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Old Jun 29th 2011, 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
So who is sitting the summer out and who is jetting off and where are you going?
Back to the Toon for a week, Edinburgh for a night and Luton for a wedding all in one go, can't wait to get back and see everyone....
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Is that a euphemism?
No, if that was the case, I'd go for a smaller one so she could polish the taps without having to kneel down.
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
No, if that was the case, I'd go for a smaller one so she could polish the taps without having to kneel down.
That's where the run up comes in.
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 9:48 am
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ME!

We're off... back at the end of August.

I'm planning on doing lots of skipping through meadows and/or fields of ripe corn, being asked to leave a PYO, sitting in my back garden sipping Pimms whilst watching the kids play in the dirt and listening to the quiet hum of lawnmowers and light aircraft... oh, and pruning my garden to within an inch of its life (which I love).

Ahhhhh... flying tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Hello.Kitty
ME!

We're off... back at the end of August.

I'm planning on doing lots of skipping through meadows and/or fields of ripe corn, being asked to leave a PYO, sitting in my back garden sipping Pimms whilst watching the kids play in the dirt and listening to the quiet hum of lawnmowers and light aircraft... oh, and pruning my garden to within an inch of its life (which I love).

Ahhhhh... flying tomorrow.
Where does sitting inside watching it piss down fit into all of this?
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 10:32 am
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Finished today. Fly to UK Friday. Back in Dubai 29th August. Back in work 4th September.
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 10:33 am
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Originally Posted by Hello.Kitty
ME!

We're off... back at the end of August.

I'm planning on doing lots of skipping through meadows and/or fields of ripe corn, being asked to leave a PYO, sitting in my back garden sipping Pimms whilst watching the kids play in the dirt and listening to the quiet hum of lawnmowers and light aircraft... oh, and pruning my garden to within an inch of its life (which I love).

Ahhhhh... flying tomorrow.
Are you a teacher?
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
Where does sitting inside watching it piss down fit into all of this?
Can't beat sitting with the patio doors open when it's raining. After 10 months of heat, dust and sand it's a pleasant change.
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew
Finished today. Fly to UK Friday. Back in Dubai 29th August. Back in work 4th September.
Flipping teachers!
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by Scamp
I'm going to sit, work and ride it out.

Never done it before, i'm sure Dubai isn't the worst place you could be so may as well give it a bash.
thought you started a thread saying you were going home?
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Originally Posted by Blue Cat
thought you started a thread saying you were going home?
I fly home tonight, but come back next Tuesday. Just a quick visit likely to be disrupted by the lovely, underpaid, undervalued, under-pensioned civil servants...
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 12:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Scamp
I fly home tonight, but come back next Tuesday. Just a quick visit likely to be disrupted by the lovely, underpaid, undervalued, under-pensioned civil servants...
Enjoy

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
Fingers crossed.
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
Back to the Toon for a week, Edinburgh for a night and Luton for a wedding all in one go, can't wait to get back and see everyone....

Why do they call Newcastle to Toon
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Old Jun 29th 2011, 1:18 pm
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Originally Posted by soukie
Why do they call Newcastle to Toon
I would imagine it's the way the word 'town' is pronounced in a Geordie accent.
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