Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I used to get to the hotel first/early and have the lot. Coffee, orange juice, toast... then off to the buffet to stack it high. 4 sausages, 4 fried eggs, big spoon of scrambled eggs, big spoon of baked beans, big spoon of tinned tomatoes, two heaps of fried potato pieces, couple of hash browns... and anything else that'd fit and I fancied.

You go girl!
I once went on a dinner date, and she ordered a plate of linguini I think it was. Ate about one tenth of it and then said "I'm full". I paid 12 quid for that :mad:
And before anyone says she said 'I'm full" to get out of the date ASAP...she didn't leave right away.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I am not sure I can explain now - and it's too complex to dig out who said what now and try to explain.

No no, it's all clear. Discussions got mixed up...some were talking about the use of the English 'one', others were discussing the formal/informal addressing in foreign languages.

lostinrates

Wheezy wrote: »

You go girl!
I once went on a dinner date, and she ordered a plate of linguini I think it was. Ate about one tenth of it and then said "I'm full". I paid 12 quid for that :mad:
And before anyone says she said 'I'm full" to get out of the date ASAP...she didn't leave right away.




No no, it's all clear. Discussions got mixed up...some were talking about the use of the English 'one', others were discussing the formal/informal addressing in foreign languages.

Dh hates bird eating women too. Part of the reason i calorie hoard for the weekend, Doesn't help much

chewmylegoff

Wheezy wrote: »

You go girl!
I once went on a dinner date, and she ordered a plate of linguini I think it was. Ate about one tenth of it and then said "I'm full". I paid 12 quid for that :mad:
And before anyone says she said 'I'm full" to get out of the date ASAP...she didn't leave right away.

what's not to like

(i) she's not going to be fat if she only eats 1/10 of her meals

(ii) you get 9/10 of a plate of linguine in addition to your own meal

JACKPOT

you should have proposed on the spot (albeit i suppose your standards may not be as rudimentary as mine).

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

I am waiting in for the plumber....a service provided via our insurance. The time i got was between midday and six. So now i reach the awkard part of the day when i should be thinking about getting the geese in, and the chooks, but the plumber hasnt arrived yet, and will probably call asking where we are, and if i am not here they will say i haven't waited in.......

a few weeks back, UK mail were supposed to be delivering something to us.

Day 1: Tuesday, I am at home, off work. 4pm, leave house, find calling card jammed in the door buzzer outside the front gate. The door buzzer has most certainly not been pressed.

Day 2: OH is at home, off work. Calls UK mail about 11am. Asks when it will arrive. They say "between now and 6pm". Very helpful.

At about 2pm, she gets a call from the driver, who says he is stuck in traffic. At 3pm, she calls UK mail again, who tell her the driver delivered it 2 hours ago??? Lo and behold, there is another calling card jammed in the buzzer switch, which has not been pressed.

Day 3: I can't quite remember, but it went a little bit like day 2 I think, until eventually she cancelled the order...

Why can't people give you a reasonable time estimate. It cannot be beyond a plumber to give you a ring at, say, noon, and let you know what the ETA is likely to be. It would really help if these people could let you know a time before which they will not turn up so you can leave the house for 10 minutes....

Wheezy_2

chewmylegoff wrote: »

what's not to like

(i) she's not going to be fat if she only eats 1/10 of her meals

(ii) you get 9/10 of a plate of linguine in addition to your own meal

JACKPOT

you should have proposed on the spot.

Nah, I've hit the jackpot with the one I did propose to. She can eat loads and has the metabolism not to put on the fat.

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have absolutely no idea what you just said/meant, however, I think you're saying I was wrong.

I commented about anybody using the word 'one' as being posh - and knowing they were for use in certain situations as very posh (as I had NO idea the different words were used differently). Hang on .... did I get it wrong, everybody was talking about the French ... did that woman do it in French? I'd not picked up on that detail!

It never occurred to me that people might have conversations with people in foreign languages as I've never done that.

Sorry Pastures. Now that I read lir's post again, I see there are two "one"s in it, so your comment about the use of "one" in English was just as valid as other people's comments about the use of "the friendly 'you'" in Italian (I think, or possibly French).

lostinrates wrote: »

I have eaten abbysmally in france and italy....among people who revile british food, ... One particuLar memory was fetting. Lecture on cuisine from one of dh's bosses.....an uncharacteristically formal woman who require one give her the formal you instead of the friendly one.....Thankfully i was saved my the head partner there...a superb italian who i get on amazingly with

chewmylegoff

Wheezy wrote: »

Nah, I've hit the jackpot with the one I did propose to. She can eat loads and has the metabolism not to put on the fat.

surely this is terrible as you have to share food with her and cannot eat 90% of everything.

i always encourage the OH to have a starter anywhere we go, and then get some bread on top of that, as i know she will declare "FULL!" after about three bites of her main, and then i can polish off the lot.

silvercar

chewmylegoff wrote: »

what's not to like

(i) she's not going to be fat if she only eats 1/10 of her meals

(ii) you get 9/10 of a plate of linguine in addition to your own meal

JACKPOT

you should have proposed on the spot (albeit i suppose your standards may not be as rudimentary as mine).

You'd have been rejected, she'd have though you were only after her for her food!

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

You'd have been rejected, she'd have though you were only after her for her food!

oh well, no great loss as i would still have got to eat the linguine.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I am waiting in for the plumber....a service provided via our insurance. The time i got was between midday and six. So now i reach the awkard part of the day when i should be thinking about getting the geese in, and the chooks, but the plumber hasnt arrived yet, and will probably call asking where we are, and if i am not here they will say i haven't waited in.......

There is a doorbell you can get that phones your mobile - I wrote an article about it. It's ideal if you're not in and want to speak to postmen and tell them where to leave parcels, or to make rogue callers think you're in the house. It's also good for old people to give them chance to find out who is at the door before they answer it - and for them then to tell the caller to wait while they shuffle to the door with their zimmer.

They press the bell, your mobile rings, you answer and they hear you through a speakerphone at the door - so they think you're inside.