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

[Lochness Monster]

Cruelty to animals is alive and kick at the dump.
Fanny needs to be put in a sheep dip every morning to remind her not to be cruel to cats, dogs, hens, peacocks, sheep and dogs.
This photo is a reminder that it should be shared, because whatever else they do at the dump this scene is unforgivable. Curtsey should know better too.

 

[Gertrude Maud]

I've assumed it was earwigs because they're all over the wood with this wet weather, could well be something else.. there's specs of poo on the leaves though.. I'll dig the soil and see if there's any culprits running away..

Have a look inside the petals of the flower heads . . . that's where earwigs hide . . . sometimes also in unfolding leaves.

 

[CountessPompidoo]

I've considered getting an Irish passport (Dad was Irish) haven't got any further though.. or if it's even possible.

I always assumed you could obtain one if a Grandmother was born in Southen Ireland. I looked into this pre-Bexit and qualified and had the documentation, but decided against it. I think I could of have also applied for an Italian one too, but that was more complicated. Post Bexit I think rules have changed, takes longer and much more expensive.
Strangely, and I'm not sue why I think this, if either parent were born in Northern Ireland but their parents were from Southen Ireland, you could obtain an Irish passport quite easily.

 

[UvulaDonor]

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.

I'm sorry - but there is no way Gordon Ramsay said anything like: This is a great set up - perfect for a chef either for private functions for mass catering with other cooks involved, fridge, oven and sink all in a good distance from each other etc. He might have said - 'nice floor' 'good light' etc. And yes, those backsplashes look bad - should have gone wall to wall but there is no way Billy will admit that he was wrong on that one.

 

[ComtesseRose]

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.

Because he's an ignorant freak!

Takes me back to my (maternal) grandfather back in the motherland - he had loo like that...

 

[newengland]

Been watching Billy again, kinda like him being a bit of a dikk. I like the crew he has, they work hard, get shite done. Even the old man digs in and contributes.

Better that smartass attitude then watching scammer Fanny, wimp azz Snorts, creepy Potts, weird Gerry, weak Amaury, idiot ton hubbs, etc.

 

[Imperious Me]

Cruelty to animals is alive and kick at the dump.
Fanny needs to be put in a sheep dip every morning to remind her not to be cruel to cats, dogs, hens, peacocks, sheep and dogs.
This photo is a reminder that it should be shared, because whatever else they do at the dump this scene is unforgivable. Curtsey should know better too.

To have that dog around too, when it's just been terrorizing them in the field.. So disturbing.

 

[YoungAtHeart]

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.

There were 2 toilet blocks at my kids’ primary school in France. One “normal” and one Turkish. Guess which block of six loos nearly 400 kids used?

 

[Cleo's Asp]

Because she's a feckin teenager

She doesn't realise how stupid she looks at almost 50 and she's such an ungainly self-conscious and self-absorbed woman. She takes after her mother when she twirls or tries to dance for the camera.

 

[billybudd]

Cruelty to animals is alive and kick at the dump.
Fanny needs to be put in a sheep dip every morning to remind her not to be cruel to cats, dogs, hens, peacocks, sheep and dogs.
This photo is a reminder that it should be shared, because whatever else they do at the dump this scene is unforgivable. Curtsey should know better too.

Aside from thinking it's okay to do it off camera, they add horror to the abuse by thinking it's not only okay but lucrative and amusing to do it on camera.

 

[FecilitéJ]

I always assumed you could obtain one if a Grandmother was born in Southen Ireland. I looked into this pre-Bexit and qualified and had the documentation, but decided against it. I think I could of have also applied for an Italian one too, but that was more complicated. Post Bexit I think rules have changed, takes longer and much more expensive.
Strangely, and I'm not sue why I think this, if either parent were born in Northern Ireland but their parents were from Southen Ireland, you could obtain an Irish passport quite easily.

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[Gertrude Maud]

They're still out there defending Marie's melon balls.

@Susan-iy5fv
14 hours ago
Marie is a tad confused. Caprese salad is made from fresh, thick-sliced tomatoes, equally thick slices of mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil, not melon balls.

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@kam9989
8 hours ago
She’s on the right track with Italian connection, it’s similar to antipasto, prosciutto e melone.

 

[FecilitéJ]

 

[ComtesseRose]

@kam9989
8 hours ago
She’s on the right track with Italian connection, it’s similar to antipasto, prosciutto e melone.

Yes, but it's still not a Caprese Salad, the idiot chef should have called it something else.

 

[Razzle Dazzle]

Regarding Earwigs; read that if you fold up dampen newspaper into a roll, tie it and place it under your plants, the earwigs will be attracted to the damp, dark folds of the paper. Each day throw out the roll with the earwigs and replace with a fresh one. Never tried it, but makes sense. They like dark, moist areas to hide in.

 

[newengland]

They're still out there defending Marie's melon balls.

@Susan-iy5fv
14 hours ago
Marie is a tad confused. Caprese salad is made from fresh, thick-sliced tomatoes, equally thick slices of mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil, not melon balls.

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@kam9989
8 hours ago
She’s on the right track with Italian connection, it’s similar to antipasto, prosciutto e melone.

Yes kam9989, let’s all keep on deluding ourselves and live in that participation trophy award world, with ultra low expectations, where everything and everybody is mediocre and stupid. Wouldn’t want anyone to hear some hard truths, might hurt their delicate feelings.
Keep makin’ those moronic excuses, makes you look equally mental.

Kinda like our Presidential candidates, where any dumb fkk can throw their hat in the ring. What a fkd up world we are livin’ in.
Please, someone, anyone, can ya help us, we’re drowning in idiots who think they’re the second coming.

We will wait, but just be aware, time is runnin’ out.

Ok, back to that horror, Fanny Jarvis. She is the perfect poster child for our present world. Fits right in.

 

[Ladeda1957]

Omg this conversation about earwigs is bring back a childhood obsession. I watched a horror movie where a man had an earwig in his ear and It started to eat his brain, it was horrific. So every night for months I would worry about earwigs getting into my ear, even though we didn’t have earwigs where we lived, I would stuff my ears with cotton wool and just couldn’t get over the fact that I might have my brain eaten by an Earwig, finally confessed to my mother what was happening and she laughed and said it won’t happen , I was so relieved.

 

[graciemckitten]

@pammyvi37
6 hours ago
I don’t understand the obsession with these tables and dishes when you have no heating. It boggles my mind. Plumbing, electrical, and climate control are essential. Without them your beautiful treasures will not last. Every museum you tour has protections for the art, linens, tapestry, rugs, etc. you are not a good steward for these items if you don’t take care of the building. You have proof of this in the chapel restoration going on. The lack of care is what caused the building to fail. Never put the horse before the cart.


@carolinegooder7091
5 hours ago
As soon as the B&B season is over, Stephanie has the heating system and Grand Salon on the top of the list. Workers take off August, so November will be a big construction month. Then, the terrace that they have worked on before is on the list, followed by the lake. They never thought the chapel would go first and be finished in the same year

 

[Imperious Me]

Omg this conversation about earwigs is bring back a childhood obsession. I watched a horror movie where a man had an earwig in his ear and It started to eat his brain, it was horrific. So every night for months I would worry about earwigs getting into my ear, even though we didn’t have earwigs where we lived, I would stuff my ears with cotton wool and just couldn’t get over the fact that I might have my brain eaten by an Earwig, finally confessed to my mother what was happening and she laughed and said it won’t happen , I was so relieved.

Tale from the Crypt... My Dad left his hearing aid on the bedside table, put it in but a fly had dropped eggs on it overnight, he had maggots in his ear.. eating... yep... he got quite off balance and couldn't function properly so they took him to hospital... so ladies and gentlemen, check your hearing aids before you put them in...

 

[Cleo's Asp]

I'm watching a rather odd documentary on BBC about two eccentric Argentinian women, a mother and daughter, who live in a crumbling castle that the mother had worked in as a servant. The late owner, who was a socialite and travelled a lot, left it to her as she had worked so hard. The daughter, who may be gay, I think, seems to do very little apart from sleeping; browsing on her phone or using a boxer's punch bag. She wants to be a Formula 4 driver. The mother does most of the work. They are raising a piglet in the house as it was rejected by its mother. There's also a sheep in the house currently pulling some silver cutlery off a sideboard! They have a herd of cattle but very little money, it seems. The castle has a tower like LL,'s! All very odd, but interesting and some things make me think of LL though Fanny would not be flattered to know that.