Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

lostinrates

Dh has brought a cheese mountain home from italy. Not sure what we will do with it all.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Dh has brought a cheese mountain home from italy. Not sure what we will do with it all.

Cheesy peas.... if the postings a couple of days are anything to go by

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

One duck egg would have made an omlette for one not very hungry person. One ostrich egg would have made an omlette for ten.:p

I think they cost about £35 to forty quid these days. People blow them and keep the shell as decorations.....a dried twigs in vase equivalent.

I wonder where my old got his from then - must have been a work colleague, for free. The old'd certainly not have paid such a huge amount on a whim for something never tried before.

It was huge - and we weren't offered any......

Edit: could it have been goose? How big are they?

I should google this...

Edit 2: Looks like goose egg size, from 40 year old memory
Here: http://www.mulcahylawns.co.uk/images/gooseegg.jpg

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I wonder where my old got his from then - must have been a work colleague, for free. The old'd certainly not have paid such a huge amount on a whim for something never tried before.

It was huge - and we weren't offered any......

Edit: could it have been goose? How big are they?

I should google this...

Edit 2: Looks like goose egg size, from 40 year old memory
Here: http://www.mulcahylawns.co.uk/images/gooseegg.jpg

Goose eggs are 7 quid in waitrose. A gate seller probably has one for a quid or two.

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

I wonder where my old got his from then - must have been a work colleague, for free. The old'd certainly not have paid such a huge amount on a whim for something never tried before.

It was huge - and we weren't offered any......

Edit: could it have been goose? How big are they?

I should google this...

Edit 2: Looks like goose egg size, from 40 year old memory
Here: http://www.mulcahylawns.co.uk/images/gooseegg.jpg

lostinrates wrote: »

Goose eggs are 7 quid in waitrose. A gate seller probably has one for a quid or two.

PN posh alert!:)

chewmylegoff

zagubov wrote: »

My parents used to phone me any time there was a disaster in London as if I'd be present or likely to be affected.

Unhelpfully it hasn't reassured them that I was present at the scene of two disasters ( station fire at Kings Cross and the Clapham train disaster). I've tried pointing out they're some of the biggest transport hubs in london and therefore loads of people would be there, but to no avail.

Maybe avoiding purch's workplaces should be combined with avoiding major train stations with zag passing through them.:eek:

the only time that my mum has ever phoned me to check i'm ok after a "london incident" is when that lunatic nail bomber blew up the admiral duncan pub in soho, which for those of you with short memories or no interest in that london was/is a gay pub in a bit of london known for its gay nightlife.

thanks for that mum!

Wheezy_2

A mother always knows.

lemonjelly

Following on from Viva's message re queen tickets, I've just heard that a favourite band from my childhood have reformed, & are playing a gig in oxford.

I never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to see them ever again, so I'm going to get tickets regardless & work out how I can physically go/survive in spite of everything.

So, what is there to do in Oxford, nice peeps?

lemonjelly

chewmylegoff wrote: »

the only time that my mum has ever phoned me to check i'm ok after a "london incident" is when that lunatic nail bomber blew up the admiral duncan pub in soho, which for those of you with short memories or no interest in that london was/is a gay pub in a bit of london known for its gay nightlife.

thanks for that mum!

Wheezy wrote: »

A mother always knows.

One word. Denial...

LydiaJ

lemonjelly wrote: »

Following on from Viva's message re queen tickets, I've just heard that a favourite band from my childhood have reformed, & are playing a gig in oxford.

I never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to see them ever again, so I'm going to get tickets regardless & work out how I can physically go/survive in spite of everything.

So, what is there to do in Oxford, nice peeps?

I accompanied a school trip there a couple of years ago. We took the kids round the Pitt Rivers museum and museum of natural history (adjoining each other), and then the botanic gardens. They were a lot more interesting than I expected them to be, never having bothered to go to see them during the 12 years that I lived in Oxford. The botanic garden is £4 to get in (for an adult), and the museums are both free.