The Chateau Diaries #315 500.000€ spent on the chapel made Saint Joseph drop dead.

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Iolair said:
Do it! With an Irish parent you qualify. It's easy enough to apply and with Ireland being in the EU, you've got no worries with pesky borders and annoying visas. Mind you, there'll probably be a wait as processing times went from a few months to 20.000 years after Brexit and the powers that be won't yet have dealt with the monumental backlogs. ☘
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Ahhhhh! French autoroute toilets! How we all despise them! 🤮
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Imagine my surprise encountering French autoroute toilets after be spoiled at the amazing gourmet rest stops on the autostrada in Italy…
 
Jules100 said:
Speaking of Stephanie anilip living in daily delusional grandeur… Homeworthy just put out an episode that tours the renovated Grey Gardens. It’s beautiful and a bit much, but pretty interesting to see all fixed up. Lalande will never, ever be close to this nice. It will probably never be as nice as when Grey Gardens used to be nasty and dilapidated.
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Hi Tattlers, it's been an age! I just watched this episode of Homeworthy about Grey Gardens and thought the new owner did a stunning job with the decor. She loves bright colors and contrasting patterns (like other rich ladies with large houses we know), only the Grey Gardens lady actually pulls it off. Her gardens are everything Stephanie wishes her weed-infested dump to be, from her beautiful walled garden to her tidy, organized kitchen garden to her formal "Indian" inspired garden. The Inside of the house is incredible, but even with the bright patterns, manages to be a tasteful place you'd want to actually visit and not worry you might sit down on something disgusting. PhePhe would plotz over her porcelain collection, which is NOT dusty and tacky but also ORGANIZED and displayed with curated precision throughout the house. I was thrilled to see Grey Gardens in its current iteration and I bet Big and Little Edie would have loved it, too.
 
Imperious Me said:
TWENTY YEARS???? omg..
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Web site says for first time application, assuming all documentation correct etc. about 8 to 10 weeks. 🤔
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Billy showing the plain and, I think, classy white Villeroy & Bosch service. He commented on how expensive it was because he wants 24 of everything. Set of 6 on Amazon is $460 ish. Imagine if F4F followed his example and all the money she could direct to more pressing and important matters
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Iolair said:
Billy is taking his que from Gordon Ramsay, who apparently watched a vlog and liked the channel... or some such tit. Imo Billy's subconscious is thinking, if that obnoxious twit can get away with extraordinarily bad behaviour on camera, so can I. Hence, the belligerence. Something for Ramsay to appreciate.
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Is Billy trying to develop a personality as he was the dullest vlogger ever ? Together with a total body makeover - he was a smasher when he was younger btw - in fact I didn't recognize him when I tuned in to have a look at Yannis after all the favourable comments.
Good for him, he's sticking to his work, looks after his little family & respects Gwen, & every now & then helping out Ryan, Phil & involving Bro in the vlogs when they're skimped. Not enough to keep me glued to his dailies though. Dan has the edge with me - I'm with you @Karma. (Was there some money in it?🤔)
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PS. Love V& B - it has a rich, creamy texture
 
Beau Monde said:
Hi Tattlers, it's been an age! I just watched this episode of Homeworthy about Grey Gardens and thought the new owner did a stunning job with the decor. She loves bright colors and contrasting patterns (like other rich ladies with large houses we know), only the Grey Gardens lady actually pulls it off. Her gardens are everything Stephanie wishes her weed-infested dump to be, from her beautiful walled garden to her tidy, organized kitchen garden to her formal "Indian" inspired garden. The Inside of the house is incredible, but even with the bright patterns, manages to be a tasteful place you'd want to actually visit and not worry you might sit down on something disgusting. PhePhe would plotz over her porcelain collection, which is NOT dusty and tacky but also ORGANIZED and displayed with curated precision throughout the house. I was thrilled to see Grey Gardens in its current iteration and I bet Big and Little Edie would have loved it, too.
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Aaaaaah so glad to ‘see’ you. I watched that too. I loved that she kept some of the cane furniture. Loved what she wanted and saw through and ten out of ten to her Husband for going with her flow. They seemed lovely 🥰
 
Le Baiseur said:
The sights, sounds, smells, crowds, and culture shock of India will render PhiPhi fetal with musty sheets pulled up over his head.
I love that for him. I wish him Hershey squirts and a squat toilet.
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Sadly, the à la Turque is fast disappearing from French cultural life and being replaced with western wc's everywhere. Time had it when you would pull in to the little Esso or Total petrol stations on the nationals and pop to the wc, while himself would attend to the pompiest, only to be confronted with a turque. Trousers would be rolled up, handbags hung around necks whilst one would do their best to avoid dragging anything through the mire that greeted you whilst swatting flies... ah, those were the days. I am not sorry to see them dissappear. We even viewed a house that had one installed and laughed heartily about it realising it was not the property for us. My younger brother facing one for the first time turned on his heel and mumbled something about that cubicle being the shower and he would wait for the next one.
 
Gertrude Maud said:
Yes of course, I know they look and taste incredibly similar . . . one has melon and prosciutto and the other has tomato, mozzarella and basil.
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Are any of them served in a soup cup and saucer?

With all their showing off with having four sets of mother of pearl cutlery , fish sets , dessert sets blah blah they still do not know how to lay a table or what cutlery should be used.
Snorts had put a dessert spoon out for the guests to try and eat those balls from a soup cup.Absolutely daft and impossible.
 

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C'est moi said:
Sadly, the à la Turque is fast disappearing from French cultural life and being replaced with western wc's everywhere. Time had it when you would pull in to the little Esso or Total petrol stations on the nationals and pop to the wc, while himself would attend to the pompiest, only to be confronted with a turque. Trousers would be rolled up, handbags hung around necks whilst one would do their best to avoid dragging anything through the mire that greeted you whilst swatting flies... ah, those were the days. I am not sorry to see them dissappear. We even viewed a house that had one installed and laughed heartily about it realising it was not the property for us. My younger brother facing one for the first time turned on his heel and mumbled something about that cubicle being the shower and he would wait for the next one.
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It's rare to find them at motorway stops now.

Those were the days, always a gamble and a deft balancing act.

When I first started coming to France in the 80s, I remember being in a cafe and needing the loo. To my horror not only was it a 'treader' but the door was saloon slatted swing doors with no lock, as you shared the space with the urinal. Such fun!
 
Spirit of place said:
I only speak from experience but yes, I got rid of black spot on roses & a bonsai Ficus Benjamin that was thrown out - be sure to sterilize the secateurs afterwards though - the soap, Marseille or liquid is really for washing away insects/aphids. Neem oil does the job as well but is expensive to use on a big garden.
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I bought neem powder as a natural deterrent for ticks on my furry friend.
His fur went green and I had a lot of comments, it was not something I repeated. Apparently in India they take neem as a digestif against ills?
Why does Fanny have to twirl when someone compliments her. ?
 

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Lochness Monster said:
I bought neem powder as a natural deterrent for ticks on my furry friend.
His fur went green and I had a lot of comments, it was not something I repeated. Apparently in India they take neem as a digestif against ills?
Why does Fanny have to twirl when someone compliments her. ?
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Because she is a precious Princess, stuck in a time warp, when Daddy always asked his adoring Daughter to give him a twirl when he bought her a new dress, whilst telling her how beautiful she was. To this day, she re-enacts that.
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FecilitéJ said:
Web site says for first time application, assuming all documentation correct etc. about 8 to 10 weeks. 🤔
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Billy showing the plain and, I think, classy white Villeroy & Bosch service. He commented on how expensive it was because he wants 24 of everything. Set of 6 on Amazon is $460 ish. Imagine if F4F followed his example and all the money she could direct to more pressing and important matters
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Bloody 'ell. When he was getting it all out of the box, I thought 'IKEA" :D:D:D
Then I thought, 'Billster, put it all through the dishwasher before you put it all in the cupboads you Sap'
 
graciemckitten said:
Promotional Permasmile is always gifting the gruesome twosome with her “ finds”. She has given Snorty a bracelet, a tureen, did she give him a brooch? She had given Stephanie a bed frame, the tureen, dollar soaps, and got Snorty to purchase the spinner necklace that she wore once. She gave Stephanie some of her older dresses that she could no longer wear.
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Vivienne's relationship with Stephanie is similar to the Puffs. She brings goods and chattels, they either brought food or prepared it . . . no evidence of 'friendship'.
 
graciemckitten said:
It is so ironic that they literally have hundreds of porcelain plates, but the entire B and B dinner portions for 12 people could fill only 2 plates.
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It is also ironic that they have sooo much china and yet can not plate up a non traditional caprese salad.
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Imperious Me said:
What gets rid of earwigs? I swear it's them eating my flowers.. my baskets are dying, some are just stalks now :confused:
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Put vegetable or olive oil into a saucer or shallow dish and drizzle soy sauce into it. Earwigs love it.
 
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It's probably very much old news for all of ya.. but I'm skimming older threads and HER PATREON GOT SUSPENDED? BAHAHAAAA
And she claimed it's because she offers BnB discounts?! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
It's the best laugh I've had in a while!

We already knew that, but if her lips are moving, she's lynig!

Patreon has no issues if creators offer off-platform discounts to their patrons... in fact, they offer a service that makes it easier and generates discount codes for off-site offers! I bet she got reported and enough times for Patreon to take a look at what she's doing. Unfortunately at end of the day, Patreon doesn't care about association and if she pays her taxes or not, but I bet she and her gayonce shat multiple pairs of pants until it came back up 😂
 
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