Went to buy a house

[Brian Potter]

You should never underestimate how much neighbours can annoy you nowadays - better to get a detached.

+1000 to the above.

Just across from my maisonette is an old bastard who is hard of hearing. As a result he has his TV on full blast, the old cows around me are scared tulipless of this tozzer so don't complain. Unfortunately, my maisonette doesn't deal well with flanking noise so I get the full force of the bastard's TV volume. Have complained numerous times which works for a few days but then the volume creeps back up...

I don't mind it early evening etc but the noise carries on until 1am, he's a real ignorant fvckhead.

My next property will be an old detached.

[AtW]

I assume the Adam Smith £20 note.

Aye

[Mulder]

I assume the Adam Smith £20 note.

Historical character -
Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) is one of the fathers of modern economics. In one of his great works, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Smith famously used the example of workers in a pin factory to describe the benefits created by the division of labour, and, as explained on the note, 'the great increase in the quantity of work that results'.

[Sysman]

WHS

Those who say otherwise should open their wallet and check famous words on £20 note... if they got one!

OK I give up. No Sterling in my wallet and can't find any readable images on the web.

What are the famous words you refer to?

[AtW]

I've always thought it better to concentrate on earning the moolah to pay someone experienced to do stuff like that, but I must admit that managing building workers is more of a pain than I thought, and that observation seems to apply worldwide.

WHS

Those who say otherwise should open their wallet and check famous words on £20 note... if they got one!

[Sysman]

It's the English way. Is "doing it up" specific to English culture then?

"Anglo Saxon" meaning Yanks, Canadians, Aussies etc I think seems closer to it, but yes.

I've always thought it better to concentrate on earning the moolah to pay someone experienced to do stuff like that, but I must admit that managing building workers is more of a pain than I thought, and that observation seems to apply worldwide.

[AtW]

What on earth are you bumbling on about ? He is a search engine guru not a builder, why would he want to waste time and money modernising a pile of poo ?

WHS with bells on!

DIY me? Just as likely as DUI

[AtW]

Seriously though, Atw, why does a single bloke like you want a house?

House prices only go up, everybody knows that, might as well buy-buy-buy

You should never underestimate how much neighbours can annoy you nowadays - better to get a detached.

Aye...

[AtW]

Says garage is 2.97 metres. Definitely wouldn't want to be parking when you're pissed.

I don't care what it says - I drove right to it and no fking way my car would fit in with mirrors unfolded, and even with folded mirrors margin for error is way too small.

[d000hg]

It's the English way. Is "doing it up" specific to English culture then?