One of my favorite TL posts.
I think if I were at Lalande, I would spend most of my time in the kitchen, drinking the good Christmas wine and silently judging, also drawing cute lil flying penises with a black permanent marker on slightly hidden places in all of the bathrooms I could get to.New cousin @Abuela, I hope you know I would never do any physical work or schlepping for Stephanie. I wouldn’t want to be in the grande salon either, because I’d be afraid the ceiling would cave in on me. I think if I were at Lalande, I would spend most of my time in the kitchen, drinking the good Christmas wine and silently judging, also drawing cute lil flying penises with a black permanent marker on slightly hidden places in all of the bathrooms I could get to.
There’s an idea....Okay, so don't throw stones at me, you angry overweight menopausal lot of 15 of you- but I am halfway through "Fanny's Grifting at Other Chateaux- Marc & Amy Have Heat!", and it's actually good! I can't give F4F credit for this one- and while Snorts has kept his mouth shut (did the Fleuries regift Ziggy's gondola muzzle recently in a Cadeaux at the Shitoo for him?!), Marc & Amy certainly have one of the most interesting & ancient properties ever, and have done an amazing amount of work (the cisterns alone were a feat.) They have done their research, and are incredibly knowledgeable- and are discovering new things every day.
@Madame No,I have been thinking about your post all afternoon.It's very sad how divided our country is. I live in Oregon and we just passed the strictest gun law in the country, that said, there was a run on buying guns before the law takes effect January 1, 2023. One of the most stressful things I had to do as an elementary school teacher was rehearse for an active shooter on campus. It almost makes me cry to think about the discussion I had to have with children about the severity of the situation. We had to be absolutely silent, I mean SILENT! I use to tell the children pretend we are in a submarine hiding from the enemy and they can use special solar equipment to listen. They would ask, "What if we have to use the bathroom?" I had to tell them, "Either try to hold it or pee your pants." We had to barricade our doors which I thought was ridiculous because if they were able to open the door a stack of desks and chairs isn't going to stop them. The best thing was to close all the blinds, lock the door, hide under your desk, turn off all the lights, and shut the FU. It gave me knots in my stomach. Shooters are hypervigilant with tunnel vision, their sense of hearing is heightened. The most traumatic thing was we had to lock the door immediately and not open it. I told the children if you are not in the classroom, go to the bathroom and hide yourself in the trash can. School shooters want to do the most damage so they are not likely to go into the bathrooms. It's just so sick to think about it. I'm glad I'm out.
Better than what they had but if you back to DIO and Micheal at teh begining its very similar stating acerage, houses rooms forest etc etc
A great new intro from Amy & Marc. I wonder if they had a professional make it for them?
Thank you so much for your thoughts, it really does mean a lot to me. And thank you being in the trenches too.@Madame No,I have been thinking about your post all afternoon.
As an ex teacher I wanted to let you have my respect and greatest admiration.
Yeah but how much are the property taxes? Has to be pretty high with all that land and outbuildings…I have a question for one of you 15 tattlers, or is it three haghounds...
I found a chateau vlog called Beau Chateau, (Chateau de Lesigny) that is produced by a young woman, who inherited the chateau from her grandfather. Bad inheritance taxes but no mortgage... She and her partner do a fair amount of work in the chateau and also have quite a few workers come to do repairs... Lots of land, moat, outbuildings, lakes, what will some day be a stunning formal garden... The chateau itself is a stunner. It is 30 k from the center of Paris so the location alone makes it a veritable gold mine...
They use the chateau as their business for weddings as well as renting it out for movies... They did 70 weddings this season. The kind of weddings where guests are arriving with helicopters. On my side of the pond that is pretty BCBG...
So my question is how much could she be charging for renting her chateau out for a wedding? I'm curious because whatever that euro amount is, multiplied by 70, it has to be a fairly tidy sum, right? And yet there is the ubiquitous Patreon grift, the constant whinging about budget, and the poor me I can't afford to buy 12 fruit trees...
So does anyone know what she could be charging?
I watch and quite enjoy their vlogs.I have a question for one of you 15 tattlers, or is it three haghounds...
I found a chateau vlog called Beau Chateau, (Chateau de Lesigny) that is produced by a young woman, who inherited the chateau from her grandfather. Bad inheritance taxes but no mortgage... She and her partner do a fair amount of work in the chateau and also have quite a few workers come to do repairs... Lots of land, moat, outbuildings, lakes, what will some day be a stunning formal garden... The chateau itself is a stunner. It is 30 k from the center of Paris so the location alone makes it a veritable gold mine...
They use the chateau as their business for weddings as well as renting it out for movies... They did 70 weddings this season. The kind of weddings where guests are arriving with helicopters. On my side of the pond that is pretty BCBG...
So my question is how much could she be charging for renting her chateau out for a wedding? I'm curious because whatever that euro amount is, multiplied by 70, it has to be a fairly tidy sum, right? And yet there is the ubiquitous Patreon grift, the constant whinging about budget, and the poor me I can't afford to buy 12 fruit trees...
So does anyone know what she could be charging?
That was for his and our benefit. Mind you there's been no liner in the chimney, depending on what wood has been burned together with the freezing temperatures in that place it's no wonder the soot has stuck to te indside.So we’re still meant to believe Dame Fanny Four Flues is sweeping the flues every winter - firstly you’re meant to do it before winter. Secondly, no flue that’s regularly swept produces this amount of soot. I call the ubiquitous LieLande BS. And Nathan does too with his “Really?” remark. His face says he’s not buying the BS.
That soot is a fire risk and proof that Dame Fanny Four Flues has still no care for any of her residents or paying guests lives.
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Or they have 2 carsIn car news, the Fleuries still have the Toyota RAV4. Maybe the Tesla was a rental? Or they are leasing it?
Mr Spratt does chimney sweeping too but he's only ever done a Chateau once (said never again because of multiple flus) and yes he did do bottom to top and vice versa. Luckily the chimney in question didn't require a cherry picker. However, working at another Chateau installing a woodburner he did have a cherry picker for that one to lower the flu down. Not his favourite thing as he's not god with heights. IF he get chimney sweeping jobs now he just sticks to normal size properties.I am no chimney sweep- but- don't you have to clean it from above? If so why all the uncertainty and trouble about getting a big enough cherry picker to get up there. F4F would have known what she needed as she had it "cleaned every year" - unless she was getting it just reamed out from below - no pun intended- if that was the case then the top part would have had a lot of build up. Or she never had them cleaned as she also didn't know there were multiple flus in the chimneys .
Yes, in France, for new installations, they do now line the chimneys with the pipes you talk about and the convoluted type as well (for bendy chimneys).Not sure how they do it in France but in the US you can just put a "chimney liner" up the flu it's like a stainless steel heat resistant tube that is just supported inside the chimney wall. that would be the safest thing to do
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