Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Don't worry zag. If you want to do a tasting menu for free, you can always pop down to your local Costco on a weekday when they have the demos set up. Mind you, I'm not sure its up to Heston's standards. Heston services on the M4 maybe...

You don't know what you'll miss till it's gone. i used to work in a college that had a training restaurant so for lunch you could get a brilliant silver service meal for a few pounds.
Car repairs also cost parts and no labour, not like the £100s I'm shellling out nowadays

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

I'm so glad you explained that. I was beginning to wonder, given the names you two have in the credits and how they get a bit jealous of each other at times, that was a pet name for his sister:eek:. I was wondering what they learn in the playground these days.

:rotfl:

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=GIMP&i=43788,00.asp

Definition of: GIMP

(GNU Image Manipulation Program) An open source paint and image editing program for Unix, X Window, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows that originated as an undergraduate project by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball at the University of California, Berkeley. Numerous programmers have contributed to the project, turning GIMP into a serious image manipulation tool that supports layers, alpha channels, third-party plug-ins and three scripting languages. Using Python, Perl or Script-Fu scripts, GIMP can be used for batch processing and the automation of tasks such as the interpolation of frames for animation sequences.

The new builder came again today. I now have a much improved shower screen and curtain poles on a lot more of the windows. He says he's going to reconnect the radiator in my ensuite next Saturday.

CKhalvashi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Cheaters for me. Really channel (freeview 20)

Undercover investigators spy to see if your bloke's cheating. Then they take the person to their OH while they're playing away and they get to ask the question "!!!!!! do you think you're doing?"

That sounds like no fun to me at all. Sorry.

I’ve brought one of the ’12’ plate company cars home this weekend (known in the office as 06). We both love it as it’s so much more practical (although smaller) than my S-Max is, and the girls love the slidy doors.

Been to Hatfield forest today, and now at home racking through various bits of paperwork I need to do. I’ve also been told I’m working tomorrow afternoon

This is the 1st Grand C-Max we’ve got on the company fleet, to let me know what you think.

CK

PasturesNew

I have slidey doors, fabulous for getting shopping into the car easily in car parks, and when not in car parks!

It's VERY windy where I live and just prior to Xmas I had my drivers' door ripped out of my hand when I was trying to open it and get out of the car and it's bent all down the join area.... getting back in was a challenge too as a stranger was leaning full body weight onto it while I was inside the car also pulling the door shut. Slidey doors are great in windy weather like that.

CKhalvashi

vivatifosi wrote: »

You can join Costco if you run your own business too Pastures, though I do accept that you don't have one nearby. The Hertfordshire NPs have it easy because there's one in Watford. Your nearest one is Bristol, which is a ridiculous distance. I think zag will have one a bit nearer than you.

I’m nowhere near Watford, and tend to use a local supplier.

CK

CKhalvashi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have slidey doors, fabulous for getting shopping into the car easily in car parks, and when not in car parks!

It's VERY windy where I live and just prior to Xmas I had my drivers' door ripped out of my hand when I was trying to open it and get out of the car and it's bent all down the join area.... getting back in was a challenge too as a stranger was leaning full body weight onto it while I was inside the car also pulling the door shut. Slidey doors are great in windy weather like that.

They’re electric, so I’m thinking from the safety point of view of little hands. This one’s Emma’s (who couldn’t get a 3-seat sofa into it, so has mine this weekend), and she also has small kids. As you can probably see, I’ve blacked the company name so I’m not accused of advertising.

I’d rather stick with my S-Max, although I’d have the 2.0, not the 2.2 again, but it is a really nice car.

CK

PasturesNew

CKhalvashi wrote: »

They’re electric, so I’m thinking from the safety point of view of little hands. This one’s Emma’s (who couldn’t get a 3-seat sofa into it, so has mine this weekend), and she also has small kids. As you can probably see, I’ve blacked the company name so I’m not accused of advertising.

I’d rather stick with my S-Max, although I’d have the 2.0, not the 2.2 again, but it is a really nice car.

CK

My criteria for my current car was to be able to easily get stuff into it (straight sides, easy doors) and to be able to fit everything I own into it in one go for when I move.... although now I am moving I realise that I can get everything into it in one go, but that's just a bit mad, so I'll be doing a look around trip and taking 2/3rds of my stuff into storage on that trip, then the final trip, taking everything else.

It is great because anything I want to move/pick up just goes straight in. Had to recently pick up a large bedside cabinet for somebody and, even though I had random stuff already in the car, I just opened the door and in it went. Fabulous.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

You can join Costco if you run your own business too Pastures, though I do accept that you don't have one nearby. The Hertfordshire NPs have it easy because there's one in Watford. Your nearest one is Bristol, which is a ridiculous distance. I think zag will have one a bit nearer than you.

Yup, there's one in Croydon, which I was meaning to visit. I need to check if my mate stillhas membership, as I don't know if the savings are worth the cost.

I heard they're cheaper for tyres and that's a sore point for me after my last garage visit.:mad:

PasturesNew

I think mine's a bit of a "git car" though, so if I'm being interviewed by design agencies and creative companies (who seem to love my CV for some reason), I think I'll have to park up the road to knock 10 years off my age

vivatifosi

zagubov wrote: »

I heard they're cheaper for tyres and that's a sore point for me after my last garage visit.:mad:

They can be, though its worth checking before going. I've bought my last 2 pairs of tyres from there. They are Michelin stockists. However the winter tyres which I was after but didn't end up getting were much cheaper elsewhere.