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

SingleSue

From my parents house you can hear the sea and if you squint out of the front or back bedrooms, you can see the sea.

Our nearest 24 hour supermarket is a 20-25 minute drive away, the nearest fuel garage, 4 miles away, the nearest cash point is in one of the local shops (which also houses the village post office) but it charges...a lot.

The 24 hours garage is handy for the odd occasion you need something overnight (I always got the job of going down there at 4am on the day the money went in to get something for now ex hubbies pack up or milk for his breakfast) but it is far too expensive to use as a regular shop.

Been to the doctors today, my overnight pain medication has been upped again but he is rather grrr about my insistance on not taking strong medication which would solve the majority of the pain but would render me incapable to drive. He has also (finally), referred me for physio on my shoulder...only took 5 blooming appointments while he was faffing about worrying about blood sugars and sleep disorders (both perfectly normal as I thought they would be). I knew my blood sugar was ok as I still experience low blood sugar feelings (it was handy having a diabetic for a husband, I got to recognise the signs backed up by finger tip testing) and that the tiredness would be more from an insomniac on overnight pain medication which has a sedative effect but still being woken by paralysing pain from my shoulder!

But hey, I'm not a doctor.....

michaels

One for the NP interior designers.

Entrance hall and dining room are going to be tiled, shiny white porcelain tiles. Options are 600 square laid out in rows or 600x300 laid out in a 'brickwork' style. Thoughts?

Pobby

Asian and Polish shop keepers. Don`t you just love `um! Competitive little rascals. There is a beer that I like. Our corner shop, £7 for 4. My fave Polish shop in Reading is £4.50 for 4. Often I spend a hundred quid plus there to bring some back. Always get a discount. Another thing I really miss is the Asian general store. Often presided over by a number of ladies wearing saris.

There is a huge one in Reading, was a Quick Save. Vegetables you have never seen. Weird and wonderful. Prices that would put Tescos to shame. As you move deeper into the bowels of the shop you spot that they have their own Halal butchery set amongst goods that are sourced from Eastern Europe, Asia and the Afro Caribbean suppliers. Bags of rice that would need 2 of you to carry, spices galore. Not the tiddly little rip off jars but decent sized bags priced very cheaply.

Getting to the check out you are often greeted by the boss. Big, smartly dressed fellow with a gold watch not far short in size to Big Ben. Ushered along you pay your money often to a lovely Asian lass, warm smile and eyes full of eastern promise. Highly suggested that you don`t ask for a date unless you don`t care about being detached from your most sensitive external organs, deftly performed by her many fold brothers.

Now you don`t get stuff like that in in Little on sea.

Wheezy_2

michaels wrote: »

One for the NP interior designers.

Entrance hall and dining room are going to be tiled, shiny white porcelain tiles. Options are 600 square laid out in rows or 600x300 laid out in a 'brickwork' style. Thoughts?

rows.


I don't think it would look good in brickwork
I can imagine laying brickwork is easier because with rows, any imperfection will stand out immediately.

But then again, I'm not an interior designer nor brick layer

zagubov

Actually, wheezy and lir mentioned familiarity with the A3.

Do either of you (or anyone else) know anything about San Domenico near the M25 and why it was closed for so long?
:cool:

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

One for the NP interior designers.

Entrance hall and dining room are going to be tiled, shiny white porcelain tiles. Options are 600 square laid out in rows or 600x300 laid out in a 'brickwork' style. Thoughts?

How about herringbone style?

Wheezy_2

zagubov wrote: »

Actually, wheezy and lir mentioned familiarity with the A3.

Do either of you (or anyone else) know anything about San Domenico near the M25 and why it was closed for so long?
:cool:

Ha, no.
Actually never heard of it before (only live here since summer '09) but did a google and came up with drugdealers, !!!!!, illegal rave parties, squatting and lapdancing. As a good catholic boy, not a place I frequent of course. :A

zagubov

Wheezy wrote: »

Ha, no.
Actually never heard of it before (only live here since summer '09) but did a google and came up with drugdealers, !!!!!, illegal rave parties, squatting and lapdancing. As a good catholic boy, not a place I frequent of course. :A

Been driving past it for decades and it was always abandoned for a very long time; never knew anyone who could explain why a prime bit of real estate like that was kept empty for so long.

Thought others might have more local knowledge. it's on the northbound side of the A3 north of the M25 junction. Not an easy place to stop and check out, as the slip road's v short. :cool:

GDB2222

Amazing story. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22112011/58/championship-paralysed-parkinson-scouting-boro.html

Former Middlesbrough defender Gary Parkinson is acting in a scouting role for the club, despite suffering from debilitating illness locked-in syndrome. The 43-year-old, who represented Boro between 1986-1993, was working as head of youth with Championship club Blackpool until he suffered a severe stroke in September 2010, leaving him totally paralysed.
But with his mind still fully active, he is now helping Boro boss Tony Mowbray scout potential new signings by watching DVDs and then rating them by blinking to his wife Deborah - the only way he can communicate.

purch

We live in a village, one Coop, one Budgens, one petrol station, 2 pubs, and lots of charity shops

Village !!!!! VILLAGE !!!!

That's a conurbation compared to my village :eek: