Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

1. Nope.
2. Nope
3. Nope
4. Not really

Told you I'd live - I'm still here.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures, can see you've logged off. When you're back and online, can you please check in and let us all know you are ok. Thanks.

As the famous quote goes: "Rumours of my death were greatly exaggerated"

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

If you phone nhs direct and say chest pain they will probably send 'a chauffeur'

Yeah, but once they've decided you'll live, you've got to walk home.

Generali

Hello Nice Peeps. An occasional visit.

Did the garden today. I don't know how big gladioli grow in the UK but I just chopped down some 8-10ft ones!!! Also squashed about 20 spiders (mostly poisonous) and cleared out 2 funnel web webs.

It also turns out that we have a lime tree in the back garden that is well in fruit and that we have quite a lot of stick insects including one that looked suspiciously like a preying mantis (don't know if we get them over here).

We also have a very strange tree. It looks like a string bean tree only string beans don't grow on trees: anyone got any ideas?

Looks odds on that we'll be moving to Canberra next year.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Generali wrote: »

Looks odds on that we'll be moving to Canberra next year.

I really like Canberra.

One of my favourite places in Aus for some strange reason.

I think it's the small town feel to it, particularly when the Parliament is out of session. And the housing is cheap by Aus standards.

Wouldn't have been my first choice for guessing there'd be much in your line of work though Gen.... That's a surprise.

vivatifosi

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

I really like Canberra.

One of my favourite places in Aus for some strange reason.

I think it's the small town feel to it, particularly when the Parliament is out of session. And the housing is cheap by Aus standards.

Wouldn't have been my first choice for guessing there'd be much in your line of work though Gen.... That's a surprise.

Those were my thoughts too. My biggest issue with Canberra though is that it is so far from the sea. Though as a kid I remember a building there which I absolutely adored. This one:
http://www.twentieth.org.au/canberra_shine_dome.html
Remember it was the late 60s and the age of the Apollo programme and the Jetsons. That building fitted right in.

Regarding the tree Gen, could it be Catalpa?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa
Or possibly the Black Bean Tree:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/perfectoarts/3056772103/ (I think the beans are a bit thicker on this one and although native, not as described)

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Told you I'd live - I'm still here.

That's good. How about a little trip to A&E now that last night's crowds have cleared?

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

As the famous quote goes: "Rumours of my death were greatly exaggerated"

Well, we knew that they would be but we were concerned. Glad you are ok this morning though!

Generali

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

I really like Canberra.

One of my favourite places in Aus for some strange reason.

I think it's the small town feel to it, particularly when the Parliament is out of session. And the housing is cheap by Aus standards.

Wouldn't have been my first choice for guessing there'd be much in your line of work though Gen.... That's a surprise.

Canberra is much cheaper than Sydney which is one of the attractions. It's also a great town for cyclists and it has a small town feel while being cosmopolitan.

There's a whole lot of stuff going on that I can't really discuss at the moment that is linked to my possibly moving. I'll let you all know in good time.

sss555s

Happy Easter NP :EasterBun