Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

....you are looking at payback times of between 15 and 20 years or more. ...

My thinking is "so if you wait about 12-15 years there'll be something better, neater, more reliable, that generates a LOT more, for 1/10th of the cost... so wait 12-15 years and do it and by year 20 you'll have made up the cost and recovered any potential losses you might have made by not being an early adopter.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

Seeing as there's loads of random stuff being gassed about here, I'm currently trying to make my car look better by sorting the minor scratches/chips etc by t-cutting it.

I guess that basically it works by melting the paint & it then re-sets? I'm following the instructions, & I have the right stuff, but it isn't working that well. Is it one of those things that you have to do several times to get the full effect? Any tips on how to make it better/easier?

It's magic. Little paint fairies come and sprinkle their magic over it.

What you're actually doing is removing the very fine top layer of paint. The top layer gets discoloured by the sun and contains dirt... and T cut lifts off a very fine layer. So it all looks lovely again.

Then I think the paint fairies spit in the scratches, so not sure how/why (apart from that reason) it does seem to remove scratches.... which of course it can't really.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I unpacked some limited edition perfume posters I'd hoarded and they've all be damaged in storage. Pretentiousness is bad for the soul, but a bit of pretend/escapism is, IMO, quite good. If doing the washing up I can momentarily be transported to a Parisian rooftop, or a field of flowers or a flower laden oasis in the desert then that's all well and good.

For the cost of some of them you could be transported for an entire weekend on a budget flight

Until I was bought my first bottle for my 18th, I thought all perfume came from the market (£1) or Boots (£3-4).

PasturesNew

iB1 wrote: »

...clean some bird muck off my car

I have a top tip for bird muck, there's a lot of seagull poo at the seaside....

Wet wipes. Keep a resealable box of wet wipes (baby ones with the plastic lid packs, 80p if you get a BOGOF) in the car - they just lift it off if you get it the same day.

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

How come you lot get a bank holiday for it & we don't?

No idea. The Kiwis get a day off and I think that Canadians do too

I think it's nice. It's a bit of history in the calendar like ANZAC Day and Australia Day but less jingoistic. The flags don't come out.

Aussies love a bit of jingoism.

tomterm8

lemonjelly wrote: »

How come you lot get a bank holiday for it & we don't?

Probably the same reason that the Irish get St Paddy off, the Scottish get St Andys day, and the English and welsh get b****r all.

Generali

tomterm8 wrote: »

Probably the same reason that the Irish get St Paddy off, the Scottish get St Andys day, and the English and welsh get b****r all.

I guess if the English got a day off for every place they used to run they'd never get any work done!

Doozergirl

Generali wrote: »

I guess if the English got a day off for every place they used to run they'd never get any work done!

Sounds like a plan. What a legacy!

chewmylegoff

lemonjelly wrote: »

How come you lot get a bank holiday for it & we don't?

cos you don't work for the civil service! that was the only good thing about working there, day off for the queen's birthday and half a day on maunday thursday afternoon.

lemonjelly

chewmylegoff wrote: »

cos you don't work for the civil service! that was the only good thing about working there, day off for the queen's birthday and half a day on maunday thursday afternoon.

You forgot to mention the gold plated pensions!;)

>>>>>> runs away before bendix, white horse & all the other nutters rush on to the thread to moan about "their" taxes!