Look at meeeeeee! Look at meeeeeeeeeeee!
I'm signing the lease on a new flat tomorrow. I'm fucking terrified because I don't own any furniture and it's utterly empty, no carpets, cooker, fridge, washing machine - nothing. I'm having to borrow some money for the first time in ages to get it all together and in the meantime I'm paying rent on both properties - housing trust rules mean we have to start paying straight away else we lose the option. Thank fuck I'm not tied-in to two month's notice in our current place.

Anyway, this is just blatant beakering, but anything to push that cunting squid-sex picture down the page.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 16:58, 55 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

is that still there? I ignored him

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:00, Reply)

Have a look on Free-cycle.
They'll be able to help you get sorted, and then you can upgrade things as and when you can.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Good call, ta.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:04, Reply)

Where abouts in the world are you going to be living?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Not that crappy London that's for sure.

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:07, Reply)

The same place as I am now, north Bucks.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:07, Reply)

There are a few freecycle groups for Bucks.
If you've got the transport I'm sure you'll have no problem getting what you need.

Quite often there is free stuff on GumTree too.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Cheers.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:19, Reply)

Hello Noel.
Sounds like the start of good times for you. Very pleased to hear it.

What precisely is 'beakering'? Apples used the term the other day and now you have.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:02, Reply)

Ever seen The Muppets?
Beaker says "Me, me me me me, me me meeeeee!"
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:04, Reply)

Actually I never have.
Not once. That's rather odd, I expect.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:07, Reply)

You've missed out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw&feature=fvst
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I've never actually watched the show and just assumed it would be rubbish when I was younger.
I only found out what it was all about when I saw A Muppet Christmas Carol when I was about 32.
I'll probably still watch that film when the kids have left home.
(Cave Duck, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:13, Reply)

I loved it growing up.
I think the humour was occasionally quite adult but the puppets were excellent. I love Jim Henson generally. If your kids have never seen The Storyteller, I'd highly recommend getting hold of it - Grimm and other fairy tales narrated by John Hurt and acted out by loads of excellent actors and puppets.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:16, Reply)

The theme tune was fucking gay.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:17, Reply)

The Storyteller's really very good
With the exception of the Sapsorrow story. Fuck me, that one was dull.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:18, Reply)

You fucker!
best rickroll evah!
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:24, Reply)

Congratulations

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:03, Reply)

Wahey congrats! I think the best part of being in your own house for the first time is eating pizza and sitting on the floor.
Have you tried charity shops? I got a sofa for $25 a few years ago in one...that's probably around 11p there.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:05, Reply)

There's a Willen Hospice furniture store in town
which will be getting the lion's share of our money, I reckon.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Tell them you're dying.
You might get a discount.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I may try this.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:10, Reply)

hospital beds ftw

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Hahaha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Thats one of the good things about living in Hull
the level of second hand furniture shops. There is a massive BHF that does more trade than argos.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:59, Reply)

Congrats
I once moved into an unfurnished flat. I bought an inflateable chair, almost had an aneurysm inflating it and it was too small to be of use.

I sat on the floor.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Hahaha!
inflatablelols
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I was young and poor

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:09, Reply)

Noted, nothing inflatable.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:08, Reply)

When I bought my present flat
it took every penny I owned. I had a sleeping bag, two floor cushions and a TV. No fridge, no kettle, no freezer.

But I had two decks, a mixer and several thousand records, and no ex (no, not THAT one). It was fucking GREAT.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:09, Reply)

I had two camping chairs
My bed, and a DVD boxed set of Rambo films.

In retrospect, I'd have probably bought some furniture first.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Daughter said she read a book where this girl and her mum moved into a council house
and they had nothing. She said they survived my sitting on bean bags, sleeping in sleeping bags and eating tins of beans cooked by candles. I smiled and nodded while something inside screamed "Noooooooooooooo!"
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Fuck that shit, not with a kid.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:13, Reply)

It will all be excitment and fun for her.
I wouldn't worry about her doing without for a while.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Like sleeping rough, but in a house!

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:15, Reply)

or camping

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:20, Reply)

How old is your daughter, if you don't mind me asking?

(Cave Duck, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Too old for you sunshine.

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:15, Reply)

Easy tiger
he's not that strapped for cash
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Not far off fourteen.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:16, Reply)

So would that be 13?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:39, Reply)

I knew someone would say that.
I assumed it would be you.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:53, Reply)

pfft you should've told her about the little match girl, see what she thought of that

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:17, Reply)

Sounds familiar
although I have to be able to make a cup of tea. So I would have sold the sleeping bag and the cushions for a kettle.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:12, Reply)

Incidentally
I must be becoming inured to the internet. That squid-sex picture barely made me blink. The other one did elicit a bit of a grimace, mind.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:15, Reply)

I thought the squid one was more funny than rude.

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Both made me wonder
what possible enjoyment could be had. I left the thread more baffled than disgusted.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:17, Reply)

is he still on with that crap? blimey
anyway, congrats on the new place. Have a look to see if your council have one of those swap sites, you can then ask if people have spare sofas and things. There are a surprising number of things that people want to get rid of which are perfectly servicable
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:20, Reply)

Ta.
I'm going to the housing trust to sign the lease tomorrow, and I'll be hassling them for whatever help we can get. I mean, we've got to get carpet in. That's not the kind of thing we can take with us when we leave, meaning it's dead money as soon as we move in. I find this distinctly odd, but I'm not complaining mostly because the rent is cheap and it's a vast improvement on where we are now.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:26, Reply)

Yay!
Congratulations, I'm really happy for you :)
Gumtree is always a good resource as well as Freecycle, or ebay. Ikea is good for cheap essentials too. Depends if you have a car to pick stuff up though I guess.
When's the flatwarmingbash?
(berk, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Cheers miss a href.
Daughter's already looking forward to going to Ikea. I think we may have to settle in for a while before we consider letting you lot loose around here. Edit: Gumtree is incredibly useful, thanks!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:27, Reply)

here's a good list
www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/list_postings.pl?search_terms=fridge&search_location=Buckinghamshire&ubercat=1
(PsychoChomp, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:48, Reply)

Another fan of Gumtree here
Folk just want rid of stuff, as long as you can pick it up reasonably quick they are usually thankful. Check out the 'free stuff' section as well.

My pal just got a 32" Sony Wega for £40, ok its a CRT, but the picture on it is simply stunning.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:52, Reply)

Half-tempted not to get a tv but then we'd have nothing for the old crappy consoles.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:53, Reply)

WHAT NO X-FACTOR?

( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 17:55, Reply)