Hello again money friends, what is a typical Sunday like for you

My mother used to say, 'A womans work is never done' Sabre, you've just proved the point!

Crumbs Sabre, that sounds exhausting.
Now today is lovely warm and bright I suggest you climb in that hammock and start swinging, no point in burning yourself out.

Wendiew - what a pain that half of next years F1 races are going to be on Sky rather than BBC. I refuse to pay the exorbitant cost of Sky TV just to see F1. Will miss doing the ironing whilst watching the race.

Hubby says the same thing Sidesalad,it's a shame that Sky is allowed to monopolise sporting fixtures like this.

I can well believe it Wendi, as ex forces we used to and always left our home in pristine condition ready for the next family to move into.

It wasn't always reciprocated though and we took over some right dumps in our time and had to don rubber gloves and scrub the place from top to bottom before I would deem to step foot in the place.

So yes I can imagine only too well what you have to face, only hope it's not like that all the time for you.

Don't get me started on the F1 moving to Sky thing. I am SO angry about it. Bernie Eccleston is a total &*£Y^£^%%£&(*&** who goes on about giving THE FANS a good show but actually doesn't give a monkeys about anything except more millions in his pocket. I'm not going back to Sky just to see live F1, that's a monthly subscription of apx £20 PLUS Sky Sports package (god knows what that costs), PLUS a Pay To View charge for every race!!!!!!!! He is making F1 a rich-people-only sport and it sucks!
A couple of years ago we went to the Silverstone GP and hated every minute of it because we bought 'general' tickets for the whole weekend. Well us 'general public' were made to feel SO inferior to those with posh VIP/Paddock tickets, it was just horrible. Never again.
Rant over.
For now.

Yes, LILLIE, I remember Army days of moving out of quarters. Every mark on the wall had to be cleaned off, the 20 year old cooker had to look like new, everything had to be spangling .... and if it wasn't you would be charged the full cost of replacement/redecorating.
I hold a £100 damages deposit which guests get back when the cottage is left cleaned and with no damages. NO ONE EVER does ANY cleaning. They pack up their own belongings and leave. They leave their dirty dishes, food on the carpets (and in places you wouldn't believe), burnt-on-yuk on pans and oven trays ..... it is truly gobsmacking! Of course, like a pratt I just clear and clean everything up and as long as there's no permanent or very expensive damage I send them the deposit back. Why? Cos I am too flippin' soft! My ex was a Sergeant-Major, I bet if they were faced with him and his stick, yelling out the side of his mouth, they'd soon jump to it! :) Gosh, sorry .... will try and shut up for the rest of the day now :)

Deep breaths now Wendi, I expect your poor little fingers are worn down to the bone.

Yes some people live like animals which is probably the wrong thing to say as I know some animals are a darn sight cleaner.

As for Bernie (greedy plonker) Ecclestone yes it's all been said in this house recently too.

Ooh gin time methinks.....

Oooh Wendiew - excellent rant! I'm glad someone else on here feels as annoyed as I do. I thought the cost of Sky was bad enough but I didn't realise that you would have to pay an additional pay-to-view cost. Bernie certainly doesn't give a monkeys about the F1 fans. We just don't have enough money for him. He wants corporate money.

Oh yes, Lillie and Wendie, I too remember only too well the famous 'march out' of RAF quarters!

Cleaning the cooker alone took days! I remember stripping absolutely everything 'strippable' off it, even cleaning the grooves of the screws with a pin! And no-one could have a bath until the shelves, trays etc had finished soaking in it! Then, you had to set to on the damn bath!

One of the kids would inevitably need the loo 5 minutes before the Families Officer (wearing the dreaded white gloves!) arrived to inspect the house...aarrrgh!...total panic!

Oh...and the garden, front and back, had to look immaculate too!

As for F1 going to Sky...£*%"&!!!

Aah yes Fruity you remember it well, thank goodness those days are over.
I do feel for Wendi and her cottage cleaning, with her background I'll bet it's immaculate.
I'm almost tempted to hire it out and go on an inspection with white gloves and all,lol.
Just joking Wendi, I feel your pain, I really do.

Poor Wendiew. I expect you wonder if it's all worth while with no sleep on a Friday with all the worry and then spending your Saturday cleaning up their disgusting mess. I can't believe anyone could treat your cottage so badly and I would put a black mark against their name and ensure they never returned. I would also keep most of the Bond myself for all the time cleaning and the stress.
Even on the cruise we kept our little stateroom immaculate and I made our beds each day. The Steward did like to fold our nighties up though!!!! Never had a man do that before.
He was lovely and left us loads of teabags and biscuits.
It makes you wonder what tips they live in at home.