Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

Dg, i have never been to a nandos.....and in my life have probably spent less than £30 in MacD's. I am incredibly lucky becauose a lt of people have paid for me to eaty in nice places. I do believe i have been good value for money for them though, they asked me to go, werre not stong armed, and many have asked me many times, so must feel i am worth my portion of the bill. . I accpet this is something more likely to happen to women though, and well......tough. So is pmt, childbirth and regular hair removal. Its swings and roundabouts on the sexes seesaw i suppose.

i've been in nandos once and thought it wasn't a patch on KFC.

i have been in KFC more than once, to put it mildly. mcdonalds as well, although not for about 6/7 years now. three quarter pounders with cheese at 2am after a friday night out used to be the standard way to round off the night!

Wheezy_2

I used to have a McD or KFC at least once a week when single...
Since Mrs. Wheezy got me under her thumb, we just go to the local kebab maybe once every 2 months or so. A large shish and kofte for me and a medium doner for the missus.

lostinrates

Well, two really good prieces of news from our home today. Dh has been asked to play at a music festival which would involve a holiday for us. Hoping he can say yes. Also, a colection of stuff recorded by a friend of his, who died a few years ago that dh has been touting about a bit has got interest, both as album production and as subject for a radio production. Dh will probably gift his share in rights to the chaps family and arrange for the widow to be involved. She will be really really pleased.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

well, i'm only using my degree in that you needed a degree to get a training contract to do an ACA qualification. i don't think i've ever applied anything specific from my degree (biotechnology) to my job!

on another point, i could have easily done the degree in one year, or worked full time and done it in the evenings over three years IMO. i'm glad i didn't have to do that, it would have been rubbish.

I worked and compressed. Which was great for me. I like being busy, and thrive when i can totally immerse. I did a levels in one year too. The down side of that character trait is i am fickle. I got a scholarship for PhD...but in truth was a bit bored by then and having more fun and making money with other stuff.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

One bed flats are dire for bathrooms.

This one bed flat has a rather nice bathroom:



But it does cost £795 a week for the flat, though!

http://www.primelocation.com/uk-property-to-rent/details/id/CCGL63025_RS115506/

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Wealthy and educated people get to eat the finest of foods - and don't even have to turn all their food into waste as it's done for them http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089245/Pee-Soup-MLud-Police-probe-judges-court-lunches-spiked-urine.html

I'm rather glad I've not been to Snaresbrook of late.....

neverdespairgirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i think the point is that i don't know anyone who went to uni because they thought it was a way of getting a better job. everyone at my school went to uni because it was the natural next step after school. basically uni was an opportunity to put off entering the real world, learn to become independent of your parents etc. the actual degree came some way down the pecking order in terms of priorities.

Do you really not know anyone who went for that reason?

What about mates who studied, say, medicine or vet? Or law, for that matter?

chewmylegoff

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Do you really not know anyone who went for that reason?

What about mates who studied, say, medicine or vet? Or law, for that matter?

i take the point - obviously many people did do courses designed to match the career they wanted. i think there were 2 people from my school who read medicine, but i honestly can't think of anyone who applied to read law. someone probably did i expect. but my overriding recollection was not of a bunch of people seriously thinking about their future careers when choosing university subjects. in that sense the american system is better, i think - at least the first year of uni should be generalist by nature, giving you time to think about what you might like to do and then specialise.

LydiaJ

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i take the point - obviously many people did do courses designed to match the career they wanted. i think there were 2 people from my school who read medicine, but i honestly can't think of anyone who applied to read law. someone probably did i expect. but my overriding recollection was not of a bunch of people seriously thinking about their future careers when choosing university subjects. in that sense the american system is better, i think - at least the first year of uni should be generalist by nature, giving you time to think about what you might like to do and then specialise.

How old are you, chewy, so when was this happening? At my school there were plenty of people applying for law and medicine and so on, and also a whole bunch of us just applying for (academic) subjects we liked and found interesting and wanted to study further. We were putting in our UCCA and PCAS forms in the autumn of 1985, mostly apply for autumn 1986, although I was one of a very small number wanting to defer until 1987.

I was one of the ones who didn't know what I wanted to do, but ended up in a career when my subject degree is essential and directly relevant.

zagubov

I've got issues with how the A level system prematurely specialises you before you know what you want to do later on.

I once had to advise a potential A level student who was in conflict with his parents about whether to study accountancy or pharmacy. Had to put my thinking cap him on and got him to do Chemistry, Maths and Economics which would keep both doors open.

There must be loads of people struggling to decide and maybe makng a hash of their decision.

But it does mean somone can leave school with a certificate in sciences or arts and nothing else.

The system doesn't do much except allow you to have a very fast three-year degree (two years if you go to Bucks Uni) which is at least a year shorter than every ogther country.

It costs the country £6k to put someone through a school year and about £12k for a year at HE, so it balances the nation's budget I suppose, by getting the first year of the degree delivered on the cheap at school.