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

vivatifosi

I've been to MK quite a few times. It's quite a good place to go shopping if you live in Hertfordshire (along of course with Harlequin in Watford, Brent Cross, Westfield and, at a push, Bluewater). The Ikea there is less mobbed and a more pleasant experience than Wembley. The best thing about MK though is Bletchley Park. Fantastic place.

SingleSue

LydiaJ wrote: »

Sue, I thought it was only recently that you came off a prepayment meter. If you've managed to clock up £120 of surplus in such a short time, then it would seem that your weekly payment is definitely too high.

Glad you'll be getting the extra dosh in January, though. You deserve some nice surprises.

That was for the gas, had the pre payment meter for the electric removed around 18 months ago.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

Interesting facts about Milton Keynes:
Local cars have characteristic wear to tyres and suspension due to all the roundabouts.
The 'red routes' walking / cycle paths are often shunned by the locals cos of anti-social behaviour.
I beleive thw concrete cows have been removed

A friend who lived there was mugged in the "redway system" - a bit like the underpasses so beloved of town planners that make it a muggers paradise. I gather some of it was elevated on the basis that it's harder for muggers to hide but some of its low-level as well and that's where the crime happens.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

michaels I will be looking at yur pics with interest tomorrow...expect questions!

the tree is at last done. we found some coloured lights we wante to put in a window that faces where we park and a long stretch of road, and which could probably be seen from at least one of the two villages in that direction. But predicatably the light don't work, lol. I really wan out door christmas lights. I know its ''non u'' but good fun. Just white ones in our pollarded trees would be nice.....to go on the want list with my life sized out door nativity scene. One day....one day. I did say I'd do it ith shop dummies that you sometimes see on ebay, but dh reckons they' look a bit scary.

A nativity scene made from ex shop mannequins would be amazing. If you can't get a baby/child one you could just use a torso so it'll fit in the crib.;) If you need any cloaks run up for the wise men, drop me a line with 6 weeks notice.
It would be huge though.....

lostinrates wrote: »

The Gambia is a black cat (with the fading gene by the look of her), though it would be better if she had a map on her: she she's very little, the smallest cat here (like the gambia is small) and skinny...as is the gambia narrow. No other reson really.

Bombay Duck is also called Bombolone...which fc will understand as a ''doughnut''. Bombay is often refered to by out neighbours as ''the siamese feral''. Like bombay duck...which is fish not duck...Bombay is NOT a siamese (though mummy or daddy ight have been a siamese or a snowshoe as she has little white shoes). Plus bombay looks quite round like a doughnut. I said to my mother when I introduced her to Bombe, that she looked ike mummy was a siamese, and my mother looked at her with disgust and said '' then daddy was a Beaver'' so we also call her Part-cat-part-beaver'' or just part beaver. A loved child has many names!

Calling out for Gambia or Bombolone when it's feeding time sounds 'normal' but you'd have to make sure postie isn't about if you're calling out for ''Part-cat-part-beaver,Part-cat-part-beaver, puss puss '':)

tomterm8 wrote: »

I think everyone feels that way, Dave. What reassured me was going on one of those shepherding courses people do, and finding out that the 'experts' had all the same troubles as us mere mortals.

( They even have the same creative use of bailer twine )

That said, I expect that our current flock size is ideal for us. We just want some sheep to eat the grass, to be honest, we don't want a sheepie enterprise, and we don't really want to breed them either.

Do you have to shear them each spring or can they stay woolly? I visited a hobby farm once and the farmer said they didn't have to be sheared unless the wool was wanted and, even with a full coat, they stayed cool in the summer.

Are they 'pet-like'? I mean, do they come running up to the gate to see you or do they run away (like big flocks do)? I am guessing you don't eat one now and then.

Are tulip trees the same as Magnolia trees? I love those. We have a dead cherry tree out front that we have been ignoring (as been too busy to get around to chopping it down and so on) but going to have to sort it next spring.

And extension tales...had the architect in to measure up today. Only got enough saved to do the shell but figured may as well get it started and do the interior as and when. Secretly excited....having waited 15 years.

michaels

It is fun isn't it - the chance to do it exactly the way you want to - I can see how DG has become addicted.

fc123 wrote: »

And extension tales...had the architect in to measure up today. Only got enough saved to do the shell but figured may as well get it started and do the interior as and when. Secretly excited....having waited 15 years.

fc123

michaels wrote: »

It is fun isn't it - the chance to do it exactly the way you want to - I can see how DG has become addicted.

I know what you mean plus it will be a different layout now as when we bought we had a 2 + 9 yr old. Now it's 4 adults (maybe 3 if sons life goes to plan post exams) and the poor house is at the stage where most things needs doing....like the big single glazed hardwood windows that came up in the original survey when we bought. They've done well over 15 years but it's time to upgrade.


She's always been an ugly house, classic 1968 4 bed detached with a garage that sticks out the front and we'll change the look of her frontage a bit too. Can't do too much as the other 5 in the cul de sac (aka dead end) are still classic 1968 but with plastic windows and plastic fascia boards.
The best bit is she overlooks woodland and nothing else and has a panoramic view over the whole of London when the leaves are down. I can see all the twinky lights of the city as I sit here. The whole of the back will be floor to ceiling patio doors including the 2 back bedrooms rooms on 1st floor which will lead onto a large full width terrace.
Handily, OH is a chippy so will do some of the work but not all....depends on the demands of the business next year.

I have chosen to slice some mega stress off as we really reached a limit of coping this year and I would rather run something small but really well and efficiently than develop something larger but struggle to cope with the added hassles of staff etc.
We are keeping things loose and flexi so can go with the flow a bit more. I have felt quite suffocated (creatively) during the past 3 months but now we have culled the source of that 'thing' that makes me feel like that

fc123

I just realised my avatar shows chewmylegoffs work place at night.

chewmylegoff

your eyesight must be better than mine, all i can see is a tiny blur!

Doozergirl

fc123 wrote: »

I just realised my avatar shows chewmylegoffs work place at night.

I an't make it out. Does he work up Nelson's Column?!

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

I an't make it out. Does he work up Nelson's Column?!

i wouldn't be able to cope with that, i'd get all grumpy about the foreign types trespassing on my lions.