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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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Decided not to sell the house but do have another property I would like to buy and extend preferably as a PPR with a residentila mortgage - do any NP with experience of this game think I could get consent to let on current mortgage and then buy property 2 with a resi mortgage?
I don't know for sure - the mortgages board on MSE is pretty good, though.
However, you need to be aware that mortgages are very restricted at the moment in terms of deposit, multiples, etc....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
chewmylegoff wrote: »Gave evidence in tribunal today, QC1 was the most ineffective I have ever been on the receiving end of, he had to stop half way through after he realised his questioning was disproving his point. QC2 ate me for breakfast. One out of two ain't bad!
Did he spread marmite on you first?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Funeral today.
Mostly it went well, apart from the orders of service.
Not an original or striking thing to say, here, but thinking of you, your family, and your children....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
It sounds to me like sheep may have been bred for the wrong traits. They've been bred for good wool or meat, whereas perhaps they should have been bred to be easy to look after? An intelligent sheep that did not get caught up in every bit of string in the field would be good?
AIUI, sheep have a death wish. It's a constant battle to stop them drowning themselves, hanging themselves on barbed wire, and finding ever more inventive methods of suicide....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Goats are more independent?
Err, certainly not, unless they're the wild, woolly, cliff-climbing type. And they're even better escapologists than sheep. Cleverness is actually a disadvantage, generally speaking.
We have friends with goats. Apart from a cavity wall insulated stable (which probably has nothing to do with goatish needs!;)) the animals have a special outdoor climbing gym, so they don't get so bored.0 -
Our move. Went OK. Broadband was sorted out by me last night (in my experience of routers, it's never, ever as bloody simple as the instructions like to say. "Plug and pray"..... then try something else. But after a bit of fiddling and swearing, it was sorted.
We're camping a bit - unpacked about half the kitchen stuff, half the books, most of Isaac's clothes and all his books, and a few of his toys. It seemed important to try to make him feel at home ASAP, so surrounding him with his familiar books and so forth was an attempt to do that.
There are still a few snags that need correcting - sockets in the kitchen attached to the walls, but hanging out by about 4 inches, the shower room needs sealing, that type of thing. But we're getting there.
Isaac's room has new furniture - a cabin bed, with wardrobe and chest of drawers underneath, and a bookcase to one side. The room is painted pale pink. We gave him the choice of colour and not only was he insistent then, but he likes it now, too. We didn't want to raise the "pink-is-for-girls" line, so we let him have his way
Our monster bed and horribly expensive new Tempur mattress are both wonderfully comfortable....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Did he spread marmite on you first?
Might as well have done. He came up to me afterwards and rubbed my face in it by congratulating me on doing such a good job whilst clearly meaning the opposite. Smooth git! Wasn't too bad as was only in the box for 40 mins.0 -
Decided not to sell the house but do have another property I would like to buy and extend preferably as a PPR with a residentila mortgage - do any NP with experience of this game think I could get consent to let on current mortgage and then buy property 2 with a resi mortgage?
Sorry, missed this. As ndg says I suspect it's a lot tougher nowadays.
Can you (do you have enough equity, is one "worth" enough?) to keep all the borrowing on one property/your PPR?
That's how we did it.
But that was 2004, it was a v different world then.0 -
Decided not to sell the house but do have another property I would like to buy and extend preferably as a PPR with a residentila mortgage - do any NP with experience of this game think I could get consent to let on current mortgage and then buy property 2 with a resi mortgage?
Which one would you aim to live in after all the extensions were finished on both, and what would you want to do with the other one, sell or let?Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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I think that LIR is too nice for her own good. A cat that bit me even once would get the boot, I'm afraid.
That happened literally to my favourite cat, Gloves. My toes were poking out of the bottom of the duvet, and Gloves pounced. The pure reflex action on my part ended up with Gloves the other side of the room. Funnily enough, she never did that again. She'd obviously learned that those particular mice packed a punch that would make Walt Disney proud.
You work against instinct often when working with animals. I think with children too: if a kid bit you then its probably a good think to fight the rising ire and stay cool, and restrict then instinct to physically defend or respond.
The ideal is to work slowly, not pushing an animal to the point it defends itself or attacks: but ideal isn't always possible: if an animal s in danger or in need of medical attention. someone considered an excellent rider at my ag college was lauded for staying on a horse that tried to roll with her and beating it till it gave up: personally, I'd rather not get to the point a horse got down with me (been there done it). Sometimes though, when you are less in control of timelines, you have to go where its not comfortble for the animal, and that means you have to be prepared for it, and know your boundries and fight your reflexes. We have a choice that we are often denying the animal at that point with that comes a duty to do whatever you are doing with minimal fuss and no anger in you anywhere.
If you grab a wild or young animal you have to know you are going to receive injury and you take that knowlede on board. There isn't only kindnes in my motivation: I just don't want to see a cat die slowly and protractedly in the cold at what is mainly meant to be a positive time of year!
I'm under no illusion...the gambia does not think I'm kind, or nice, and as far as she was concerned the tables had been turned an 18 months of cat and mouse had turned and she found her self the mouse for once: she was fighting for what she believed was her life: so not particular ''kind'' action as she sees it.
I don't ean to sound pink and fluffy, or to pretend that I don't use physical ''communication'' (as opposed to punishment). e..g...horses in a group will bit or kick if their space is invaded....I have no problem with a pushy young horse slapping ith the flat of my hand if needed in a simialr short sharp action as a bite is (the same style as a horse would say ''no'' under the same circumstances)..but see little benefit to e or the horse engaging in a human style rain of blows. Positive reward training in many ways is less natural to them....though more rewarding for both in the end, you make a communicaion that is natural or first language to either party and reach common ground in the middle. Many (most) positive reward advocated use no negative disincentive but I do. My animals learn a sound for ''no''pretty swiftly but also a sound for good. My compromise to myself is that these are more instinctive noises rather than words, and easier for me to use when I'm holding my instincts away to make my communication better.0
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