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

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

A few pages back there was a link to a 'teenage/text speak' translator - can anyone find it? Thanks

Michaels - was it this? http://www.saga.co.uk/lifestyle/people/news/woteva-app-160.aspx

You might well have found it already

As I've popped my head up again - Happy New Year to all the nice people - hope its better than last year for everyone who had tough times in 2011
Nikkster x

michaels

Thanks but I think it was something that worked the other way - you type as normal, click translate and you get 'Bro wassup c u l8rs.' or the current equivalent as what I typed is like so last decade

Nikkster wrote: »

Michaels - was it this? http://www.saga.co.uk/lifestyle/people/news/woteva-app-160.aspx

You might well have found it already

As I've popped my head up again - Happy New Year to all the nice people - hope its better than last year for everyone who had tough times in 2011
Nikkster x

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

try megatrain too. It might be that an overnight stay somewhere is cheaper and certainly more practical than trying to do something in a day. the cheap things never work for us, but I was impressed at how much megabus has pushed out since I first notivced it years ago as an alternative to the Oford Tube...so maybe, before you know it....

I looked and it seems megabus does exist... so I plotted the route.

I had multiple problems with their website and eventually found the following "return on same day" option, showing times/costs. This involves leaving a town 10 miles away at 06:15 and getting back there at midnight. This became flawed as I couldn't actually arrive and return on the same day because of the long delay in the middle.

Part 1, from A to B = £0.00 + two lots of £0.50 booking fees = £1.

Unfortunately there's then a 7.5 hour wait for the next megabus, leaving at about 3.30pm and arriving in Bristol at 7pm (3.5 hours). Bizarrely, it too shows up as free (£0.00).

I have no confidence in free tickets existing, but I don't know the system.

So, from here to Bristol, by megabus is a 13 hour journey ..... but seems to be almost free.

PasturesNew

Davesnave wrote: »

..They had at least two miles to do across sodden fields to reach the nearest pub. I hope they made it before nightfall.

Did you not point out to them "If I were going there I'd not start from here"...!

vivatifosi

Some news for missk if she's not already heard. Alesha is leaving Strictly. I can't be nasty to Alesha because my Dad knows her and says she's nice, but still :j:j:j:j:j

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

Megatrain is great. With some flexibility, I can get to Edinburgh for £1. The tickets do exist!

Lovely, thoughtful brainteaser, Viva!

Tickets might exist, but megatrain doesn't exist in many areas/routes. It's bus only round these parts. Here's a map of where they go (too tiny to actually see it but it gives an idea)

http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/MegaTrainThumb.jpg

Nearest to me would be Exeter, 100 miles away.

PasturesNew

Re food ... I opened my fridge to a choice of two items: A cheesy bean slice, or a Weightwatchers quiche lorraine. Both reductions I'd picked up. One had to be frozen and one eaten.... so I lobbed the cheesy bean slice in the freezer and it was the WW for me.... thing was, I had to eat it cold because it takes 20 minutes in the oven - and it's only 5" across. I just can't ever get motivated to turn on a whole oven, which takes 20 minutes to heat up, just to heat one tiny item for 20 minutes. The time/cost of that is disproportionate to what's being cooked.

So I had a cold mini quiche, which I ate with a spoon directly from the tin foil case to save washing up.

zagubov

sss555s wrote: »

Ahh, another quiz....

Not sure why I thought you were in Edinburgh as I know your from around Glasgow

I did visit Edinburgh while I was up there to visit a friend who moved there and that was a whole other thread. Actually from the clues about where you live compared with both cities I suspect it would be hard to cross the border without passing near you. I think

michaels wrote: »

A few pages back there was a link to a 'teenage/text speak' translator - can anyone find it? Thanks

Michaels, The text- English translator was here

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Re food ... I opened my fridge to a choice of two items: A cheesy bean slice, or a Weightwatchers quiche lorraine. Both reductions I'd picked up. One had to be frozen and one eaten.... so I lobbed the cheesy bean slice in the freezer and it was the WW for me.... thing was, I had to eat it cold because it takes 20 minutes in the oven - and it's only 5" across. I just can't ever get motivated to turn on a whole oven, which takes 20 minutes to heat up, just to heat one tiny item for 20 minutes. The time/cost of that is disproportionate to what's being cooked.

So I had a cold mini quiche, which I ate with a spoon directly from the tin foil case to save washing up.

In a situation like that I wouldn't bother pre-heating the oven. I'd switch the overn on, bung the quiche straight in and leave it there until it seemed to be hot. Or I'd remove it from its foil case and nuke it.

michaels

thk U Zagubov, U R a (*).

PN I know what you mean about running the oven for one item - we always try and do something else at the same time.