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

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Hi all, just back from the Isle of Wight. This is what I found out, in no particular order:

Even after gale force weather, it is not necessary to take Kwells on the ferry
Amazingly enough, we had brilliant blue skies for both journeys
The isle of Wight is really delightful. I felt a bit like Dr Who, arriving 40 years in the past.
I heartily recommend the Hermitage Country House Hotel B&B at £30 each a night for the two of us http://www.hermitage-iow.co.uk (warning for PN - posh alert)
Out of season in the IOW, we were the only guests for 2 of our 3 nights
It would be a lovely venue for a quiet wedding, and they have 6 booked for 2012 (and 2 for the year after), which is kind of scary as it's up for sale right now http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-32030911.html Just how do you explain to the bride that she can't have her wedding as the house has been sold? :eek::eek::eek:
The walking on the downs near the hotel is lovely, and I thoroughly recommend a visit before they sell it
The carol service and Xmas lunch at the sailing club were charming, although it was a bit worrying that we were almost the youngest ones there

Let's face it .... you went to a tiny island ... stayed in a £1.2 million place .... and there isn't even a GLIMPSE of the sea!!!

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Let's face it .... you went to a tiny island ... stayed in a £1.2 million place .... and there isn't even a GLIMPSE of the sea!!!

Yeah and smelly skunks roaming in the garden.

vivatifosi

Speed dating, NPT style:

Hi my name is viva. I am gentle on kettles, don't like mornings, am the same star sign as Sue and not keen on mushrooms.

PasturesNew

Hi I'm PN - I'm the most enigmatic and intriguing person you can ever have the pleasure of lavishing £4,000,000 on

PasturesNew

I'd be like a real life Pygmalion wouldn't I

lostinrates

I would have thought a place like that on IoW would b more to buy....with 12-14 lettable room as a business. OK...so its not on trend boutique style, but looks decent.

michaels

I would probably spend 5 quid on a tesco cheapie - you will probably save that in gas bills and convenvience and then put it in the loft until the new one breaks.

SingleSue wrote: »

I had a disaster on Friday night...my kettle broke! It seems a waste getting a new one as I know I am getting a new kettle for Christmas, so in the meantime, it is boiling water in a sauce pan on the stove, good thing is that sometimes, it is quicker than my old kettle, bad news is I can't allow the two younger boys to do it, especially middle son who would probably leave the stove top on or forget that the stove is hot and burn himself and youngest is too small to actually reach.

Blooming things, they just don't seem to last as they used to.

Our current kitchen is about 75cm which is ridiculously too little - we knocked through to the dining room when we moved in so at least it felt wider - befor ethat it was such a narrow room it was horrible.

lostinrates wrote: »

any one who has an island or galley kitchen, can I ask how wide your gap between the surfaces are....i.e. the bit you walk. we tried a gap of 1m20 (minimum gap recommended in the conran house book) and 150cm which felt ok.....

You had me at 'Hi..'

vivatifosi wrote: »

Speed dating, NPT style:

Hi my name is viva. I am gentle on kettles, don't like mornings, am the same star sign as Sue and not keen on mushrooms.

Apologies for no posts today, this work lark is not all it is cracked up to be. Still I may have reduced a model run time down from 24 hours to less than a minute so not entirely unproductive...

I do remember how much I hate commuting though but I must get a book to read now I finally have the chance - recomendation for my only book in the last 2 years which can be read crammed in to the 9.02 and then on the Victoria/circle lines.

Final random thought, does anyone know how long it takes on the circle line from Farringdon to St James Park?

misskool

michaels wrote: »

Final random thought, does anyone know how long it takes on the circle line from Farringdon to St James Park?

Longer than you think at rush hour. Circle line is not pleasant. No other alternatives?

I'm off to London tomorrow :j Going to meet with friends I haven't seen in a while.

But I have an 8:25am telephone meeting.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

I do remember how much I hate commuting though but I must get a book to read now I finally have the chance - recomendation for my only book in the last 2 years which can be read crammed in to the 9.02 and then on the Victoria/circle lines.

Download an audiobook - we posted dozens of free and cheap sites a while ago - and play it on your mp3 player. Reading at rush hours best treated as a spectator sport

michaels wrote: »

Final random thought, does anyone know how long it takes on the circle line from Farringdon to St James Park?

Allow at least 25-30 minutes. If you're starting near Kings Cross/St Pancras and ending near Victoria the Victoria Line's the fastest line I know, but you'll need to experiment!
You can play around with the interactive tube map here .

vivatifosi

michaels wrote: »

Apologies for no posts today, this work lark is not all it is cracked up to be. Still I may have reduced a model run time down from 24 hours to less than a minute so not entirely unproductive...

I do remember how much I hate commuting though but I must get a book to read now I finally have the chance - recomendation for my only book in the last 2 years which can be read crammed in to the 9.02 and then on the Victoria/circle lines.

Final random thought, does anyone know how long it takes on the circle line from Farringdon to St James Park?

Good luck with commute michaels. I hate that journey. Circle line is slow, probably about 25 mins to half an hour, plus the time it takes to wait for an actual, real, circle line train to arrive while lots of Met and Hammersmith and City ones go past.

In terms of books, my ideal train book is anything that has short chapters and doesn't make me want to laugh embarrassingly in front of my fellow commuters.