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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:42 pm
by Stocky Boy
XIII wrote:I bought nothing. My stay in Prague crashed down when I fell victim to food poisining on Monday morning.
Spent 2 days in an hospital there but I'm now safely back to France.
I'm supposed to see a capitalist doctor this morning as I don't trust the diagnosis of those bolchevics there.
What's a capitalist doctor?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:34 pm
by Tragic Angelus
I'm sorry you got sick and had to lose a lot on your trip but hope it all comes around now that you're home.
On another note, never trust MGM's food suggestions...
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:07 am
by XIII
MGM wrote:So, you didn't get that at the restaurant I recommended, right?
I didn't even get a chance to go there.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:08 am
by XIII
Stocky Boy wrote:What's a capitalist doctor?
It's a doctor that embraces capitalism and free world as opposed to a doctor who strangles children and worships Josef Stalline.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:09 am
by XIII
Tragic Angelus wrote:I'm sorry you got sick and had to lose a lot on your trip but hope it all comes around now that you're home.
On another note, never trust MGM's food suggestions...
Well, I did get to spend the weekend visiting Prague. Come to think of it, the only part of my trip that I missed is the business one so it's not so bad.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:18 am
by Mr Wallstreet
XIII wrote:It's a doctor that embraces capitalism and free world as opposed to a doctor who strangles children and worships Josef Stalline.
...
Junkogen? Is that you?
I'm glad you're feeling better but its so lame of you to fall ill on an all expense paid trip. I hope you don't plan on getting sick come October.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:32 am
by Tragic Angelus
Well I'm gald you at least got to visit and yea, major plus on only missing the business part. Do you have an idea on where you ate or what you ate that hit you so hard?
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:03 am
by XIII
Malorie and I made an offer to buy a 2 bedroom flat. It's 70 m², with a 5m² balcony/loggia. 5mn away from Lyon's main train station.
We put € 195,000 on the table and have a appointment with a mortgage broker on Tuesday to see if we can get the money. If not, no big deal, we can just withdraw our offer.
One more step towards adulthood. The world of grown-ups is slowly swallowing me.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:23 am
by MGM
Sounds sweet, with a spare bedroom for guests from Amsterdam.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:16 pm
by XIII
You'll have to share it with the comics though!
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:26 pm
by MGM
I can't think of better company!
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:33 am
by XIII
I'm sure Natasha will be glad to hear that.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:42 pm
by MGM
I'm sure she agrees!
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:40 pm
by XIII
Ian Rankin canceled his appearance at the Lyon Crime/Noir Festival. I'm bummed.
Also, that new contract we won that I mentioned earlier? Well it's started and it's a fucking nightmare. Lot more calls than expected, unefficient workers, client already threatening to withdraw the contract.
I've had better days.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:46 am
by XIII
So as I said before, Malorie and I are buying an appartment. We'll get the keys on June 29th and move in the following weekend.
Yesterday we went to the solicitor's office for some paperwork and the guy made this very long speech which basically said "Now you're buying a place, if you're not married and something happens to either of you, the remaining one will be screwed by inheritance taxes and stuff like that".
So I guess we're getting married. Though neither of us had planned this at all.
And work is still a complete mess.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:14 am
by CBKA
congratulations.
Who said romance is dead
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:33 pm
by MGM
XIII wrote:So as I said before, Malorie and I are buying an appartment. We'll get the keys on June 29th and move in the following weekend.
Yesterday we went to the solicitor's office for some paperwork and the guy made this very long speech which basically said "Now you're buying a place, if you're not married and something happens to either of you, the remaining one will be screwed by inheritance taxes and stuff like that".
So I guess we're getting married. Though neither of us had planned this at all.
And work is still a complete mess.
You're such a romantic.
Can't you fix all that stuff without getting married? That's possible in Holland. What about getting it all written up in your will?
Also, 1.5 kids, a Volvo and a labrador!
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:31 pm
by wolf_2099
Whoa whoa whoa whoa. You shouldn't surrender to marriage that easily... wait, you're French, nevermind.
Conrgats! Will there be a wedding? Are you excited, can we come?
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:17 pm
by Tragic Angelus
Congratulations!
I'll be sure to get out my best grown up clothes and not make funny faces or run around during all the pictures!!
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 11:42 pm
by XIII
A will won't be enough if anything happens to either of us once we've bought the appartment.
It's mostly the inheritance taxes that will kill the remaining one so getting married is the best way to avoid that (makes inheritance taxes the lowest possible).
Yeah, I'm a romantic alright