Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Also, does anyone know if you can varnish popcorn? If so with what?

In a thread of randomness, that's my favourite random question ever.

Note to self: don't read lir's posts while drinking a mug of tea.

PasturesNew

I don't even know what sociology is... certainly it wasn't on our school syllabus back in the 60s/70s.

You can get popcorn beads, which'd be long lasting, dog-dog and kitty safe, e.g. here's somewhere http://store.goodybeads.com/store/products/A005970.html and there are some on etsy. But I'm sure a good google session would yield others.

Here's another version, a whole necklace http://www.partycheap.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=50954&click=6103

Popcorn garland http://bayberrycove.com/poga9.html

9 feet of garland $7 http://www.mileskimball.com/MilesKimball/Shopping/ProductDetail.aspx?TID=_MilesKimball&CID=MKChristmasandHolidays&SCID=MKChristmas&TCID=MKIndoorAccentsandDecor&CollectionID=DC0000610

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I'm going to roast a chicken and do sweet potato and marshmallow and a pie at the weekend.

Together? That sounds delicious in a totally revolting kind of way, if that makes sense.

vivatifosi

Yay, I'm finally up to date. My computer has been so busy freezing on MSE for the last couple of days haven't been able to post anything. Good to see its running a bit smoother tonight.

Davesnave

This is the nearest B&B to us. You get to stay in a barn separate from the owners' house, so you can snore and *&%$3" as much as you like!



And here's the tariff:
Double Room £32 per person/night
Twin Bedded Room: £28 per prson/night

Reductions for more than 3 nights.(and if you don't wet the bed, presumably)

Apparently, its location is a 'rather special place,' which is nice, because we get to live here all the time. :)

PasturesNew

Malcolm. wrote: »

Running a B&B's is cool, especially for people persons. ...

I'd like to own a B&B, if it paid well, that is.

It's especially worse for singles, you have to do everything. Cook, clean, shopping, bookings, decisions, fixing broken things, bedchanges, dealing with people, answering questions, being there to greet, being there when they leave... it needs two people really.

As for being well paid, my neighbour has a lovely B&B, nice one, always got good people staying in it. It turns out that the pair of them make £20k between them per year... she was amazed when we had a discussion about tax the other day and realised my writing makes more than they both get and they're having to take in guests, clean, cook, maintain the property, etc for their money - and I just scribble

Property value is £300-350k or so, to put some yield on it. Mind you, they do get to live free I guess.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Remind me that if I ever do run a B&B and PN tries to book to suddenly remember a prior booking and thus have no room available...

Those were a short excerpt from many, many experiences that people I know had while running assorted B&Bs/guesthouses in recent years. One bloke even chased non-paying people out the back, where they leapt into their car and ran him over.

One stopped being a guesthouse (and small tea garden) because she found guests were also expecting to be entertained/chatted to in the "small bar" in the lounge area until 3am, yet those that had retired early still expected to smell bacon cooking at 7am.

It's blokes that pee the bed, mostly blokes on stag dos... but it seems that many blokes, when drunk, will at some point have wet the bed; it's not a female trait. One of my neiighbours, upon finding out one had peed the bed, chased down to the bus station and got on the bus where the pee'er was sitting with his friends and he pointed "You - out..." and the bloke smirked "eh? Me?" and my neighbour said "Unless you want me to tell everybody why I'm here - and you know what that is ...." bloke got off the bus and paid up.

Another lot ripped the sink off the wall in the bathroom, that's quite common it seems.

PasturesNew

If anybody's interested, I can link you to a volunteer job at a backpacking establishment .... if you want a spot of realism and short holiday.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Together? That sounds delicious in a totally revolting kind of way, if that makes sense.

Yes, the sweet potato is mashed into a oven to table dish and marsh mallows put on the top and put back in the oven. Its a delicious once a year only kind of thing. A little sickly. Goes well with white bird and gravy...

PasturesNew

Also, since the "chalet" thread, I've been off googling and totting things up. I need to move ... so been looking into it again. Chalet/static caravan is completely out of the question (cost/restrictions), but I then reverted to a plan I spotted in April, but it was the wrong time of year for that, so I am now formulating my plan for next year.... re moving. I'm going to 'invest' one year's rent in a touring caravan, now looking for a site to stick it on. First I need a site, then a man who can tow it for a fee, then I find a van. Gonna live like a gypsy

It's cheaper than renting after the first 12 months.... and I think this is a 2 year plan.

I wish I had a proper plan, but I don't. Renting is way too expensive, it really is - and you get to live among scum, without any outdoor space or parking. And I am "a little on the nice side", so require a modicum of a better life than renting a 1-bed flat could bring me. Destination Devon.