Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Didn't see a thing... I was off trawling the news for interesting stuff.

Must have been posted, taken down and PPRd within the space of about 5-10 minutes and it was on most of the boards too.

Just some provokative idiot who can't get to sleep under their bridge tonight methinks.

Night night Pastures, lappie is out of juice now so need to switch off and try to sleep.

SingleSue

treliac wrote: »

It's a routine I've always followed - don't feel 'finished' and ready for the day otherwise. But it's no aggro, quite relaxing in fact, just 10 - 15 minutes while I'm having a cup of coffee.

Perhaps I need it more than you Sue

When I was working, I never failed to put it on and then rested my face at weekends (apart from socially).

Now, no work means no make up apart from meetings or going out socially...and I probably need it more than you!

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe your mornings aren't the same as the mornings I've always experienced when going to work.

Get up at Godawful O'Clock, hear the rain hammering at the window, it's still dark, shower/drag clothes on, get out the door, get soaked getting to the car, try to wake up on the long drive to work. Get out of the car and run into the building, arrive dripping wet just as dawn's breaking.

Whoever has time for a coffee and sit down in the morning??? Those 10-15 minutes fannying about could get you 20-30 minutes ahead of the traffic jams!

My pre children work routine would be wake at 6.40, put the kettle on, get washed, dressed, make tea, cool it down with some cold water and drink, put make up on and then be out the door for 6.50...arrive at work at 7am.

I can get ready really quickly, a left over from my dancing days where we did quick changes in dress and makeup before our next outing on the stage, I got it to the fine art of a complete change in less than 5 minutes or 2 minutes when I had assistants pulling me into the outfit whilst I removed and reapplied the makeup.

lostinrates

treliac wrote: »

Good for you lir, I'm relieved I'm not the only female who feels the need to spend a little time preening themselves.

I just whip it all off in one go before I go to bed, with a couple of Tesco's make up wipes! Really no hassle.

The problem is this.....I then go out in this weather again...and no sooner have I done my eyes then they've melted onto my cheekbones.:o

lostinrates

I need labour. I'm feeling swamped by our rubble piles. I think I'm going to have to hit our already beleaguered bank account and pay for help

I don't know whether to put an order in for the roses I really wan to plant this year....will we clear enough...can we afford them....

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

be out the door for 6.50...arrive at work at 7am.

It's my dream to live that close to work. Usually a job's been 15-20 miles away, so 30-45 minutes in rush hour; other distances have been 90 miles, 200 miles and 50 miles. 90-200 is a weekly commute, starting on a Monday morning; 50 miles was a daily commute, across and through rural Cornwall, taking 60-70 minutes each way.

That's why I won't buy a house until I have some idea where a job might be, because I'm determined to finally, one day, work close to home.

I grew up in the countryside and am now coastal/rural. When you live miles from big cities then most jobs are in other small places that you need a car to get to ..... and the roads are small, narrow, winding, unlit and often muddy. So slow journeys.

michaels

Those are average speeds that everyone using the wide, straight, well-lit, mud free roads of London and the home counties could only dream of. Local commute by car probably averages 5mph. I used to do 35 miles a day mostly motorway and was amazed if it ever took less than 90 minutes.

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's my dream to live that close to work. Usually a job's been 15-20 miles away, so 30-45 minutes in rush hour; other distances have been 90 miles, 200 miles and 50 miles. 90-200 is a weekly commute, starting on a Monday morning; 50 miles was a daily commute, across and through rural Cornwall, taking 60-70 minutes each way.

That's why I won't buy a house until I have some idea where a job might be, because I'm determined to finally, one day, work close to home.

I grew up in the countryside and am now coastal/rural. When you live miles from big cities then most jobs are in other small places that you need a car to get to ..... and the roads are small, narrow, winding, unlit and often muddy. So slow journeys.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Those are average speeds that everyone using the wide, straight, well-lit, mud free roads of London and the home counties could only dream of. Local commute by car probably averages 5mph. I used to do 35 miles a day mostly motorway and was amazed if it ever took less than 90 minutes.

I often used to head up to Watford to do big grocery shops when I had a car in London. Getting all the way up there was quicker and less stressful than getting down the road to waitrose, and the supermarkets were biger/more choice.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I need labour. I'm feeling swamped by our rubble piles. I think I'm going to have to hit our already beleaguered bank account and pay for help

Advertise the rubble on freecycle as "free hardcore"?

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Advertise the rubble on freecycle as "free hardcore"?

Yeah...noone wants its...and its got stuff in it we can use. Its just going to have to be done with money.

Feel a bit brighter I bought some cooking apple green paint and I'm going to have green kitchen cabinets instead of orange ones.