twobears

I am struggling to decide which to have, the red or the blue? I love them both and I can accessorise them with so many different colours Hmm, the red one is very spacious and has plenty of room for handbags but the chrome on the F650 (I think that's what it is) looks so adorable don't you think?

I might post a pic later

I decided to slip into the truck convention this morning and some nice chaps took my picture sitting in shiny, monster trucks. Such fun! It was like climbing up into a tractor just getting into a pick up. I'd really like one because I could transport round bales of haylage with ease I've also met lots of men in smart suiting, with mahogany tans and massive Rolexes. They are so, um, I think expansive is the word that fits best. I feel very reserved by comparison!

BM, I'd need a massive box to take this lot home! I wish they'd bring about a quarter of a meal. It would still be plenty. I hate wasting so much food

Ha ha, thought I'd logged onto a cooking forum by mistake Squee I'm sitting (on my own 'cos I'm a Billy no mates today) in hotel restaurant hoping they don't bring quite as much food for lunch as they did at breakfast!!! My plate looked fuller after I'd finished because I'd sort of pushed it all round the plate. Trying to pluck up courage to try grits tomorrow. Bit put off by the strong resemblance to wallpaper paste - eek!

An I experiencing déjà vu or did I really ask this question once? Maybe the sun's got to my brain - I'm currently in Florida and today I 'as mainly been sitting round a pool trying to get a tan. Managed to get out of attending dealer (car, not drug!!) convention - yay!! To answer the question - I'm on this forum and one other at the moment because I can't really work over here.

"thinking back must have been Stuarty's Mum" :lol:Good one SMD Right, I'm off to watch Miranda. I don't suppose men like that programme but I can relate so much to her. I went out a couple of weeks ago for a meal with all the company directors and their wives and actually managed to come out of the loo with my dress tucked into, well, it doesn't really matter but suffice it to say that if it were not for one of the other company wives spotting my 'clothing malfunction' my face would have looked like this

"... your tarring us all with the same brush" Oh no, stuarty's not had his drive done by another rogue tradesman has he?

I'd say at least 50p .... a week

Stuarty - here to right the wrongs of the world. Go for it mate

"Tradesman - wage Professional - salary It's a class thang !!!" Sob, I knew my husband had married beneath him

"Finally, I stand by my comment that individual tradesmen are not worth any more than £150 a day." I'd love to hear what the tradesmen and women of this world think that you are worth per day I take it you will abide by their decision and give back any salary that they don't feel you have earned?

"I only pointed out the fact that I thought "I " was being overcharged due to my wife and I'd cars" So how did you arrive at this conclusion? Your evidence seems pretty flimsy to me. If you are right then I will go to the scrapyard and get myself a heap of tangled metal and tradesmen will probably pay me to work on my house

Why are you getting your knickers in a twist about how much we pay our staff?

Nope. So what do you do for a living that earns you so much? Is there a reason you can't say? Are you perhaps a spy on a top secret mission?

How do you make a living stuarty? I am still wondering what you do to be so handsomely rewarded that you can afford either a 45K car or 45 cars worth 1k each?

I wonder what job you do stuarty? I am self-employed, definitely do not overcharge and do a bloody good job to boot. However, my overheads (which people probably don't even consider) are fairly substantial - insurance, electricity, heating bills, machinery, website hosting and design, phone bills, staff wages, expensive printing inks (I use various types and the price of some makes your eyes water), stock costs, advertising (huge amount is spent on this), bank charges, business rates etc, etc. If I did some work for you you'd probably think, she's only got an old Roadster so why should I, with my 45K worth of cars, pay her a living wage?

"Would rather saw my bollocks off with a blunt, rusty hacksaw than have to touch that" That's a bit Shall I start the collection for your flowers now because that sort of 'operation' can only lead to disaster!!

Hm, well I've just come back downstairs, having left the phone on charge, and it seems to be working again. I thought I would try the simplest suggestion first so I switched it off and back on again and then sort of jiggled the charger in the socket. I'll see how long it stays fixed for. I will go to an Apple store when I get home if it goes wrong again. I don't think I have the talent to fix it myself and I would sort of like a new phone if possible

Ok, I will switch it off and go and have a shower and see if it has bucked its ideas up a bit when I return

Were those her real teeth that she was using in Blandings? There seemed too many for her mouth. She looked cute and bubbly to me and I can see her appeal if you like a woman with something interesting to say

My iPhone4 has started playing up today, just before I go to the States and really need a phone The button at the bottom doesn't switch the screen on unless I press it a few times and I don't know if there's anything I can do? If I take it apart I have a horrible feeling that I won't be able to put it back together again. Any ideas? I haven't got time to get it repaired or get a new one and am starting to panic slightly

SMD, so if I can't buy myself class, intelligence or a personality I guess I have to accept that I will be forever declassé, thick and devoid of personality Still, I've got my lovely Roadster so it's not all bad

Can anything buy you class? If not, what is class? A 5,000 word essay will suffice SMD