Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

zagubov

LydiaJ wrote: »

A few years ago LNE and I lived in a house with the main living space and kitchen on the first floor. We got used to it fairly quickly, apart from the nuisance of having to carry all the shopping upstairs when we brought it in. And our house had more than one loo - so one on the top (ie 2nd) floor and one on the ground floor. I wouldn't like to live somewhere where either the living room or kitchen was on the 2nd floor and the only loo was on the ground floor, which is house what those Chimney Pot Park ones seem to have. It would be especially difficult with a toddler. :eek:

Always wanted to live in a three-storey house until I actually did live in one (our last house, a rental). Tiny kitchen big lounge on ground, big reception and spare room on 1st and all three bedrooms and two bathrooms on second.

Just got tired of going up and down all the stairs and used to dread forgetting anything. The first floor was just something that made climbing the stairs twice as tiresome. :mad:

A three story house is only useful if the second floor only has a store room or spare room

More annoying it was a townhouse in a gated road 15 minutes from the nearest (tiny) parade of shops.

Had a schoolfriend who lived in a tenement flat in Glasgow's west end. At least it looked like a typical tenement from the outside. When I visited it I realised it was a mansion flat, stretched for miles, sky-high ceilings, endless rooms (ever seen "Shallow Grave"). And once you were inside, no stairs!

In London, the population's dense and space is short but loads of people are crammed into cramped low-rise houses with no land. Never seen spacious flats - except in central London.

Baffling!:cool:

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh nikkster.

I really hated approaching my thirtieth. I felt grim, and although different circumstances i was back home too. I reckon its an increasing situation in 'our' generation.

There is actually no need to make a duss, some of the nice people wished me happy birthday and we kept it low key...as we tend to tbh. Bank holidays on the other hand, they are worth celebrating.

But i thik you have stuff to be happy about, you made a big adult decision before a big birthday and that has made the world your oyster again.

If i don't remember at the weekend please know right now i am wishing you the best year yet in your life.

When I turned 18 I'd been at uni for a year and went to the mail table at my halls of residence to see if my p and m had sent any cards. Nothing. Nada.

Phoned home to check everyone was allright. Got wished Happy Birthday. When I asked about cards, was told they didn't think I was into all that (I believe I've mentioned many times on this thread that I'm dateblind):o.

Nikkster, as regards having children. youngest sis just had a baby and she's .... a bit.. older than you. I don't feel gallant saying her age, not because it's embarrassing for me but because of her privacy.

Put it this way, when my new neice is 18, I'll be almost 70!

You're probably tired of me quoting Danny Dorling's "So You Think You Know Britain" (yes, I know I'll have to stop one day - when they pull the book from my cold dying hand!).

It pretty much implied that because of the gender imbalances across the country, I'm glad you're moving from a part of the country which has a single woman surplus into a part of the country which has a single woman shortage. Don't feel you're in exile in Siberia!:p

I wish you well on your birthday. :beer:

I've just driven the length of the country and have very much seen the shortcomings of London (which weigh in my mind more and more).:A

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

I think the "I thought I'd have had kids by now" thing is a big part of what makes turning 30 difficult for a lot of women. It certainly was for me.

For me, the half century and "thought I'd have got a bf by now" was the final nail .....

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

Just got tired of going up and down all the stairs and used to dread forgetting anything. The first floor was just something that made climbing the stairs twice as tiresome. :mad:

A three story house is only useful if the second floor only has a store room or spare room

I kept looking at some house details last year... price was dropping and dropping .... it was a "silly low" price. Almost brand new, great views, had almost everything on the tick list ... could have compromised... except it was on 3 storeys. 2nd floor was a master/en-suite. All I could see was that I'd have a whole 1st floor that I'd never use and would have to keep going past ... and all those stairs. I lived in a 3 storey house once before and when I moved out I was thinking "never again" - and I was almost 20 years younger then than I am now!

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

laundry is a blue job.

What does this mean?

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

I have a tent... otherwise I am living back with my parents. And before that I was sharing a studio flat in a not great place on the outskirts of London with at least a 90 minute commute each way to/from work.

Now I don't have a commute, but I also don't have a job! :eek:

If the weather today is like it is here, you no longer have that tent.... EVIL strong winds out there - and the first time I've seen bins flying down the road at this address. If I see a tent fly by I'll post it back to you.

Jobs are over-rated you know.....

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Jobs are over-rated

Blimey. I just said that before I saw you did

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Well I've never heard anyone say life begins at 30 - so I guess I'm allowed to still be not doing very much with it! I do already have some lines/ wrinkles. And I have dark brown hair so the grey definitely shows up... (Michaels!)

On my 30th, I was either living in a caravan, or had just got my SO studio on a council road miles out of town. See how far I've managed to come since then!! So don't be glum

Davesnave

When I was 30, I wasn't married, or even thinking about being a father. I had a house, though.

By the time I was 35, I was married, my house had been completely rebuilt after a large fire and we had our first child.

Sometimes, life moves a little bit too fast!

Happy weekend birthday, Nikkster. :bdaycake:

misskool

Nikkster wrote: »

IIts just that feeling that I should have achieved x,y,z by now and I clearly haven't!

meh. you have achieved what you should have achieved

No need to compare yourself, I've always found it too depressing and really not very useful as your own life is yours.

and i'm older than you without any children. Planning is also impossible as I'm only employed until Dec 2013.