Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Pastures, if it would help you to type it all out, you're welcome to. Those of us who want to help will read it, and if there are others who skim over it, that doesn't matter. If you'd rather not go into details, that's totally fine too. But what matters is what is most helpful to you, not whether it's a bother to any of us.

seconded.


The sunflowers I picked earlier in the week got some sun through the window on them this morning and the sitting room smells beautiful as a result. The new chooks have moved over in with the old ones (wary after davesnaves experiences earlier in the year, but I saw the whole flock and the worst we have is one whose been pecked a little...but is the bravest in the bunch.) The idea is to choose a couple of these breeds to get more off but of the five breeds we already have four favorites! (well, three favourite breeds, but the rhode island red is a hilarious bird and so brave, she was picked as an odd one out not to expand on but because I think they are pretty!)

dog -dog is getting braver using her leg. Today I drove over to the field to do some horse poop scooping and let big dog out for a play and dog-dog jumped out of the car window to join her.

misskool

lemonjelly wrote: »

Then no! I mean, whaddya gonna do with a teeny-tiny tub of baked beans?:D

It was supposed to be corn and coleslaw but I think the 20 cobs of sweetcorn waiting to be picked this weekend will taste a bit better

Must stay awake until sensible bed time.


zzzz

tomterm8

I must grow some sunflowers, next year. We had loads one year, but somehow never got around to it again...

P.S. birthday cake is great, I am willing to have some even when it is no one's birthday.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Made a huge pot of jambalaya tonight. Kitchen looks like a bomb went off in it. Mrs McT still traumatised by an excess of Tobasco sauce.

But holy cow that's some tasty food.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

I have a problem with drumming into my kids that they must never meet strangers off the internet and then going off and doing same myself.

Even though I reckon you lot are not any more nutty than me, its a bit hypocritical and a really bad example. Plus they would tease me forever more.

I sometimes wonder...along the lines of six degrees of separation...if we can't ''join the dots'' in some cases. e.g. a few of the nice people were at Oxford....my guess is they could link up via a third party easily..if they hadn't bought a drink just down the bar from another Nice Person in the Kings Arms (?) near the Bodleian. Same with you lot from the same patch....its possible you have a person in common or a restaurant or a bar or a school......

won't work for all, but still an interesting idea.

lostinrates

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Made a huge pot of jambalaya tonight. Kitchen looks like a bomb went off in it. Mrs McT still traumatised by an excess of Tobasco sauce.

But holy cow that's some tasty food.

Oh, that sounds yum. More yum that what were having...a sort of vegetarian pilaf- thing...featuring.......courgettes. :rotfl::rotfl:

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

I sometimes wonder...along the lines of six degrees of separation...if we can't ''join the dots'' in some cases. e.g. a few of the nice people were at Oxford....my guess is they could link up via a third party easily..if they hadn't bought a drink just down the bar from another Nice Person in the Kings Arms (?) near the Bodleian. Same with you lot from the same patch....its possible you have a person in common or a restaurant or a bar or a school......

won't work for all, but still an interesting idea.

Yes, the King's Arms. But I prefer the Royal Oak or the Lamb and Flag.

When's the nice people party?

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

Yes, the King's Arms. But I prefer the Royal Oak or the Lamb and Flag.

When's the nice people party?

hmm...I have to get DH on side yet. One or two NP at a time he's now on board with.....a minibus full and he might suggest I am indeed a nutter on the net.

lemonjelly

Sensible bed time is when you're tired imo.

Had a nice day today - played golf with my dad. Lovely sunny day. Very pleasant.

Can't remember where I got to with updating everyone with my reading matter, so I'll hazard a guess:



I know doozer has since got this. Lovely book ( I feel de Botton has improved a lot in his writing. Status Anxiety in particular, as well as the art of travel are brilliant books with exceptional ideas). It spends a lot of time considering ideas concerning our living and working spaces, and associated choices we make concerning these, and how these spaces impact on us every day. To an extent, this book should be essential for many posters on this forum. A delight, and quite thought provoking.

I then read this:

You all know of my ripper fetish. There are a couple of books concerning the alleged diary of jack the ripper purportedly written by James Maybrick found in the early 90's. The so-called ripper diary saga got blown wide open by the characters involved - Michael Barrett who first wanted to publish it had numerous problems (including the break up of his marriage, alcoholism etc) & issued various contradictory statements (first it was genuine, then he forged it, then someone else forged it, then genuine again). A journalist Paul Feldman got hold of the story & wanted to make a film (I think he made a book, but am not sure on the film). Reading between the lines, he became exceptionally zealous in his belief in the diary. Another team of journalists (Shirley Harrison et al) were also trying to prove provenance. So in this competing world, you also had the debunkers (such as Melvin Harris, a ripperologist, who co-incidentally had a book with a different suspect coming out at the same time) and the Times newspaper (who were still smarting from publishing hitlers diarys, then found they were faked).

All in all, it has never been proven whether the diary is fake or genuine (typical with anything JtR related). Maybrick WAS in Whitechapel (from Liverpool) at the times of the killings. The diary alludes to certain seeming facts that were not allegedly in the public domain until 1987.

The whole thing is complicated by the alleged finding of James Maybricks watch...

This book is a more balanced view of the diary find, & the process of it entering into the public domain. An interesting read. If anything it highlights how easily carried away we can be by our beliefs...

I then read:

lemonjelly

I am aware that I read less fiction than I ought. Trainspotting was both a great book & film - though both have their own identities. Trainspotting the film (imo) was more like a remix of the book. Both were brilliant. Welsh writes phoenetically, using a fair bit of scottish dialogue. Have to say, this story about a copper, trying to solve a racist murder, whilst also battling a tapeworm, and what appears to be his missing wife/child, did keep me entertained. And there are 2 interesting twists at the end - one of which I really didn;t see coming!

I then read:

I am a big fan of airside & their work. One of their founders was in the band lemon jelly. The book details how they grew from a small collection of graphic designers, into a large scale operation as a company, and looks at their evolution, as well as their business and art philosophy. Plus there are lots of pretty pictures! I really enjoyed this book, & learned a fair bit from it. The art is truly gorgeous too. I wondered whether fc123 may enjoy it, as I know she is very into business models & the like.

Now reading bad science.