Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Re sun protection, i wore factor fifty all the last week, as i always try to remember too, and look very pale still. I also wore the same plimsolls all week, and only when they come off do i remember what pale really is. My toes are as white as can be!

If you want to see white, you need to see my legs. I don't know the last time they saw the sun, but I think the Spice Girls were still together. My feet are slightly browner, mostly as a result of flopping out of the bottom of my trousers wearing sandals.

I never used to use an artificial bronzer as I was always worried I'd leave a stain mark that would look like a mole and then freak out (mel can also look like small black tatoos too, not that I have any of those). I'm more laid back these days mind. I'll use a light bronzer for temporary effect, but not a fake tan as I hate the smell.

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

Maybe we also have more curls than is average in uk?

Us two do, wonder if any other NP are curly?

silvercar wrote: »

I'm going unbelievably brown, a combination of forced recuperation meaning lying on the hammock on the patio and a side effect of my medication.

PM me some of that medication. Are there any other side effects?

vivatifosi wrote: »

If you want to see white, you need to see my legs.

We'd all love to believe you viva but you will have to post a picture just for conformation, you understand

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

Us two do, wonder if any other NP are curly?






PM me some of that medication. Are there any other side effects?





We'd all love to believe you viva but you will have to post a picture just for conformation, you understand

Michaels babies count, surely

vivatifosi

sss555s wrote: »

We'd all love to believe you viva but you will have to post a picture just for conformation, you understand

Just for you all the sss's...

http://www.cepolina.com/photo/art/sculpture/stone_sculpture/2/sculpture_white_legs_green.jpg

In answer to hair question, I am more wavy than curly haired. I can either dry it without much brushing and it will be curly, or brush it straight while drying. As I don't really want to look like Bonnie Tyler I tend to do the latter.

Joe_Bloggs

To lower the tone how high can short shorts get in this hot weather ? There must be a limit.
J_B.

silvercar

Us two do, wonder if any other NP are curly?

No my hair is nearly straight.

sss555s

Awesome pic viva. White is the new Black, which was the new Silver :beer:

Mine only really goes curly when it's long, my hair I mean

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

Awesome pic viva. White is the new Black, which was the new Silver :beer:

Mine only really goes curly when it's long, my hair I mean

Speaking of long, i brushed some cnditioner through my hair today and found one super long hair, that went almost to my knees. Just the one, twice as long as all the rest. It was sad to have to snip it really it must have been with me for some time, when lots of the rest fell out (i lose hair when my head swells, and because of the thyroid business).

chewmylegoff

misskool wrote: »

scientist - yep
'shrooms - yep
Herts - nope
Catholic/Jew - not married to one but lapsed of one and not the other

I'm really scared of using machines wrong in the gym, I think I need to work out the sequence of using them

Scientist = I have a science degree but I don't think that quite counts!
Mushrooms = yummy
North of the river = never ever ever
Religion = anti everything

What's scary about the machines? Most of them are easy to use, the hardest thing is getting the bike seat at the right height! When I started I just did 10 minutes on each at easy resistance for a week or so just to start getting used to it. After that I realised I wanted nothing to do with the rowing machine or the treadmill so just started building up different routines on the others, always trying to beat my last time/distance/calories burned/whatever.

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

These ones are in London. Any good?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Motorbike-Drive-Driving-Arm-Stretch-Sleeves-Gloves-Sun-Protection-UV-/261033472496?pt=UK_Gloves&hash=item3cc6ceb1f0

They are also sold as a hijab accessory, so a Muslim clothier could also be an option:
http://www.hijabstoreonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=72

Sorry not to be able to help more. I wear a lot of long sleeve tops because of my skin but tend to buy ones that are made out of the lightest cotton when I'm in Florida.

Perfect - the ones from the first link got the ok. I should have thought to try to filter on ones in the UK

I did see that they were sold in Muslim outlets - shame my mum didn't decide that she wanted these before I stopped working next to possibly the biggest mosque in London!

Also had a classic comment - mum asked whether I was going to pay by 'pen pal' so I said that I didn't think that they took pen pals as payment, but I would pay by Pay Pal. To which she replied 'I don't know, I don't do these things do I?'. I seem to be hearing that quite a lot... my brother is looking to buy a house, and when I suggested that he might need to consider one that needs a bit of 'updating' in order to get something closer to budget/ in better location I was firmly told 'we dont DO things like that in this family'. As far as I remember we were brought up to believe we could do anything we put our minds to... and its a good job one of us has learnt to use new fangled things like paypal - I'm pretty confident that no-one round here sells flipping arm protectors as I've asked them all! (Rant over)