Nataly

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  1. Nataly

    Sickipedia

    Dude - this was at the top as Hot Joke Of the Day: "I was walking along the pavement and there was this sign that said, 'Pavement ahead closed. Please use other side.' It made me cross." That's not sick or even remotely funny!! "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
  2. What about the whips, chains, hoists, racks, swings, gags, and leather harnesses? Available for use to all guests, cleaning deposit required. Yes - cleanliness is next to godliness "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
  3. What if the bimbo decides she is in love with the prisoner, and invites him to move in? Then the "moving out option" would apply!! But at least she would get what she deserves!!! "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
  4. Nataly

    Wedding Food???

    Wait until you're at the reception.. Apologise profusely and explain to all your guests that they will have to get their own meal since the useless incompetent twats who were supposed to cater your wedding double-booked and will not be coming!!! Not only will people oblige, but you will get lots of sympathy (and probably a free meal) from appalled guests!! "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
  5. Why was mine not a good idea? Because she did not want to become the prisoner. Yes. Although I may fantasize about the poisoning option, it's a lot less feasible!!! "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
  6. Hee heeee!! *Excellent* Just the type of practical and useful advice I was looking for!! Thanks for that! Any other ideas?! "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
  7. DUDE.. What a pain.. I've just created a poll re my extremely annoying house-mate.. Living with inconsiderate people is *such* a drag.. At least in your case you had the option of kicking her out. Lets hope when she packed she actually left. Meanwhile, changing or adding a new lock isn't as expensive as you might think If she wants to come back, you can always tell her it will cost her whatever she owes you, upfront, in cash, before she moves in. She'll never come up with the money. And if she does, you can take it and still not let her back in - it was money *owed* 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
  8. I just read the thread "How to get rid of her" and it reminded me of my house-mate... I share an apartment with 2 other people. In December, a new house-mate moved in with us... She comes to us straight from hell... At first, she came across as really nice and sweet. She works for a huge airline in HR, so we assumed she would be reliable, responsible and good with people... Little did we know... She is the ditziest, dumbest, most inconsiderate slob I have had the misfortune of meeting. I don't even know if she realises how disruptive she is, or if she's just totally oblivious because she really is that stupid. Here are some examples of what she does: -She opens all my mail, because she thinks that her name (Marie Aucel) looks a lot like my name (Natalie Leveille) -She took over the utility bills and thought we were supposed to have the same provider for gas and electricity, so she set us up with both instead of just changing the name on the account. As a result, we had to pay for 2 provides for gas. When she tried to fix it, somehow she set up a THIRD account instead!! -At least once per week she leave food on the stovetop or in the oven and forgets about it. Since my room is next to the kitchen, I usually smell once things start to burn, but firemen had to come twice to our house because the neighbors thought the smoke was so bad & she wouldn't answer the door (apparently, her ipod was in her ears both times so she didn't hear the VERY loud doorbell). -She makes a mess in the kitchen - a shared kitchen - every day but has never cleaned up after herself. We've told her to clean. We've left the mess for her to clean. TWO WEEKS later (after the pile-up became intolerable, we cleaned). We yelled at her, and she didn't see what the big deal was. She still doesn't clean. -She comes in at all hours and turns the TV on full-blast - did I mention my room is next to the kitchen/living-room? -She added her name to the council tax bills on the wrong date, and now the bill that was already settled has to be re-paid whilst we wait for a "reimbursement" for the amount that is now due. -She has taken over all the space in the shared bathroom, and wants everyone else to ask permission to use it since all her stuff is in there. She doesn't feel the need to ask us for permission and I told her to keep her shit in her room if she has a problem with taking showers when she wants to brush her teeth - she claims her room is too small to hold all her bathroom stuff, but she has the BIGGEST room in the apartment!!! No one else keeps anything in the bathroom... -She constantly comes into my room when I leave the door open, thinking it means I feel like chatting. I don't. I'm watching TV with my headset. She still talks. For hours. When I'm watching a DVD. Even after I say "sorry, but could you keep quiet because I'm trying to watch a movie." In my own fucking room!!! And she asks if she can watch with me - I say no and she asks me why and wants to talk about it!! -She did her laundry & had stuff in her pockets, which ruined all my white clothes when I went to wash them after her. -She "forgets" to shut the front door when she enters/leaves the house. ie: people can just walk right into the place. No matter how many times my other house-mate and I have talked to her about all the things she does that piss us off, she doesn't change. Or she fixes one problem by creating another. AAAAARRRRRGH! It makes me not want to come home at the end of a long work day... What do you do??! Come one people - I'm looking for some creative and entertaining suggestions here, because basically I think she's hopeless & I need some comic relief!! "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
  9. Agree 100%. The sad thing is that means she's had sex with more girls this year than I have. Oh dear.. But then, I'm a girl and I'm hot, so it's not difficult to have sex.. It's just that I'm picky & getting over a break-up.. So a bit of girly fun seemed like a good idea at the time!! Actually I still think it was a good idea, but I'm not gay, I don't want random sex with a strange man and I don't want a relationship, so I'm probably going to be going through a dry-spell for a while... (In case that makes you feel any better about not getting any!) "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
  10. Hee heeeee!! Very funny! Afraid for me it's a big zero for 2009.. Unless you count drunken lesbian sex?? "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
  11. OMG this made me laugh!!! Thank you - now I can spread the joy to other people who were having a bad day! "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
  12. Man.. My niece is always making me feel out of touch.. When TomKat was first created, she looked at me completely straight-faced and said: "who's that old guy with Katie Holmes??" I almost had a brain aneurism!! How could she know Katie, but not TOM CRUISE!!! That urban dict is quite a laugh! "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
  13. Yeah.. Mine just refuses to work. It's a cheap wireless battery type thing and doesn't seem to believe that the brand-new batteries have any juice!! It's been shit since we got it. My 2$ one I have at work that came from Walmart does a better job, *and* it's in the shape of a pink car!!! "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
  14. I got fed up in the end and thought probably a firewire/ilink cable would work and wouldn't hurt in any case so I just went and bought one. It did work, but I still don't get what went wrong. Oh well, thanks for this advice--I can capture again, which is the main thing.. Now if my mouse would just stop going crazy on me...! I think I'll just buy a new one of those as well!!! Thanks everyone! "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
  15. I'm afraid that isn't the problem--as I've said, I've uploaded before using the same camcorder, program and PC (and USB cable) before. It worked. It's not the cable. Any other ideas? I'm at a loss here, as I haven't changed anything, and other software is working. "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
  16. Whew.. Sorry--haven't been able to reply for a while (and still having problem). Yes, I am in the UK, I bought my camcorder in Canada. This shouldn't be a problem, though, as I've uploaded in the past using the very same PC / software / camcorder. Next, I don't have an ilink cable, so it's USB -- it works, I've tried it with 2 different USB wires. What I mean by the PC recognises the camcorder is that the message comes up saying "found new hardware", then it recognises my camcorder. My Stodio 9, however, says there is no camcorder connected. Next, I tried both "ON" and "Off" on the dock, as this was my first thought as well. Haven't tried looking at my network settings yet, though.. Will give it a go and see if this helps.. Otherwise, any other thoughts??? "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
  17. Am having a few problems here and was hoping someone could help.. I use Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus for editing. I've never had problems before, but I'm now trying to upload some footage and the software doesn't recognise that my camera is connected to the PC. A few other things of use to trouble-shoot -My software is up-to-date -My Sony "picture package" also doesn't recognise that my camcorder is connected -the PC does recognise that the hardware (camcorder) is connected Any help would be greatly appreciated Edit to say: my camcorder is a PC 109 -- NTSC (the one with a stupid dock) "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
  18. I think marriage is pretty great, especially if you're going to spend your lives together. If not, then you're just dating. I checked the box that made you puke. Mwwaaa haaa haaaaa!! Just read this one!! Fucking funny!!! "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
  19. Nah. We don't come from a sueing culture.. Neither one of us wants to rent--it doesn't make financial sense. He owns the place we're currently living in. We're going to be holding on to this place and letting it out. I'm in the process of buying a place in France which I will let out. We both want to get more properties as investments, but the main thing is we want to live in a nicer place. It just makes absolute sense to get the next place together. 1. We'll be living together anyway. 2. We can borrow more. 3. We can get somewhere nicer. If only one of us gets the next place we're in, we'd have to *downgrade* from what we already have. I completely see your point of view about the added hassle if things go pearshaped. The benefits clearly outweigh the downside. Continuing in our current condition isn't what we want--we want progress. If progress means headaches in the future, that's life. I don't want to live my life fearing that things will go wrong.. They usually do anyway. If I wasn't prepared to take (acceptable) risks, I wouldn't be where I am today. Of course it complicates things--the best things in life always do
  20. Whoa--what a can of worms!!! (sorry to re-visit this--was unable to be on a computer when it was "fresh" news!!!!) We've been living together for 3 years. I'm actually really surprised that so many people are so negative about the whole getting a place without being married thing. I don't poo-poo or lecture married people for being "stupid" because of the billions of horror stories I've heard about marriages going sour.. Fact is, lots of marriages break down. Fact is, getting a house together is stressful (and can lead to major problems down the line). Any idiot can see that!!! (and by the way, I don't think marriage is stupid--if it make you happy) It's not a "dream home" we're buying, it's a place to keep our stuff for the next 5 years!! There are worst things in life than breaking up and losing an asset.. Worse than that would be one of us getting an incapacitating illness, or dying. Our wills are sorted, and we've got insurance. When I say it's MINDNUMBINGLY painful, it is. We don't always agree on places we like.. We are both professionals who work long hours and it's difficult to view places.. We work in opposite ends of London, so what's a great commute for him is a nightmare for me.. It's tough and stressful. It's a strain on us because it's obviously sooo much easier to live in a crappy place when you're single--when you're together, however, quality of life depend on 2 peoples' happiness.. The "puke" option was tongue-in-cheek.. Sheesh, people!! Relax!! "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
  21. Dear god--sounds like you two are DANGEROUS!!! [Edit]: I think the bottom line is that we're in a solid relationship. Frankly, we don't need a piece of paper to prove that. I'm not saying marriage is stupid--there are plenty of valid reasons (romantic, financial or otherwise) for getting married. I just think we live in an age where people should be allowed to do what they want. We should (and do) have options to be responsible without having to go through ceremonies and traditions that don't suit us. Personally, I'm more prepared to spend 10000$ sorting out our assets if things go wrong, than to spend triple the amount for a dress, divorce, *and* splitting up of assets--gmittar: you're a finance guy, you should agree with this one at least!!!! "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
  22. I'll tell you something that *is* outrageous.. Back in Canada (where I'm originally from), having 2 people on a mortgage exponentially *increases* the amount you can borrow. This makes mathematical sense, as it is less risky for lenders when they have 2 people to go after if payments aren't forthcoming... In the UK, however, the second income is considered as almost incidental.. The view is that probably only one person (the man) will ever have a real job, and the woman will eventually have babies anyway so it practically doesn't count because everyone knows there is no career after that.. So if you earned XX on your own you'd be able to borrow more money than if both of you combined earn the same amount. When you think about it, it's ridiculous in terms of risk nowadays, considering the individual would pay more taxes, and is more at risk of job loss than 2 people!! "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
  23. I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about a romantic relationship as opposed to a business relationship, silly me Hee heeeeeeeeeeee!!! I think getting married is pretty absurd--except for financial reasons I've been in a situation before where a guy owed me several thousand dollars and I was happy to walk away.. I accepted that I would never see the money. Ok, a house is more than a few thousand, but we're both financially secure and neither one of us wouldn't be able to cope even given the worst-case scenario scenario. "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
  24. ??? What, are women not allowed to have their names on mortgages in Alabama??? Yah--was thinking just that.. Am I the only one who thinks this is outrageous?? Presumably this is balanced by the woman getting the house in a divorce? "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
  25. Actually, that's sensible advice.. We're both pragmatic people, but it certainly makes more sense to look into it when the relationship is sound!! If for no other reason than to know our liability if we go bankrupt!!! (And as skydivers, you'll appreciate that this is a real possibility if you want to stay current!!! ) "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