Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

My favourite eggs atm are the white ones, very small, laid by a sicialian buttercup hen. I am considering putting a breeding flock of them together, but the eggs aren't very salable, though terribly pretty in my eyes.

That would be a great marketing ploy. I'd put special signage by gate to fresh laid eggs, could say something like:

Buttercup hen: smaller than the average egg but delectably pretty and divine to eat

xxx hen: beautiful blue shells, other than their size, there's nothing average about these organic eggs

xxx hen: wonderful golden coloured yolk, the most wonderful eggy taste. Would go great with golden toasted soldiers

Call and see what delights our girls have laid today

If you're prominent enough, people will travel to pick up eggs from you because you'd be offering something that is different from everyone else.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

That would be a great marketing ploy. I'd put special signage by gate to fresh laid eggs, could say something like:

Buttercup hen: smaller than the average egg but delectably pretty and divine to eat

xxx hen: beautiful blue shells, other than their size, there's nothing average about these organic eggs

xxx hen: wonderful golden coloured yolk, the most wonderful eggy taste. Would go great with golden toasted soldiers

Call and see what delights our girls have laid today

If you're prominent enough, people will travel to pick up eggs from you because you'd be offering something that is different from everyone else.

You would think wouldn't you?

Sadly the law is that gate sellers are only legally permitted to advertise saying 'eggs for sale' and a price. No organic, no free range, no fresh...nada, zilch, niente. A few weeks ago i was offered an AMAZING outlet in prime london food selling real estate, but looking into the costs of vaccinating, and stamping and transport etc...it just didn't make sense. I also didn't fancy my face as it is now plastered over egg boxes. :D. If i still had my old looks i could sell my eggs as something like 'tasty bird' brand, but now it would be more like 'tough old bird' . Another opportunity rumbles away, but don't really fancy selling for the meat market either, even the luxe one. It would be nice to be successful at something sgain, but i just don't have the energy:rotfl:

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

You would think wouldn't you?

Sadly the law is that gate sellers are only legally permitted to advertise saying 'eggs for sale' and a price. No organic, no free range, no fresh...nada, zilch, niente.

There has to be a way round this. Pictures? A different sign not selling eggs that talks about the hens, then a plain eggs sign about eggs for sale? Not talk about organic, free range or fresh but the birds and what they lay? B*mmer. I don't like the law sometimes:(.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I used to sell cakes, but the chances of my kitchen passing an inspection now ..well, saying slim to none would be optimistic! I still haven't got a decent fridge, my under conter one only has one shelf, the bottome one, which has collapsed ontop of the crispers, making them effectively out of use. I don't want to get a fridge till i know how i want my kitchen......although at this rate might go through another fridge before the kitchen is done:rotfl:

Not to mention the gaps where the walls no longer meet properly at the corners.

michaels wrote: »

I used - you know - to be able to talk - you know- without interjecting 'you know' after every second word -you know- but put me in front of a TV camera and reporter and I develop -you know- a mannerism which I don't really have in real life, interesting I think - you know. Now I am wondering if I do it in other stressful situations like high pressure presentations and meetings and everyone had been to polite to tell me - you know

Well, I didn't notice them until you posted that to point them out. There were only 3 anyway. I remember having to video one of my lessons and then watch the video and write a critique of it for my PGCE - excruciating experience. I'm sure I'd be just as squirmy if watching myself on TV.

Oh, and I too had imagined the NP as older-looking and with darker hair. I hadn't particularly imagined what the voice would sound like, but when I heard it I thought it sounded like a nice voice - just as well considering the name of the thread. Back when we had our discussion of ages, did we ascertain how old this particular NP is? I can't remember and am too lazy to go and trawl for the info at this time of night.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

There has to be a way round this. Pictures? A different sign not selling eggs that talks about the hens, then a plain eggs sign about eggs for sale? Not talk about organic, free range or fresh but the birds and what they lay? B*mmer. I don't like the law sometimes:(.

Simplest so.utio is to put honesty box next to fence where people can see the chickens free ranging ( ours are not organic anyway). I did think of putting up pictures and breed info.

But its all a bit academic atm, as we are not gate selling for security reasons. Grrrrr.four thefts this week in locality on farmwatch. Its just too risky.. The egmoney is one thing, its what else they get while they are here. E,g. We think we had a fox attack recently, quackie o quackis, a couple of hens, but no quackie feathers, and not really enough chicken feathers...it could have been a 'small theft'. Quackie was just coming into lay. £7 each at tesco for goose egg. Besides which, aristwaddle is beside himself. Only hood news is that he and j egg k are getting on better. We've been promised more girls by an mse friend, but none of us are that sure about sexing them as youngsters, amd when they grow up they have fallen in goose live with someone the already know....there seems no one hundre percent foolproof happy ending for the geese.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Not to mention the gaps where the walls no longer meet properly at the corners.



Well, I didn't notice them until you posted that to point them out. There were only 3 anyway. I remember having to video one of my lessons and then watch the video and write a critique of it for my PGCE - excruciating experience. I'm sure I'd be just as squirmy if watching myself on TV.

I think, you know, its about, you know, society being more accepting of things that once would have been a ruler on the, you know, knuckle at school or from a parent or boss...or spouse. I do it all the time. Even here i fine myself typing... Iykwim...totally unnecessarily, and tbh,...a horrible phrase. I might as well throug in a few 'basicallies' to throroughly abuse the language:D


I had noticed i was swearing a lot recently, and think i have manage to knock that in the head. Apart from !!!!!!...will that get through? Insecter. I rathe like that word.

vivatifosi

NPs may I ask your opinion on brass fittings?

We have brass door handles, hinges, carpet grippers, the works. However I don't really like brass finish. I'd like to replace all of the handles, hinges etc with a nice white metal finish, whether chrome or something satin finish. However, we have a huge expensive full monty interlocking front door system with a very expensive lock in it. The cost to replace the whole thing would be near on £250 via a locksmith.

Would you leave the house brass, change the fittings except the front door and wait until you could afford to change that too or would you not be able to live with two colour fittings? This would only be an issue in the entrance hallway, but that has four doors including the front one.

AAARRRGGGGHHHH I hate brass, but I hate miss-matched door furniture too. What to do?? The issue isn't just £250 for the doorhandle btw, there's a lot of different costs, all ramping up together. If it was just the door furniture it wouldn't be an issue.

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

I like making fruit tarts, but they are not so pretty. To my taste bud, they are fruit tarts are sweeter than most cakes i make though. Probably not helped by the almond or hazle nut layer i feel compelled to put it to soak up fruit juices.

I am trying to decide which variety of quince to plant. Having my own quinces here will change a lot i cook, i know it.

This ha reminded me of a recipe i am desperate to try, a sicilian one, for watermelon tart. I need jasmine essence, which i cannot find and ha never heard of using before, and candied squash, which i really would rather buy if i can find it, that make it. Candyilng fruit at home, in an insuffiecient kitchen, trying to keep dust away fro. The fruit,a nd dog hair through out the whole process....its a pain. But as i cannot find either p theser things i have not tried it. I might try it without these important sounding things this year, but i know it will lose a lot of magic.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

NPs may I ask your opinion on brass fittings?

We have brass door handles, hinges, carpet grippers, the works. However I don't really like brass finish. I'd like to replace all of the handles, hinges etc with a nice white metal finish, whether chrome or something satin finish. However, we have a huge expensive full monty interlocking front door system with a very expensive lock in it. The cost to replace the whole thing would be near on £250 via a locksmith.

Would you leave the house brass, change the fittings except the front door and wait until you could afford to change that too or would you not be able to live with two colour fittings? This would only be an issue in the entrance hallway, but that has four doors including the front one.

AAARRRGGGGHHHH I hate brass, but I hate miss-matched door furniture too. What to do?? The issue isn't just £250 for the doorhandle btw, there's a lot of different costs, all ramping up together. If it was just the door furniture it wouldn't be an issue.

Lol, i hate white metal fittings, but also dislike shiny shiny brass...my plan is to upgrade room by room to bronze. I know this is an extravagance, but we are warm metal people, gold, copper, bronze....


I would change apart from front door and maybe hall side interior door handles. J

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As always, it's great to put a face to a name. I didn't have michaels anything like that in my head :eek:

Still, Gill Stewart Clarke is pretty fit