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

Generali

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH is muttering about buying a racing bike - he reckons that would be significantly faster than his current bike, which is a cross-country one.

He had a foul drink called Mountain Dew, a stash of peanuts and raisins, energy bars, and those gel sachets you put in water.

It would be quicker.

One thing that the shops don't tell you is that for the ordinary mortal (eg me) the very expensive bikes are no good as they need so much maintenance. Better to spend £500-1000 than £5000 as the cheaper bikes can actually be ridden whereas the expensive ones are always being rebuilt.

They're a bit like sports cars I guess.

A carbon fibre frame is well worth the money though. Very comfortable and very, very fast. Carbon fibre front forks are worth it too if you can't stretch to the full frame.

Kennyboy66 wrote: »

Have you done the Galibier ?

Yes I have. I went from a bike hire shop in Briancon, up the Col du Lauteret and then up the Col du Galibier. It was the last 38km of stage 18:



I've ridden the Col du Lautaret quite a few times as we spent 2 weeks in 2005 staying in a tiny village at Serre Chevalier so I was right next to it. Most mornings I'd ride at least part of it. It's a beautiful part of the world and the first time in Europe I've ridden in snow in August!

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, and I'm worried that unless we have some kind of emergency soon, the store of tea, rice, noodles, spaghetti, beans and various other tinned items that I've been stashing in the garage will become an embarrassment. Eventually, 'she who sees all' will find it. :eek:

I started doing this hoarding thing back in 2008 and, well, it was the start of a very slippery slope.......:o

Anyone seen Dopester or his dog lately? No, thought not. Could be significant!

you've got to keep the stuff entering your normal circulation.

We're down to a box and a half of washing powder and about three packs of loo rolls. This is scraping the barrel of supplies here and I'll have to go out very soon because once the last multipack of loo roll is cracked open you just know world as you know it will end and that'll be the last of it and we'll all stop spraying our dock leafs and see them as a valuable crop :eek::o so to save the world first thing that happens on pay day is a big loo roll purchase.



We also have a huge amount of seeds atm.. I'm thinking of making pumpkin seed brittle, any other ideas for it?

neverdespairgirl

Generali wrote: »

It would be quicker.

One thing that the shops don't tell you is that for the ordinary mortal (eg me) the very expensive bikes are no good as they need so much maintenance. Better to spend £500-1000 than £5000 as the cheaper bikes can actually be ridden whereas the expensive ones are always being rebuilt.

They're a bit like sports cars I guess.

A carbon fibre frame is well worth the money though. Very comfortable and very, very fast. Carbon fibre front forks are worth it too if you can't stretch to the full frame.

He's definitely not spending £5k on a bike, that's for sure (-:

Although he's pretty handy with his own - he's had it since he was 14, and he reckons only the frame is now original. He can and does replace the things such as gear cables, brake pads, wheels, etc.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

You need to work ON the business as well as IN the business. Set aside a regular day when you look at stuff and start to come up with a strategy.


People (especially on these boards) say "you had choices, you chose .. you could have chosen better" - but that's in their world. In the real world you choose what you think today will be best/dig you out of a hole - and it's difficult to see beyond grabbing something you see available. Sometimes you have to take something on offer today, then you're too busy working on it to see other choices/chances because you can't take your eye off the main ball. This doesn't mean you 'chose', you choose what's right today and if you're firefighting (trying to earn a crust) it's almost impossible to sit back and plan future stuff as you're not sure if tomorrow the phone will ring at all.

I know what you mean as we only have a business as I set up a market stall during my last year @ college....then left, then got preg..and it kind of went from there. I always imagined having a proper job.
The biggest irony is that the corps we trade with and within now would never have employed me to join their design teams (work too odd, me too old, self employed too long and so on)....but if you make it and put it in their business and it sells well that's OK. Same me, same work ethic, same creative essence though.

I think more people out there are needs as must though.

Sadly, my kids have some very priviledged friends who seem to have huge choice but then can faffle around as they have no financial restraints and some just don't seem to have any drive to push forward or do anything as if bank of M+D supply a fully paid for London pad and fat allowance just to spend on fun why bother?

Planning....it's still really difficult as we never know what will crop up next.

And just wanted to share some trivia.....we sell to a USA chain and Paris Hilton just bought (with cash $ no freebie) 2 of my frocks from their Malibu store. So, if any NP's are pottering around celeb boards ever...keep an eye out as would love to get a pic of her wearing them at some point. I was thinking Purch may spot it first. :cool:

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

you've got to keep the stuff entering your normal circulation.

We're down to a box and a half of washing powder and about three packs of loo rolls. This is scraping the barrel of supplies here and I'll have to go out very soon because once the last multipack of loo roll is cracked open you just know world as you know it will end and that'll be the last of it and we'll all stop spraying our dock leafs and see them as a valuable crop :eek::o so to save the world first thing that happens on pay day is a big loo roll purchase.



We also have a huge amount of seeds atm.. I'm thinking of making pumpkin seed brittle, any other ideas for it?

Wow..seeds? I am so impressed.....did you scoop them out the pumpkins yourself and dry them?

I buy them from H+B (on offer of course) but just eat them on oats.

Pumpkin brittle sounds really nice.

And Dopestar.... Has he been around? I haven't noticed but I am not here enough as I think he posts every few days ...or used to.

I might PM as I promised him an update on things....actually I can do it here.
The Pop up is going to be Perm.:D

nearlynew

Don't forget the bog roll.

michaels

Why would a hotel buy a dress?

GDB2222

I once had a sip of Mountain Dew. That was enough to last me a lifetime.

fc123

michaels wrote: »

Why would a hotel buy a dress?

..to look nice of course.:D

PasturesNew

I've just phoned Paris, she says she's not worn them yet. She'll try to pop one on and be seen out on Sunday in it