BRL - floors are concrete. You Scousers may sand+varnish your concrete, but us southerners prefer not to!
Penguina's suggestion of spending the money on flying sounds good - I might do that if they quote me silly money for the carpet!
What time is Paulo planning on shoveling us onto the boat? I'd hate to be left on the river bank watching you all sail away into the distance...
FFF
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