The Frying Pan

But do the maths again once you are working. With the current interest rates, the raise in value could pay the interest of your mortgage plus a profit.

ElendilTheTall

8:56 AM

hello folks

Huy

yes, I'm actually rather positive that I will get a mortgage a bit after I'm done with my studies

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall Hello Stranger!

ElendilTheTall

howdy

Stephie

I was so scared you'd brexited on us.

ElendilTheTall

rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated

jesus, what a shit show that is

Stephie

8:57 AM

I'm glad to hear that.

ElendilTheTall

packing my bags and moving to Canada

Stephie

Nice choice. Less crazy than the Americans and far from the Euro fuss.

ElendilTheTall

The mind boggles

Stephie

How have you been? Minors allright? The missus?

ElendilTheTall

Fine x 3

you?

Stephie

8:59 AM

Similar. Hubby is on "maternity leave".

No, you didn't miss anything.

He had a year "saved" from minor two and opted to take four months this summer between jobs.

ElendilTheTall

cool

Stephie

Yep.

ElendilTheTall

is he using the time to practice his photography?

or is he just generally bumbling around the house and getting in the way

Stephie

I strongly hope so.

And no, he's been doing a lot around the house, we have major renovations coming up.

ElendilTheTall

oh?

hot tub?

:D

Stephie

9:01 AM

perhaps?

But we will be building a new bathroom, move the bedrooms upstairs and renovate the windows.

ElendilTheTall

the bedrooms are downstairs atm?

that's precisely the kind of weirdness that has made us Brexit

Stephie

Everything on one level atm.

ElendilTheTall

:D

Huy

I take it you bought a house? @Stephie

ElendilTheTall

ah, so you're adding a whole floor?

Stephie

9:05 AM

@ElendilTheTall no, we're turning the "just put the excess stuff up there" and "kids, please dump 1000000 Legos there instead of in the livingroom" into actual rooms.

ElendilTheTall

ah

Stephie

@Huy two years ago.

Huy

very nice. I'd love to be able to buy or build a house one day

ElendilTheTall

come to Britain, house prices will plummet

you'll be able to buy whole streets

Huy

I'm actually considering building somewhere in Baden-Württemberg. my uncle built a beautiful house there for a very affordable price.

maybe when I retire

Stephie

9:08 AM

Is it very immoral if we reconsider our summer plans and take advantage of the low pound? As the spring holidays were cancelled?

Huy

no, not immoral

but there are far more beautiful places to go to for holidays, in my opinion :P

Stephie

Which means you are a minority in the current chatting group.

Huy

I am always a minority

ElendilTheTall

not with such a good exchange rate there aren't

Huy

Switzerland has an even better exchange rate!

^__^'

Stephie

9:12 AM

Hang on - you are studying to be a maths teacher?

Huy

in theory, I am

in practice I'm just sitting here and checking my e-mails

ElendilTheTall

Switzerland closes at 9pm

Huy

the country?

ElendilTheTall

the UK has 24 hour drinking laws. Something that Stephie counts as a plus, I know

:D

Huy

I remember when I was 15 and in Oxford for an exchange program and I couldn't watch the Champions League (football) in a pub because I wasn't 18 yet. even though I pointed out that I didn't want to drink any alcohol, just Coke.

ElendilTheTall

9:15 AM

yeah, the law has changed since then

Huy

so have I

ElendilTheTall

you drink alcohol now?

Huy

yes, and I am also 23 now

ElendilTheTall

but now you won't be allowed in the country, because you're a dreaded foreigner

Huy

indeed

Stephie

9:19 AM

@ElendilTheTall tsk - just because I have six bottles of bubbly in the fridge and a jug of elderflower champagne bubbling on the windowsill...

Doesn't mean I like English beer ;-)

ElendilTheTall

Neither do I :)

@Stephie so, the Lakes it is then eh?

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall undecided. I'm campaigning for it.

I'll probably have to come up with a travel route and places to stay - kind of deciding by acting.

But it's a bit unclear whether I can travel. I might be taking a cure during the summer holidays.

Schedule is a bit vague-ish.

ElendilTheTall

Oh?

Stephie

9:34 AM

Yep. Long (and private) story.

Perhaps another time in a private chat.

ElendilTheTall

sure

well, hope you feel better in any case

the waters of the lakes are very restorative

(probably)

Stephie

So I heard. Thanks!

Having you here really was the highlight of the day so far.

ElendilTheTall

christ

having a bad day then

Stephie

Not really, just like your kind of humour.

ElendilTheTall

I am a shining wit, it's true

Stephie

9:41 AM

So are you still at your old job?

Cindy

Hey guys!

ElendilTheTall

Yup :/

Stephie

@ElendilTheTall @Cindy isn't....

ElendilTheTall

@Cindy hi there

got a new job?

Cindy

@ElendilTheTall Hi! No new job yet. Just couldn't handle any more of the garbage and stress. So, I gave a two week notice and left. :) Then they screwed me out of my last paycheck. :(

ElendilTheTall

9:45 AM

schweinehunde

well, you're better off rid I'm sure

I am still at Boredom 'r' Us

but I have invested in a professional grade printer and am planning on selling prints of my photos

first one mounted and bagged a couple of nights ago

Stephie

Wow! Good for you!

Will you be selling them at touristy places / visitor centres or are you flying solo via the Internet?

Cindy

@ElendilTheTall Very nice! Good for you!

ElendilTheTall

Internet is virtually (arf) a waste of time I think - you are placing yourself in the middle of the biggest competitive market on Earth

so the plan is to sell at arts and crafts fairs etc

lots of sitting around in marquees in my future

hopefully

the printer was £500 and a full set of ink costs £100

need to at least pay that off :D

so, how many can I put y'all down for? ;)

Stephie

I'd really talk to the (better) tourist places with souvenir shops.

@ElendilTheTall are you trying to risk my marriage?

ElendilTheTall

always

It's the only way I'll get you to myself <twirls moustache>

but seriously - I'll be looking primarily at arts fairs in the lakes initially - tourist central

there will be a lot of established togs already in bricks and mortar shops

Cindy

9:53 AM

@ElendilTheTall How much are you selling them for?

ElendilTheTall

not to say that I'd never approach them, just - one thing at a time

probably £30-35 for an A4

Cindy

Sounds like a fair price.

ElendilTheTall

I've seen them for 60-75

but as I'm a noob and mainly want to pay off the printer...

@Cindy even better with the current exchange rate - shall we say a dozen?

:D

Cindy

@ElendilTheTall We'll have to see what the exchange rate is when I have $$ again. ;)

ElendilTheTall

probably even better

I'll be charging £300,000 a photo, or roughly ten bucks

Cindy

9:59 AM

Lol!

Well hopefully I'll be back to work soon. I had an interview last Monday with Casio that went very well. I should know something the first of next week.

ElendilTheTall

cool

I like their watches

:D

nothing fancy, just good, accurate, reliable timepieces

Cindy

Me too. And go figure, the job is in their timepiece division. :)

ElendilTheTall

my dad lost his el-cheapo casio for 2 years once, back in the 80s. Found it in a puddle. It had lost 1 minute. He wrote to them to say how pleased he was. Only time he ever wrote to a company.

(with praise)

@Cindy cough hook me up with some G-shocks cough

Cindy

I'll see what I can do. ;)

ElendilTheTall

you always were my favourite

Cindy

10:06 AM

Awww.....

ElendilTheTall

christ, I'll catch hell for that when Jojo turns up

Cindy

The best part is no people to manage!

ElendilTheTall

nice

what's the job?

Cindy

Sales rep.

ElendilTheTall

how big an area?

Cindy

10:10 AM

It extends from Va. Beach to Richmond. Diameter of about 100 miles, and I am a little east of center. So very little travel and probably no nights out.

ElendilTheTall

sweet

only drawback is you could never be late :D

"Sorry I'm late, my watch sto.... there was traffic ¬_¬"

Cindy

Really! The traffic thing is definitely a possibility here, though.

Stephie

Nope, blame it on the electronics in your car and then praise the reliable watches.

ElendilTheTall

The traffic was awful, but I knew exactly how late I was being!

amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BFDES9A/…

just going to leave this here

(the vibe alarm would be great for early morning shoot wakeups, to avoid waking the missus. Only thinking of her of course)

Cindy

Of course.

ElendilTheTall

10:21 AM

so what stage are you at? awaiting an interview?

Cindy

No. Had the interview. Waiting to find out if I got it. The interviewer was very impressed with my background and qualifications, so I feel good about it. Just trying not to get my hopes up too much. Just in case......

ElendilTheTall

oooo

when will you hear, do you know?

Cindy

She said that she would contact me the first of next week.

ElendilTheTall

man alive

why can't these people call before the weekend?

:D

Cindy

I know, right?

Other good news, I had my check-up this week. Got the results of the blood work yesterday. My triglycerides dropped 400 points! :) Just wish I knew why so I can keep doing whatever it is.

ElendilTheTall

10:29 AM

reduced stress maybe?

Cindy

Could be, I guess. I'm just happy it's down. Still too high, but much better.

ElendilTheTall

👍

that's what we like to hear

Cindy

😀

ElendilTheTall

here she is, hey @Jolenealaska!

Cindy

And I had to get new tires for my car. Good thing they were free!

Hi @Jolenealaska!

Stephie

10:41 AM

@ElendilTheTall two prints - think of the watch when making a sales pitch ^_^

Jolenealaska

Tall!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've missed you soo much!

ElendilTheTall

oh, you do go on so

;)

how you doing?

@Stephie maybe you have 100% profit in the Heimat, but here I have costs

so, 3 prints ;)

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall Yay!

ElendilTheTall

:)

Jolenealaska

My life has been chaotic of late... Hold On! I need to call Dragon.

user208178

10:47 AM

yay!

user208178

everyone is here.

user208178

@ElendilTheTall Howdy!

Jolenealaska

Crap... I need to reboot. BRB

ElendilTheTall

@VitaminC hello

um

do I know you?

user208178

oh sorry I can't change my name for another 30 days. Arrowfar.

user208178

10:52 AM

I changed it then changed it back.

ElendilTheTall

ah

hello!

user208178

Hey!

Stephie

@VitaminC Now you also started changing names?

Geeez....

user208178

@Stephie um, no. Sorry for the confusion :)

Cindy

Hi @VitaminC. I was wondering who you are. ;) Welcome back.

user208178

10:54 AM

@Cindy Thanks. Hey :)

user208178

@ElendilTheTall so why did you leave chats? you came back after like 60 days.

ElendilTheTall

Got bored. I'd come in of a morning, there'd either be no one here, or whoever was here would be tired or have to go to work or whatever

so I got out of the habit

life took over

user208178

ah.

user208178

yeah this place got quiet.

ElendilTheTall

happened to check one of my e-mail addresses this morning and certain parties were getting their knickers in a twist, so here I am (¬‿¬)

user208178

10:58 AM

I think Jojo only talks in the mod room these days.

user208178

lol

user208178

Yeah that would be Jojo.

user208178

I see Faheem left the room.

ElendilTheTall

has he been back while I was away?

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall :)

user208178

11:01 AM

I dunno. I haven't been in chats much myself. I just popped in once a while to read the transcript.

Jolenealaska

Now Faheem seems to be gone.

user208178

yeah

Jolenealaska

Ever since that comment that suggested that he didn't always know as much as he thinks he knows got five stars.

Dragon is back!

So how badly is the UK screwed?

ElendilTheTall

so jojo

how big a screwdriver you got?

if the forecasts are right, it's not just us - we're taking you all down with us

who knows, maybe the Leave folks are right

i suspect it will fall somewhere in the lower middle of predictions

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall That's the gist I'm getting from my email alerts.

ElendilTheTall

11:05 AM

also lends credence to Trump being elected

if the pollsters and pundits were wrong about the level of nationalist feeling here, it could easily be the case there

even the bookies were wrong, and they're usually the most accurate

(legalised gambling everywhere here)

Jolenealaska

Wouldn't that just be the shit.

I would never have guessed he would make it this far.

ElendilTheTall

Exactly

I'll see you in Canada

Jolenealaska

At least I'm close!

ElendilTheTall

Indeedy

So what's been happening in Jojoland?

Cindy

I personally think we should clean house and start over. We could implement Tall's plan.

user208178

11:11 AM

Canada sounds nice.

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall The world is upside down. Plus it's solstice, I get a little nuts around this time every year.

user208178

@Jolenealaska jojo can you change my name?

Jolenealaska

@VitaminC nope

user208178

not allowed?

user208178

I see. I will have to sign up here on the main site first.

Jolenealaska

11:15 AM

@VitaminC That's not something moderators can do, only the person who owns the account can do it, and only after the period of time that changing updates is restricted.

Just leave it alone for now.

user208178

okay.

Jolenealaska

Change it after the date that you can change it, don't do the whole new account thing.

user208178

yes I understand :)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska so you're still nuts, got it

i assumed that anyway tbf

:P

user208178

lol

Jolenealaska

11:20 AM

@ElendilTheTall :) Just now I was called away to do dastardly mod stuff.

It was one of those hopeless questions that rumi always seems to catch before me.

ElendilTheTall

You used to fight the man, now you are the man

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

:P

Jolenealaska

I had to Google that.

ElendilTheTall

I'm back, baby

:P

Jolenealaska

So why was Scotland so heavy on the leave side?

user208178

me too baby.

user208178

11:25 AM

:)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska they weren't, they were all Remain

England and Wales were all leave

Jolenealaska

That's what I meant, just a momentary brain fart.

ElendilTheTall

I have no idea. Naturally progressive folks I guess

there will be another independence referendum there (independence from the UK)

in order to remain in the EU

one of the big sticking points in their last one was the fear of leaving the EU

well, now they're leaving it anyway, despite not wanting to

heck, even the Mayor of London is talking about trying to stay in the EU

the independent nation of London

o.o

Jolenealaska

London was shockingly dark blue surrounded by red everywhere on the little map I looked at.

ElendilTheTall

yup

Jolenealaska

11:30 AM

Is nothing financial done outside of London?

ElendilTheTall

not really, no

Jolenealaska

Christ

ElendilTheTall

The City is the leading financial centre on Earth, even more so than New York

the gateway from the rest of the world to Europe

oops

Jolenealaska

Well, this is just a clusterf*ck

And don't tease me about clusterf*ck!

ElendilTheTall

do they add those * automatically when you're a mod?

:P

Jolenealaska

11:34 AM

@ElendilTheTall Well, that depends upon who "they" are. :)

ElendilTheTall

Big Brother

Jolenealaska

Is watching you!

Everything that is flagged on the SE chat network goes to all the mods that are online at the moment.

user208178

@ElendilTheTall so I ended up at reddit after I left here. some subs are good. also fun.

user208178

plus you can write almost anything there. Anything heh.

user208178

they just don't have to neato chat feature like we have here.

Jolenealaska

11:38 AM

This room has hardly ever been flagged, it would be kind of embarrassing for me to be the only one.

user208178

ha ha

ElendilTheTall

well, we'll see what we can do about that

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall have you heard that Cerby and Catija are mods now too?

user208178

so before going to reddit I didn't know about the term "cuck". I had heard it but never seen it used. Esp. "beta cuck" :)

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska no

got a proper reign of terror going on I see ;)

Jolenealaska

11:41 AM

@ElendilTheTall yes

Cindy

Which site is Cerby a mod on?

Jolenealaska

Latin

pro tem

ElendilTheTall

does that mean Catija and Jefromi still have their mind-numbing conversations about the minutiae of running the site? >.<

Jolenealaska

Damn I should have been in bed two hours ago. I have the technology now to chat from bed (sort of), so I'll try to be back in a bit.

user208178

@Cindy you are still or already awake? it must be night there in the US.

ElendilTheTall

11:47 AM

@Jolenealaska very interesting :D

Jolenealaska

I think those have more or less been moved to the teacher's lounge

@ElendilTheTall I so knew you were going to say that :)

Cindy

@VitaminC No. It's coming up on 8 am.

user208178

oh I see

Cindy

Eastern.

user208178

@Jolenealaska is TL fun to chat or there is only work?

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