Comments on: drip

By: Caroline in Rome

Caroline in Rome — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:36:26 +0000

The Bambina has just started getting into those Lola and Charlie books, although I question how much of it she really understands (She is only three). And my mother complains to me that those books teach bad (i.e. grammatically wrong) English. But her other books can be so boring!

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:46:54 +0000

What happens next? T/Pole drags you up off the bed to play with her? Or you fall into a stupor and wake to find T/Pole has finished scraping the plaster, hung the ceiling paper and cooked dinner (all in her own ineffable way naturlich)? Or you knock back the whole bottle of plonk, and Frog comes around to rescue TP from the devastation that was your apartment. Bad mummy?

Come on, you can tell, this is real life you know…

By: Flowers On A Friday

Flowers On A Friday — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:20:42 +0000

George Santayana wrote “Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.”

With the exception of a) ownership of anything b)working life and, of course, c) houses/apartments I would have to disagree.

Good luck with the ceiling!

P.S Help comes with the second glass of wine. Always.

By: Caffienated Cowgirl

Caffienated Cowgirl — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:17:13 +0000

Oh my, she does sound like Lola…

By: Yeti

Yeti — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:28:59 +0000

Just a detail, but you should sort this out with your insurance, not your neighbor’s insurance. After that insurance company have their own deals.

By: joeinvegas

joeinvegas — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:25:51 +0000

The joys of communal city living – fortunately in the US most housing is stand alone single family houses, so any damage I cause is just to my stuff. But to live in the big city means neighbors upstairs.

By: annathetoddler

annathetoddler — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:08:54 +0000

We had a flood too while we were away. The dripping tap syndrome is more common than foot and mouth.

By: Jester

Jester — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:54:29 +0000

Can’t believe none of your readers have offered assistance? Can I help? I have tools!

By: parkin pig

parkin pig — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:42:08 +0000

So where’s the boy when you need him? You should know by now that you can’t get anything done in Paris in August.

By: rocket

rocket — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:15:29 +0000

Ugh!

Don’t you just want to kill! This “dégats des eaux” in France is horrible. I have 2 from the same neighbor above in less than 6 months. I had the whole hallway wall redone beautifully in May and in July “rebelote” And of course with summer vacation, forget about making progress in getting an insurance estimate etc. What really takes the cake is the lack of some type of mea culpa or acceptance of responsibility by the instigators of these leaks. Well what can you say.

So typical