Reply to: Etiquette for meeting new neighbours in a village

[SueEllen]

His ignore list just has grown by a pair

Or was the first guy on it already?

He will be talking to himself very soon.

Mind you by some of his recent threads he does that.

[OwlHoot]

Grow a pair.

His ignore list just has grown by a pair

Or was the first guy on it already?

[SueEllen]

FA is on igsnores now.

Grow a pair.

[suityou01]

That should not give you an excuse to plagiarize.

FA is on igsnores now.

[fullyautomatix]

Stek's on igsnores.

That should not give you an excuse to plagiarize.

[suityou01]

Stek's on igsnores.

[Bunk]

When I moved to a small village in Scotland, they were very kind.

One of them came out and said there was a Ceilidh that night in my honour, I said I was very flattered and what would that entail? The guy said 'lots of drink and lovemaking!!'

Sounds good I said, who will be there?

Just the two us, he said.......

A man moved into a village. Within minutes there came a knock at the door.

It was the vicar.

"We're having a bit of a bash at ours this evening, wanted to know if you'd come along"

"Sure, what time?"

"From 9. It's an adult themed party. Nothing too heavy, light bondage, candle wax, chains, barbed wire, that sort of thing. Feel free to bring a bottle"

"Er, right. What does one wear?"

" shouldn't matter, it's only me and thee."

[suityou01]

A man moved into a village. Within minutes there came a knock at the door.

It was the vicar.

"We're having a bit of a bash at ours this evening, wanted to know if you'd come along"

"Sure, what time?"

"From 9. It's an adult themed party. Nothing too heavy, light bondage, candle wax, chains, barbed wire, that sort of thing. Feel free to bring a bottle"

"Er, right. What does one wear?"

" shouldn't matter, it's only me and thee."

[ZARDOZ]

If one has just moved into a house in a fairly remote village, what is the drill for meeting the neighbours?

Basically, does one go and knock on their doors and introduce oneself, or do you wait until they knock on yours?

Although not particularly interested either way, as I'll probably meet most in due course anyway one way or another, I don't want to come over as a rude recluse.

This problem doesn't arise much in London flats, as most people studiously ignore their neighbours! There were tenants in some of the 10 flats of the building I was in that I never once spoke to in 20 years.

Join the Parish Council.
Get to know the local Farmer bound to have been there years and know everything locally

[EternalOptimist]

How do you move the reels round - there's a glass panel in front of them..

you can take the back panel off the machine, or if its alarmed, saw one of the heads off a side nut and use a wire coat hanger

allegedly

[KentPhilip]

I know this bloke who ran a bar for a few years<cough>. The biggest money spinner was the fruities. Make sure the place is empty then play them till you get a hold. Then move the reels around to three lemons, or whatever.

you aint seen me right ?

How do you move the reels round - there's a glass panel in front of them..

[MicrosoftBob]

WHS. Friends bought a rural 'local' in a bid to escape the rat-race, had their accountant do due diligence and moved in... Only to discover that the books were cooked and the only way to make a profit was to get spirits from the Cash & Carry and keep a two sets of books, one for you, one for the VAT....

Six months later and a lot poorer, they quit and sold at a loss, went back to their jobs, she as a psychiatric nurse, he, ironically, as a stress counsellor....

The owners of our local village pub are wanting to sell up as their business rates has now be put up to over a thousand pounds a month, as there normally seems to only be about ten people there on a friday night that seems a impossible target to meet

[EternalOptimist]

I know this bloke who ran a bar for a few years<cough>. The biggest money spinner was the fruities. Make sure the place is empty then play them till you get a hold. Then move the reels around to three lemons, or whatever.

you aint seen me right ?

[pjclarke]

WHS. Friends bought a rural 'local' in a bid to escape the rat-race, had their accountant do due diligence and moved in... Only to discover that the books were cooked and the only way to make a profit was to get spirits from the Cash & Carry and keep a two sets of books, one for you, one for the VAT....

Six months later and a lot poorer, they quit and sold at a loss, went back to their jobs, she as a psychiatric nurse, he, ironically, as a stress counsellor....

[OwlHoot]

I suppose opening it up as a pub again is as good a way as any to lose the money you made contracting; certainly couldn't be any worse than my bloody pension! Lol

Yup, a few months ago someone here cited an excellent book, which I bought and read:

So You Want a Boozer; Bill Price (1986)

Anyone wanting to run a pub should read this first, and they'll soon be cured and save themselves loads of trouble and expense!

(And it's probably even harder to run/own a pub now than it was in 1986)