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By: Prison Break « Reluctant Memsahib

Prison Break « Reluctant Memsahib — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:32:23 +0000

[...] The house is coming along really, really slowly. Really slowly. Outpost speed. Which is really slow (did I [...]

By: ExpatKat

ExpatKat — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:26:11 +0000

Wonderful looking home. How exciting. Love reading your stories.
xx

By: Iota

Iota — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:43:49 +0000

Thank you for asking her! Of course the other meaning of ‘dial’ is ‘to make appear as if by magic’, as in ‘to dial a pizza’. I expect you don’t do all that much of that in Outpost either.

By: reluctantmemsahib

reluctantmemsahib — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:24:16 +0000

NuttyCow: moveable feast I think. we think june. builder, in his optimistic moments (most of them: optimistic) says may. in reality? july? August? before xmas?

Iota, i asked her, i asked her! ”what does dial mean, Hat’?”. she looks at me like i am stupid (which i am, of couse, but irritating when 11 year old regards one thus), ”you know”, she says slowly (for stupid people), ”punching buttons”!.

And in Outpost, PM, contractor regards termite trails solemnly and says he will get rid of insect life with ”very strong poison”, the sort that puts entire communities at risk of needing to wear a gas mask.

thank you Roberta. it is exciting isn’t it? i walked through the house last night and thrilled at the light: it was full of glorious evening light. My house here is so dark.

oh Carol how wonderful I do remember. I do. Hat doesn’t me believe me of course. but you have presented ideal blog fodder. i remember dad cussing mirella riccardi cos she answered everybody’s ring and he could never get her off the phone! x

By: carol

carol — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:51:40 +0000

You must tell Hat about the funny phone at Sotik with the handle on the side that you had to crank to get the operator (I don’t think it even had a dial!). And that we had to remember that when the phone rang in the house it may not be for us - we had to listen for a special ring (long-short-long-short) - but if you picked it up after some other ring you may be able to listen in to someone elses conversation (and that’s why I thought it was called a ‘party line’ - I guess ‘party line’ now means some 08 number where you can listen to a sexy man or woman….. )

By: Roberta

Roberta — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:47:59 +0000

I can’t wait to read future posts! What an exciting change for you!
I’ve grown addicted to your blog, Dear RM. Keep it up!

By: Potty Mummy

Potty Mummy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Congratulations on finding somewhere - though not sure that ’suitable’ is quite the word I would have used once I finished reading your descriptions of the plumbing, the termites, and the garden. But then, life is rather different here. In S Ken we complain and call out rentokill if one solitary ant dares to poke it’s antennea in the house…

By: Iota

Iota — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:03:44 +0000

Do you think Hat’s generation think the word ‘dial’ means ‘to poke buttons’, whilst we still think of it as a circular motion? I suppose they do. In which case, do they think of using a calculator or a cashpoint machine as dialing? (I don’t imagine you have too many of those in Outpost, but you could ask her what she thinks.) Does the idea of a sundial confuse them? Come to think about it, people don’t talk about the dial of a watch or clock so much any more; they talk about a clock face.

Sorry, that’s a real tangent, when I should be congratulating you on your new home.

By: nuttycow

nuttycow — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:05:34 +0000

Oooo exciting! I’m sure you’ll have fun making the house liveable though… when do you actually move in?