Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

silvercar

carolt wrote: »

Stuck in another dimension?

Certainly seems that way at the moment.

PasturesNew

I'm stuffed. Pizza filled me up. It was a thin base one too! And the little pot of cheesecake to follow.... really had to work hard to fit that in.

Gluttony..... Isn't it lovely!

lostinrates

One of the feral cats has come in. We've got him!!!!

not sure what to do now, till Monday and the vet.

He's in our big dog crate with a cover for privacy, but a way to see out if he wants. He has a cat bed, some litter (I know he won't know what it is, so we got it out of our cats' tray) and we have a feliway diffuser on. he's being brave but obviously feels a bit unsure.

carolt

I'm sure he's in good hands.:)

lostinrates

carolt wrote: »

I'm sure he's in good hands.:)

I've posted in pets forum. MSE has such an amazing array of contributors, its highly likely there are people involved in feral cat rescue with lots of practical experience. We had a feral kitten once, but very different from a feral old man!

sss555s

silvercar wrote: »

I keep having to log in again whenever I open my browser, very change only been like this for the last day. (And I have ticked the "remember me" button, but it still forgets me.

But I do have a thanks button.

Same here.

I've emptied my browser cache and it's still the same on chrome or IE9, must be a problem with the forum.

I've also had the "new" forum for as long as i can remember.

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

serious question...is it something about the time of year that brings out conspiracy theorists? was caught for a while to day in awkward situation when someone with whom I have a ''relaxed'' business relationship started telling me that they were telling me because they liked me, and wanted me to make plans...about the Illuminati, the financial crisis and then something to do with the weather and my eyes glazed over while I struggled to think of something polite to say to extricate myself from the conversation. I have nothing against people who have these beliefs, just as I don't share political, religious or even ethical beliefs with many friends but....somehow I find it very uncomfortable talking bout this one, in a way I don't the others...why I wonder? My own closedmindedness I guess.

I used to work in an advice centre. Whenever there was a really starnge or unusual enquiry, the manager always used to ask if it was a full moon.

Co-incidentally, a full moon was always about when we did get the really wierd ones.

lemonjelly

LydiaJ wrote: »

Well, I am finally buying a house.

I feel almost guilty for letting the bears down, especially dopester, who has been very kind and supportive to me.

However, this is the house I want. I've liked it since it first went on the market in 2008 (when I hadn't got any money and couldn't think of buying it). I am looking in a very small area (catchment for a particular school, minus the flood zone across the middle of it) and I want particular features that are hard to find (lots of separate downstairs rooms, and South facing aspect). I've been watching the market in this area of town, and in two and a half years I've seen four houses that have tempted me (two already the size I want and two I would have had to extend). Of those four houses, only one genuinely ticks all my boxes without any necessity for me to do major building work, and this is it. It will suit my needs for the foreseeable future - potentially for decades since I am very happily settled here for the long haul.

The market here is stagnant - prices holding up and the few houses that do sell going for quite high prices, but very low volumes. I am convinced that HP will fall, but I think that the falls will be slower and smaller than average for nice 4-bed detached houses in catchment areas for really excellent schools in pleasant towns. The chances of anything else I would want to buy coming onto the market in the next few months are rather slim, and I am afraid that if prices fall much further supply will dry up even more. Also, I have to move within the next 11 months or so, because I want to be living across that side of town by the time we put in ds's application for secondary school.

I have the opportunity to buy the house I love for £45k less than peak asking, using late-nearly-ex's life insurance payout and a small loan that I can afford to repay.

So, sorry dopester and others, but I am going to buy it and then stop caring what HP do and get on with my life (although probably still dropping in on the "nice people").

:T
Who gives a monkeys stuff? As long as you are happy - that is the most important thing.

And at the end of the day, if it is what you want, wouldn't you be letting yourself down by not going for it?

Best of luck to you! & Much happiness!:)

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have everything a little old lady needs for a good Saturday night in: PC, Internet, pizza, soft herb/mozarella focaccia, some soft gummy fruit sweets, a small pot of cheesecake and some fizzy pop.

Last night, I had a stonkingly huge chinese (buffet), followed by lemon yoghurt cheesecake.

I love cheesecake. I really could eat it all day everyday.

I have, in the past, eaten so much cheesecake it has been physically painful...:o

michaels

You would take candy from babies wouldn't you....

chucky wrote: »

just saying hello Carol...

have you tried Alt and F4 together and then hitting Enter?