Comments on: Scotland the Brave http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/ MP for Wantage and Didcot Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sue http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21632 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:47 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21632 "Yes! How did you guess?" LOL, lucky guess, I guess :lol: £300 :shock: O.M.G. :shock: My husband has framed 2 of my efforts so far, and not done too horrible a job, at those kind of prices I'll go with botched amateur any time LOL “Yes! How did you guess?” LOL, lucky guess, I guess :lol:

£300 :shock: O.M.G. :shock: My husband has framed 2 of my efforts so far, and not done too horrible a job, at those kind of prices I’ll go with botched amateur any time LOL

]]> by: Tizzy http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21623 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:06:22 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21623 Yes! How did you guess? :shock: A couple of weeks ago I paid nearly £300 for the framer to sort out a very delicate, huge, copy of an old sampler that took me 4 years, on and off, to complete. The price really shot up with the UV filter glass. Some years ago my husband was game at giving it a go. I gave him one that didn't matter. I ended up with a very nice chopping board. I ought to have known better; he's happy if there's less than a one inch gap between joints. The very first bit of woodwork he did was to re-hang a door. I wet myself laughing when I saw it; one long side was about 3 inches shorter, top and bottom, than it's opposite. He got a tad annoyed with me :lol: I can still wind him up about it today. We've got a dog who thinks she owns the place, too. Very expressive with her looks and sighs whenever we deign to sit on the sofa together (less space for her). Yes! How did you guess? :shock: A couple of weeks ago I paid nearly £300 for the framer to sort out a very delicate, huge, copy of an old sampler that took me 4 years, on and off, to complete. The price really shot up with the UV filter glass.

Some years ago my husband was game at giving it a go. I gave him one that didn’t matter. I ended up with a very nice chopping board. I ought to have known better; he’s happy if there’s less than a one inch gap between joints. The very first bit of woodwork he did was to re-hang a door. I wet myself laughing when I saw it; one long side was about 3 inches shorter, top and bottom, than it’s opposite. He got a tad annoyed with me :lol: I can still wind him up about it today.

We’ve got a dog who thinks she owns the place, too. Very expressive with her looks and sighs whenever we deign to sit on the sofa together (less space for her).

]]> by: Sue http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21609 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:39:28 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21609 Oh Tizzy, I would have loved to have sent it back, but we'd already gone for too long without anything comfy to sit on - the kids would have killed me if I'd sent the sofa back. Next time (hopefully not for a very long time) I'll get some swatches first (thanks for the tip). :) The only redeeming feature about the sofa is that it is very comfy, and it's so lovely for the whole family to be able to sit together again. And the dog loves not having to sleep on a concrete floor any more. She made me laugh so much, we had one armchair that we kept after the flood till the new ones arrived, and whenever someone got up from it, the dog would leap on!! What is your husband getting framed? Is is cross-stitch by any chance? I'm an addict! I get my husband to frame them for me (the last time we got one framed professionally we nearly fainted at the price, but it was a very large x-stitch). I hope your husband does a good job ;) Oh Tizzy, I would have loved to have sent it back, but we’d already gone for too long without anything comfy to sit on - the kids would have killed me if I’d sent the sofa back. Next time (hopefully not for a very long time) I’ll get some swatches first (thanks for the tip). :) The only redeeming feature about the sofa is that it is very comfy, and it’s so lovely for the whole family to be able to sit together again. And the dog loves not having to sleep on a concrete floor any more. She made me laugh so much, we had one armchair that we kept after the flood till the new ones arrived, and whenever someone got up from it, the dog would leap on!!

What is your husband getting framed? Is is cross-stitch by any chance? I’m an addict! I get my husband to frame them for me (the last time we got one framed professionally we nearly fainted at the price, but it was a very large x-stitch). I hope your husband does a good job ;)

]]> by: Tizzy http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21587 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:14:03 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21587 I know it's a bit late now, Sue, but a tip for the future - you should be able to get a swatch of the material from most reputable sites. I'm afraid I would have reurned the darned thing and insisted on a full refund - terracotta is not orange unless you go to B&Q. Don't know how long you've been on this earth but Cowley turned out a car (Morris Marina, I think) with a new colour called 'burnt orange', the colour of the imitation terracotta plastic knock-off's. Equally memorable was 'black tulip', a sort of manky aubergine colour. Later today, I'm sending my husband to get a piece framed, his first such solo mission. God knows what will come back since I've asked him to get it double-mounted, dark ivory on top of a medium-to-dark grey, with a light cherry wood 1940's frame. Don't care much though, since it's the Christmas present to his mum :lol: I know it’s a bit late now, Sue, but a tip for the future - you should be able to get a swatch of the material from most reputable sites. I’m afraid I would have reurned the darned thing and insisted on a full refund - terracotta is not orange unless you go to B&Q.

Don’t know how long you’ve been on this earth but Cowley turned out a car (Morris Marina, I think) with a new colour called ‘burnt orange’, the colour of the imitation terracotta plastic knock-off’s. Equally memorable was ‘black tulip’, a sort of manky aubergine colour.

Later today, I’m sending my husband to get a piece framed, his first such solo mission. God knows what will come back since I’ve asked him to get it double-mounted, dark ivory on top of a medium-to-dark grey, with a light cherry wood 1940’s frame. Don’t care much though, since it’s the Christmas present to his mum :lol:

]]> by: Sue http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21548 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:14:26 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21548 "What colour is your sofa? " Couldn't help but laugh about this. We got our new sofa and armchairs a week ago, replacement for those ruined in the flood. We'd ordered it off the internet, took ages deciding on the shape, size, colour etc. When it arrived, we all gasped, because the colour was wrong. Well, we thought it was wrong, we'd ordered terracotta, but we got orange :O Turns out it is terracotta, but it looked much darker and redder on the internet. So, now, we're getting used to our horrible coloured but very comfy, cosy chairs, and are hoping that this new colour will go with the carpet we chose months ago!! “What colour is your sofa? ”

Couldn’t help but laugh about this. We got our new sofa and armchairs a week ago, replacement for those ruined in the flood. We’d ordered it off the internet, took ages deciding on the shape, size, colour etc. When it arrived, we all gasped, because the colour was wrong. Well, we thought it was wrong, we’d ordered terracotta, but we got orange :O Turns out it is terracotta, but it looked much darker and redder on the internet. So, now, we’re getting used to our horrible coloured but very comfy, cosy chairs, and are hoping that this new colour will go with the carpet we chose months ago!!

]]> by: Tizzy http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21530 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:29:08 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21530 OK, shall we just talk about random stuff amongst ourselves, as suggested? Is Sarkozy the new Maggie? Who'll be the new England coach? Should the rest of the Labour party walk the plank with with Peter Watt? Please? Now? No, really. What colour is your sofa? OK, shall we just talk about random stuff amongst ourselves, as suggested?

Is Sarkozy the new Maggie?
Who’ll be the new England coach?
Should the rest of the Labour party walk the plank with with Peter Watt? Please? Now? No, really.
What colour is your sofa?

]]> by: Sue http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21522 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:22:52 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21522 Oh sorry Dave, I didn't mean to imply that you weren't welcome here, I was just curious why you'd be reading a blog that is "supposedly" relevant to an area so far away from you. (I really wish we could edit LOL) Though, of course, it's a bugbear of mine that Ed rarely blogs about anything local, so I guess it really was a stupid question to ask :o I agree that Ed would be great on Cameron's front bench - at least then we'd get to see him at PMQ's LOL Flipping camera zooms around so fast, can't make out who anybody is apart from the main players. Thanks for the invite to your other forums - I will definitely pop in, but am kept busy moderating on Google Earth - if you're ever over in my neck of the woods ( http://bbs.keyhole.com ) come and say hi to me (I'm BeadieJay over there). Oh sorry Dave, I didn’t mean to imply that you weren’t welcome here, I was just curious why you’d be reading a blog that is “supposedly” relevant to an area so far away from you. (I really wish we could edit LOL) Though, of course, it’s a bugbear of mine that Ed rarely blogs about anything local, so I guess it really was a stupid question to ask :o

I agree that Ed would be great on Cameron’s front bench - at least then we’d get to see him at PMQ’s LOL Flipping camera zooms around so fast, can’t make out who anybody is apart from the main players.

Thanks for the invite to your other forums - I will definitely pop in, but am kept busy moderating on Google Earth - if you’re ever over in my neck of the woods ( http://bbs.keyhole.com ) come and say hi to me (I’m BeadieJay over there).

]]> by: Votedave http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21520 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:15:22 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21520 Also I think Ed would make a fantastic minister in a Cameron government. He's one of the "new Tory" faces which the party needs more of. Also I think Ed would make a fantastic minister in a Cameron government. He’s one of the “new Tory” faces which the party needs more of.

]]> by: Votedave http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21518 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:06:01 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21518 I didn't realise it was exclusively for people living in Wantage, Sue. Perhaps Ed would do better to go further afield, it might give this blog a boost. I admit I've never been to Wantage - I'd imagine it's a nice area. I heard about this site from canvas. Canvas, Tizzy and myself are friends on other forums - Webcameron and Webcameron Rejects. You'd be more than welcome if you dropped in. :) I didn’t realise it was exclusively for people living in Wantage, Sue. Perhaps Ed would do better to go further afield, it might give this blog a boost. I admit I’ve never been to Wantage - I’d imagine it’s a nice area.

I heard about this site from canvas. Canvas, Tizzy and myself are friends on other forums - Webcameron and Webcameron Rejects. You’d be more than welcome if you dropped in. :)

]]> by: Sue http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21515 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:42:42 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/18/scotland-the-brave/#comment-21515 That's a shame Dave, it's been quite nice down here today. Um, excuse my asking, but why would you be interested in Ed when you don't live in his constituency, or are you from here originally? That’s a shame Dave, it’s been quite nice down here today. Um, excuse my asking, but why would you be interested in Ed when you don’t live in his constituency, or are you from here originally?

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