Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

lemonjelly

vivatifosi wrote: »

This is where I find out I was taught sociology by tomterm8's dad...

PasturesNew wrote: »

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

I remember doing sociology at college. I originally did a levels at school. Didn't enjoy the experience, & wanted to do better in english anyway - when I was young I always wanted to do an english degree. Sociology was (tbh:o) merely a 3rd subject to add to the 2 choices I'd made.

I found it an eye opener. Prior to it, I'd slowly meandered through the woods (of life) thinking everything was hunky-dory & ok & the way things are. It was the first time I started questioning things.

I remember also how we'd be introduced to ideas, such as marxism, & I'd think "yeah, he's right! We're all being downtrodden by the ruling masses! Grrrrr!" But then we'd get to the critiques of them, & all my initial "yeah they're right" would be blown away. So I kinda got into a "there's no answers" mode.

Strangely, when I got my a levels, I was just short of doing english as a degree. I opted for philosophy - not for any particular reason. I have to say, I am so happy that I didn't end up doing an english degree - speaking with the students doing it, it was very very boring. At least the philosophy degree has educated me & given me some skills.

Davesnave

'Risk' has been around some time. I remember playing it when I was about 12....

lemonjelly

vivatifosi wrote: »

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.

I've printed this off & stuck it on my pc screen.

LIR, you owe me for a new monitor...:D

lemonjelly

Davesnave wrote: »

'Risk' has been around some time. I remember playing it when I was about 12....

Fantastic game. It can be quite coy for quite a while, & you can get so close to winning, & bad luck with the dice crushes all your hopes. Worse still, you can see you're almost there (but not enough armies to quite do it, or do it safely) & someone else wins just before you cash in your cards...:mad:

I will never forget one game round a mates. 6 of us were playing. I was doing well, it came to my go, I cashed in a set of cards & was determined to blast everyone off the board. Victory was to be mine! We were all in the back living room, & halfway through my go, with 2 territories left to conquer, some came from the front living room to get through to go to the toilet at the rear of the house. As they walked through the room we were playing in, their trailing leg, as they walked past the table, caught the corner of the board & sent it flying in the air. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

THEY DENIED ME THE VICTORY THAT WAS RIGHTFULLY MINE!!!:mad:

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

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.

If anyone has, or is capable of coming up with a plan, and making things work, then in all my mse reading time, I have learned that the one person that is, is PasturesNew.:)

lemonjelly

misskool wrote: »

bit nippy outside today isn't it?

lostinrates wrote: »

Its beautiful! Its not as cold as I expected actually, only a thin layer of ice on our troughs and its so dry that its no too slippy out there. I've got a wash on, I wonder if we'll get a breeze to dry it?

sss555s wrote: »

It's a lovely winters day here on the westside with no breeze, no clouds and frost n stuff.

Makes you want to go for a walk :beer:

Agree with all of these.
Any nice peeps affected by snow yet?

Provided I'm wrapped up nice & warm (which believe me, I am!:)) I love to be outside in this weather, especially early evenings, or when the stars are out, or my early morning walks to work.:)

I'm going to see the new Harry Potter film this evening.

GDB2222

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have rels who run a B&B. I'd rather stick pins in my eyes and lit matches under my fingernails.

It starts to make a bit more sense if you have 2 to 3 let rooms. You can restrict taking guests to just 'the season' and work pretty hard for say 3/4 months, taking the rest of the year off to recuperate. A semi-retired couple could manage that pretty easily on their own. You'd make maybe £15k income, less some moderate outgoings, and be free most of the year. I think you have to have the temperament for it, though, or it would drive you wild.

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

LIR, you're odd....;)

But I like you.:kisses3:

I like you too.

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

I like you too.

FWIW LIR, & if it helps, I too am odd. & I'd rather be that way.:)

PasturesNew

As crazy as it sounds to you younger lot, when I was at school we weren't told about degrees, or what they were, or why people did them. I found out by myself when I was about 35 and it seemed to me to be "if you have one of these, you get to do posh sounding jobs for big money, then better jobs". Back in those days, at school, you weren't told. We were given a choice at 15 of: Be a secretary, a nurse, work in a shop/factory or be a hairdresser/flower arranger. And the choosing of that meant queueing up, then having 2 minutes max with the 'Careers Advisor'. You sat down, he gave you the list, you chose, he gave you a form and you left. For boys it was: Do an apprenticeship/be a mechanic, or join the army.

Once I found out I joined the OU and was getting on fine (predicted First), but then I was moving about too much - it was before the Internet and being able to do things more easily. I was doing programming etc, so needed to lug a PC/printer about with me - and also needed a TV/video, which I didn't have. So I stopped doing it, always intending to start again, but you do need to be settled to meet the deadlines and have everything you need to hand. I also couldn't afford it during those years. I think I'd probably not pay now - that didn't used to be an option. It was horribly expensive back then, on one salary and with working full-time.

I've never heard of Risk, nor played it.