Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

PasturesNew

Jamie Oliver is annoying me, again, this morning. He's just done a recipe for rhubarb and rice pudding. Now, I like both those ingredients, so was looking forward to watching it.

Then he promoted it as food for camping..... and used Pimms (yeah, like everybody has a bottle of that) which then catches light with big flames when you add it to the pan (scarey) ... and clotted cream (not many people have a fridge when camping) and he only used 1-2 spoons of that, so you'd need to make something else to use up the rest of the tub.

But, I did take/amend from this: Use a tin of creamed rice (as I have one of those and I have never had pudding rice) and some rhubarb (I have that in the garden).... cook them and add them together. That'll use up one can I have lurking then.

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

That's so sweet. Although he may show a typical teenage lack of awareness of parental concern, if in hindsight all you have to worry about is his sitting on a garden wall that is fantastic news.

I know I don't know James, but everything I've read about him makes him sound absolutely lovely.

He is a sweetie....his female friends call him their agony aunt or liken him to a gay best friend who they can talk to about anything in regards to female problems (he is hetrosexual but is sensitive to female needs). They like that about him, that they are able to talk to him without him doing the normal teenage boy thing of "Eurgh! Don't want to know about your periods or boy troubles!"

I think it is probably because his father has not had a lot to do with his formative years, ex hubby would snort and ridicule him for what he does as he would have the view he is not being a proper man and should only be trying to get into their knickers instead of talking to them :rotfl:

Not that James is a mummy's boy, he is most def his own person and incredibly independent just like I was at his age.

SingleSue

I can't wear sun cream, I am allergic to something in it. We did try one of the special ones which are not supposed to contain the typical allergen in it last year but alas, I still reacted to it and spent the first few days of our holiday completely miserable, itchy, blotchy and swollen...plus youngest reacted to it as well which is very unusual as he is ok with normal sun cream.

So, I try to avoid sitting out in the sun, I prefer to sit in the shade or indoors anyway as direct sunlight gives me terrible migraines (even if I wear a hat).

Since the divorce, the boys have had to put sun cream on each other, you can imagine the fun and games that follows from that, we generally end up with more suncream on the surrounding area than on their bodies!

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I'm in, although this may not work too well as they won't let any visitors into my work building whatsoever.

That sounds interesting! I could sit in the car park with some sandwiches all week then.

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

Since the divorce, the boys have had to put sun cream on each other, you can imagine the fun and games that follows from that, we generally end up with more suncream on the surrounding area than on their bodies!

As a single person I've never really bothered with it - because half of my body mass I simply can't reach.... so you kind of think "meh".

There are some sprays you can get... although they're hit and miss if you're aiming them right .... and then you still can't reach (and look dignified, or not pull a muscle) to rub them in.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

How come I was never offered this freebie?
*stomps off*
Is it cuz I is awld?

Because you are not jewish and i don't think i could convince him into a cougar.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Do you think that those ghastly "ladies" running that finishing school would have the ladettes there if the school was a great success?

Haha. Maybe, if they had better manners themselves. I saw one of them ( think the person i know might have advised, and is also a rude battle axe). The instructors were pretty convincing an argument that ettiquette and manners can be very distinct!

vivatifosi

I didn't go to a finishing school - well you can imagine - I lived on a council estate. However my mother believed deportment was very important and taught me to walk around with a book on my head. I have oftentimes thought of using this skill in the library, but thought it may attract odd looks.

As anachronistic as it sounds now, I was also told that if as a young woman I should choose to smoke, then it was terribly impolite to walk along the street with a cigarette and that the done thing was to sit in a cafe where an ashtray would be on hand.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

As anachronistic as it sounds now, I was also told that if as a young woman I should choose to smoke, then it was terribly impolite to walk along the street with a cigarette and that the done thing was to sit in a cafe where an ashtray would be on hand.

Sitting in cafes having a smoke is what rich people'd do. Cigarette 30p. Coffee £1 in a rough cafe with undesirables. Better to walk down the street and have people think badly of you ... while your £1 coins jiggle in your pocket (probably another source for tittle tattle).



It's like those arguments about eating in the street, or a restaurant. Eating in the street = £1-2 tops. Eating sitting down = £4-7. Easy choice! Eating in restaurants, just because "you do", is for rich people.

SingleSue

As a child, me and a friend used to pretend we were models and would train ourselves to walk around with books on our heads....not sure if it did any good though!