Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I but PN has seen great suppliers...

I have quite an extensive list of suppliers

Bead curtains though tend to be ticky tacky plastic things ... I bet a hand-made one'd cost two arms, one leg and a kidney.

I wasn't thinking of bead curtains, in the 1960s we used to have brightly coloured thin plastic strips - everybody had them (on our council estate).

PC's playing up/connection's dire and most sites aren't loading or I'd get some examples.

PasturesNew

When you actually google/look, there are a lot of solutions in everybody's price range.

Here's an almost instant, large, mesh door for about £11. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Instant-Door-Insect-Screen-Bugs-Blinds-Mosquitos-606-/280676724424?pt=UK_HG_ScreensShutters_RL&hash=item4159a2eec8

These are the sort of strips I meant, from £4 upwards at various places online: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RETRO-Style-Slat-type-Door-Curtain-Bug-Fly-Strip-Blind-/300555858433

With a bit more to spend, there's the posh option: http://www.chainscreens.co.uk/

Or make your own, by buying the strips of plastic, or beads, by length: http://www.chainscreens.co.uk/acatalog/Bead___Candy_Twist_Fly_Screen_Spare_Parts.html

neverdespairgirl

Generali wrote: »

They are incredibly cheap and hugely increase your quality of life.

If (when?) we move back to Europe we'll be having some of them.

I thought the move to Australia was a permanent one?

lostinrates

I was going out tonight, but by back has other ideas and I'm sofa bound. Still, means I can watch the smurfs again on eurovision

vivatifosi

And now you can watch Gerri Halliwell's gran for Hungary

michaels

SO part of the reason for having the super expensive folding door is so that the entire opening can be , well, open but is it possible to have a flyscreen that can also open completely if needed? May be a sort of roller blind screen?

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Do flyscreen doors stop ants?

I oubt it. I think they'd get in through the bottom, not of the screen but UNDER the door bit IYSWIM.

I can't remember ants in the house when I was a child though, apart from in UK!

The other thing is that sometimes big crabs used to get through breaking the screens. (shudder). That used to terrify me. But not generally a problem in UK!

lostinrates

I just had to find the estonia one on you tub for DH who is cooking supper. we think, depsite the carping from Mr Norton, its a catchy tune with just enough oddity to stand out....puppet dancers are of the velcro skirt sort of ''yer what'' ness and well up there in the tradition of eurosongs.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I just had to find the estonia one on you tub for DH who is cooking supper. we think, depsite the carping from Mr Norton, its a catchy tune with just enough oddity to stand out....puppet dancers are of the velcro skirt sort of ''yer what'' ness and well up there in the tradition of eurosongs.

I thought it was a bit Bjork-ish, but not quite as good. Definitely quirky though, one of our faves. We like Finland and Serbia here. Oh and Denmark. What song does this remind me of? Help!

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

I thought it was a bit Bjork-ish, but not quite as good. Definitely quirky though, one of our faves. We like Finland and Serbia here.

Missed both I think...will youtube again. Chrikey. when I thinf of what I would have been doing tonight.:o still, my excellent dh has brought me a hot waterbottle and it turns out dog-dog is a HUGE eurovision fan.:j:j:j....thats what she's doing to EV....hopping up and down, and looking at me to see why I'm not doing the same