- Please no more discussion about Housing Associations. We have had some freedom of speech, so now back to the thread…(or it will get shut down by the admin!!!)
- Another bit of relevant random experience about MX5’s (ND in particular, but I am sure it applies to all). I had a trip down to Oxford yesterday and came back this morning. I had the hood down (obviously!) and even though it was raining I did not get wet! there does get to a point though where the water being cleared off the windscreen does start to flip over the windscreen… However when you get standing water on the motorway and its raining, get the hood up quickly!!! Easy in an ND!!
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One thing my dear old Mum used to say when we were young was “Don’t take any wooden nickels”. I didn’t discover until much later that it is, or was, a common saying in the USA and means be cautious in one’s dealings. Very wise lady my Mum.
She was in Washington during WWII working as a secretary for the Admiralty after her department was bombed out of London and then Bath. She was only there for three years but she had a wealth of American sayings. She could also sing a version of the Star Spangled Banner with very rude words 
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One of Robin Williams’ I believe.
Very well said.
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Indeed…mine also knows when she’s about to get some cold liquid between her shoulder blades and always wants to use the litter tray when I’m changing the litter. Most importantly the best time to demand food or go out is when I’ve just got back into bed !
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Ditto! Spot on! 
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But the greatest fun to have with my servant is to sunbathe a few yards away when she’s dropped off the shopping and is wanting to put her ‘carriage’ away in the garage…shall I or shall I not move and attack the beastie moving within my eyeline ?
If it wasn’t for those addictive Dreamies I’m sure I’d have killed that MX5 monster by now
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Oh so true! 
We have two cats. One food driven, never out for long as frequent visits for a snack required. Three breakfasts this morning before a midday nap. The other can be gone for hours but can always be recalled by shaking a bag of Dreamie treats. The bags must not be left out overnight on the worktop otherwise there will be a chewed up empty bag by morning.
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Exactly
I Got a Bit Sneaky with the Dreamies 
I put them in a Glass Jar with ‘Pretend Dreamies’ [aka Dental Bites]. She Can’t Get the Lid Off and the Rattle Is Much Lounder
Cat 0 Servant 1
Rare Win For Servant 
Keep it Quiet amongst us humans
Still Losing to Her Ability to Pull a Kitchen Cabinet Door Out by a Centimetre and Let It Go…Bang Bang Bang ! Leave One Open…She’ll Do It To the Next One in Line
Imagine ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ or ‘Downtown Abbey’ Servants Bells …Cat’s Equivalent
So enduring and amusing 
Except in the wee small hours 
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Ah ah, is it? Top man he was.
I only saw that saying printed on a t-shirt in the late 80’s, and it wasn’t credited.
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He did it in Live at the Met as I recall, excellent set
My Numpties Guide to Buddhism
We Are Put on This Earth to Gain Wisdom
The More Wisdom We Gain
The Better Life We Will Have When Reincarnated
All I Can Say is that I Must Have Learnt Nothing in My Last Life
Because I’m Really Having to Work on it… This Time Around ! 
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Pretty sure I’m reincarnated from an idiot and whoever I’m reincarnated as will know the same. It’s called continuity.
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My Theory of Relativity 
- As you get older time gets shorter. 
When you’re a child a day can seem like forever, 
when you’re old a year goes by in hours.
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As Jack Nicholson once said…
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Store your baked beans upside-down in your cupboard. They come out much easier when you open the tin this way.
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Do you need to open the tin upside down?
Messy shirley.
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No. Open it the right way up. It’s because the beans settle.
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Erm aye Rob. 
Kinda figured it. 
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