Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

NIMBYs rule OK - but they can be bribed?

I seriously think that will mean new development will be stuffed into areas of least resistance, where the locals are badly organised and need the money.
Like where I live:D:eek:.

Possibly into areas where neighbours realise oif they block down the road's plan, down the road will block theirs.

e.g. here, other people have suggestted we do a part of our plan. We hadn't said it was what we wanted to do, we've let everyone else think its their idea. None of my neighbours are anything but enthusiastic...helped because one has an application of their own they came to run by us, and all the others have ''potential''.

In my area if the choice were down to neighbours alone it would be crazy to block anything that was not a genuine infringment of your property/life and there is a huge potential for bungalow gobbling. ATM outside the very, very pretty vilage there are tiny post war bungalows on HUGE plots, where as their are, in the next village, huge houses on ridiculously tiny plots. Neither particularly benefit the area aesthetically, but the big plots could take bigger/more housing and still be vastly superior. There are maybe four of these bungalows....each would be mad to forbid it on others be cause they are far enough apart for it to make very little difference to them and it would increase options for themselves. New housing cxould better ''fit into'' surroundings and/or be eco friendly/cheap to run. Under current planning there is no option for development their, I think its likely our neighbour hood would on balance see it as a good thing to have some development there.

misskool

LydiaJ wrote: »

My grandmother thought her tea trolley was the best thing ever - enabled her to maintain mobility for ages after walking unaided had become a bit problematic. She had a zimmer, but hated it because she couldn't carry anything, which was why she preferred the tea trolley for combining stability with luggage space. I think viva's suggestion of having a space in the larder where the trolley could go when not in use sounds very practical.

I have a trolley in my larder for the things we use most often and wheel it out when we need it. It doubles up the storage space in the smallest kitchen amongst all the nice people.

vivatifosi

Pastures, time to apply here again methinks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-14144983

John_Pierpoint

misskool wrote: »

I have a trolley in my larder for the things we use most often and wheel it out when we need it. It doubles up the storage space in the smallest kitchen amongst all the nice people.

My galley kitchen used to be 10' 4" x 6', originally it was the loggia, but don't tell the council;) .

How big is yours?

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures, time to apply here again methinks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-14144983

I know someone who works there. I don't know what he does, exactly - if he told me he'd have to kill me etc - but I know that his qualifications and experience are as a programmer. He told me how much he earns and I was genuinely shocked at how low the salaries are there, for jobs of such importance and responsibility.

I have now taken some pics of my front door, entrance/conservatory, archway, bath handles and potential shower location, and uploaded them to photobucket. A PM is about to wing its way to Doozer with links. Anyone else who wants them, just ask.

vivatifosi

I wasn't sure Lydia if it would be a good in for Pastures a bit like the library job is for me. The pay is dreadful, but I double it by running my own business at the same time, a bit like Pastures does. I work at the library because its one of the few jobs that I can put in a relatively large number of hours and still have time off in the week to meet customers - win win. I didn't know if Pastures would be able to shape something similar at GCHQ, or for that matter how they would feel about her having more than one income stream.

fc123

misskool wrote: »

Big hugs to dog-dog and hope he recovers soon.

Kitchen plans sound wonderful, I'd love to have a kitchen 3x the size of what I have now but we've just done it up (1.5 years) so it's staying that size for a LONG time.

We had to remove the door to make an archway for our hall to kitchen (needed 2 inches for worktop to line up), tap the archway bit as ours is just literally some metal and some cardboard taped to it and plastered over, so it can be easily knocked back out and then slimline door can be fitted again. That's the reason why open plan houses are dreadful.

I'm down again, saw a new GP today and been diagnosed with something else. I swear, it's a new disease each week on the NHS. And no one has fixed the original symptom yet

Big hugs (with out stretched arms......doggies scare me a lot) to Dog Dog too.

Miss K Hope you get diagnosed and feel better soon.

Loving all the chat about extensions and kitchenes as our house is now depressing us greatly when we come home......it needs everything doing all over again plus a new extension......but we can't face the upheaval plus we are too scared to spend a penny. So it stays for 'another day'.:(

lostinrates wrote: »

yes. ATM there is a renewed call for banning unpastreurised milk use. It would be a huge shame.

Unpasteurised and unhomogenised milk gets harder and harder to finds commercially and its a super product.

eta: found a link!http://3wheeledcheese.com/2011/06/16/dairy-uk-calls-for-unpasteurised-milk-retail-sales-ban/

We can buy it in the Blackheath farmers market but I tried it once and didn't like it at all ...I must be 100% 'townied'.

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures, time to apply here again methinks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-14144983

The perfect job for PN would be there..........how can we find out how to apply?

I have lots of news (good news) but am not coping with it all very well.....I think I only cope when facing adversity and monumental obstacles (I also think I have used the wrong words but you get the jist ) and it has cumulated into 100% creative block......which is A Very Bad Thing for my brain to have right now considering what is going down.

OH and I disagree on the way forward (he being Mr Practical and me being Mrs uber emotional) so lots of heated debate on the fire escape right now (which is where we meet to discuss ''strategy'' )

Fortunately, my old tutor from years back is going to pop in and we are going to collate everything.

It's such a scary time and I feel bad not logging in here more and I will answer outstanding PM's tomo promise.......but the P Up has made everything mental. It has changed everything and I should be excited but I am just terrified now.

PasturesNew

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

My galley kitchen used to be 10' 4" x 6', originally it was the loggia, but don't tell the council;) .

How big is yours?

Your gallery kitchen was bigger than the kitchen here is then.

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

The perfect job for PN would be there..........how can we find out how to apply?

Several issues ..... [1] I can't do that stuff, they're after super-geeks with super-hacking skillz. [2] They would have wanted a degree even if I were a top hacker.



And I bet, at interview, somebody'd say "She didn't know what her management style was" and put me in the reject pile.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

I wasn't sure Lydia if it would be a good in for Pastures

It's an "in" with a degree and several years' experience of being a bedroom nutter who has hand coded all kinds of really clever stuff just as a hobby - and lives/sleeps/drinks core operating systems and rewriting the way the whole internet/PC world works.

Geek programmers... not people with just a bit of paper - but real solid enthusiasts.