Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Mmmmmmm... Mattar Paneer, my favourite curry

Never had it. Never seen it... I'll have to google that.

PasturesNew

That's a lot of ingredients... http://www.thasneen.com/cooking/mattar-paneer-or-peas-paneer-microwaved/ not sure where one'd buy paneer from..... and it's not that appetising looking really. I'd substitute the cheese for spuds.

michaels

Done the promised search and turned up 2 more sockets but after Silvercar's announcement it hardly seems worth mentioning. We only have 6 external exits but one has 5 sections....

chewmylegoff

I need NP help, and possibly specialist advice from a personal shopper.

Bought a suit on the weekend. Three pairs of trousers. I only tried one on, but one of them is wrong (it is marked the same size as the others but the waist is about 1.5 inches smaller and the leg is 0.5 shorter). They don't fit.

Brilliantly the receipt has already gone in the bin (don't ask, but it's quite similar to passport-gate, although this time i told her it wasn't her fault in line with previous NP opinion (which is still wrong by the way )). NB/ I have already been down to the bins outside to check, but they are emptied on Tuesday mornings.

Obv. bought on credit card, can I do anything about this without a receipt?

2ND/

Need to take the in laws for dinner somewhere in central london tomorrow. Preferably around Farringdon / Smithfield area. Does anyone know any where suitable (they are in their 60s and anywhere noisy won't work!) Budget not really important.

PasturesNew

I have four exits in this room .... one entrance, one to the back garden, one to the en-suite, one into the main house (that's obviously locked as I live here and they live there).

Do I have the most exits in one single room?

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Done the promised search and turned up 2 more sockets but after Silvercar's announcement it hardly seems worth mentioning. We only have 6 external exits but one has 5 sections....

Is "external exit" a posh way of saying door?

and if we are counting doors, we need guidance-

do double doors (french or otherwise) count as 1 or 2?
trendy bi-folding doors (which I don't have, but no doubt someone will) count as 1,2,3, or 4?

do doors between house and garage count?

doors between garage and outside - other than up and over garage doors?

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I need NP help, and possibly specialist advice from a personal shopper.

Bought a suit on the weekend. Three pairs of trousers. I only tried one on, but one of them is wrong (it is marked the same size as the others but the waist is about 1.5 inches smaller and the leg is 0.5 shorter). They don't fit.

Brilliantly the receipt has already gone in the bin (don't ask, but it's quite similar to passport-gate, although this time i told her it wasn't her fault in line with previous NP opinion (which is still wrong by the way )). NB/ I have already been down to the bins outside to check, but they are emptied on Tuesday mornings.

Obv. bought on credit card, can I do anything about this without a receipt?

2ND/

Need to take the in laws for dinner somewhere in central london tomorrow. Preferably around Farringdon / Smithfield area. Does anyone know any where suitable (they are in their 60s and anywhere noisy won't work!) Budget not really important.

Legally, you just have to prove you bought them from them.

Is it their own label?

Do you still have the bag? Any other gumpf?

If you can go online and print out the transaction screenie .... and if you can take them all back, in their own bag.... and show the difference ..... you might get away with it (should get away with it legally and morally).

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have four exits in this room .... one entrance, one to the back garden, one to the en-suite, one into the main house (that's obviously locked as I live here and they live there).

Do I have the most exits in one single room?

I see your four and I raise you six.

Front door, balcony, bedroom 1, bedroom 2, boiler cupboard (you can stand in there so it counts) and the bathroom.

That's open-plan contemporary living for you.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

Legally, you just have to prove you bought them from them.

Is it their own label?

Do you still have the bag? Any other gumpf?

If you can go online and print out the transaction screenie .... and if you can take them all back, in their own bag.... and show the difference ..... you might get away with it (should get away with it legally and morally).

It was a concession (aquascutum, who unamusingly went into administration today) in house of fraser. they took all of the price labels and everything off it before bagging it up. i have the suit carrier but not the plastic bag which they put the suit carrier in (which is where the receipt was - it got thrown away).

I can of course print the transaction off on line, but won't get a proper statement for a couple of weeks (and that will just be an on line thing).

purch

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't think I've ever seen a washing line in America, ever. Everyone I know has a tumble drier, one of my friends has two as he says that he takes a load of laundry out and it is better then dried half in each drier! Yet relatives in equally hot Australia have rotary washing lines everywhere. I think it is because they are proud of being home to its invention.

From about now to the end of October if you hung any washing out on a line in Florida it would prolly get wetter rather than drier with all the humidity :eek:

The rest of the year the climate would be perfect for drying washing, but Yanks being Yanks they are never happy unless they are burning 50 kwh of leccy a day (each) !!!!