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I've had some experience with maintaining estates, obviously not my own. It's a full time job.

Yes; and Yes. Though the cynic in me whispers it's so nice that some bugger will only nick it. I've considered very similar leather duffels in the sale at John Lewis for £300. Helly Hanson do one called the Offshore, practical, waterproof, for a mere 120 quid, but being bright red plastic I guess it's the squeezy-plastic-bottle-of-jelly equivalent. Mik, I see Welches come in jam jars so it's off my list

You mean like eventually or our King is but yours isn't

I'd forgotten about those old mosquito-coil hobs The thatched cornish cottage has oil central heating which could pricey, so the Aga will help to offset that. Interesting that the cottage has private spring water, and drainage... Presumably a septic tank. Delux country living.

Lol! No, I ended up with a pile of parts. I couldn't put them back together. I knew the watch would be ruined by my experiment. It was the kind of watch aimed at office workers before the quartz revolution and cellphones. It was a watch for collectors by the time I bought it. It wasn't an expensive IWC like the ones now.

I can't watch her because any freeze frame of her face is a contorted smirk making watching a video of her an exercise in torture.

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Does anybody just play dominoes any more?

@Mary-Anna said in Grand Obsession: I believe the video of Muffin and me was made at Plays88Keys' piano party. Jon was there and he's in the video. Do you recall, Jon? She had a Steinway at the time, so you're probably right that it was a New York Steinway. I think that was Plays and Improv’s house in Richmond. You, me, Bernard, and PD were all there. And some local friends of theirs. I remember seeing Piano Son and Muffin interacting as awkward teens. What a great memory.

That woman becomes a part of the piano. She sits and is simply fabulous, what touch. My old piano teacher was a bit like her, you'd never guess this kindly 80 year old had such talent. She'd sit and suddenly become a concert pianist. Suddenly I was reminded of Barenboim materclassing Lang Lang