Ta, matey :)
If you look very closely at the top L/H corner, you can just see the tip of one of the bathroom speakers, which is fed from my system upstairs.....
It sounds not bad at all, too! There's also dimmable coloured 'mood lighting' on the ceiling, so it's quite nice lying in the bath at night in the glow of the dimmed spotlights having a soak listening to some choons, as the butler brings in the Champers! :cheers: ;)
Marco.
Hahaha, Jon.... I quite agree - there's definitely a more positive flushing action with bogs that have a cistern and chain. It certainly shifts some of the more stubborn 'Toffee Crisps' that refuse to sink from time to time! :lol:Quote:
very nice Marco, i do like proper bogs and the old overhead flush system, there's some sort of "job well done" when you pull the chain
Marco.
I'v had a pee in Marcos new bog.
Ha! Maybe I should get some T-shirts with that printed on? You could have that on the front and 'Vinnie shafted my arse' on the back! :lol: :lol:
Marco.
Who he?:scratch:
Hey Marco, I do hope that bog's fitted with Dolby.
cause it takes the hush out of the flush and the hiss out of the piss.
:lolsign:
It's all very well living in a gaff like that, but Marco has to get up at 5:30 every morning to open those big old gates for 'His Grace'.
After that, it's a full day of boot polishing, bowing and scraping.
After His Lordship has had his supper, Marco has to do the 'pouffe duties', standing in as the footrest while the real one is being upholstered.
It's only after all of that, he can go back & listen to his hi-fi.
Don't forget to shut the gates again before bo-bo-time
Looks like someone's nicked the gates.
Is it rough round there?
:lol:
Yes, it was that dodgy Hewitt chap - he pinched them last time and melted them down to make Mana racks!!
Besides, the chauffeur was getting f*cked off opening them all the time to get the Bentley in...
Chris, yes you're absolutely right - that nonsense is a damned inconvenience every day, so that's why her Ladyship has her eye on this:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...8A1A9E4615FFC0
Her exact words were: "I want it!", so it would be terribly rude not to oblige.
Marco.
Very nice!
Looks like there could be a bit of work involved there, though. But any place with a 24' long kitchen has to be taken seriously!
When I was a student I rented a wing of a castle. That had a 30' long kitchen with an 18' high ceiling. The living room had similar dimensions & I filled it nicely with my Castle Pembrokes & a Cyrus 2
Indeed. Do you think a Flymo will hack it to cut the grass? Never mind, it'll be a wee job for Del to do while I stock up the wine cellar! :eyebrows:Quote:
Very nice!
Looks like there could be a bit of work involved there, though.
Btw, when you visit, dinner will be served in dining hall on the east wing, which is just through the inner hallway, past the breakfast room and down by the cloakroom.....s'ok we'll give you a map ;)
Marco.
The side window proper lead channel pain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Yep, too right dude - all windows are leaded and are the originals from 1887... Can you imagine we get calls from Everest sales people trying to sell us bloody UPVC double glazing?? :doh: :eek: :mental:
You wanna see the thickness of the walls, too - I still remember the sweat pissing off the sparky trying to drill through the outside wall with about a 3ft masonary drill bit to get the 16mm armoured cable in, when I had the dedicated mains spur installed for my system :eyebrows:
Aye, they don't make 'em like they used to!!
Marco.
I'd love a proper old Victorian house with all the original fittings & pot tiles..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
De rigueur would be entrance hall with real stain glass in the Vestibule frame & door, original doors & windows, original open staircase, cast iron radiators & aga to mention a few things, but i suppose i'll have to keep living in a piss hole council flat. :( .. It's very frustrating when you have such high quailty standards of living you cant practice
Well you can kiss goodbye to all your hifi shenans if you buy that...it'll cost you a ton a week to heat the place...i can hear it now DEL WILL YOU THROW ANOTHER LOG ON PET:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Indeed, dude. You can't beat the solid contruction of old houses and their unique features and character, which is why Wynn Hall appeals so much, and it's only 10 mins from where we live now :)
Marco.
Hahaha.... For a moment there I thought you said throw another log on the pet!! :lol: :eek:Quote:
Well you can kiss goodbye to all your hifi shenans if you buy that...it'll cost you a ton a week to heat the place...i can hear it now DEL WILL YOU THROW ANOTHER LOG ON PET
I would do, but there's not much meat on a kitten.............
Heat is vastly overrated.
Look on the bright side, you'll have plenty of chimneys to clean! ;)
Marco.
P.S all off-topic posts here, guys, will be moved to a separate thread later.
Not a "catinells"chance you wont catch me in there it looks HAUNTED to me:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Near to Vivers Mill, Mill Lane, Pickering, North Yorkshire, December 2010
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Five Bar Gate, Mill Lane, Pickering, North Yorkshire, December 2010
Those are STUNNING, Shaun!! :eek:
Take by your own fair hands, I presume (perhaps with a little of help from Photoshop)?
The composition though is fantastic. And it shows how beautiful Yorkshire is in the snow - undoubtedly one of our most favourite places in the UK :cool:
Marco.
Not just the landscapes that are beautiful looking ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
If you go for it Marco we will be able to bake offs at yours forget Scalford
Hey Jon that avatar is fukin ace:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
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Originally Posted by Ian Walker
I'm proud of that one :cool:
I much prefer Marco present house tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by Ian Walker
Finally got the van out today after 7 days of it being stuck!!
Wynn Hall looks lovely and amazing value, but I suspect "Needing Restoration" = "money pit" so you'd better have a big chunk of cash ready after you've bought it... Go for it though, if you can, I'm sure it would be a great project, and a good investment.
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Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Wahay, freedom at last, no snow left here it hasn't stopped pissing down all day
Still plenty here,just softened up enough today to allow me to dig down to the tarmac.
Hi Guys,
Ali, glad you got the van out at last - only problem is work beckons now! ;)
Regarding Wynn Hall, we are thinking seriously about it, even though we love our little lodge, as we've wanted more space for a while to facilitate some future projects.
However, as Alex says, there will be a reason why such a property is 'only' £450k, and no doubt plenty of work would need doing, but provided that it's structurally sound and not needing a new roof, or something major like that, we'd be up for the challenge and for turning it into a bit of a project.
It certainly ticks all the right boxes for us - and it's only down the road!!
To that end, we're going to arrange a viewing next week to see exactly what's involved. If we do buy it, we'll hold a massive AoS bake-off (as Jon suggests) and have a house-warming party you'll never forget! :mex:
Meanwhile back at the lodge, Mitze and Abella are giving their seal of approval to the Celestions:
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You can't beat a real fire :)
Marco.
Good luck with the viewing Marco, look forward to the party if it all comes off! :)
Cheers, dude. We'll see what we're confronted with, and take some pics... Maybe the ghost of Wynn Hall will come and say hello? :eyebrows:
Marco.
By the way, we're not ConstantlyAmazedAtHowMuch :ner:
;)
Neither is Del - and she enjoys highlighting it at every opportunity! :lol:
Marco.
A Christmas Card
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Nice.Thanks RichardQuote:
Originally Posted by Trickie_Dickie
well, here we are again chaps,
5 inches here in south wales, and still falling!!!
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Do you like my shpeshial weekend wig-ette and Chrishtmash jumper? Betch didn't know I was really a girly!! :lol:
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Anthony,TD...
Had a couple of blzzards here in Pickering, North Yorkshire but this morning (Friday) it is glorious blue sky and sunshine. OK, it's bloody freezing cold but at least there's no snow yet.
We are expecting 5 inches plus here tommorow , got away with it so far .
Shaun ' the Wife and i stayed in Pickering a couple of years back ! we found a lovely pub selling Black Sheep and good food :)
3in + of snow here too....... I cleared the top of our car last night and the roof was covered to a depth of about an inch in about 10 min :eek:
Its starting to snow again as I type this.
Regards D S D L
loverly, one sniff of snow & the couriors will make any excuse no to do their job again.
Aye. I bought the missus' Christmas pressie on 26 Nov, and it still hasn't been delivered.
Finally, something on Twitter is of use...
This Map is updated from Tweets to do with the snow, so you can see where it is actually snowing... We had a dusting last night, bracing ourselves for the worst to come.
I've got a new printer stuck in a depot for two weeks now. Took two week to get a record deck delivered to someone in Huddersfield (1 hour away) :lolsign:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Arranged a courior to pick up an amp from someone on AOS, the parcel has misteriously got no tracking details what so ever attached to it.Doubt i'll ever see that..
Chez-Marco 15 mins ago......
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Currently snuggled up beside the coal fire eating some home-made shortbread and drinking a nice hot mug of tea (later to be replaced with a glass or three of claret!) ;)
Marco.
Some pics Anthony has asked me to post from down south in Dafteeland.....
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Don't worry, whoever hasn't got the white stuff today will defo get it tomorrow... It's on its way, folks, bigger and badder than ever!! :eyebrows:
Marco.
:lolsign: Nothing here at all except for it's damn cold & has been below freezing all day. I really hope it doesn't snow tbh, like a few others on here i'm waiting for a heck of a lot of mail to get here that was posted some time ago :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
As if that's not bad enough the only day i can go shopping & have no fear of anyone trying to deliver post or parcels they decide to deliver on Sunday to :doh:
None here yet, hardly any to speak of all winter so far. I think we should be getting some at about 9pm & then a big blob in the wee-wee hrs.
The Norwegian weather service is pretty good, I've been using it for a while - great animated satellite images:
www.yr.no
The weather report - it say NO SNOW :eyebrows:
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Of course it could be out by a country mile but from my point of view it's not bad news :) I'm still dreading the gas bill though :eek:
I do like your house Marco :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Though from the side it looks kind of forboding , sort of like he who enter's shall never return ;)