Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Go now, have a look.

Books had gone. The signage was confusing too and it seems I'd have had to pay £1/book. Oh well - should have grabbed them when I spotted them.

lostinrates wrote: »

Inam stuck here all day because i know someone is copming, i can even remember who, but i cannot remember what time, so every time thje dogs bark i am checking. I hope its this morning, i will be exhausted if its this afternoon,

*sniggers*

lostinrates

They have been now. I am tired, but can stop running out every couple of minutes.

I cannot wait to have a decent door bell. I cannot here people knock unless i am in the rooms nearest the front door.

Wheezy_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are you seriously suggesting that was all that on your plate, all you needed was a cleaner, rather than a spell in the Priory? I have no idea how you managed, even with a cleaner.

Hmm yes...that was a misplaced posh alert then...sorry Lydia! :grouphug:

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

Going to gete everything indoors tonight! Lovely morning, but it felt chilly last night & snow/sleet is forecast...:eek:

Rain of earlier has now passed - sun is bursting out through the grey clouds and the seagulls are flying around squawking... proper English seaside weather now.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

I am one of those who loves the journey. So why not run round a beautiful park? Or cycle town a pretty cycle route/disused railway line? Or row on a river?

Because most people are out at work all day and the weather's sh1te and wet and cold and miserable - and/or it's dark. Then add in having to find special clothes for the activity ([a] for being outside not looking exceedingly bizarre in a public place) and staying inside to do these things makes it more achievable for most people most of the time.

The UK weather is unpredictable. Where I live it's wet and very windy most of the time. Parks exist mostly in cities, so not everybody has easy access to one. Rowing on a river means you have to join a club, wait your turn, get told when to turn up, pressure to "make the team". Most activities involve some other person's timetables. Get yourself kitted out with stuff at home and it's there 24/7, even while you're in your PJs.

Simples.

GDB2222

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are you seriously suggesting that was all that on your plate, all you needed was a cleaner, rather than a spell in the Priory? I have no idea how you managed, even with a cleaner.

Oops, spot the typo!

Are you seriously suggesting that with all that on your plate, all you needed was a cleaner, rather than a spell in the Priory? I have no idea how you managed, even with a cleaner.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

Here's a good one.
See if you can get what this is...

No bl00dy idea .... and I see others have said they get it. Well, let me tell you this... they are lying, to impress you.

LydiaJ

Wheezy wrote: »

Hmm yes...that was a misplaced posh alert then...sorry Lydia! :grouphug:

No problem. Made me smile anyway.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are you seriously suggesting that with all that on your plate, all you needed was a cleaner, rather than a spell in the Priory? I have no idea how you managed, even with a cleaner.

The amazing friends helped in practical ways themselves, as well as making me get a cleaner. It helps to be an extrovert and therefore to know lots of people. Between my church, my workplace, and my kids' school, I think there were 17 people who helped clear LNE's house, for example. (His parents had given notice on his tenancy before we realised that he hadn't written a new will and therefore I was still his executor. So we had 4 weeks to do it, including Christmas and New Year.) My church friends are still helping me. They have my kids for me when I have to work Saturdays, or have one of my kids while I take the other one to an appointment or something. I am so very grateful for them and to them.

I had an excellent probate solicitor who was happy to help me with anything at any time - I could ring him at home at the weekend, for example. But then he is my big brother. There was an amusing bit where he needed proof of my ID, so I was supposed to take my passport to his office for him to do an officially certified copy. That's a bit of a problem because he's 100 miles away. He said if I took a copy and posted it to him, then he'd certify it despite not having seen the original "because I think I know who you are". My PI solicitor has been terrific too (and still is because it's not over yet) - selected and paid for by Direct Line, who insured LNE's car.

It was probably a good thing that house hunting took so long. I wanted to get on with it quickly - no point paying £900pm rent when I had the life insurance money to buy a house with. But it didn't happen quickly despite my best efforts - the whole saga is on "Lydia's house buying support thread" elsewhere for any NP who are interested - and I didn't actually move until about 15 months after the accident. At which point I realised I'd never have coped with moving earlier, and it was just as well the timing had worked out the way it had.

chewmylegoff

misskool wrote: »

I'm really scared of going. I've never used an exercise machine in my life, seriously. I might have been in a gym once. Maybe.

I'm already tubby, I don't need big mirrors and baggy clothes AND everyone else laughing at me when I get there.....:eek:

This is the problem see, when you gain a bit of weight, it's really hard to actually try and lose it. Easy for some of you genetically blessed and for the rest of you who work hard at it.

usually in a gym they will give you a free induction session where they show you how the machines work. also if you don't like the machines then most gyms do structured classes which are free (and during which you will find most people are at least as crap as you at everything, if not worse)

the perception that everyone else in the gym is going to be some kind of adonis is completely wrong - yeah there are people like that about but most people are just the same people you see walking down the street who are fighting a losing battle against doughnuts. no-one in there really knows what they are doing and i have never found them to be intimidating places.

you'll almost certainly blend into the background as every gym i have ever been to has had a couple of resident weirdos who make everyone else look normal.

i had never been to a gym until 3 years ago - then i saw myself in some wedding photos and thought "christ" and got straight down the gym and i've been going 5 times a week every since. i find it easy to keep in the routine of going, and easy to find new ways to challenge myself in there.

everyone is different, but i prefer going to the gym to doing exercise outside (mainly because my left achilles and right knee are permanently screwed and running does them no good at all, whereas low impact cardio doesn't affect them at all).

i reckon the gym is pretty much the best value thing i pay for. i'm a member of 2 different ones (work and near home) and the total cost is £70/month. i spent at the very least 25 hours a month in there so it works out at less than £3/hour.

chewmylegoff

lemonjelly wrote: »

I should say that this is based on years of seeing people who have signed up to contracts with gyms for one reason or another. The vast majority of these people are tied into contracts when they simply won't use it.

From another angle, I've always been perplexed by a cycling machine that goes absolutely nowhere, or machines on which you run or row, without moving anywhere. Things like that have always struck me as bizarre!

I am one of those who loves the journey. So why not run round a beautiful park? Or cycle town a pretty cycle route/disused railway line? Or row on a river?

I can't see the point in running 5 miles & going nowhere.:undecided

in addition to the fact that using a cross trainer doesn't rip my achilles off - the other benefit to the stationary machine is that it has a TV attached to it. I am a big fan of going to the gym to watch sport. instead of spending 120 minutes drinking lager and eating crisps, you can do 2 hours of exercise whilst watchin a football match.

i tried this for cricket matches as well but found that you get quite close to dying of dehydration shortly before the tea interval after you have cycled further than a tour de france stage (whilst not moving of course).