The Chateau Diaries #336 Enough is enough! Stay home and fix your dang farmhouse!

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I read this as Dremel and thought you were getting 24 drill / file / sanding bits !
Frankly it'd be pretty awesome if Dremel had their own Advent calendar. But in Dremel fashion, you'd have to fret saw and engrave the whole thing, then assemble it yourself before being able to use it. I'd be thrilled to get a new Dremel drill bit, drum sander, cutting saw, blade, polisher each day. That's my kind of calendar!
 
Questions for Fanny.
How did Amoury fall?
If he fell why is his head, shoulder, knee not hurt?
How did Amoury fall and still hold on to a drill in action?
How did the drill stay functioning?
? Anything obvious I have missed?
I gave up on Amaury when we found out he had 2 sons back in uk, not being brought up by him. He is a manchild who ran off to France. Irresponsible.
 
Oh, quel surprise! "Extraordinary lethargy" seems to occur quite frequently, except when she recovers fast to go on holiday when it miraculously changes into manic energy.
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We have snow falling in the south-east of the UK this morning, and it even appears to be settling at the moment. It's very unusual, especially at this side of Christmas! Hope your winds are not as strong as forecasted.
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Michael T has clearly continued to send expensive gifts very frequently since the gift grab ceased. I wonder how many other fans have carried on sending stuff.
Most of them, I would say. She did not ask people not to send them - just that she was not going to raise any errr...charity money....or risk attracting the attention of the taxman by public acknowledgement.
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I gave up on Amaury when we found out he had 2 sons back in uk, not being brought up by him. He is a manchild who ran off to France. Irresponsible.
I hope he is at least offering generous financial support for them.
 
Wind picking up here, had a little bit of sun and calm and it's just starting again.

View attachment 3280885 q Tempête CAETANO - Suivi à 13h30
View attachment 3280886 q Le renforcement du vent se confirme par le Nord-Ouest Vendée. Quelques pointes relevées dans la dernière demie heure :
View attachment 3280887 q 122 km/h à Noirmoutier-en-l'île ;
View attachment 3280888 q 120 km/h sur l'île d'Yeu (EDIT : 129 km/h peu après 13h30) ;
View attachment 3280889 q 104 km/h à La Roche-sur-Yon et au Perrier.
Les prochaines heures seront les plus agitées puisque le vent devrait encore forcir. Prudence à tous. Evitez les déplacements si possible.


Glad I'm not on a Ferry!
Stay indoors, get the gin out and hunker down.
 
Frankly it'd be pretty awesome if Dremel had their own Advent calendar. But in Dremel fashion, you'd have to fret saw and engrave the whole thing, then assemble it yourself before being able to use it. I'd be thrilled to get a new Dremel drill bit, drum sander, cutting saw, blade, polisher each day. That's my kind of calendar!
How about one of these ?
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Me too, I was about to go off n Google it thinking it would be awesome for hubs. 🤨
 
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Stay indoors, get the gin out and hunker down.

I have!

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So this just came across my FBook feed. .... Look at the number of comments and engagement that they are getting. Clearly way out of Lalande's reach. Who ever is managing SJs account is clearly doing a crappy job.
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I still think she should paint the ceiling the same colour as the woodwork to make it more snatched ….I would even paint it lavender….or blush calamine pink…..instantly makes it bougie …..or even paper the ceiling……ceilings are the new black….
 
I think we both miss it. North of you and south of me. 😂
I walked outside earlier to lock up and secure the garden. It began snowing as soon as I stepped outdoors and stopped dead the moment I stepped back in. Northern Ireland does this deliberately. Mr. Io arrived home from Belfast saying it was snowing there and settling on both Black and Divis mountains and it looked "pretty." To this homesick beach lover, he has a strange sense of pretty. Last time I was on a beach in NI, it was snowing - an extremely surreal experience for me and not at all pleasant.

I hope everyone in Northern climes manages to stay warm and cosy.
I'm thinking hot spiced port and brandy. Mr Io? Mr Io? Hello? Anyone?
Hmmm there the possibility I'm being ignored.
 
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I couldn't get past the thumbnail, a crazy if ever I saw one!

All these friggin 'searching for a chateau, I've bought a chateau, dreaming of a chateau, give me your chateau' it's like an infestation mostly of fools who have absolutely no clue what they're getting into.

It's like a total disregard for the French in fact. If it were a good idea, wouldn't they think locals would be buying up cheap chateaus and doing them up? There's a good reason why derelict chateaus are a thing.
 
Back in early September my son had a hand operation for a ruptured tendon in his thumb.
His operation didn’t take 4 hours even though I would say the the stitches went 75% around his thumb on the outside. I don’t know how many were used to sew the tendon back up.
He had a general anaesthetic but was still sent home that day. He went straight to bed and slept until morning. No beer for him.
The hand was also put into a plaster cast so that it couldn’t move along with a sling. . I think he was in plaster for a month and then to a rigid plastic cast. He now has a thumb support and was told that it would be 3 months before he could use it again. No weight lifting until august.
I can’t understand why bun boys took so long but ended up with so little protection afterwards
Exactly……I wondered why no plaster….or rigid support to stop him using the tendon……and four hours is akin to heart surgery
 
It's like a total disregard for the French in fact. If it were a good idea, wouldn't they think locals would be buying up cheap chateaus and doing them up? There's a good reason why derelict chateaus are a thing.
That's because the French prefer new houses with all mod cons. Because, they know they are money pit too. It costs a fortune in repairs and maintenance and as much in heating. They do love the old buildings as they go visits old chateaux and castles and gardens that are under the custody of the gov. As a side note, France is one of the most taxed country in the world too and with all the costs of everything going up everywhere, a chateau, manor house or big property must not be something they want to invest in. ;)
 
Hi y’all so much going on i hope you’re all doing well with your eye surgery and your bad knees. I kinda like Stan the man I’m not sure about y’all , but I can only put up with so many house Reno shows! Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Dr. Phil on YouTube. Hilarious what people put out there for strangers. I also did get masterpiece theater on Amazon prime so I have a lot more shows to watch. I know y’all will be jealous, but I had a visit from a famous Dino a hug and the 5$ she owed me lol!!! Turns out she and Mr. P. Love gardening so we had a peak in the back of her truck at her plant finds!! Plans will be made for a garden tour complete with Miller Lite!! @T Rex
 
Watching Sadie P and I'm interested to see how they move forward. Can't remember who said she needed to learn how to tell a story, but you were on the mark. Just pointing the camera isn't enough, there has been no real talk about the building etc. not even any mention of the various old tile floors etc. it is beginning to feel like she's just a sleeping partner ..... figuratively and literally .
 
The armchair interior designer ! The inappropriate vase plonked on the top of the cabinet.
Nothing about her bedroom is how she claimed to like it, eg her fathers painting that she loved to wake up to every morning.
Just how much Snorts cares for his plates, piled high , so precariously dumped on a rickety table…he does not know what to do with all his shopping.
Fanny has now admitted that her travel, food shopping etc if it adds to the income of the vlogs is justified. No wonder they film their shopping and hoards constantly.

Scotman was busy filling a wooden door with polyfilla. He was taught well by pervy Daddy, surely it should be wood filler?
Also he was filmed by Fanny in exactly the same clothes prior to the Scottish trip and I guess when channel four were actually there in October?
Has that kitchen cabinet door no been painted?
There is absolutely no way Amaury was in surgery for four hours, it’s all nonsense. Did anything happen at AweleeOnss?
Did he get glass from a broken beer bottle in his hand?

I am unsure as to whether Snorts is taking contraceptives?
 

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Any Tattle Chateau Historians this Chateau de Clivoy in Mayenne designed by same Architect as Stan Sadie Pannard, can see same entrance details.

 
I think Amuary's four hours includes pre op anaesthesia, operation and recovery. That's usually how surgery time has been explained to me by my surgeons. Acquaintance had double mastectomy and reconstruction in four hours last week. Recovering well.

Like other tattlers I don't understand how a right handed person gets a moving drill into their right hand. I've asked hubby (retired builder and engineer) and he says drill should stop once trigger released (max two revolutions).
 
IMHO, Amaury may have had some other long standing substance issues as well, which intensified at the hedonistic, alcohol soaked Dump. I would assume that he also needed a steady monthly income from which to pay child support obligations to the mothers of his children, which may be why he may have agreed to come to the Dump. Stephanie needed eye candy to exploit for videos and someone to replace Ian and be loyal to her as a family member. Transactional relationships to keep the money in the “ family.”

She also benefitted when Tante and Ton Ton retired and started to routinely visit the Dump once Amaury moved to the Dump. After learning of the children, ( pure speculation ) perhaps some of the visits from them to the Dump were the result of bringing the children to visit Amaury for holidays, visitation, etc. The kids were just kept off camera . When they returned to their farmhouse in the UK, they just took the kids back to their respective mothers. The children were revealed within a few months after Chantal and Steven moved to their home in the south of France in the spring of 2024 and sold their home in the UK and the August/ September Dump wedding.

Once he was lured to the Dump with promises of master carpentry work, she turned him into a general maintenance man, furniture mover, had him oversee projects at the Dump, deal with the heating issues, electricity issues, build fires, haul wood, water the gardens, shear the sheep, clean up peacock tit for patron days, put up tents for patron days, put up the gazebo, move dirt and crap with the diggers, maintain the equipment, fix her cars, hang lights, chandeliers, install freezers, dishwashers, fridges, repair ceilings, etc. She then demanded a secret door for the Marquis Suite, and had a list of dozens of “ projects “ that were not carpentry based. He was left to be caretaker of the Dump for several months each year at the Dump while the gruesome twosome traveled nonstop and expected to provide content for CD without compensation other than his salary.

Amaury has aged considerably since he arrived at the Dump.


IA, the Perfect scenario to be able to make someone your B*tch. Which is exactly what she has done to her weak, fragile and now dependent cousin. The stress of living there, dealing with and justifying all that evil is getting to him. Making him sloppy in his work and with power tools, that’s a disaster in the making.

Amaury has been given a warning with this hand situation, whether it was an accident or a planned surgery. He is more than likely, screwed, as it may never heal properly. He will possibly lose his hope for any type of employment outside of Fanny’s dump and be even more vulnerable to doing all the dirty work. He will have no choice but to stay and grovel to Fanny. Pretend to be grateful as well. This will make him even more miserable. Dance monkey dance.

Dude needs to get out and take charge of his life, however, doubtful that will happen. Imo, his parents are as guilty as Fanny, it’s too easy for them to go along with this scam and watch him suffer, mentally and now physically. Greedy, Opportunistic, Awful people.

I can’t help it, I do feel sorry for him. He’s hurting and lost, and no doubt, the drinking will increase.
 
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IMHO, Amaury may have had some other long standing substance issues as well, which intensified at the hedonistic, alcohol soaked Dump. I would assume that he also needed a steady monthly income from which to pay child support obligations to the mothers of his children, which may be why he may have agreed to come to the Dump. Stephanie needed eye candy to exploit for videos and someone to replace Ian and be loyal to her as a family member. Transactional relationships to keep the money in the “ family.”

She also benefitted when Tante and Ton Ton retired and started to routinely visit the Dump once Amaury moved to the Dump. After learning of the children, ( pure speculation ) perhaps some of the visits from them to the Dump were the result of bringing the children to visit Amaury for holidays, visitation, etc. The kids were just kept off camera . When they returned to their farmhouse in the UK, they just took the kids back to their respective mothers. The children were revealed within a few months after Chantal and Steven moved to their home in the south of France in the spring of 2024 and sold their home in the UK and the August/ September Dump wedding.

Once he was lured to the Dump with promises of master carpentry work, she turned him into a general maintenance man, furniture mover, had him oversee projects at the Dump, deal with the heating issues, electricity issues, build fires, haul wood, water the gardens, shear the sheep, clean up peacock tit for patron days, put up tents for patron days, put up the gazebo, move dirt and crap with the diggers, maintain the equipment, fix her cars, hang lights, chandeliers, install freezers, dishwashers, fridges, repair ceilings, etc. She then demanded a secret door for the Marquis Suite, and had a list of dozens of “ projects “ that were not carpentry based. He was left to be caretaker of the Dump for several months each year at the Dump while the gruesome twosome traveled nonstop and expected to provide content for CD without compensation other than his salary.

Amaury has aged considerably since he arrived at the Dump.
I fail to understand why Amuary has not finished anything, I see he is pulled from one task to another but for the weeks and weeks Fanny is not there WHAT is he doing ? He should have just got on but I don't think he has the self discipline or work ethic and has a glacial speed, he would not survive on a building Site or working on my Property.
 
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