Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

Much of my childhood was spent by the sea and it holds little allure as a place to live for me! My hair hates the seaside, the salt in the air drying out skin, the increase in rust on cars etc, the increase costs of property maintenance, the tourism, the dangers....

I love the sea....on a visit!

I feel like that most the time....until on a sunny day, coming down one of the many hills from the town centre, we look over the view.

People pay good money to look at it so we may as well appreciate it for a few minutes once or twice a year.

Could do without the holiday makers and traffic though.......my parents dare not move their car on nice days because when they do, they can't get back in and usually some oik has parked over their drive way too so no option to park there either!

PN, my parents house is actually below sea level (hence the horrendous flooding the house received in the big flood - the water level mark can still be seen on the walls when they decorate - it reached the first floor), so no big problems walking the cup of tea up...but lots of eek moments when the tide is up above normal.

Talking of the big flood, we were looking through old paper work for the house the other day (the daughter of the person my parents bought it off had found them when going through her father's paperwork on his death and thought the current owner would like to have them - this was only 3 years ago!) and it really impacted on the price the house could get when my parents bought it in 1969, they pretty much paid the same price for the house as when it was new in 1936.

lostinrates

So, with my evening back and still shattered I thought a nice bit of tv is in order, but there doesn't seem to be anything on. But its hard to let this persons' appearance, or rather hue, go without a mention...http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12989963

I get the golden brown tan love, and see why this can go to far to orange, but this poor young woman looked like she'd fallen face first into a bowl of tomato soup.

fc123

SingleSue wrote: »

It's difficult for parents when their child is different, almost like if they ignore it, then the child will magically learn how to do things. Or, some go the other way and every detail will be about avoiding the situations that cause upset....to keep them autistic if you like.

I have always had an interest in special needs, I wanted to be a nurse specialising in (as it was known back then), mentally and physically handicapped children as I believed then and still do now, that every child, no matter how severely disabled, has something they will do better in than other areas and that once you find the key to unlock that 'talent', then the sky is the limit.....it was the basis of my English O level oral too.

I am not sure if the experience with my sister has anything to do with it (she was and still is seriously weird), but I just knew that my parents were not making things any better by pandering to her every whim...and so I did it my way with her. When she went completely eeekk, I was the only one who she didn't dare accuse of doing something to her because she knew I was not frightened to say anything to her whereas my parents and brother, were too scared of what she would do if they stood up to her, it was always about keeping her happy.

My ex husband could never get his head around it either, he thought the way I wanted to do it was too namby pamby, his view was that a good smack would do the trick, a shout would shut them up...but then he could never accept they had problems, just that my parenting was crap.

Wish I could copy this down and pass on...but I wouldn't dare. Unfortunately there is still a commonly held view that many things can be sorted out with a bit of 'discipline' or a 'good hiding'.

The bit about an inner skilll is spot on and,, as he was out of education for a year (I think) he discovered gardening. Years ago, you could leave school ' 14....but the system is now very much one set of rules for all so off to the one for excluded youngsters (it's not a speshul school if you know what I mean...it's for last chance and quite hardcore from what I have heard).

I think there will be a good outcome though as there is def a course post 16 for agri/horti/animaly things and he is desp to go to it so is trying really hard to keep his head down, do his school time and get to the college.

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

I think there will be a good outcome though as there is def a course post 16 for agri/horti/animaly things and he is desp to go to it so is trying really hard to keep his head down, do his school time and get to the college.

There are many. And in retrospect with the benefit of PN's explanations I begin to understand many more of the people I knew taking them. I'd make a better guide for them now

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

So, with my evening back and still shattered I thought a nice bit of tv is in order, but there doesn't seem to be anything on. But its hard to let this persons' appearance, or rather hue, go without a mention...http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12989963

I get the golden brown tan love, and see why this can go to far to orange, but this poor young woman looked like she'd fallen face first into a bowl of tomato soup.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: She's not looking great huh......have you seen K Price recently? Looking older due to all the meddling. Here's a nice chewy Heat article about it but not online yet.


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Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

So, with my evening back and still shattered I thought a nice bit of tv is in order, but there doesn't seem to be anything on. But its hard to let this persons' appearance, or rather hue, go without a mention...http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12989963

I get the golden brown tan love, and see why this can go to far to orange, but this poor young woman looked like she'd fallen face first into a bowl of tomato soup.

Ah, now you are definitely a nice person. Because I wouldn't really be able to describe her that thoughtfully.

I heard her on the radio earlier and I can assure you that the picture in my mind looked nothing like your link. I didn't think real people looked like that. She was talking about how there's nothing unsafe with home applied Botox yet if she was saying that on TV, I think one could far more easily argue to the contrary :eek:

Claws back in.

The wine I have, well, I've cracked open bottle number one and there is no way I'm selling it. It's gorgeous!
http://www.bbr.com/product-73665B-2009-isabel-estate-sauvignon-blanc-marlborough-nz
I really liked JPs idea of using a box for moving firewood about too. Need to empty it first...

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

Ah, now you are definitely a nice person. Because I wouldn't really be able to describe her that thoughtfully .

I heard her on the radio earlier and I can assure you that the picture in my mind looked nothing like that. She was talking about how there's nothing wrong with home Botox yet if she was saying that on TV, I think we could far more easily argue to the contrary :eek:

Claws back in.

Actually I think she looked worse on the tv. I thought at first when I flicked onto the channel it as a comedy show from her appearance until I paused to listen.

Its so sad perfectly fine looking people before they mess. I don't mind people looking weird. I do a fair bit of it myself, but the thing is its very different dying your hair a funny colour for a while, or putting ona weird outfit, another thing totally to be hooked on anti aging injections while under 25. There was a blonde woman who had ruined her lips and I felt so sad for her.

The wine I have, well, I've cracked open bottle number one and there is no way I'm selling it. It's gorgeous! I really liked JPs idea of using a box for moving firewood about too.

Oh.....

I'm off the wagon now, and feel pleasantly reassured that I will sleep after a glass of a rather doubtful shiraz. If the weather holds I foresee a jug of something delicious an bad for heatstroke on Sunday.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

There are many. And in retrospect with the benefit of PN's explanations I begin to understand many more of the people I knew taking them. I'd make a better guide for them now

It really helps esp as each individual has different issues too.

My friend in Dorset def has it but has never been violent for example, she just shuts herself off and struggles with social manners and things......bright as a button though...soooper clever like PN.

I keep meaning to ask....did you have any bother again with that intruder the dogs nipped the a $$ off.?


And in other news......I have decided I need to build up my good karma score so, on getting a call from St M college (the London fashion one) asking could I help a student with a pattern for his stretch project.....I said yes (depsite being up to my eyes as usual).
So he came along this afternoon, we mucked about on the stand (as his sketch wouldn't actually work in Real Life) but we got a good shape and I showed him how to fit a curved cut-out so it doesn't gape.
I gave him a load of cloth for £20 (as you can't but the cloth I use anywhere retail) to take away.
Nice kid, young nervy gay very very keen.....had to explain that the bra line is an important thing when considering a shape too.

It was a well spent 2 hours as the corp cloud is beginning to go a bit grey, making my world a little darker each day. Have to add will always be eternally grateful and loyal...but it's so dam hard.

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

PN.

I keep meaning to ask....did you have any bother again with that intruder the dogs nipped the a $$ off.?

Karma....it always is worth it IMO..hoping to get some of that myself this weekend.

No, no problem for the intruder and I think the word has got about. Marked decrease in people pulling over into our drive too.

Dog dog, however, is being trouble. The other day had someone from the council here...little man...and he knew it. Goading th dg through the window ..they jumped up and broke the peopogator the toms were in as a result :mad::mad: anyway, got them out and big-dog was fine, but dog dog was a ruddy loon. Kept running by, at good speed, reaching but not getting really near...three feet ish? and snapping her jaws in the general area of his posterior. He was v. nervous. I made gushing apologetic noises....while my tomatoes got their karma in the general direction of the source of many of lir-loon-farm woes!:rotfl:

fc123

Doozergirl wrote: »

Ah, now you are definitely a nice person. Because I wouldn't really be able to describe her that thoughtfully.

I heard her on the radio earlier and I can assure you that the picture in my mind looked nothing like your link. I didn't think real people looked like that. She was talking about how there's nothing unsafe with home applied Botox yet if she was saying that on TV, I think one could far more easily argue to the contrary :eek:

Claws back in.

The wine I have, well, I've cracked open bottle number one and there is no way I'm selling it. It's gorgeous!
http://www.bbr.com/product-73665B-2009-isabel-estate-sauvignon-blanc-marlborough-nz
I really liked JPs idea of using a box for moving firewood about too. Need to empty it first...

I think drinking it is a good idea and making something nice out of the box...I forgot to post on it a few pages back.


Bad news in the house just now, sons GF has had to fly over to Monaco today as her mother went into a coma, is out of it now but only has 25% chance of living. Unfortunately her liver is failing (or has failed) and it's not looking good. And, yes it is drink related, she has had severe alcohol issues for many years. Is about my age I think.