Comments on: November Snowfall http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on November Snowfall by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-202 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:25:45 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-202 Hi Carrster, I hope it snows soon so that you can swoosh along on skis in nice warm snowboots. Nothing wrong with carpet, but it's not compatible with two cats and an aversion to daily hoovering :-). -Fruey Hi Carrster,

I hope it snows soon so that you can swoosh along on skis in nice warm snowboots. Nothing wrong with carpet, but it’s not compatible with two cats and an aversion to daily hoovering :-) .

-Fruey

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-199 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:32:51 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-199 I'm willing to put in the time, although....cheap nice carpet might be the way to go too. We'll see how cold my feet are! Still no snow. :-( I’m willing to put in the time, although….cheap nice carpet might be the way to go too. We’ll see how cold my feet are!

Still no snow. :-(

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-198 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:15:13 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-198 Lol this thread is becoming the carpet-free club. Stairs are tough to do without carpet though. I just finished our little staircase and it took ages... -Fruey Lol this thread is becoming the carpet-free club.

Stairs are tough to do without carpet though. I just finished our little staircase and it took ages…

-Fruey

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-197 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:16:09 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-197 *sigh* not enough snow yet for skiing, just cold and ice (although there's snow on the downhill slopes). I'm with you on the carpet free homes! Ripped up *most* of the carpet last winter and have the hallway & stairs left to do. :-) It's sooooo much cleaner than carpet (esp. with cats!) *sigh* not enough snow yet for skiing, just cold and ice (although there’s snow on the downhill slopes). I’m with you on the carpet free homes! Ripped up *most* of the carpet last winter and have the hallway & stairs left to do. :-) It’s sooooo much cleaner than carpet (esp. with cats!)

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-195 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:55:45 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-195 Euh, not sure I follow you there... Euh, not sure I follow you there…

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: P in France http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-194 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:32:08 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-194 No but I'll you my "lady that does" No but I’ll you my “lady that does”

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-193 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:05:31 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-193 Oh, that's OK then. Can I use you in defence with my lawyer if I get taken to account because there are needles all over the floor? ;-) :-D Oh, that’s OK then. Can I use you in defence with my lawyer if I get taken to account because there are needles all over the floor? ;-) :-D

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: P in France http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-192 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:31:10 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-192 Ahh but the Ikea trees needles don't fall out at all, I promise you. That is until Christmas is over and you need to get the thing down stairs into the car and back to the Ikea car park. Then you leave a trail of needles behind you .... Ahh but the Ikea trees needles don’t fall out at all, I promise you.

That is until Christmas is over and you need to get the thing down stairs into the car and back to the Ikea car park.

Then you leave a trail of needles behind you ….

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-191 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:44:20 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-191 Hi P, Just for you: <a href="http://www.tiflex.co.uk/nosings.html" rel="nofollow">stair nosings</a>. A little thing that goes on the end of each stair to stop you slipping and make it look all neat and tidy. It's great to be in a carpetless place. Hoovering is so much easier without having to go back and forth over the carpet all the time to pick up all the cat hair and dust. One thing I won't have to hoover up is pine needles. I don't think I'll get a tree this year, even with Ikea just 15 minutes up the road. Makes a lot of mess. Cunning marketing scheme they have that you spoke about in your post though. -Fruey Hi P,

Just for you: stair nosings. A little thing that goes on the end of each stair to stop you slipping and make it look all neat and tidy.

It’s great to be in a carpetless place. Hoovering is so much easier without having to go back and forth over the carpet all the time to pick up all the cat hair and dust.

One thing I won’t have to hoover up is pine needles. I don’t think I’ll get a tree this year, even with Ikea just 15 minutes up the road. Makes a lot of mess. Cunning marketing scheme they have that you spoke about in your post though.

-Fruey

]]> Comment on November Snowfall by: P in France http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-190 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:56:32 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2005/11/27/november-snowfall/#comment-190 I've no idea what a 'stair nosing' is, but that sounds very 'bricolage' to me ! I'm like you though glad to be in a French home that is carpet free ! It wasn't until we bought our home that has wooden floors from top to toe that I realised how much dust accumlates and when you have a carpet it gets trodden in. Yuk, yuk, yuk ! I’ve no idea what a ’stair nosing’ is, but that sounds very ‘bricolage’ to me !

I’m like you though glad to be in a French home that is carpet free ! It wasn’t until we bought our home that has wooden floors from top to toe that I realised how much dust accumlates and when you have a carpet it gets trodden in. Yuk, yuk, yuk !

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