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

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

That's brilliant



My mistake - I somehow thought we were fellow [STRIKE]-luddites[/STRIKE] traditonalists holding out against the spread of the smartphone.

sigh- I guess it's just me then.

Well, I don't have a smartphone, I have a thingey that plugs into my PC

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

New place probably has a footprint of 13'x23' in total. Living room is about 13' square and has a kitchen down one wall, bedroom has en-suite and so all of that is probably 10'. HUGE!!

You are definitely not spoiled PN.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I was 7 I had no activities or homework. What activities?

Do all kids have homework at 7 now then?
First time I encountered homework I was aged 11/12.... and I had nowhere to do it so never bothered.

I didn't get homework at 7 either...but I had lots of activities to keep me busy. I also started to get homework at age 11 but my activities (at least 5 hours of dance training a day) meant I didn't have time to do it at home, I usually did it in registration at school.

Re coffee, I don't have that problem, can't stand the stuff.

Re mobiles, I have a semi smart phone, not quite all the bells and whistles but certainly not a basic one either....and even if it did have all the bells and whistles, I dare say I still wouldn't use it any different to the one I have now, as long as it can access the internet in a basic manner, send and receive texts, make and receive calls and have a diary function, I am quite happy.

Oh and it has to have buttons, touch screens do not like me at all and the control freak in me has to have a back up facility in case the screen fails, at least you can still make a call.

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

Nice people....I have been coffee free for a couple of weeks or so now...

...anyone else given it up and rehad it?

I've found that since I've got older (over 40) i struggle with some "foods" more. I don't drink coffee now as i personally don't think it's very good for you and it makes me feel a bit cwap.

I've also found i can't eat nuts like i used to. I love nuts but get painful headaches if i eat more than a couple of walnuts, Brazil nuts make me feel low for some reason and i try and not eat as many salted peanuts as i used to.

I love fish and i also love fruit, especially pineapple, strawberry's and raspberry's :EasterBun

sss555s

morag1202 wrote: »

Another vote for Kipling

Bakewell slice, i presume!

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

I've found that since I've got older (over 40) i struggle with some "foods" more. I don't drink coffee now as i personally don't think it's very good for you and it makes me feel a bit cwap.

I've also found i can't eat nuts like i used to. I love nuts but get painful headaches if i eat more than a couple of walnuts, Brazil nuts make me feel low for some reason and i try and not eat as many salted peanuts as i used to.

I love fish and i also love fruit, especially pineapple, strawberry's and raspberry's :EasterBun

well, I got through this evening without it, despite wanting one badly I decided it would probably keep me awake...so I might get through tomorrow now.

I'm drinking a lot of mint tea atm....unlike misskool I have found I have lost the taste for green tea totally. I used to love it, now I don't like it at all.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't have one. Mine...the new one I spent ages painting with nail vrnish....plays the radio, but I can't work that out and its texting is horrid...so dh sends me long texts and I just reply


''x''



:D

My sympathies! My phone has a touchscreen about the size of a thumbnail but it's not a smartphone. The stylus broke within a few days of getting it.

If I was blind and wearing boxing gloves I could barely do a worse job of texting on it. Me saying "hi" would be like writing "War and Peace" in slow motion. :mad:

Someone did send me this webpage for smartphone users if I can get my phone's pathetic browser to work
http://m.thebigproject.co.uk/
- it's the mobile version of the astonishingly useful http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/ page. :cool:

silvercar

zagubov wrote: »

Someone did send me this webpage for smartphone users if I can get my phone's pathetic browser to work
http://m.thebigproject.co.uk/
- it's the mobile version of the astonishingly useful http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/ page. :cool:

Thanks for that, I've always found the web on the blackberry a pain. That sight looks a good portal.

neverdespairgirl

michaels wrote: »

We always seem to have great literature involving Kipper, Biff and Chip.

I loathe them, too. If it's any consolation.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I loathe them, too. If it's any consolation.

My children had them too- they're the Janet and John of the 21st century. At least you don't have to sit through endless cartoon movies about silly kids card game characters.:mad::eek:
I always remember sitting with DD in a movie called digimon or pokemon or something and realising that all the parents in the cinema were silently shrieking with boredom. :eek::eek::eek:
Besfore that there was a bizarre series called teletubbies - words fail me!