Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

Generali

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

But seriously, those pills were amazing. Not only did I feel no pain, I was completely immune to Mrs McT's nagging for a good two weeks.

It almost made it all worthwhile....

Ah, you need Generali's* helpful guide to stopping nagging.

If you annoy Mrs McT she'll nag.

If you really annoy Mrs McT she'll give you the silent treatment.

Surely it's worth putting in that little extra effort.






*Shamelessly stolen from Jokers Corner on The Fool

GDB2222

SingleSue wrote: »

So another trip to the A&E except this time it was for me.

I think it's wonderful that you were able to find some quality time just for yourself. You deserve it.

SingleSue

Hehe Hamish, that had me in fits of giggles......I even read it out to eldest son who also descended into fits of giggles (might have been helped by the way I read it with different voices - a throw back to when they were little and I was reading them bedtime stories)

GDB - Alas, the whole lot of them came with me!

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

Morning all,

Sorry to hear about your hand Sue, sounds as though it was painful before the pillowcase/dash to hospital/special cream. I hope it heals ok.

Did you know most astronauts are left-handed? Or at least the early Mercury and Apollo ones were anyway.

I didn't actually know that.....I am the only leftie in the family, both my brother and sister plus my parents and boys are right handed. My paternal grandmother was leftie however...again, the only one out of her parents, siblings and children.

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

I didn't actually know that.....I am the only leftie in the family, both my brother and sister plus my parents and boys are right handed. My paternal grandmother was leftie however...again, the only one out of her parents, siblings and children.

My eldest is the same, we've gone back 3 generations on both sides and "across" to most of the second cousins and cant find another leftie. And he is profoundly leftie, hand and foot, eating, shuffling cards all sorts of little oddities.

GDB2222

From quotes of the day, Kurt Vonnegut:

Those who believe in telekinesis, please raise my hand.

PasturesNew

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Promptly followed by "Oh, and by the way, we'll need to cut your wedding ring off if you'd like to keep the finger."

I wasn't sure which of the two scenarios upset me the most......

... a middle eastern doctor sawing through my Cartier wedding ring with a device that resembled an overgrown can opener.

I opted for the ring removal....

Much gold debris later ....

Speaking as an expert now ... this could have been achieved quite quickly with a simple jeweller's saw ... with the minimum of debris .... and then a quick solder to make it good again (10 minutes including the waiting and chatting time).

Aside from that, that'll teach you to go having posh rings n all.



Yuppy.

I can do the one-handed match lighting, with a box of matches, but never set fire to myself or anything else.

lostinrates

Just gave the new table a polish and lit a candle on it. It needs a little work, the paint at the bottom is chipped but it looks amazing out there. Our dingy and frankly a little grubby feeling front hallway looks secret and vintage now. In the evening light at least. Makes me feel inspire to strip woodchip and sand stuff to paint. I might even see if we can get an offcut of carpet big enough to do till we can address flooring out there.....something scandalous. Grass green or bright pink may be

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Just gave the new table a polish and lit a candle on it. It needs a little work, the paint at the bottom is chipped but it looks amazing out there. Our dingy and frankly a little grubby feeling front hallway looks secret and vintage now. In the evening light at least. Makes me feel inspire to strip woodchip and sand stuff to paint. I might even see if we can get an offcut of carpet big enough to do till we can address flooring out there.....something scandalous. Grass green or bright pink may be

Put a photo on here, you know you want to.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Grass green or bright pink may be

I wish I was further down the refurb path at tifositowers. I'd send you my barbie-pink carpet from bedroom two in a shot. All in the name of helping out the nice people of course;). Thankfully its covered in things in storage at the moment, so I can only see about 1 sq m of it where the door opens. It's still shocking though, butting up against my orange hall carpet with only a brass carpet bar to stop me from going truly mad at the colours here.