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

sss555s

I'd edit that picture size or you could fall foul of the NPT police!

Generali

sss555s wrote: »

I'd edit that picture size or you could fall foul of the NPT police!

I hope it's better for the Ministerium für Staatssicherhe.

PasturesNew

I'm off for tea/cake with some old dears .... discovered a weekly get together in walking distance for the old.... and the old can't go alone ... so I have to go too. Left to their own devices they'd not go, or go under duress then declare everybody was old/deaf/whatever and never go again... so I have to go and judge for myself so I can counter-argument any reasons that might be put forward for non-attendance in future weeks.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm off for tea/cake with some old dears .... discovered a weekly get together in walking distance for the old.... and the old can't go alone ... so I have to go too. Left to their own devices they'd not go, or go under duress then declare everybody was old/deaf/whatever and never go again... so I have to go and judge for myself so I can counter-argument any reasons that might be put forward for non-attendance in future weeks.

Are you taking mum with you?

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

I hope it's better for the Ministerium für Staatssicherhe.

I'm glad you edited that, I struggled to thank it with that image there...

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm off for tea/cake with some old dears .... discovered a weekly get together in walking distance for the old.... and the old can't go alone ... so I have to go too. Left to their own devices they'd not go, or go under duress then declare everybody was old/deaf/whatever and never go again... so I have to go and judge for myself so I can counter-argument any reasons that might be put forward for non-attendance in future weeks.

Hey, free tea, free cake, what's not to like?:)

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm off for tea/cake with some old dears .... discovered a weekly get together in walking distance for the old.... and the old can't go alone ... so I have to go too. Left

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are you taking mum with you?

It can strike at any age!:rotfl:

Just a small tip, PN.... don't mention the War.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

Hey, free tea, free cake, what's not to like?:)

It's not free!

I actually ended up doing: deliver, get the old seated, lurk .... inch towards the door .... and leg it

Going back to collect soon.

It was a bit ... grim/dire (shabby) to be honest. But it's all about the people so maybe once they'd all arrived/got seated and nattering that doesn't matter. Being grim/dire only matters if you're sitting there like a lemon wishing the clock hands would move faster (actually there wasn't a clock, so even that's not an option).

The old's not walked out/home .... having said that I think the old doesn't realise it's only 100 yards away as we approached from a different direction, so is expecting to be picked up in the car I think.... so wouldn't have walked out as wouldn't have the bearings to know where home is and it'd seem very far.

michaels

PN I think it may be the time to splash out on a £100 smart phone, shove in your 3g sim from your dongle and then whilst waiting for your old/wife/kids (delete as appropriate) you can get on with browsing/pretending to work.

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's not free!

I actually ended up doing: deliver, get the old seated, lurk .... inch towards the door .... and leg it

Going back to collect soon.

It was a bit ... grim/dire (shabby) to be honest. But it's all about the people so maybe once they'd all arrived/got seated and nattering that doesn't matter. Being grim/dire only matters if you're sitting there like a lemon wishing the clock hands would move faster (actually there wasn't a clock, so even that's not an option).

The old's not walked out/home .... having said that I think the old doesn't realise it's only 100 yards away as we approached from a different direction, so is expecting to be picked up in the car I think.... so wouldn't have walked out as wouldn't have the bearings to know where home is and it'd seem very far.

vivatifosi

Out of interest, have any other Hertfordshire NPs or their families had trouble accessing NHS services? My aunt, who is on DLA and has emphysemia (sorry I know that's probably not the right spelling) has been told she can't have her annual flu jab as there's no money. You may recall earlier in the year I got the same answer when I asked to have a painful mole removed. Just wondered if anyone else is getting the same.