The Chateau Diaries #72 Winter is coming

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Winter is coming

Thanks to @MojoDublin for title provided before they started their journey
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really really really like to propose
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#1 Congratulations to Marquis de Potpourri’s Fiancé


#2 Congratulations to LaFrancaise123


#3 Congratulations to Marquis de Potpourri


 
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Gibson



Thanks for organising and obvs I love the title. Off to winter proof Gibson Towers.

I meant to reply to @MidCenturyMadOne and @Beau Monde last evening. I am pretty sure there is also an earlier version than the David Niven Canterville Ghost.
David Niven is a superb and underrated actor. I thoroughly enjoyed reading his autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon!'

Back to the shake, rattle and blowing radiators in the Shittoo.
 
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Diesel

It is a legitimate platform indeed but it is beyond me how anyone would give money for someone just because they feel they have to renovate an old house without the necessary funds and then being disappointed when these dreamers can't handle the sudden wealth or spend it on something else. It happens when you give money to strangers.

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LaFrancaise123

Thanks for the new thread !

As someone in the previous thread said, Selmar and Tatyana have posted a 2nd vlog about...themselves !

The sound is so awful that I can understand only half of what they say.

Tatyana says that her father is American and her mother is ?? Genovian ???

She explains about her life in England, her shop and BnB (??) here.

Could an english speaker Tattler translate what they say for the rest of us, pleaaaase ?

 
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KiKiGee



From the gift grab live chat...

Chateau Unwrapped! I can’t believe you made the premiere on time, @philip janssen !
Philip Janssen @Chateau Unwrapped! What do you mean?
Renée-Claude MorinIs Phillip back to Lalande?
Philip Janssen @Renée-Claude Morin I am!

lublushizn @Philip Janssen- can we have a quick update from Isabelle and Percy in a vlog again? miss hearing from them! thanks for the consideration
Philip Janssen @ilublushizn I’ll ask Steph!
Percy Attfield Hello and thank you for all the personalised message. Isabelle and I are well in New Castle, South Africa about 4 hours from our home tonight.

CasperP @Philip Janssen do you know where Tatyana is from? UK?
Philip Janssen @CasperP She lives in the UK!

Philip Janssen @Sharon I’m back at Lalande! I’ll go back to the Netherlands in a couple of weeks
Sharon @Philip Janssen I am so excited for you. You get to perform. It is the best feeling. Do you have and IG. I would love to follow you.
Sarah Yates @Philip Janssen will you be at LaLande for Christmas?

Cristina Preda Philip you look so much better shaven!
Philip Janssen @Cristina Preda I had to shave as we were taking the photos for the poster of the musical I’m in! I play a 17 year old
Philip Janssen @Elizabeth rial I’ll be in two! One in December called “Lelies” (I’m playing one of the leads) and the other one in the next year.

Chrissy Philip I hope you video a bit of your trip for us
Philip Janssen @Chrissy I’m not sure, I’ll think about it

Chateau Unwrapped! Hello again everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t been in the premiere, we’re all celebrating a guest’s birthday tonight
Chateau Unwrapped! We miss you @philip Janssen !

Stella Marie Poetry and Green Arts is it being screened online/ @Philip Janssen
Philip Janssen @Stella Marie Poetry and Green Arts I don’t think so, but I might post the odd clip when the time comes
Stella Marie Poetry and Green Arts Thank you Philip as some theatres screen online in UK look forward to it @Philip Janssen
Philip Janssen @Elizabeth rial It’s really dramatic and in Dutch.. it’s one of my favourite musicals, so I feel so incredibly fortunate I’m playing my favourite part in it
Philip Janssen @Elizabeth rial I don’t think there’s a translation online, but I might write a synopsis in English in December

Carol Z @Philip Janssen I hope Stephanie does an interview with you soon. I’d love to know more about how you came to have such well developed taste and extensive knowledge of antiques at your age. UNUSUAL.
Philip Janssen @Carol Z Thank you so much! We’ll try and find the time soon
 
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Princess of Framlingham

She’s got a b&b in Suffolk on the Suffolk/Norfolk border. I’m sure she says her mother is from Jamaica. I’m going to go back and listen again
 
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purejuice

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MagpieSassyPants

Hello, everyone! I have missed so much being MIA but I am all caught up now. Random thoughts:

* I can’t get past Tatty’s eyebrows. I survived the 90s brows intact, she could have as well.

* GaG yesterday, Fanny seems out of sort as she can’t get a read on Tatty. “Do you like this, you should have this candle it matches your outfit, etc. (note: I am going on my second week of not feeling well, so please don’t judge my having watched it.) it is just odd to see Stef, well, sucking up? Very out of character for someone who normally reserves that for people who can benefit her, and those people only.

* Over under on Amaury retooling the heating and getting it fixed out of sheer frustration and desire to stay warm? Or at least patched better than it ever has been?

* Dan. It is very clear (and he has now said it himself) his inspiration is Casey Neistat. Nothing wrong with that, Casey is incredibly talented and a good role model for a vlogger, but assuming someone else’s persona and copying their editing style almost directly leads to a lack of authenticity. And I like Dan. (Sometimes he reminds me of a young Dave Gahan, and if you know, you know.)

* The first Christies vignette explanation was actually informative and charming, and it ensures she can write off that McQueen dress.

ok, back to lurking. Everyone take care.
 
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Arfarf

Ah poop it wants me to subscribe in order to read the article. Good find though.
 
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KyBourbon

Comment from MPK’s Narc Award video. Whoa! My advice to dickpet…take the red pill!!!

 
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Arfarf

SJ knows Tatty is street smart maybe? Not as gullible as your average bear. She doesn't gush all over the "queen of Versailles" as everyone in her circle does. At least not yet.. Hold out,Tatty!!!!! Resist! Resist!!
 
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purejuice

LaFrancaise123 said:
Tatyana says that her father is American and her mother is ?? Genovian ???
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Jamaican. Lots of strains of beautiful people in Jamaica, one of the hardiest being Afro Chinese.

Looking In, Looking Out: The Chinese-Caribbean Diaspora through Literature—Meiling Jin, Patricia Powell, Jan Lowe Shinebourne

Author(s): Misrahi-Barak, Judith | Abstract: Few scholars have focused on the Chinese diaspora in the Caribbean, and it is only fairly recently that the literature written by Caribbean writers of Chinese origin has aroused interest. This essay interrogates the lack of visibility of...
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Maple fairy

In the last thread I was not able to view about 90% of the shared videos. Are others having that problem?

I think it was @Dippy Hippy that asked about advantages of heating with a geothermal system. The main advantage is that you are harnessing the warmer air from a well that has been drilled. The system extracts the warmer air which requires less energy to heat. It is more energy efficient as you are not heating the colder air from the outside. The drawback is that you have added costs which include the drilling of the well and pipes leading to your system. You also have to have enough land to accommodate this. I’m not familiar with geo thermal functioning with a boiler system. I’m familiar with an electric forced air system. SJ would have had to add duck work for that easier with new construction however they did strip everything back to the studs. A boiler system may be more energy efficient. She needs to address the doors, windows, insulation etc. otherwise she is heating the outdoors. As been noted here many times. It is frustrating you just want to shake her to the reality. She says she likes it cold, seriously why do you run around with a hot water bottle and closet yourself in your boudoir under the covers.
I think it has been mentioned before on here that maybe it was a botched install. These systems do need regular maintenance at least twice a year. Since she does not have forced air I doubt she has the ability to use her system to provide air conditioning.
Heat pumps as I have been told have an average of 15 yrs of life and similar for the forced air furnaces. So you are looking at approximately $20,000 plus. Gone are the days where furnaces lasted 25 - 50 yrs!
For Americans on here This old house did a very interesting install of an energy efficient heat pump boiler system, I think it was last season.
 
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Arfarf

I so hope Snorts makes some little friends while making these "epic" theater debuts and stays up north. Absence does NOT make the heart grow fonder.

I absolutely did not hear Jamaican.....otherwise why would Selmar say that that would surprise a lot of viewers?
Because having ancestors from Jamaica would NOT be a surprise .
 
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