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Old 04-02-2010, 02:29 PM   #1
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Cellar Exchange Visit!

Yeah, okay, it's not real.

Not yet anyway!

Anyone who can scrape up the fare is welcome here!
The dollar is pretty damned strong. If you're not coming immediately, just start saving.

And I am a wonderful guide, I promise.
I have books and everything.

Well, for London and Bucks anyway.
Seriously, I know London from my childhood, the Tube network from my adulthood and the tourist network from my unemployment.

Why aren't you here?
Come here! Now!
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:11 PM   #2
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hmmm. seriously?
I am planning a stay, and would welcome any/all tips.
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:37 PM   #3
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I want to come!
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:44 PM   #4
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I'm excited to go roving. see new things and meet new people. we can get up a crew.
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Old 09-25-2010, 12:34 AM   #5
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Yup, Dana can give you the poop on the academic side, and Sundae the tawdry side.
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Old 09-25-2010, 01:11 AM   #6
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I was all set to head to the northern hemisphere over the Christmas/New Year period and then that tree falling on my house has meant that I'll have to postpone my plans.
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Old 09-25-2010, 09:08 AM   #7
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always good to strike a balance!
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Old 09-25-2010, 02:44 PM   #8
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ahem while you're over here you could take in Scotland as well ...
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Old 09-25-2010, 03:11 PM   #9
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Careful warch, we have a quite active contingent across the pond, they'll run you ragged.
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Old 09-25-2010, 04:39 PM   #10
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Yes! Edinburgh for sure and I'd love to visit some islands. My style is slow touring, off season, and I don't mind a chill... I'm up for out of the way places and wonderful landscapes.
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Old 09-25-2010, 05:33 PM   #11
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I was all set to head to the northern hemisphere over the Christmas/New Year period and then that tree falling on my house has meant that I'll have to postpone my plans.
Tree fell on your house? did I miss that? Sorry.
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Old 09-25-2010, 07:27 PM   #12
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Tree fell on your house? did I miss that? Sorry.
That's nice of you. Thanks.

I was up there yesterday looking at the extent of the damage. The tree issue is not so bad-the tiles on the roof have been fixed and the hole in the ceiling can be fixed too and it is forcing me to do something about the insulation (see cross thread to missing cellarites ). I will need to get an arborist out to do some serious lopping as there are many dead branches on very tall trees relatively close to the house.

Now I'm just venting as it is all fixable, but what was worse and I find much more difficult to accept is the mess that the house was left in. The tenant basically did a runner, leaving the key in the letterbox. Yesterday we filled a skip with the stuff left behind (bags and bags of rubbish, 3 televisions, a couch and armchairs with no cushions-WTF?, a teenage child's entire wardrobe including underwear-WTF again?, new expensive sunglasses, shoes in perfectly good nic, silverware, old children's toys, half opened packets of food, a mattress etc...etc..). Clarification here: the stuff that is in good order will be donated to charity.

The carpet was absolutely putrid-i.e. cream carpet turned black; I don't think it had been vacuumed in the whole 18 months that she'd been there. The curtains in the backroom had obviously been flapping out the backdoor when it was raining and had dirty water marks in the bottom half. The fireplace hadn't been cleaned out and I think she'd been burning plastic in there as plastic wrappers on the surrounding bricks. Luckily, it's not my responsibility, but there was also a $3000 unpaid electricity bill and who knows how many other unpaid bills.

We'll be getting another skip and putting the rest of the rubbish in there early in the week. I am used to mess (I grew up in a very messy house), but this is/was the kind of stuff that you see on tabloid "news" programs (i.e. Today Tonight). It's also where I am very, very grateful that I have landlord's insurance and that it's my holidays so that I have time to actually deal with it without having to delegate to my folks/friends. I'll be up there again today cleaning the bathroom and kitchen. The carpets, curtains, walls have to wait until the insurance assessors come in.
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Old 09-25-2010, 07:41 PM   #13
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Oh boy. Tenants... I have a number of friends who keep rental properties and wow do they have stories. Sadly, sounds par for the course.
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Old 09-25-2010, 08:18 PM   #14
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I feel yer Pain , I have had to Shovel out a couple of Houses ( Literally ) !!

Nasty !! How can folks Live like that ??????
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Old 09-25-2010, 10:36 PM   #15
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Nasty !! How can folks Live like that ??????
They don't. They live until gets like that, then leave.
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