.
We are going to have a splendid time.

If you're a Brit you are welcome to come for dinner/ drinks. It's probably too long a trek for Be-Bop and CZ, but the overnight option is there.

Is it sad to admit I'm super-stoked at the idea of a Dwellar coming to my house?
Aylesbury is not a tourist destination. No-one would come here unless they had to. It's a town to travel through, and to deride. All we had going for us was Friars - a music tradition (with various venues) which led to huge bands cutting their teeth about an hour out of London in the 70s-80s.

We lucked out in the 90s because comedians would try out their sets here, simply because of the name on old, treasured programmes. I bought many discounted tickets because the place wasn't sold to capacity. EDDIE IZZARD! I think I paid £5.
Jo Brand (may not be known overseas) the same.
I even went to see Lee Evans because it was so cheap. Spent most of my time in the bar, flirting.

They even managed a Comedy Club, where the price included a "basket" dinner (chicken-in-a-basket, sausage-in-a-basket, scampi-in-a-basket) AND a drink. The other element in the basket was chips. Like fries but chunkier.
We went en masse and I took my bro as our treat.
It was usually bloody good. Some stars tried out their stand-up routines outside of London in Aylesbury. They were away from the critics, working their routines in front of live audiences and still able to drive home.

Many of the ones that appeared in our Comedy Club have appeared on television since. The only one I can be confident of is Reginald D Hunter. Yes, it's because he's black and American. That's what makes him easy to remember. But I remember his name because he was funny.

But I can point at many white males on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You and say "I saw you for a tenner!"

Hell no, I think thats awesome.

Reginald Delicious Hunter?

Just looked up Aylesbury in Google Maps. It's so funny how many of the place names are familiar. I live near Aston and Oxford in Pennsylvania. I'm not far from Reading and Cheltenham. I've been to Hempstead in Long Island, NY and I dated someone near Horsham, PA.

I may have to alter those dates and make it towards the end of that period (probably around the 9th or 10th).

It depends on what ends up happening with pup collecting :p

The original plan for them to bring pups over 7h March when they're 10 weeks old was mostly because I didn't want to take a pup from his mum and 9 siblings and then do a day and a half ferry and car travel with him. But... there is a possibility that J might also be getting a pup from the litter. Much to his own surprise. I think he thought he would somehow be immune to the charms of a brace of wriggling beardie pups. Turns out they're quite a good way to get you past the 'I don't know if I could ever love another puppy the way I loved...' stage of grief :P

If that turns out to be the case, then we'd probably get them earlier and bring them back from Guernsey ourselves. Far less traumatic if they have each other for the journey. In which case I'd want to have a week or two to settle the pup properly before I scoot off for a day or so and leave him with Mum or the two Js.

I should know sometime in the next week what's happening.

My breath hitched a bit when I saw this in New Posts, having read the Gnomie thread.
But I'm a grown woman after all.

Do what you need to, babba.
Pets are family, and nothing is more important than family.
I wouldn't want you here with half your mind and heart elsewhere.
If we can't do it this time we'll do it another time, they're bound to go away at least for a weekend.

I have a month to get over it now at least ;)

It would just mean coming at the end of the 12 days rather than the early part :) And possibly doing one night instead of two.

Then maybe the next time they go away I could get up for a couple of nights.

Get down you mean.
Geographically speaking.

Yeah. Most like, I do.

:p

Bring the puppy and teach it about trains and cats.......

... and beer and bruises

Have fun all. I'm going to request that UT leave open space on the Cellar NSFW thread in preparation.:D

Aheh...it did cross my mind that Pup in a crate wouldn't be so difficult to transport...

But no. Aside from the fact that he might kack all over Sundae's parents' house, there's also his innoculations, which he wouldn't have completed by then.

And the fact that the two cats in this house would probably freak out.

Mia would be even more traumatised than she already is, having a feline enemy in her house already.

Diz would yowl and growl, and if that failed, try to batter him.
I love my boy, but he is a jealous cat, and he will strike down upon any other creature with great vengeance and furious anger.

Or so he said.

Yeah. A mismanaged early meeting between Pilau and one of my brother's cats set the scene for 13 years of absolute enmity towards all felines.

Am hoping next door's cat is as confident and chilled as he appears to be. I'd like Carrot to be a little less dysfunctional when it comes to stuff like that :P

new dog is called Carrot? cool :)

Carrot?
Really?

I s'pose I'll get used to it.
Not sure right now though.

I voted for YMMV.

But you'd have to pronounce it "Yim-vee."

He's named after a character in the Discworld series. Carrot Ironfoundersson

Carrot (Captain Carrot of the City Watch) in the books is a dwarf...or rather an adopted dwarf, raised by the dwarf Ironfounder and his wife, after they found hiim wrapped in swaddling clothes accompanied by nothing but a crown shaped birthmark and an apparently magical sword. he is the 'rightful' heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork

Carrot considers himself a dwarf despite the fact that he is 6 ft 6 '' in his socks and built like a Greek god.

He thinks like a dwarf: in straight lines, simple but not stupid. He is honest, and loyal, and brave, and very literal minded.

So...that gave me an idea: Carrot Pilausson

Pilau's posthumously adopted son :P

Ok! Now my approval is complete!

You, um, had better rehearse that bit. Carrot isn't exactly *obvious*. It's good, but benefits greatly from your explanation. Of course, Carrot won't give a rip. It's a good name for the dog, two syllables with long vowels (... not a LONG vowel, but a vowel sound that can be vocalized for a long time), he'll love it. Use it often. :)

Oh, I already liked the name even without the surrounding backstory. First time I came across the character I thought...Carrot...that's a great name for a dog!

Mind you I also thought that about Vimes (Commander Vimes of the City Watch) and Rincewind.

He also came within a whisker of being called Turlough (1980s Dr Who companion), which has been buzzing about my head for years as a potential dog name.

But although I like all of those names in general terms, along with a few others that I've mentally noted over the years, my mind kept returning to Carrot for this particular dog. And the reason it works for this particular dog is because of the above explanation *smiles*

I daresay, prior to this, most people wondered why I named my dog after a type of rice. Only some of them were given an explanation. And I imagine some people thought I was calling him Pillow.
:p

Carrot Pilausson is a very good name. :thumb:

Every dog, though, needs a middle name for just those times when a sharp reprimand is needed.

... a la: " CARROT XXXXXX PILAUSSON - Get OUT OF THERE "

Dog's seem to know that their full name means business. :eek:

I don't know why but I think the name Woodrow would work in that context lol

Or Stronginthepaw (as in Stronginthearm another Discworld dwarf)

All my kitties had first middle and last names. Plus a Native American name, and tons of nicknames. At some point they probably had confirmation saint names: Toonces Ann Theresa Riley Hall. Boy was he mad. :lol:

You know what to name your best buddy when you see him or her. It just pops into your head.

Well i thought it was awesome without explanation. Does that make me right in the heed?

Yep!

Agreed :cool:

Makes you wrong in the head in all the right ways :)

Wow. As soon as I saw Carrot, I was thinking 'Corporal Carrot'. Who is dating a female werewolf, making up a very odd K-9 unit.

That's :rasta: thinking if ever I saw it.

That's the fellah :P He gets promoted later on to Captain.

And his girlfriend is Angua the werewolf.

Don't go near her when she's having a bad hair day ...

From that wiki page:

and:

My favorite characer in the Discworld series is actually his commanding officer, Vimes. I wish all the Discworld books were Vimes books :p

But Carrot is awesome. And has a certain dogginess about him. And carries an adoptive name that suits a very particular adaptation :P

All animals have middle names.
Diz has not yet settled on his. Which is odd because previous cats have had them since they were much younger.
It might be because I didn't share him with anyone.

Carrot is fine. Carrot will do. I will come round.

Yabbut isn't it Dana who's coming round? To your gaff?

;)

Yes, but you have to give props to Corporal Nobbs, who has to carry around a paper certifying that he is actually human.

And Lord Vetinari, who could give lessons to Machiavelli.

I had to send back the last book to the library unfinished. Snuff was pretty good, but a slow read. I do enjoy reading of Vimes' attempts at domesticity.

Love it.

Now, see, I really liked Snuff, but struggled with Unseen Academicals.


@ Pete: Yey :)

That the one about Soccer. Loved it. Especially the glimpse into Unseen University. There was one bit with the wizards playing some ridiculous game from a book since it was 'tradition'. Poor Rincewind.:D

It's lookin like 9th/10th I reckon.

Sounds good Babba.

Excellent:)

Saturday 19 May - Thursday 24 May.
Come one, come all.

I need to check departure and arrival times, but the 'rents are gone gone gone...

You're certain to get a better response if you make that post on F***Book.

I'll scope out possibilities for leaving Carrotcake with the two Js. He'll be four months old by then so I think he will be ok being left overnight.