Yorkieabroad

Ps - seriously though, I'm using Windows XP (I think) on this laptop, and Windows 7 on my other one, its just started doing the autocorrect on both - I don't think I have changed anything on either of them. Its also started on my ipad (talking about pieces of cr@P!) so I figured it was a BE thing. Maybe not?

Michael

I just tried it on my vista laptop and it doesn't change UK spellings to US spellings. So I suspect that you have an application running on your computer that does auto correction.

Michael

Now you have me confused.

Sally Redux

Just the one fridge here, no pool or grill. Maybe that's why I'm not enjoying it

Gingerert

SultanOfSwing

That's all you need. Well, we have a barbie, but you can't beat arra cherra/carne asada done on the grill. Mmmmm.

The 'dream' (as it was) has nothing to do with white goods or plant hire equipment anyway. It's not like other countries don't have them

Yorkieabroad

You're right - I think its the obsession with conspicuous consumption - at least with my BiL - he loves that he has lots of fridges, 3 sinks in his kitchen, 2 dishwashers (WTF?) - this is a family of 4 remember. He even rags me because I only have 1 light in my garage....I've got a good set of fluoursecents over my workbench, but the main part of the garage has one little dangly bulb - apparently I "should" have a strip or some spots there.... The more I type, the more I realize my wife's sister married a bit of an arsehole.....

Yorkieabroad

Compooters always do that to me!

SultanOfSwing

That's overspill from the 80s, I think. Mostly harmless but entertainingly over the top sometimes!

I have two hangy lights in my garage - and one in the motor for the automatic door. Sounds ostentatious, right? Nah, only one of them works

Michael

It is confusing now that I look at your posts with all the misspelled words. Usually if there is auto correction on the fly, there is also auto spell check on the fly so you would likely see a lot of underlined or highlighted words if there was a program on your computers doing that.

rallybug

We gained a small chest freezer last year from Gin's grandma, and that got added to the old side-by-side that Gin got, I think, from her brother when he moved into an apartment. We're thinking about an over/under fridge/freezer for the garage though, for storage of beverages and Ben & Jerry's

Having paid out a significant amount of money for the electrics in the house to be sorted out at the end of last year (the PO must've worn a Stetson, he was that much of a cowboy!), the garage has had to be put on hold for electrics, so two normal light bulbs it is. Mind you, the garage and sun room above it could not have passed any sort of inspection...

Pulaski

Don't be so uptight about electrical regs, it's only 110v, so what could possibly go wrong?

rallybug

From all the WTF comments I overheard from the electricians, a fair bit

Pulaski

No kidding, I've bought a number of houses, and I think it's fair to say that all have had some sort of electrical issues, badly connected switches, missing earths, a partially complete rewire project with reverse polarity, mystery switches, inverted sockets, surface mount sockets placed that make it impossible to properly situate the cooker or the dryer, and breaker boxes with circuits apparently grouped at random on individual breakers. I could probably write a book on the subject, and I'm not even an electrician!

Michael

Fires and 110v can kill you also especially in bathrooms, kitchens, and possibly garages.