Ooo! Do tell him the groundsmen are really being praised on TMS! They have been so professional in this test.  Sadly I wouldn't be able to try and catch him now as England won tonight! 

'Twas a great result in the end wasn't it!  You couldn't see that coming at tea! 

Actually the ashes were retained after the previous test. : pedantic : etc.

They were retained but the series wasn't won until today. The Ashes are retained in the host country in the event of a drawn series.   : end pedantic : 

Fair do's (or however that should be punctuated). 

I'm not on Twitter. @ confused? 

(Is it "get GJ Monday?") A) The animals round here aren't racist in anyway they are quite happy to share their fields with anyone....... As long as they know their place in the pecking order. B) Hollywood actress with lovely forefathers, war heroes, Supes' birthplace, home of the railways, home of Vic and Bob, wall to wall technology, Barnacle Bills. Libraries, Albert Hill, Thompson Street West, What more did you want?

Thanks for the info GJ, I shall try and find it on catch-up

Stuff, I did a whole bunch of stuff today.

Also had a ham and cheese panini with medium Americano in Costa for lunch.

When i was on holiday i went into StarBucks and they asked for a name to write on my cup.

Odd thing for them to do - so i said,

"Costa!!"

 Nice One.

I would have said Enthusiastic Contrafibularities !  

got organised for a class I'm teaching tomorrow. 

Charged up and down Sauchiehall Street like a woman possessed ferrying equipment to my training room .

Fell over ( mortified!! I got up quicker than I fell down , but still got spotted  and pointed at !)

ohhh and last night I went to see the B52s. They were magic!

 I have now!

Yesterday after being at work, I personalised 6 planters and planted crocus bulbs in them in preparation for Christmas gifts. I then repotted 3 x Japanese Acers that were kindly given to me. I also prepared another large patio pot with various plants. Then spent a hour or so weeding and dead heading.

I have got two estate agents coming round this morning to value the house

The house valuation is one thing but the viewings are horrendous. We've been browsing at properties, and I have to say what are some people thinking, the state of the houses in some of the pictures, and I don't mean a property that needs updating etc, but those where they haven't even bothered to tidy up.

We once viewed a house where the owner had held a party the night before. He hadn't even made an attempt to tidy up, there were cans, bottles and glasses everywhere and he had literally rolled out of his bed before we arrived.

We did have an appointment, so it wasn't like he was surprised by our visit. Needless to say, we didn't make an offer.

Well. The first one has been. I might go into the property business, he quoted exactly what I was thinking. 

I must admit, the littles's bedroom is a complete tip atm, but as I'm only after a valuation today I didn't feel the need to tidy it up. It would only be in a mess again later anyway!

ohhh, second one just pulling up outside ...

Good luck Rexi, I know house prices are zooming up down here, not that it means anything since whatever you want to buy will probably have zoomed up as well.

Yogi we once visited a house where the kitchen cupboard doors were hanging off, she seemed completely unphased about it but I would have been mortified.

The worst I ever saw was one where what was classed as the kitchen was basically a 2m x 2m room with a sink and a freestanding greasy filthy minging cooker, and the creepiest son who followed me around so close I thought he was trying for some rear entry fun ( and he hadn't even bought me a drink). Anyway the mother was deeply offended when I said I was looking for a house that already had a kitchen.

How to buy a house the Teesside way….

1. View house paying special attention to decoration.
2. Return to make sure Kitchen and Bathroom are absolutely perfect.
3. Repeat No. 2 four times over a couple of months.
4. Buy House and redecorate.
5. Rip out kitchen.
6. Rip out Bathroom.
7. Make sure all rebuilding takes place early on a Sunday morning.
8. Destroy garden and kill all trees and shrubs.
9. Employ a “builder” who wouldn’t know a soffit from his arsehole to put down faux cobble effect that let weeds through.
10. Remark to neighbour that one doesn’t hear many songbirds nowadays.
11. Express surprise at localised flooding.

Thanks for that advice Joe!

well, second agent said same as the first. That'll give us something to think about whilst we are on our hols

ION, having got rid of the house business for the day I am about to start packing, I'm guessing there is more of a need for socks and boots than flip flops in Scotland atm?

Jungle Formula plug in. Jungle Formula repellant.

Check

Now i've been planning on buying a house (one day) and renting it out as a live in Lanlord so the students/post grads can pay the mortgage ... while we have a banging time to boot.

So i've been casually looking around at the rental market for students.

OMG what a load of . . .  those students are paying full whack for bog standard non-comfort.

Average of £70 pp/pw plus bills, here is a 'good' example,

http://www.accommodationforstu...thouse.asp?id=114600

I wouldn't but that's s good one!!

So i'm thinking as mine will be my home - i'm on a winner.

Just need to check the finances . . .

Oh i aint telling them i'm the Landlord

But it will all be through an agency and ultra official

Come back and tell us you're on to a winner when the students have your house a pig sty and you have to live with it. Also what happens when they want to party and you have to be up early for work? Plus a live in landlord might put many students off.

I would consider buying a house to rent out but not on the basis of being a live in landlord.

You won't be able to keep it to yourself if they started causing damage, one becomes very protective of their bricks and mortar.

I want to live it up LOL

So long as nothing gets damaged - we did this when i was a student and never broke a thing.

I don't mind Post grads instead