Nataly

I can't remember the hotel chain, but it was a big one and I wrote about it on here before... I think it was a Holiday Inn... Anyway, the staff used my makeup, skincream, and god knows what else. When confronted with this, the hotel management at first refused to believe that a cleaning lady would be interested in lancome products (of course not)... After MONTHS of chasing it up, they finally agreed to give me a free night's stay at the same hotel!!! They seemed surprised when I replied that I didn't want to go back there... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

She probably doesnt want to take it over. After all, the steering is on the other side... Motorcycles have left and right steering??? SHHHHH she's a girl. Well, *technically*, Remi is right about one thing: the headlight will be facing the wrong direction! And you *are* supposed to change that... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Do you take PayPal? Yes, but the amount has to have cleared first "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

> My favourite clients wire the money straight to my account(s) before even showing up ETA - speaking of electronic transfers, I can't find my bank-card-reader Waaahhhhh! Bank is closed now, so not sure when I'm gonna be able to sort *that* out... Hmmm... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

You only *think* that because you're losing your eye-sight!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Well d'uh!! Apart from many pleasure-enhancing scenarios, as a last resort you can always tape your partner to the bed and go out to find yourself a better partner!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

-> Confetti - *everywhere* - thanks to LISAH -> 56 bottles of shampoo - I actually counted - because I used to get the stuff for free at L'Oreal! -> A mini Xmas-tree - still fully decorated!! -> MONEY - WOO HOO!! (Behind the bed ) -> 13 calculators!?? WTF?? Who knew I had a fetish for those things?! 7 of them are pink! -> 4 packs of unopened rechargeable batteries (but not the charger)... Must have been during the early post-break-up days when I grossly over-estimated my battery-consumption needs! -> Too many borrowed books (from friends) to own up to.. Oops.. Note: if you are prepared to "loan" a book to someone else, you might as well just give it to them.. It saves everyone the guilt of not returning it to its original owner! And I still have many more random things to discover, I'm sure... How does this accumulation of stuff happen, anyway??! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

While I agree that cheese can improve duct tape, but cheese improving sex? You're weird.... While cheese improves food, I hadn't considered its other applications... Cheese improving sex... Yep... I can *totally* see it!! But what I meant was: is there anything else that improves almost anything (not necessarily in relation to food/eating)? I think duct tape is a good example - it fixes everything - even bad food (ie: you can duct tape to a chair the person who made the bad food and force-feed *all* of it to them!!)... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

...cheese! Well, that holds true for all of my cooking disasters, anyway! Just made some *awful* tomato sauce - added cheese and presto: it was edible (only *just*!)

I saw a Ted.com lecturer who said divorces rates were actually on the decline (but that makes sense if marriage rates are also dropping)... There are plenty of reasons that statistic makes sense to me. For one, my parents couldn't have lived together unless they got married first - now you can share your life with someone without tying the knot and that makes marriage less "important" to a lot of people. Next, my generation has had it drilled into their heads that most marriages end in divorce anyway, so there is an entire generation of 20-somethings who don't "believe" in marriage as an institution. When my parents were my age, divorces were NOT frequent and most people grew up in a two-parent home so they had this model of marriage as being something more permanent. Plus, let's not forget that women entering the workforce must have had a massive impact on marriages... When people have limited options / choices, they tend to make do with what they have and be as happy as they can be within those parameters... When people have lots of choices and lots of options, they are more willing to "quit" and move on to something else. Interestingly, though, these extra choice/options don't necessarily lead to happier people - in fact the "paradox of choice" is that people tend to feel happier generally when they *aren't* given many choices. See this interesting lecture: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html Or this one: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

My thought for today: I've decided to stop chickening out and *do* it already - I'm putting all my stuff in boxes & the big/final move to France is Friday "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

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You must be less than a size 8. My size has nothing to do with the way he talks to people!! And he strikes me as fundamentally a kind person, even though I disagree with most of what he says! I mean, his thread about how his engineer friend didn't "have game"... It was kinda sweet that he cared so much about his friend, despite all the misguided advice Shah was feeding him!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

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Meh.. Just squint a little - she had a hot body!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Oh, forgot... Steffi Graf was always pretty awesome to watch. Though you'd have to youtube her cause she retired "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I agree - I'm surprised some of what is said to him doesn't get flagged as PA's. And I've stood up for him before - I don't always like *what* he says, but I can respect the fact that he voices/defends his opinions without putting down other people in the process. In my books, that makes him a nice guy

I've always preferred watching the women's tennis and especially enjoy seeing the Williams sisters play. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

People who comment in a thread just to say the thread is annoying. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Through the chest, in my experience, is the quickest way to extract a man's heart. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

My main one has to be: -People who walk slowly, especially when they stop and/or block the way for those who actually have somewhere to get to - it's even more annoying when groups of people do this (as opposed to just one individual twat). "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Someone told me once that their dog ate their cell phone... I didn't believe their story, but I still had to laugh at the idea of a phone ringing from inside a dog's tummy!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Seems like it, huh?! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

OOOOWWWWWWW!! That looks like it would *really* hurt! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I'm not sure I would describe myself as "habitually bored" and unable to "sit still"... I came to the UK with the intention of staying for about 6 months - it's almost 6 years later, and only now have I worked up the courage to move! Any place that isn't a MASSIVE city will offer a different lifestyle... For me, however, a big factor for why I'm interested in the South of France is that: 1 - the weather is undeniably better than in the UK and 2 - I speak the language (which is not the case in other temperate European countries...) Being French-Canadian, France has always had its appeal. Of course my retirement plans/goals will change, but as an investment (which should bring me closer to a comfortable retirement), I prefer buying a property in the South of France compared to owning a property in the UK. At least if things go pear-shaped, I would own a pied-a-terre in a nice location.