At home with the Georgians

[citizensmith]

Oh god! I thought the fairies did it all! I had better get Mrs CS a decent prezzie - new laundry basket?

 

[Feltwell]

Don't get her an iron - far too dangerous, these wimmin can turn quite vicious you know...... :wink:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I've i-thingied the programme so will catch up with it this weekend.

On the whole feminist thing, Mrs Wiggs is fairly liberated you know; or at least she is since I plumbed in her dishwasher. 8)

 

[JoceAndChris]

That was her birthday present wasn't it?

 

[CatherineB]

Well my last birthday present was a set of four chopping boards, you know the different coloured ones for different foods..?
I was dead chuffed with them (well, it was my idea!) until DH decided to hack apart frozen chicken on the red one which now has deep enough grooves in it for a whole pandemic of bacteria to thrive in!

But that was an aberation - he's useful in the kitchen, most of the time... We're quite a liberated household; I do the DIY and DH does the cooking - when he's got time. But all that other stuff Joce said - yep, that'll be me!

You've given me a real dilemma though; which to "catch up" on first, Desperate Housewives or The Georgians...
Might have to finish my glass of Merlot before I decide...

 

[Feltwell]

On the whole feminist thing, Mrs Wiggs is fairly liberated you know; or at least she is since I plumbed in her dishwasher. 8)

YOU plumbed it in for her? That's where you're going wrong - making this whole emancipation thing just too easy........

(Where's a "duck to avoid a missile" smilie when you need one eh?)

 

[citizensmith]

We're quite a liberated household; I do the DIY and DH does the cooking

I do both! Which occaisionally means family starves when i get engrossed in a project :roll:

 

[CatherineB]

We're quite a liberated household; I do the DIY and DH does the cooking

I do both! :roll:

That makes your wife extremely liberated - or should we call her Her Ladyship?!

[where IS that "duck to avoid a missile" smilie?!]

 

[Flyfisher]

On the whole feminist thing, Mrs Wiggs is fairly liberated you know; or at least she is since I plumbed in her dishwasher. 8)

YOU plumbed it in for her? That's where you're going wrong - making this whole emancipation thing just too easy........

I bet Jaqy could plumb-in her own dishwasher. :lol:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

That was her birthday present wasn't it?

Oh no - her birthday present was 10 yards of railway platform (in kit form) and a gallon of Nitromors to remove the white line with!

I kid you not - well, she did say she wanted a nice hearth for her birthday!!! :lol:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

YOU plumbed it in for her? That's where you're going wrong - making this whole emancipation thing just too easy........

I know - but to be honest she hasn't got the qualifications*

* I frequently point out that all three of her degrees are undergraduate degrees and the Dr is simply a courtesy title, whilst one of mine is a post-graduate degree so I MUST be cleverer...

Now where is that duck-to-avoid-missile smilie??

 

[Matt Green]

as men frankly haven't a clue when it comes to cleaning, catering, sorting the clothes and the bedlinen and the shoes and the curtains and the birthday presents

Wait, hang on, how many things was that? I'll get a pen and make a list. Can't seem to find a pen. There's a pencil in the shed Joce, I'll be back in a tick. Actually, while I'm out there I can strip the gears off the bike and re-grease the rear cog set. Never going to get a better time to do that what with the snow. That's planning and multi-tasking. Shouldn't be more than a hour, then I'll be right back with you.

M.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I know where I left the pen - it's just that Mrs W must have moved it. She does things like that, you know. :roll:

 

[CatherineB]

I'm sorry I got 22 minutes into this programme, and was so fed up I went to bed. Will try again later with a glass of merlot once I've finished catching up on X factor and Beeny's last episode - oh, and maybe a couple of progs from CBeebies will get priority .

I agree with what others have said regarding the presenter's assumptions (or assumptions of the viewer's assumptions, which is possibly even more irritating) of what things were like, before she "discovered" that they weren't. And that ruddy iPad :evil:
I'm also still waiting for her to explain why the British obsession with their homes, which she was apparently amazed to find dates back to the 1800's and not the 1980's (1980's?! For pete's sake!!!), allegedly started in the 1800's and doesn't date back even further (like since cavemen were vying for cavewomen with their "des res"es (OK Penners, how do I punctuate that? I'm stuck :roll: ) ....

(No such problem with Desperate Housewives BTW - I am so shallow!)

 

[Tom]

I bet Jaqy could plumb-in her own dishwasher. :lol:

Well, since one of you mentioned it on my other thread, that is exactly what my next job is! That and the washing machine. Then, I want to fit a waste disposal, too. I don't believe any can be as difficult as the waste job :roll:

 

[citizensmith]

I want to fit a waste disposal, too. I don't believe any can be as difficult as the waste job :roll:

We have a food waste disposal system, it works in layers
1. kids (primary consumers)
2. Parents (common detritivores)
3. Compost Heap

Why stuff anything down the sink?

 

[Lime]

Well, since one of you mentioned it on my other thread, that is exactly what my next job is! That and the washing machine. Then, I want to fit a waste disposal, too. I don't believe any can be as difficult as the waste job :roll:

With respect that is exactly what I meant on the other thread.
New plumbing in comparison is easy.
I sympathise with you because I have had many such experiences with old wastes before.
Some were extremely difficult to remove in good condition and hard lessons have been learnt!

 

[JoceAndChris]

as men frankly haven't a clue when it comes to cleaning, catering, sorting the clothes and the bedlinen and the shoes and the curtains and the birthday presents

Wait, hang on, how many things was that? I'll get a pen and make a list. Can't seem to find a pen. There's a pencil in the shed Joce, I'll be back in a tick. Actually, while I'm out there I can strip the gears off the bike and re-grease the rear cog set. Never going to get a better time to do that what with the snow. That's planning and multi-tasking. Shouldn't be more than a hour, then I'll be right back with you.

M.

Ah but you didn't come back though, you were probably sidetracked by an interesting beetle in the shed.

 

[JoceAndChris]

That was her birthday present wasn't it?

Oh no - her birthday present was 10 yards of railway platform (in kit form) and a gallon of Nitromors to remove the white line with!

I kid you not - well, she did say she wanted a nice hearth for her birthday!!! :lol:

:lol: I hope you have something really pampering and nice planned for her for this Christmas.

Chris is in my good books today as he spontaneously bought me La Chasseur pans, red ones, yesterday. They're far too beautiful to cook with so I've just put them in a decorative place and will carry on with the old sticky non sticks. I think he's just happy that he needn't even know where pans live, never mind use them. I think we have the most unemancipated house in Britain, but that was the deal when I gave up on notions of a career.

 

[Tom]

I want to fit a waste disposal, too. I don't believe any can be as difficult as the waste job :roll:

We have a food waste disposal system, it works in layers
1. kids (primary consumers)
2. Parents (common detritivores)
3. Compost Heap

Why stuff anything down the sink?

Because, in small amounts, it helps feed the septic tank. In fairness, we don't really have that much food waste; most goes to the dogs or poultry. It'll only be stuff we can't give either of those that would go down there. Thinking about it, probably very, very little actually. Still, whoever rents this place when we move may be grateful for it and it will help to expand my limited plumbing knowledge