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Tea Room the 37th. A new one. Needs fitting out.

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UniS · 05/05/2014 21:41

Here is Tea Room the 37th.
A new one.
Needs fitting out.

Please help.

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CMOTDibbler · 05/05/2014 21:50

Right, xxxxxl carrot cake, samovar of tea, supersized hay pile, duvet like Donki rug and some big squishy chairs coming right up. And a secret bunker like priesthole, equipped for all eventualities including a strangely large pile of Le Cruset

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Donki · 05/05/2014 21:59

?Opens the trap door from the priesthole?
?Drags out the sideboard?
?Returns a second time, leading Earl and Lady Grey, and turns them out into the paddock behind the cabin that Mellors is hurriedly fencing?
?Admires the spacious cabin with it's wide, south facing porch looking onto beautiful beech trees surrounded by bluebells?
?Lights the log burner as the evening is turning a little cool?

Than you UniS
You saved our bacon, in the nick of time.
The priesthole was really crowded there for a while :)

?Hangs a notice on the door reminding everone that fisticuffs are not allowed, and that molesting the aspidistra would cause really bad luck to afflict the perpetrator?

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LushAndVerdant · 05/05/2014 22:13

Well, isn't this nice?

::Proffers a dish of carrots a la mode for Donki in the priest hole::

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LushAndVerdant · 05/05/2014 22:14

::Props cardboard George Clooney on the verandah::

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beanandspud · 05/05/2014 22:57

:: staggers in, thinks about sitting in hay pile, gets on with organising the new tearoom::

:: replenishes the Wine and Cake for everyone ::

:: adds jelly beans, olives, gf bread and tapas to the sideboard ::

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Scout19075 · 05/05/2014 23:10
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Jacksmania · 06/05/2014 00:30

Of course there's room for a Root Beer Bar. This is The Tea Room of Requirement, after all.


I think the aspidistra would look nice over here --->

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mistlethrush · 06/05/2014 09:01

I do like where you've put it JM - near the entrance where everyone will see it and it will get plenty of light but no direct sun... perfect!

I do love bluebells... They are particularly good in a beech wood that is just coming into leaf - the colours look spectacular together particularly if you can find a bit of sunshine to walk through them in.

MC VERY tired this morning. Do we think that 10.30 is too late to send cubs to bed when they're Y4? Its a good 2.5 possibly 3 hrs after MC normally goes to bed.

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Donki · 06/05/2014 09:17

I do think it's very late - but also in a group situation probably inevitable. The YD'spack never managed earlier- and often later on the first night.

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LushAndVerdant · 06/05/2014 09:24

Yes, it does seem late but probably also a recognition that if they were sent to bed earlier they would chat and muck about rather than sleep. And the day's activities would have to end very early to get a group of children fed and into bed by 7.30pm (which conversely seems quite early for Y4).

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mistlethrush · 06/05/2014 09:26

To me a realistic aim would have been 9.30.. which might allow a bit of messing about (which happened at 10.30) before they all get to sleep... There's no way I think that 7.30 would have been appropriate in the circs - but 10.30 just seems too late.

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LushAndVerdant · 06/05/2014 09:45

Well, in that case you should talk to the event leaders/organisers about your concerns, but (frankly) I expect they will tell you that they haven't got enough adult volunteers to get through the day's activities any quicker and they'll invite you to go along and help at the next one!

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mistlethrush · 06/05/2014 09:48

:) I have already volunteered to help out.

We're nearer 8pm most of the time now at home... just occasionally if there's been a bad night a 7.30 is required to top up the sleep a bit. I don't know whether it was the 10.30pm timing or the having his head banged against the tent pole several times after 10.30pm that really was the issue...

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LushAndVerdant · 06/05/2014 09:58

Well, you don't sound happy with the way things were run, so going along next time as an approved parent helper sounds like the best option. Great that you've already volunteered!

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mistlethrush · 06/05/2014 10:40

I think if it had been holiday time it would have been completely different - but he's had to get up for school this morning and is not in a suitable mood to go. That's why I asked whether it was reasonable or not, because I know that some of his school friends do go to bed quite a bit later.

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LushAndVerdant · 06/05/2014 11:16

Sure, but as I said, as you're not happy with how it was run, your best chance of influencing how the next one is run is to get involved.

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mistlethrush · 07/05/2014 14:24

DS has been saying that he's no good at cricket - I think that this is based upon his batting (which we're going to do some practice on at home). But he was asked to play an away match where they were taking 4 teams - he was in the D team. However, coming off the bus his games teacher told him that the umpire of the game he was in was impressed with his bowling - I thought what a nice thing to say to him - a) the other team's PE teacher picking him out and commenting on him to their PE teacher and b) his PE teacher remembering to tell him when dealing with trying to get a whole lot of children off the coach into the right place and off home with the correct parent. Clearly all the practicing with mistlehound has paid off a bit!.

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Donki · 07/05/2014 14:27

How lovely MT - it makes such a difference when they get a boost like that!

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Donki · 07/05/2014 14:31
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mistlethrush · 07/05/2014 16:43
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Donki · 07/05/2014 17:08

Of course Mistlehound can come on the sofa...
:)

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Jacksmania · 07/05/2014 18:32


Good morning all (morning here). Tea? Or something stronger? I would really prefer something stronger but am at work so that wouldn't be appropriate :o
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Donki · 07/05/2014 19:13

Brew
It's not very much like a galvanised bucket, but needs must...

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UniS · 07/05/2014 19:41

tea sounds good. I'll save the wine till after I've done my invoices this evening.

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beanandspud · 07/05/2014 20:44

Tea sounds good, I've felt a bit 'yuk' for the last couple of days, nothing specific but a snooze in the tearoom and a bucket of tea sounds good.

That's nice feedback MT, well done to MC!

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