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Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it
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Once you start, it can be never ending. I could clean it thorougly top to bottom.... then do the whole garden... and clean all the windows... and clean the gutters.... and paint the windowsills/gates outside .... and touch up bits of wallpaper.... and touch up bits of paint.... and take out nails/screws .... and paint the paintwork that's a bit shabby ... and replace 3 floor coverings ... and steam the rest of the carpets ... and replace some of the curtains....chewmylegoff wrote: ».. it was impossible to get it into a presentable state. everything i tried to chuck out was picked out of the bin/skip by mum and put back somewhere around the house, or in a pile which she said she would take to her house but never did. eventually i had to completely de-clutter the house by myself when she wasn't there.
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And that's just the start - and if I did that lot there'd be another 20-30 jobs that would then stand out.
House is a bit dated and needs a makeover, so the type of people looking will not be looking at the detail, but the potential.
I find all of this type of work isolating and hugely depressing.
And where do you stop.... remove the old/70s tiles from the kitchen? Replaster it? Replace doors on cabinets? What about artexed walls? And dated bathroom tiles (replace, remove, paint?).
All good stuff it that then updates the house, but it's just putting lipstick onto a pig. House itself is desirable, in a top location, has features buyers are looking for ..... it's on the market and any titfering about would delay that by an important 1-2 months.
And .... I've no skill, desire, time, wish, interest .... in doing any of it.0 -
I grow Aloe Vera in a pot. In a non-Frost place (ie not Northern Europe) it's basically impossible to kill.
I use it if I get sunburned like the time I cycled 200km on a 38C day and forgot the sunscreen
. It's great apart from it's got spikes on it and they hurt like hell if you scratch your sunburn. If I get burnt I break off a couple of the leafy things and put them in the fridge.
A woman at work said I could drink it to aid digestion as her mother did.
I asked what the taste was like. Almost undrinkable was the reply.0 -
Usually it is but then James has managed to have mumps twice despite having both shots of the MMR jab!
Blimey, a child of illness-catching talent!
My mother kept having rubella jabs - they kept testing her for it, she wasn't immune, so they did it again, and it didn't work again.Poor Isaac. I hope he only has it mildly. I had chickenpox at 20 and it was awful. I barely slept for more than 48 hours, except occasionally when I dozed off to dream of somebody itching, and then wake again to realise it was me.
LNE had it at 27 and was very ill with it. NDG - you can get piriton for kids in syrup form, and I really recommend it.
Incidentally, I have never met a child who liked the taste of the banana-flavoured penicillin syrup they give to children, and both my two detest it.
I think he does have it mildly, but it's still not a barrell of laughs. The GP (by phone, I've got more sense that to drag infant to the surgery) recommended Boots own-brand equivalent of piriton, and we gave him some of that.
The only time he ever needed antibiotics was for an ear infection when he was about 2, and he deeply detested the banana-smelling stuff. He was quite vocal about it, too. In a 2-year-old way. "NO NO NO NO. WON'T. NO"Probably, but before then it was a Fiat. (Fiat sold off their obsolete car making machinery to the East Europeans.)
Like the Polski Fiats? Everyone had them when I was in Poland in the late 1990s, they sounded like a sewing machine.PasturesNew wrote: »Cooking for one, in the type of place that most singles can afford to live in, can be challenging because so many families in 3 bedroom houses are giving advice based on their lifestyle.
I've never lived on my own, ever. i think I'd quite like it, though....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Oh but lentils and plums sound so good. Saffron i can take or leave tbh. I love lentils. Oh drat, gen has made me crave puy lentils. Darn you generali!
Puy lentils simmered with thyme goes really well with roast partridge whose season just happens to end tomorrow. Roast it with pear or apple & carrot/onion/pumpkin and deglaze the pan with cider/perry (pear cider) and a bit of butter.
It's not often I miss English food.0 -
partridge whose season just happens to end tomorrow
Does that mean I not allowed to run the little fokkers over anymore :eek:'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Once you start, it can be never ending. I could clean it thorougly top to bottom.... then do the whole garden... and clean all the windows... and clean the gutters.... and paint the windowsills/gates outside .... and touch up bits of wallpaper.... and touch up bits of paint.... and take out nails/screws .... and paint the paintwork that's a bit shabby ... and replace 3 floor coverings ... and steam the rest of the carpets ... and replace some of the curtains....
And that's just the start - and if I did that lot there'd be another 20-30 jobs that would then stand out.
House is a bit dated and needs a makeover, so the type of people looking will not be looking at the detail, but the potential.
I find all of this type of work isolating and hugely depressing.
And where do you stop.... remove the old/70s tiles from the kitchen? Replaster it? Replace doors on cabinets? What about artexed walls? And dated bathroom tiles (replace, remove, paint?).
All good stuff it that then updates the house, but it's just putting lipstick onto a pig. House itself is desirable, in a top location, has features buyers are looking for ..... it's on the market and any titfering about would delay that by an important 1-2 months.
And .... I've no skill, desire, time, wish, interest .... in doing any of it.
The EA who came round to value my parents' place said that with a house like that you should either do everything or nothing. Half-way measures usually cost more than they add value. Closing the loo seat seems about right for your situation to me!
Hope it sells quickly.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
'Little' being the operative word there. There's not much on them compared with the input of preparation, especially if they're flattish.Does that mean I not allowed to run the little fokkers over anymore :eek:
There's a section of our road about 12 miles distant, where I swear one could pick up enough pheasant road-kill to live on. There's a sign saying "Caution, pheasants in road," which locals seem to respond to with the words, "Bring 'em on!" :rotfl:
But I'm pheasanted-out now. Someone threatened me with a couple more last week, but they weren't on the door handle yesterday, so there's a chance that's it for this season.
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Yes, you can also buy it in health food shops, trying to drink that in the past should have warned me. Incidentally, the very non gillian mckeith like woman i saw about eating said she would no sooner advise people to drink that stuff than she would advice them to take. A table spoon of bleach at bedtime.I grow Aloe Vera in a pot. In a non-Frost place (ie not Northern Europe) it's basically impossible to kill.
I use it if I get sunburned like the time I cycled 200km on a 38C day and forgot the sunscreen. It's great apart from it's got spikes on it and they hurt like hell if you scratch your sunburn. If I get burnt I break off a couple of the leafy things and put them in the fridge.
A woman at work said I could drink it to aid digestion as her mother did.
I asked what the taste was like. Almost undrinkable was the reply.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Yes, you can also buy it in health food shops, trying to drink that in the past should have warned me.
Someone once gave DW aloe vera drink for some medical condition. I tried it and decided it must be off, so we got rid of it.
From comments here, it seems likely it was perfectly OK! :rotfl:0
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