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Muddy fingernails
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Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Hullo. This is kinda odd, last forum I joined I knew most of the people on it, here I don't know anyone. Hopefully that won't last though! Anyway, here's me (sort of).
Name: Kat
Age:27, so theoretically old enough to know better, but it doesn't seem to be working!
Occupation: Teacher (blech!
)
Location: Edinburgh
Hobbies: costuming, tapestry, sword fighting, lots of other stuff, and now staff spinning too!
First time spinning: Firestaff at about 3am in a field at the re-enactmant of the Battle of Bannockburn last September. Been hooked ever since, and my lovely fiance bought me a firestaff (and a balloon animal blowing kit!) for Christmas, isn't he nice?! Haven't lit it yet though, thought it might be good to stop hitting myself with it first.
Can't think of anything else right now, it's Monday morning and my brain has melted. Need more sleep.
Anyway, hello and hugs to all you nice people.
Hullo. This is kinda odd, last forum I joined I knew most of the people on it, here I don't know anyone. Hopefully that won't last though! Anyway, here's me (sort of).
Name: Kat
Age:27, so theoretically old enough to know better, but it doesn't seem to be working!
Occupation: Teacher (blech!
) Location: Edinburgh
Hobbies: costuming, tapestry, sword fighting, lots of other stuff, and now staff spinning too!
First time spinning: Firestaff at about 3am in a field at the re-enactmant of the Battle of Bannockburn last September. Been hooked ever since, and my lovely fiance bought me a firestaff (and a balloon animal blowing kit!) for Christmas, isn't he nice?! Haven't lit it yet though, thought it might be good to stop hitting myself with it first.
Can't think of anything else right now, it's Monday morning and my brain has melted. Need more sleep.
Anyway, hello and hugs to all you nice people.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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Posted:
Sweet. Lately I've been focusing on broadsword. Working on Silver with Paul Wagner.
Sweet. Lately I've been focusing on broadsword. Working on Silver with Paul Wagner.
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
elo m'lady
cuppa tea?
elo m'lady
cuppa tea?
Love is the law.
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Am just making one!
Would yo like one too?
PM about delayed stuff on the way....
Am just making one!
Would yo like one too?
PM about delayed stuff on the way....
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Dont worry bout that
there is no one as slack as i
im actually quiet proud of it
we were just discussing the possiblility of moving to ed last night. i've even applied for a job over there. a very fancy job at that...
Dont worry bout that
there is no one as slack as i
im actually quiet proud of it
we were just discussing the possiblility of moving to ed last night. i've even applied for a job over there. a very fancy job at that...
Love is the law.
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
so much for being a hippie
so much for being a hippie
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
OOOOH!
Doing what?
Want to buy a flat? Might be selling one! Although I probably shouldn't mention that in case everything goes pear shaped. Which it probably will.
OOOOH!
Doing what?
Want to buy a flat? Might be selling one! Although I probably shouldn't mention that in case everything goes pear shaped. Which it probably will.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Well the job i aplied for was something like.
CAD manager of a WYG's engineering system for the UK and Ireland. SO i'd be drawing stuff and programming stuff and being a geek alot. I think i'd love it. But i dont think i'll get it
Im not in the propert market at the mo. But, thanks for the offer
I was never really a hippie. Its like, if you go swing dacing you put on your swing clothes right?
Well the job i aplied for was something like.
CAD manager of a WYG's engineering system for the UK and Ireland. SO i'd be drawing stuff and programming stuff and being a geek alot. I think i'd love it. But i dont think i'll get it
Im not in the propert market at the mo. But, thanks for the offer
I was never really a hippie. Its like, if you go swing dacing you put on your swing clothes right?
Love is the law.
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
How much do you want for it? People in my lab are going wild about buying flats right now. Not that anyone would give me a mortgage, I didn't even get a proper bank account until I bothered them enough to give me a cheque book
How much do you want for it? People in my lab are going wild about buying flats right now. Not that anyone would give me a mortgage, I didn't even get a proper bank account until I bothered them enough to give me a cheque book
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Good Luck with the flat sale hun! Less of the negative thinking. Of course it will sell. Who could resist living in a flat that the great Kat once lived in!
Good Luck with the flat sale hun! Less of the negative thinking. Of course it will sell. Who could resist living in a flat that the great Kat once lived in!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Ah, it's not so much 'will the flat sell', more of the 'will we get the house we're interested in or will somebody outbid us, or the surveyors report discover that we won't be able to afford the building costs, or I won't be able to get all the stuff I need to sort out sorted before the closing date (thursday!)'. Not selling unless we get the house. Selling's the easy part this time
Which reminds me, must organise valuation of flat and find solicitor asap. Bugger.
Ah, it's not so much 'will the flat sell', more of the 'will we get the house we're interested in or will somebody outbid us, or the surveyors report discover that we won't be able to afford the building costs, or I won't be able to get all the stuff I need to sort out sorted before the closing date (thursday!)'. Not selling unless we get the house. Selling's the easy part this time
Which reminds me, must organise valuation of flat and find solicitor asap. Bugger.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
geek, level 1
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
Posted:
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Ah yes in Scotland I was forgetting that house buying was done in a different way to the rest of us. Good luck hun
Ah yes in Scotland I was forgetting that house buying was done in a different way to the rest of us. Good luck hun
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Indeed. In some ways better, in many ways worse.
I'll know by Friday, closing date is midday thursday. Flat now being valued wednesday night. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute!
If anyones interested it is lot 1 of this but what they say is there is actually what there is planning permission for, not what is actually there!
Hello Mr blue. 
(Yes you can have a festival there if we get it, once the builders have fnished anyway!)
Indeed. In some ways better, in many ways worse.
I'll know by Friday, closing date is midday thursday. Flat now being valued wednesday night. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute!
If anyones interested it is lot 1 of this but what they say is there is actually what there is planning permission for, not what is actually there!
Hello Mr blue.
(Yes you can have a festival there if we get it, once the builders have fnished anyway!) Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
Hey Kat,
Culross is a lovely village I hope you get the place - but are you going to have to live in tents? Where did all the buildings they list go? 
Hey Kat,
Culross is a lovely village
I hope you get the place - but are you going to have to live in tents? Where did all the buildings they list go? SILVER Member
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
There is the farmhouse, cartshed, and 2 cottages (currently cow byres, 1 with no roof!) on 3 sides of a square. They're selling them as 4 separate lots, or all together (all together = offers over £760,000
) We just want the farmhouse, so that's all that's in that listing I posted.
Well, all wuld be nice but we didn't win the lottery so can't have.
There are outbuilding attached to the cartshed too, but they have been declared unfit for just about anything!
If we get it, we'll stay with my parents in Kirkcaldy for a couple of months while the building work's being done. It'll give us a chance to sort their garden out too.
And (if we get it) when it's done you can come and stay whenever you like! (But you might get roped into wall building and garden planting and stuff.)
There is the farmhouse, cartshed, and 2 cottages (currently cow byres, 1 with no roof!) on 3 sides of a square. They're selling them as 4 separate lots, or all together (all together = offers over £760,000
) We just want the farmhouse, so that's all that's in that listing I posted.Well, all wuld be nice but we didn't win the lottery so can't have.
There are outbuilding attached to the cartshed too, but they have been declared unfit for just about anything!
If we get it, we'll stay with my parents in Kirkcaldy for a couple of months while the building work's being done. It'll give us a chance to sort their garden out too.
And (if we get it) when it's done you can come and stay whenever you like! (But you might get roped into wall building and garden planting and stuff.)
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Any updates about the houses?? My fingers already hurt from keeping them crossed!!
Any updates about the houses?? My fingers already hurt from keeping them crossed!!
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
House is now a definate no I'm afraid.
Surveyors report costed renovations to the existing building at £60,000, not including VAT or labour costs, and that doesn't include building the extension. Considerably more than we can afford. Apparently there are also drainage issues with the land, which would require an agricultural specialist to fix before we could use the land as grazing.
Also the bank have decided to lower what they are prepared to lend us by £60,000 for unexplained reasons, so there's absolutely no way we can afford it.
So now we shall have to save our pennies for a few years, get our flat sorted out and try again when we have more equity behind us.
A bit poo, but at least we won't be too skint to do anything!
So, you can uncross your fingers Birgit - thanks for trying!
On an totally different subject: Ben is horrible, he made me do painful acro type things and me leg muscles are very broken.
Also, the fire ropes have now been burned, they look amazing!
House is now a definate no I'm afraid.
Surveyors report costed renovations to the existing building at £60,000, not including VAT or labour costs, and that doesn't include building the extension. Considerably more than we can afford. Apparently there are also drainage issues with the land, which would require an agricultural specialist to fix before we could use the land as grazing.
Also the bank have decided to lower what they are prepared to lend us by £60,000 for unexplained reasons, so there's absolutely no way we can afford it.
So now we shall have to save our pennies for a few years, get our flat sorted out and try again when we have more equity behind us.
A bit poo, but at least we won't be too skint to do anything!
So, you can uncross your fingers Birgit - thanks for trying!
On an totally different subject: Ben is horrible, he made me do painful acro type things and me leg muscles are very broken.
Also, the fire ropes have now been burned, they look amazing!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
BRONZE Member
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Awwwww
But then at least you can get your bees used to their new home before moving them a second time
And you can always come to ours for a nice country-like logfire
Awwwww
But then at least you can get your bees used to their new home before moving them a second time
And you can always come to ours for a nice country-like logfire
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
member
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Location: Under the bed, Upstairs
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Location: Under the bed, Upstairs
Posted:
hello fellow cat.
would you like me to kil a mouse for you or do you want to find one together and toy with it for a while before eating it?
purrrrrrr..
hello fellow cat.
would you like me to kil a mouse for you or do you want to find one together and toy with it for a while before eating it?
purrrrrrr..
Mieow..
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
*whispers*
Buy a house in Ireland
*whispers*
Buy a house in Ireland
Love is the law.
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Mmmm, logfires.
X, I think we have got rid of our mice for now. But next time my husband screams and starts madly tidying cos he sees one I'll let you know! As for eating them, I'm afraid I prefer the sugar variety.
Would you like your tummy tickled instead?
doopy, I'd love to buy a house in Ireland, but unfortuantely my job is here!
Mmmm, logfires.
X, I think we have got rid of our mice for now. But next time my husband screams and starts madly tidying cos he sees one I'll let you know! As for eating them, I'm afraid I prefer the sugar variety.
Would you like your tummy tickled instead?
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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Location: Under the bed, Upstairs
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Location: Under the bed, Upstairs
Posted:
*nods head and presents himself for stroking*
*nods head and presents himself for stroking*
Mieow..
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
*strokes the lovely puddy tat*
Dammit, I want a cat!
*strokes the lovely puddy tat*
Dammit, I want a cat!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
beees???!
Kat you are very brave
I want a house in the country with lots of animals too, but... bees??!
beees???!
Kat you are very brave
I want a house in the country with lots of animals too, but... bees??!
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Bees are amazing.
And they make honey.
And I have a very silly looking bee suit and big gloves and welly boots. So they shouldn't be able to sting me much.
They don't really bother you much, unless you are trying to take their honey away (bit of a bummer when that's the main object!) or you stand right in front of the hive.
I shall put pics up when we get them. Which hopefully will be as soon as the weather stops being silly.
Bees are amazing.
And they make honey.
And I have a very silly looking bee suit and big gloves and welly boots. So they shouldn't be able to sting me much.
They don't really bother you much, unless you are trying to take their honey away (bit of a bummer when that's the main object!
) or you stand right in front of the hive.I shall put pics up when we get them. Which hopefully will be as soon as the weather stops being silly.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
HoPpy Birthday Lady!
I hope you have a fantabulous day, filled with chocolate and ballons
HoPpy Birthday Lady! I hope you have a fantabulous day, filled with chocolate and ballons
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
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Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
Oooh! I missed those yesterday! Thanks guys!
Was an okay birthday, still had to go to work and teach horrible children but got taken out for lovely dinner last night
Birthday present not here yet, but will put up pics of my lovely new sword when it gets here!
Oh, and we have two hives of bees now. Will try and get pics of them too. They are very busy, but the bigger one has nasty mites and may have a few other problems too unfortunately. Poor bees.
Oooh! I missed those yesterday! Thanks guys!
Was an okay birthday, still had to go to work and teach horrible children
but got taken out for lovely dinner last night Birthday present not here yet, but will put up pics of my lovely new sword when it gets here!
Oh, and we have two hives of bees now. Will try and get pics of them too. They are very busy, but the bigger one has nasty mites and may have a few other problems too unfortunately. Poor bees.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
BRONZE Member
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
poor bees, hope they're better soon!
New sword sounds fun! I'm getting double-cathedrals soon from my birfday money cause one of my poi got lost at Beltane... it's probably melted to the fireblanket that went on fire
poor bees, hope they're better soon!
New sword sounds fun! I'm getting double-cathedrals soon from my birfday money cause one of my poi got lost at Beltane... it's probably melted to the fireblanket that went on fire
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
SILVER Member
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Muddy fingernails
505 posts
Location: Way oop norf, Scotland (UK)
Posted:
'Ullo. I was just in your thread.
Poo. (For poi loss) Yay. (for bigger scarier poi!)
Bees should be okay. We will check them again on Sunday and see if we need to give them medicine now, or if we can wait until September (which would be better, cos then we get HONEY!)
'Ullo. I was just in your thread.
Poo. (For poi loss) Yay. (for bigger scarier poi!)
Bees should be okay. We will check them again on Sunday and see if we need to give them medicine now, or if we can wait until September (which would be better, cos then we get HONEY!)
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
KITTENS!!!!
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