I dunno. When I was growing up only the houses down the other (posh) end of the village had double glazing. The rest of us had Jack Frost every winter.
I can kinda see where the person might have taken what you have said as a vailed or sarcastic comment or something like that, remember in the UK they are VERY possessive about their homes, in the past duals have been fought, just because some Englishman has insulted another English man's curtains, It's a savage world.
Pity, I had a spare one I could have lent you.
Jack Frost sounds like a decent chap.
Just another thrice-damned fairy up to mischief. Bloody elven graffiti artist.
I preferred his earlier work
I suppose it is possible but I am sure I didn't sound sarcastic. I didn't mean to, anyhow. Her unpredictable over-reaction to my comment about the en-suite bathroom, meant as a compliment, seems similar to Nicola's about solstice.
Like I said, she over-reacted. Some people do. You're supposed to apologise and grovel a bit. They love that. Drama queens.
Splendid, you have found an illustration of the Winthrope II Vs Carruthers duel of 1862 (Originally from issue 237 of "Percy's weekly quarrel" The duel was shortly interrupted by the local constabulary, one was Arrested for " meddling in counterfeit Tea Pots and Winthrope II was arrested for "Ruffian Behaviour" after soiling the air in Lord Rupert Reginald Percy III personal Carriage.
When it comes to sensitivity about ones own home you needn't sound sarcastic, some folks are just waiting to be offended at the slightest criticsm. It is also worth noting here , when I asked Frank myself about how angry she got, he said it wasn't just like an irritation it was like she was going to attack, like he mentiond to me he's been in over 50 fights in Sicily when he was younger, BUT never felt that level of danger immiting From Nicola. He wasn't being disrespectfull when he said " I thought I was with an escaped patient".
I think this is probably all true. Frank thought Nicola readily accepted his offer of a walk, but perhaps she only thought she had to, out of politeness, or fear? Women are trained from girlhood to play nice and be 'polite' and acquiescent, and probably more so in those days (I think I am around the same age as Frank and presumably Nicola and grew up in those times). We must also be constantly vigilant for men turning nasty.
Growing up,
You can't rule out the possibility of an escaped patient of course or at least someone with severe mental health issues. I knew someone who on the face of it was very friendly (and very attractive in her 30's) but could turn at the least provocation to a shrieking angry person. Others had warned me about her and there was no relationship involved but I quickly learned to avoid her after she tipped a restaurant meal onto the floor when it wasn't to her liking. Nicola could easily have had some form of mental disorder.
So it wasn't a low downstairs Toilet, but a high level second floor Toilet. So one could say when you went, you was high on pot.
House flies?
Or as in that know Latin phrase -"domus fugit"
Saw what you did there.
That's very interesting. When you say 'sexual predators', do you mean that people, specifically women and children, might feel unsafe there because of men loitering? Or is it more a place with a Hampstead Heath/dogging-type vibe?
Techy used to sing and play bass in a band called Tall Dwarf.
(He's just informed me that he also wrote songs and did the sound, and reminded me that he was singing for them when he fell through a stage halfway into a performance!)
Sadly, it's all shades of that kind of activity, including sexually motivated murder. On the opposite bank of the Thames on this stretch lies Desborough Island, known to locals as Desperate Island. The whole area has long enjoyed a seedy reputation and has a distinctly dodgy vibe.
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