ok folks now here's my BIG news...................................

#1 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!

signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.

(i get the keys next monday)

its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
lent her the money)

#2 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

purpleveggie wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

http://www.thame.net/oldpics.htm

its the shop painted yellow on the right hand side(first coloured photo
on the right)

#3 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

purpleveggie wrote:
> purpleveggie wrote:
> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
> >
> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
> >
> > (i get the keys next monday)
> >
> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> > lent her the money)
>
>
> http://www.thame.net/oldpics.htm
>
> its the shop painted yellow on the right hand side(first coloured photo
> on the right)
What a cool looking town. I looked in the business directory to find
what country it's in. Looks like Tiny Tim might be carried on Scrooges
shoulders in the snow, at the end of my favorite movie. Must be near
the river. We have a river with that name in Connecticut, but they
only build nuclear submarines in it. Donuts would be better. Best of
luck to you and yours.
Brian

#4 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

purpleveggie wrote...

> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than
> go to university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a
> degree she wanted her own business and something tangable
> to show for her loan(i have lent her the money)

wow. congrats! i hope she does well there.

-lisa

#5 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

that's very brave of you to take a risk like that. and very nice.

cute shop, btw...

"purpleveggie" <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162825387.260865.233800@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

purpleveggie wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

http://www.thame.net/oldpics.htm

its the shop painted yellow on the right hand side(first coloured photo
on the right)

#6 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

On 2006-11-06, purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

Some Dads just give their daughters a box of chocs ...

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

#7 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:0e2424-j9e.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
> On 2006-11-06, purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>>
>> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>>
>> (i get the keys next monday)
>>
>> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
>> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
>> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
>> lent her the money)
>
> Some Dads just give their daughters a box of chocs ...
>

or even just a vehicle...

#8 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

"purpleveggie" <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162825387.260865.233800@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

purpleveggie wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

http://www.thame.net/oldpics.htm

its the shop painted yellow on the right hand side(first coloured photo
on the right)

Nice, what a wonderful daddy you are! Hope it all works out well!

#9 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

purpleveggie wrote:
> purpleveggie wrote:
> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
> >
> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
> >
> > (i get the keys next monday)
> >
> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> > lent her the money)
>
>
> http://www.thame.net/oldpics.htm
>
> its the shop painted yellow on the right hand side(first coloured photo
> on the right)

Congratulations PV, to you and your daughter. What a lovely street! I
expect you're daughter will prosper, and you will be really pleased.
Best of good fortune to you both.

Kirby

#10 11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

"purpleveggie" <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162825176.137382.314980@m7g2000cwm.googlegro ups.com...
i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!

signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.

(i get the keys next monday)

its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
lent her the money)

Cool, hope it goes well for you both, nice little shopping strip there.

#11 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

In message <0e2424-j9e.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net>, Whiskers
<catwheezel@operamail.com> writes
>On 2006-11-06, purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>>
>> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>>
>> (i get the keys next monday)
>>
>> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
>> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
>> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
>> lent her the money)
>
>Some Dads just give their daughters a box of chocs ...

Is stock included?

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

#12 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

purpleveggie wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

Geez, I used to get a bad look from my Dad when I needed to borrow the
car.

Someday I hope to be able to do the same for my son. He's only 19 mo,
so by the time he's ready for college I don't even want to think about
what its going to cost. I have some vacation property I plan on selling
when he's ready to leave the nest.

I love the look of the town. Good Luck!

#13 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

hey pv...that's so exciting!!!

congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.

purpleveggie wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>
> signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>
> (i get the keys next monday)
>
> its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> lent her the money)

#14 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

punk wrote:
> hey pv...that's so exciting!!!
>
> congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.
>
>
> purpleveggie wrote:
> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
> >
> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
> >
> > (i get the keys next monday)
> >
> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> > lent her the money)

thank you all for your kind words.

Thame is a nice olde worlde market town about 20 mins from home.
As it is only 45 mins to the center of london on a train its a popular
pleace to live for city slickers as you call them.

It took ages to complete the sale as my lil gal has no credit rating
due to never having a credit card or bought anything on hp....as a
result there was all sorts of red tape in the way to get the whole
thing put in her name but we got there in the end :O)

Amy is so excited...every time i look at her she grins like a cheshire
cat

#15 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

In message <1163019988.297932.217790@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups. com>,
purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
>punk wrote:
>> hey pv...that's so exciting!!!
>> congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.
>> purpleveggie wrote:

>> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>> >
>> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>> >
>> > (i get the keys next monday)
>> >
>> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
>> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
>> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
>> > lent her the money)
>
>thank you all for your kind words.
>
>Thame is a nice olde worlde market town about 20 mins from home.
>As it is only 45 mins to the center of london on a train its a popular
>pleace to live for city slickers as you call them.
>
>It took ages to complete the sale as my lil gal has no credit rating
>due to never having a credit card or bought anything on hp....as a
>result there was all sorts of red tape in the way to get the whole
>thing put in her name but we got there in the end :O)
>
>Amy is so excited...every time i look at her she grins like a cheshire
>cat

The cat before Nelly was a Cheshire cat, from near Lewis Carroll's
birthplace. We called him Cheshire Cat.

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

#16 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

Alan Harding wrote:
> In message <1163019988.297932.217790@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups. com>,
> purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
> >punk wrote:
> >> hey pv...that's so exciting!!!
> >> congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.
> >> purpleveggie wrote:
>
> >> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
> >> >
> >> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
> >> >
> >> > (i get the keys next monday)
> >> >
> >> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> >> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> >> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> >> > lent her the money)
> >
> >thank you all for your kind words.
> >
> >Thame is a nice olde worlde market town about 20 mins from home.
> >As it is only 45 mins to the center of london on a train its a popular
> >pleace to live for city slickers as you call them.
> >
> >It took ages to complete the sale as my lil gal has no credit rating
> >due to never having a credit card or bought anything on hp....as a
> >result there was all sorts of red tape in the way to get the whole
> >thing put in her name but we got there in the end :O)
> >
> >Amy is so excited...every time i look at her she grins like a cheshire
> >cat
>
> The cat before Nelly was a Cheshire cat, from near Lewis Carroll's
> birthplace. We called him Cheshire Cat.
>
> --
> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

did he have a big bushy beard?

they say dogs look like their owners so i wondered if the same applied
to cats

#17 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!

Wow that's BIG! My sincerest wishes for
your daughter's success.

#18 11-09-2006, 10:39 AM

In message <1163028325.341439.239000@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
>Alan Harding wrote:
>> In message <1163019988.297932.217790@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups. com>,
>> purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
>> >punk wrote:
>> >> hey pv...that's so exciting!!!
>> >> congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.
>> >> purpleveggie wrote:
>>
>> >> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
>> >> >
>> >> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
>> >> >
>> >> > (i get the keys next monday)
>> >> >
>> >> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
>> >> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
>> >> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
>> >> > lent her the money)
>> >
>> >thank you all for your kind words.
>> >
>> >Thame is a nice olde worlde market town about 20 mins from home.
>> >As it is only 45 mins to the center of london on a train its a popular
>> >pleace to live for city slickers as you call them.
>> >
>> >It took ages to complete the sale as my lil gal has no credit rating
>> >due to never having a credit card or bought anything on hp....as a
>> >result there was all sorts of red tape in the way to get the whole
>> >thing put in her name but we got there in the end :O)
>> >
>> >Amy is so excited...every time i look at her she grins like a cheshire
>> >cat
>>
>> The cat before Nelly was a Cheshire cat, from near Lewis Carroll's
>> birthplace. We called him Cheshire Cat.
>
>did he have a big bushy beard?
>
>they say dogs look like their owners so i wondered if the same applied
>to cats

No beard, but he was big and butch.

--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

#19 11-09-2006, 08:09 PM

Alan Harding wrote:
> In message <1163028325.341439.239000@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups .com>,
> purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
> >Alan Harding wrote:
> >> In message <1163019988.297932.217790@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups. com>,
> >> purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
> >> >punk wrote:
> >> >> hey pv...that's so exciting!!!
> >> >> congrats & good luck to you and your daughter.
> >> >> purpleveggie wrote:
> >>
> >> >> > i have this morning bought a confectionary shop!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > signed the dotted line and paid the dosh.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > (i get the keys next monday)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > its for my eldest daughter Amy who decided that rather than go to
> >> >> > university and run up £30k worth of debts getting a degree she wanted
> >> >> > her own business and something tangable to show for her loan(i have
> >> >> > lent her the money)
> >> >
> >> >thank you all for your kind words.
> >> >
> >> >Thame is a nice olde worlde market town about 20 mins from home.
> >> >As it is only 45 mins to the center of london on a train its a popular
> >> >pleace to live for city slickers as you call them.
> >> >
> >> >It took ages to complete the sale as my lil gal has no credit rating
> >> >due to never having a credit card or bought anything on hp....as a
> >> >result there was all sorts of red tape in the way to get the whole
> >> >thing put in her name but we got there in the end :O)
> >> >
> >> >Amy is so excited...every time i look at her she grins like a cheshire
> >> >cat
> >>
> >> The cat before Nelly was a Cheshire cat, from near Lewis Carroll's
> >> birthplace. We called him Cheshire Cat.
> >
> >did he have a big bushy beard?
> >
> >they say dogs look like their owners so i wondered if the same applied
> >to cats
>
> No beard, but he was big and butch.
>
> --
> The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
> just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?

ha ha ha.......i have seen your photo remember!(and the words big and
butch dont spring to mind lol)