Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

PasturesNew

Thank you for inviting me to your wedding. I will have to decline the invitation however because ... well, quite frankly I've never liked you. You're bossy, over-bearing and tedious. Selfish, moronic and dull. You're everything I don't want in a friend, or even an acquaintance or neighbour within 300 miles.

I hope you have a really cr4p day, if the groom turns up he's more stupid than he looks.

I do, however, thank you for the opportunity of saying "no thanks" and realising just how much money I'd have wasted attending your Me-fest. With the money I'll buy something for myself and my home - because my home'll still be here in 20 years' time (and more), whereas I give your marriage about 10 minutes tops.

inspector_monkfish

DexterA wrote: »

Inspector Monkfish,

If it helps, the PORT charity is on the list of allowed signature links.
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nice one, cheers
i have emailed and pointed this out to her

LydiaJ

LydiaJ wrote: »

This is the sort of thing I ought to know but don't. Thanks michaels. I'll tell the repair people I want to get a second opinion and take it to my nice bloke who fitted my new engine for me in the autumn.

My usual mechanic tells me he doesn't do bodywork but recommended me to a friend who does. The friend says the chassis is bent and it would take more than £1k just for the parts, let alone the labour. I asked him how much he'd value the car at. He looked it up on his iphone, and said that make and model should be between £875 and £1800. He said he usually advises people not to accept the first offer, but since the insurers have already mentioned £1800 I should bite their arm off.

The children are outside my house taking photos of it and saying goodbye to it. I will take it back later this afternoon to be scrapped.

Any advice on choosing a new (second hand) car much appreciated. I want something big enough to pull a small caravan, but not too colossal. I'm interested in safety and reliability. I usually buy cars at about 5 years old. I would love a sun roof but appreciate that they are increasingly difficult to find.

michaels

I'm not sure how much sympathy I can summon up for someone who not only has £2000 worth of suits but also has an au pair...

Generali wrote: »

You should be able to claim if you have accidental damage insurance. I claimed (successfully) when our au pair put over £2,000 worth of suits through the washing machine.

She washed the contents of the dry cleaning bag!:eek:

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I'm not sure how much sympathy I can summon up for someone who not only has £200 worth of suits but also has an au pair...

He's considerably richer than you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Kum8OUTuk

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Generali wrote: »

You need a good suit to work in some jobs in some companies. It was 5 suits, all bought in the sales. 3 from Austin Reed and 2 from Selfridges. I was very adequately compensated for buying them.

A lot of people don't seem to realise that a nice, traditional, conservative business suit (and I'm thinking Saville row here, rather than Next) will last for ever. Doesn't really change with fashion very much --- or if so, measured in decades, not seasons.

One of the things I hate about middle age is the fact that so many of my good suits don't fit any more.....:(

A good suit will outlast it's owner's ability to wear it. Particularly when it's owner has a fondness for good food.....

PasturesNew

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

A lot of people don't seem to realise that a nice, traditional, conservative business suit (and I'm thinking Saville row here, rather than Next) will last for ever. Doesn't really change with fashion very much --- or if so, measured in decades, not seasons.

One of the things I hate about middle age is the fact that so many of my good suits don't fit any more.....:(

A good suit will outlast it's owner's ability to wear it. Particularly when it's owner has a fondness for good food.....

A lot of people don't seem to realise that a lot of us have never SEEN a Saville Row suit, or many posh suits ever.

It's easier for blokes though. Imagine being female and being able to get away with buying 5 dresses in your life and wearing them every day to work.

GDB2222

I'm smaller now than I was 15 years ago, although that's not saying much.

lostinrates

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

A lot of people don't seem to realise that a nice, traditional, conservative business suit (and I'm thinking Saville row here, rather than Next) will last for ever. Doesn't really change with fashion very much --- or if so, measured in decades, not seasons.

One of the things I hate about middle age is the fact that so many of my good suits don't fit any more.....:(

A good suit will outlast it's owner's ability to wear it. Particularly when it's owner has a fondness for good food.....

Still maintains some secondhand value if you were a normalish size and shape. DH is more than half a foot taller then his father but one old jacket, that can't ever have fit his father, worked for him. His father's other old stuff could be altered to fit his other son.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's easier for blokes though. Imagine being female and being able to get away with buying 5 dresses in your life and wearing them every day to work.

We can get away with less expensive outfits....though the gals I know who own a couple of suits they tend to last a while too. Not as long. And you need one with half an inch more room at the end of the month etc etc. And we don't have to be suited and booted in the heat of summer.