Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Looks like you can still get them too, by Kelloggs: http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/KelloggrsquosFrootLoops.html

Ocado sell them: http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/shopping/findproducts.aspx?query=froot+loops&store=ocado

Although currently showing as out of stock.

Amazon do them, £7/pack http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001AMN3T2/
There's also a Marshmallow version.

Bl00dy pricey aren't they!!

There is (or at least used to be) an American grocers in Parsons Green, where I could get Triscuits and Reese's Pieces. Not ultra-cheap though, but the next time you're in London, if you're deperate to try some Fruit loops....

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

Make long distance calls cheaper after ten minutes?

But doesn't solve the booth being clogged up by free local calls, unless you drop local calls after 20 minutes?

All this talk of phone boxes....

I think there is more of a need for a box than a phone these days. The number of times I've wanted to make a private call and there hasn't been anywhere to dip into. I'd have a lovely box, with a desk area that you can make notes (just a small one) and a chair, and charge people say £5 for 30 mins to use. I'd put them somewhere like Westfield. The main cost would be in soundproofing. If they could have a charging point for people's mobiles that are out of juice, that would be good too.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I would LOVE to have courses like that happening here. We had a course here last year for a friend, it went ok, we didn't charge her for the space, but she felt the profit wasn't enough to justify it. Its a shame, it was great fun. We have loads of parking, and when the house is done could tout b and b or camping too for us to make something. I wonder how much insurance for that sort of thing would cast, and how you go about getting course makers interested in your venue....i would do it fo
R free if we could get b and b takings and or do the course for loads of things.

You should research the local crafts people. See what they offer, where, for how much. You could either run a centre, bringing in people to run the courses on a split fee basis .... or offer a space for them to hire. I think there's a lot that could be done with that. If I had the building/space/parking I could make it happen.

There is a shortage of venues/courses in all sorts of things - with courses of a price/length that fits people's pockets and lifestyles.

Maybe, off the top of my head, you could see if country markets operate in your area - and, if not, contact them to find out what they'd consider a venue needs. It's not just courses ... there's the whole holistic bunch and mystic bunch - and shared craft shop/workshop spaces.

Look into it with a view to doing something in a couple of years maybe. The world's your oyster

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought of you earlier... saw a course where you make a coracle in 2 days.... I thought you might have fun making those and paddling round the cake

http://www.assingtonmill.com/courses/coracle-making

If you got really good at it and saw a future in it, would that make you a coracle oracle?

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

You should research the local crafts people. See what they offer, where, for how much. You could either run a centre, bringing in people to run the courses on a split fee basis .... or offer a space for them to hire. I think there's a lot that could be done with that. If I had the building/space/parking I could make it happen.

There is a shortage of venues/courses in all sorts of things - with courses of a price/length that fits people's pockets and lifestyles.

Maybe, off the top of my head, you could see if country markets operate in your area - and, if not, contact them to find out what they'd consider a venue needs. It's not just courses ... there's the whole holistic bunch and mystic bunch - and shared craft shop/workshop spaces.

Look into it with a view to doing something in a couple of years maybe. The world's your oyster

There is a nt venue not far from here which has loads on....but costs a fortune. There is an adult ed venue that does residential courses i think. There is a college which caters for things like bee keeping. Not sure about it. Courses of the hippy variety could be fun and would feel less commercial here....

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

If you got really good at it and saw a future in it, would that make you a coracle oracle?

Allegorically, yes.

lostinrates

That reminds me of one of the best soungs ina musical ever.



So we must be protocoracly correct, good form must never suffer from neglect, the rules and regulations we respect, must be treated with respect, or the kingdom will be wrecked, check and double checked and protocoligoractly correct.


I love the slipper and the rose.

Edit: haha found it on youtube http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=you+tube+slipper+and+the+rose+protocol&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari. First link.

My thingy pad doesn't let me copy past youtube links.

sss555s

OMG! I think Ben has won the lottery :eek:

lostinrates

I wish i could work out how to share pics now. Ihave got some fun pics recently. And some i would like to add the the thread elsewhere.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

There is a nt venue not far from here which has loads on....but costs a fortune. There is an adult ed venue that does residential courses i think. There is a college which caters for things like bee keeping. Not sure about it. Courses of the hippy variety could be fun and would feel less commercial here....

When I look at doing the stuff I am interested in doing, I google the name of the person who is the tutor. You'd be surprised how the same person can be priced at £130 for 2 days in one venue - and £295 for two days somewhere else. Same person, same number of teaching hours ... it's a no brainer.

Never ever sell on price though. You have to work out what your USP is and sell on the benefits of that.