Reclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Ooo get you with your fancypants “Reclining” chairs.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Hell yes. It was almost a shame buying a proper sofa :dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:01 pmOoo get you with your fancypants “Reclining” chairs.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Bet you had cushions too, didn’t you???
Aye, 20 year old sofa (gifted), a minging cooker (we got them to leave behind) and very little furniture.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Gifted? You were lucky, we roamed the streets on hard rubbish night and took one from the curb that wasn't excessively spider infested.drcarlos wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:03 amAye, 20 year old sofa (gifted), a minging cooker (we got them to leave behind) and very little furniture.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Using Diane Abbott’s figures, that’ll only cost £600k!Mito Man wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:34 am Well he’s pledged to recruit 20,000 Police which automatically makes him more productive than what his predecessor did
Let’s hope they don’t all end up becoming traffic police.
Pff, they don't have the cars for that....or the radios....or the police stations....Mito Man wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:34 am Well he’s pledged to recruit 20,000 Police which automatically makes him more productive than what his predecessor did
Let’s hope they don’t all end up becoming traffic police.
Why would you believe any pledge coming from any minister in the last 20yrs?Gavin wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:09 pm Would that be the 20,000 the Tory government axed over the last decade then? Also who would believe any pledge coming out of him?
We sat on camping chairs and slept on an air bedSwervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
Eh?Richard wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:23 pm We learned then that basically all Sodas you buy a made to order...
Edited and highlighted my fat fingered typoRichard wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:23 pmWe sat on camping chairs and slept on an air bedSwervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
We didn’t want to order furniture until we had moved in as there were so many last minute delays. We learned then that basically all *sofas* you buy a made to order...
I’m not sure you really got the point of this little chain of posts!!Richard wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:23 pmWe sat on camping chairs and slept on an air bedSwervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:34 pmReclining garden chairs (borrowed) when we moved into our 1st place.dinny_g wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:54 pm My other half spent the first 6 months of homeownership with a concrete floor in the living room while they saved for carpet.
They sat on plastic garden chairs.
It’s what you did
We didn’t want to order furniture until we had moved in as there were so many last minute delays. We learned then that basically all Sodas you buy a made to order...
