The Chateau Diaries #321 Philip is annoying & temperamental and it's time to discard him too!

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I can understand why Mummy needed a new dress. The blue dress section of her wardrobe was virtually non-existent and she never has a thing to wear. Although it may help if Mummy stopped loaning her dresses to Percy. Mummy should also check Snorty's closet to see if he's squirreled away any of her dresses.
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His peers must think he's very odd!

Really? Just his peers?

Perhaps he's thinking of cat litter tray liners? It's easy to confuse them... when you live in a putrid, festering, shithole.
Funny thing is....SNORTS HAS NO PEERS!!!!!
My doctor got it covered as a treatment to lower my BMI. You might check to see if it’s covered that way.
Thanks but we did use my large BMI, my HTN and borderline diabetes. The prescription was for Monjaro which does not have to have diabetes as a reason to prescribe. I have heard that here in the states, many insurance companies follow Medicare guidelines and consider weight loss drugs simply "cosmetic" in nature. Drugs and insurance costs are absolutely ridiculous here!!!
 
Funny thing is....SNORTS HAS NO PEERS!!!!!
Thanks but we did use my large BMI, my HTN and borderline diabetes. The prescription was for Monjaro which does not have to have diabetes as a reason to prescribe. I have heard that here in the states, many insurance companies follow Medicare guidelines and consider weight loss drugs simply "cosmetic" in nature. Drugs and insurance costs are absolutely ridiculous here!!!
Most insurances in the USA follow Medicare rules as a baseline. I have Caremark and much to my surprise they didn’t bat an eye at either Ozempic or Mounjaro. Ozempic worked for about six months for me then pegged out so we switched to Mounjaro with continuing good effect. Doc says very few companies are covering it still. Best friend has it covered through Medicaid of all things.
 
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Why is one in shorts and the other is dressed for the arctic?

Everyone's a critic!

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@HalcyonOrganic, did you just hack my account?! ⬆
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Just kidding

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Amanda is effortlessly elegant in everything she wears. She has style, even when dressed for weeding. She has that undefineable grace that sets her apart from most other chatelaines, while Philip always looks and acts like a head.

Thanks for having my back, @Iolair. I agree.

The photo was the best that I could quickly find and pull. It's the same jacket Amanda's been sporting throughout the spring and earlier in the summer whilst it was still cold. I love her channel!
 
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True, but the politician’s corporate minders want it that way. After all, there is no profit in a cure.🤨
Here where we have a national healthcare system that is heavily subsidised, I think it's governments not wanting an initial outlay. People with diabetes get drugs, dialysis and other related problems all paid for by the government. There is also funding for stomach sleeve surgery - not available willy nilly but still available for a certain number of people each year. Surly it's cheaper to pay for Ozempic.
 
Drugs and insurance costs are absolutely ridiculous here!!!
I agree with you about cost, it's truly terrifying. Just last week I was partially laid off, about 30 others were fully laid off. What it means for me is I'm still employed 3 hrs per day but don't have enough hours to keep benefits. I'm currently in "talks" with the powers that be to pay out all of my PTO plus keep benefits.
If it's a no from them, then I will quit and file for full unemployment and possibly carry current insurance through COBRA which will cost 600.00 per month! If I was already 65 I wouldn't be as stressed.
 
I am enjoying the progress at Selling Up and Buying a Chateau- what an amazing team! Aussie and French craftsmen working harmoniously together, and Denise and Brett being on hand to manage every step of it. They've all become one big family. Other than the carpet in the bedrooms (it may very well be to save time to meet this year's deadline, and have a feeling she'll grow weary of it and want to refinish the floors later on instead), she has good taste. Everything is neutral. Since it will be a spa and luxury resort, the rooms will probably be equipped with quality bedding, beds and pillows, fluffy white towels and robes, high-end toiletries and heating! Plus, there will be an actual spa and treatment rooms.

For nearly the same price as staying at Bret & Denise's chateau, one can stay at the Shitoo where you will sleep in a dirty damp room (with no lock on the door) on a manky old mattress on musty line-dried sheets that may or may not have been changed since the previous guests' stay, some threadbare 20-year old towels, a little bar of old soap, with no heat or hot water. But, you can pay extra to get a massage in the Grand Salon construction site (or your own sad room) or have Annaliese style your hair, and see the wildlife- awake to see mice running about your room, or the peacocks perched (and pooing) upon the roof of your car!
 
Prolly because his grandparents owned some @Jeeves !!! :ROFLMAO: (Snorts allergies are a joke!) My grandmum had silver grapefruit spoons (they were a thing, apparently) and would make me broiled grapefruit with brown sugar for brekkie (it sounds odd, but was actually good.) But, when she passed and my mum asked if I wanted them, I politely declined. "Mum, I am that person who peels their grapefruit and eats it like an orange- don't send me things I will never ever use!"

Alas, Tattlers, I fear I may be on the receiving end of some crap, as my mum rang me yesterday to tell me her cousins dropped some of my recently departed great-aunts' "treasures" off at her house, and did I want her "pew-ah" pitcher and tray? (I was laughing so hard- "Mum, do you mean 'pewter'?" "That is what I said- pew-ah. What is wrong with you? Why is that funny? No matter, you will receive a large box in the post very soon, whether you like it or not.") While I have successfully managed to evade so many "precious family heirlooms" with smooth talking (looking at you, Hummel collection that has been split between my cousins' baby children), I couldn't stop laughing long enough to talk her out of it (and Mr. T Rex said I needed to get outside to help him move the boathouse furniture due to the storm surge.). SMH. I am doomed. I will now dread every post delivery!
I thought they were grapefruit spoons. My mother had some. Broiled grapefruit, yummy.
 
For nearly the same price as staying at Bret & Denise's chateau, one can stay at the Shitoo where you will sleep in a dirty damp room (with no lock on the door) on a manky old mattress on musty line-dried sheets that may or may not have been changed since the previous guests' stay, some threadbare 20-year old towels, a little bar of old soap, with no heat or hot water. But, you can pay extra to get a massage in the Grand Salon construction site (or your own sad room) or have Annaliese style your hair, and see the wildlife- awake to see mice running about your room, or the peacocks perched (and pooing) upon the roof of your car!

Oh poor Rexy....... you have lost your sense of Adventure !!!!!! :love:
 
All of the grapefruit spoons I’ve ever seen had a serrated edge to remove the fruit from the rind. But I suppose in a sophisticated setting, the grapefruit would be pre-sliced in the rind so one would only need to scoop it out. I wonder if they know that? 🤔😆

My grandmum's were serrated as well, which I always thought was odd, as she pre-sectioned my grapefruit for me. Apparently, I am uncouth, as I use a $3 Pampered Chef hard plastic citrus peeler tool that I bought in the 90s, and prefer to eat grapefruit like an orange in sections while standing over my kitchen sink. (Grapefruit is expensive these days, even in Florida- I am going to enjoy every last bite!)
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Oh poor Rexy....... you have lost your sense of Adventure !!!!!! :love:

@Pekey- you slay me! I'd much rather sleep in a tent than spend a night at "Fanny's Folly"! :ROFLMAO:
 
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