Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I am going nowhere fast! I just managed to ge the sacks of dog food in in the wheel barrow and put the birds away early and the dogs are eating now. When my mobility is bad i do everything early in case it gets worse later or takes me a very long time to do:rotfl:

Theoretically if i cannot move again tonight we are ok, because door is open for dogs and i can sleep on sofa. Its not that bad though, i will get doors shut and crawl up the stairs later.

Poor, poor LIR. Really in the wars!

Apart from that, why are you delivering heavy stuff? Can't you get DH to move this stuff at weekends?

PasturesNew

Did you have to wheelbarrow the whole sacks??? I'd have just taken a plastic bag and scooped up enough for tonight/tomorrow morning.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Poor, poor LIR. Really in the wars!

Apart from that, why are you delivering heavy stuff? Can't you get DH to move this stuff at weekends?

Thats the plan, but it went wrong this week....i ran out of dog food without realising it. ::o. This never happens to me usually, and ha i fed them over the weekend instead of dh i would have got tripe and meat out of the freezer to tide me over til friday! Which is better tor them anyway, but i had no idea until this morning. I suspect dh has been feeding double portions to the dogs over the long weekend. Big dog looks plumpcious.:p.

The sacks aren't too heavy, 15 k, and i do want to do as much as i can so i din't get weaker. Today i feel well, and its not to sore at all, just buckling:D. Probably Over tired.:D

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Did you have to wheelbarrow the whole sacks??? I'd have just taken a plastic bag and scooped up enough for tonight/tomorrow morning.

I should have done that! Never mind, got them in (i could have got justu one in of course) and survived. . "

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

Straw poll of friends and by the look of the reading material in the hands of fellow travellers on recent flight, this is the most popular book at the moment:

http://www.eljamesauthor.com/books/fifty-shades-of-grey

Same for library orders, Viva?

its even got its own wiki page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey

Popular, yes, mega-spectacularly popular in the manner of Wolf Hall a year or so back, not really. Having said that, it is currently more popular than the new JK Rowling for adults, which isn't bad. You should get your order in before it goes to the level that Hunger Games has gone to (if you haven't already done so that is)...

FWIW Wolf Hall is the yardstick I measure all books by. I've never known a book to create as much demand as that, even when things like the new Dan Brown came out amongst mega-hype. The list was crazy busy for Wolf Hall. I doff my cap to Hilary Mantel, for creating what most people say is an incredibly well crafted monster.

lostinrates

I have just switched on to a programme on bbc two called the Town taking on china. People are furious a girl has left (albeit in a stupid, irresponsible manner) but she can get more in an other job, why would she not go? Its all very well to talk about british industry, but offered more for a physically easier job...i can see why that would be preferable to the people not benefiting more from the profits of business.

tomterm8

PasturesNew wrote: »

No library in my county has that - so it'd mean an interlibrary loan, so I'd have to wait months and pay £3.70 for the privilege of waiting for it.

Would be rediculous to pay that. You can get it for 3 quid on Amazon, or if there is a charity shop near you, even cheaper.

I got the impression it was erotica/!!!!!! for some reason.

lostinrates

Tomterm! How have you been?

PasturesNew

Missed the first 45 minutes, but BBC2 looks interesting:

1/2. Documentary following a cushion manufacturer's attempts to shift jobs from his Chinese factory to Merseyside. The first challenge in Kirkby is to find and train new staff.

Seem to have found a bunch of losers to interview... all got reasons/excuses why they can't work full-time, etc.

Some are booked in for sewing trials. One phoned to say she couldn't afford the bus, so he offered to lend her the £3.70. Next one didn't turn up. The one who missed the bus arrived at 2pm in the end.

They'd not employ me .... I've never sewn or used a machine.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

I got the impression it was erotica/!!!!!! for some reason.

Me too - must be too many horny housewives hanging out here..... oh my. It's not my kind of book at all.