tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post1455488779286450303..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: Rain, rain, go awayExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-71592228974834094162009-10-25T20:47:53.456+00:002009-10-25T20:47:53.456+00:00MH - too funny. I am getting to be a bit of a curm...MH - too funny. I am getting to be a bit of a curmudgeon over at PRG with all my ranting, but I always seem to be irritated about something. I think I've got one in tomorrow which is a bit more light-hearted.<br /><br />Thanks everyone for the sympathy. I have taken a photo or two and will post next.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-78572719636157559142009-10-25T18:56:17.814+00:002009-10-25T18:56:17.814+00:00Toni, I am dumb dumb dummity dumb...I clicked onto...Toni, I am dumb dumb dummity dumb...I clicked onto you at PRG to find your blog and say how much I like your writing to find it's you - expat mum! Oh dear, I would have made a terrible detective. Terrible. I love this blog, I love Toni's writing and you are one and the same people. C- must try a lot harder...I thought your piece about childhood obesity and insurance companies opened up so many issues, ones very close to my heart - thanks!Millennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-23452221769508619482009-10-25T17:24:20.801+00:002009-10-25T17:24:20.801+00:00What got me was that it is Irishmen digging up you...What got me was that it is Irishmen digging up your garden. Why is it always Irishmen?<br /><br />Definitely do the skeleton thing!Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-85357650741217246142009-10-25T15:10:44.756+00:002009-10-25T15:10:44.756+00:00Yuck! you have my sympathy... as I also live in th...Yuck! you have my sympathy... as I also live in the Americas, albeit South, I know what you mean about when it rains - we seem to having more than our fair share this year too! fortunately the drains haven't overflowed so far - maybe it is because our house is little higher than the others on our street, but we have had roots in our water tank!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451580027440368323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-60656351840554351092009-10-25T15:05:51.582+00:002009-10-25T15:05:51.582+00:00It sounds like an awfully unfair system and I woul...It sounds like an awfully unfair system and I would be very angry. I guess you're gritting your teeth and keeping a stiff upper lip, aren't you?Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-78911650409763202612009-10-24T22:00:15.636+01:002009-10-24T22:00:15.636+01:00What a stressful thing to be dealing with. Hang in...What a stressful thing to be dealing with. Hang in there!Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-24494695651443158172009-10-24T15:32:20.859+01:002009-10-24T15:32:20.859+01:00I was going to put the skeleteon hand creeping out...I was going to put the skeleteon hand creeping out (because of course the hole's still there), but I've decided it's going to be a hand written notice saying "Husband Number 4). I just hope no one takes me seriously. Will take photo.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-55028035839207536212009-10-24T15:24:23.027+01:002009-10-24T15:24:23.027+01:00Oh you have my sympathy, I have had exactly the sa...Oh you have my sympathy, I have had exactly the same experience, only difference was that good old Yorkshire Water came to my rescue. They replaced the pipe, and then removed all the damaged landscaping, cleaned the garden and then relandscaped it for free. Suppose there are some benefits to being here.St Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491046830905273699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-65294891489977571772009-10-24T15:12:21.979+01:002009-10-24T15:12:21.979+01:00Please put a skeleton in that hole! would be such ...Please put a skeleton in that hole! would be such a laugh as long as it was a plastic one & not the Irishman! I would feel tempted!<br />Sounds like you have the same kind of red tape in Chicago as we have here.<br />Would take years over here to get anything fixed.<br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-90286391884507727092009-10-24T13:55:17.395+01:002009-10-24T13:55:17.395+01:00There are a couple of gardening shows where the la...There are a couple of gardening shows where the landscape designer is enamored of planting trees right next to the house. Of course it looks lovely when he leaves, but in ten years time it's going to be too big. I wonder if they are just drumming up future business for themselves . . .<br /><br />In your case, I have no doubt that if it was your tree causing the problem, they'd make you pay for it. So unfair that the city won't pay up when it's their tree! <br /><br />I hate flat roofs! Complicated roof lines are just as bad in New England winters.Almost Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865905831387595915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-6579397895635821952009-10-24T11:33:36.507+01:002009-10-24T11:33:36.507+01:00I thought this sort of thing only happened in Alba...I thought this sort of thing only happened in Albania, & other such developing countries, not in 1st world, technologically advanced, experienced countries where they should know better (& been developed long enough to know better)But actually it's obviously just that builders & town planners are the same the world over. I won't spell out in what way exactly. I think we all know..Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.com