Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

Dh and my mobile is free to our landline. I find phones painful and the ...what is it called...loudspeaker thonk on a ohone so its a speaker not a talky into box....is better on the land line than the mobile, so i see a lot of our landline.

i do most of my work calls on a speakerphone in a meeting room because most of them consist of listening to someone's lawyer spouting total and utter nonsense for 30 minutes, before saying "sorry, i don't agree, goodbye".

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Ahh, sorry....um, St aubin limstone is the legend, bath on the right sinks and service access Centre and to the left.

The access panel is because of the type of tap. They are generally recognised as problematic because all of the gubbins live behind the wall. If you didn't want an access panel, you could use countertop taps instead.

Or if you want that pouring water vibe, then I wouldn't have stone on that very back bit - just paint even; you could much more easily hide a larger wooden panel that went from floor to hidden under the worktop.

If I were creating something like that, I'd use a worktop company. Either face the front of a bespoke MDF stand with stone, or to be more moneysaving, make it from a reclaimed table with nice legs, a proper stone worktop and a huge big up-stand like an old fashioned washstand, but for two. I'd like that. Different textures stop it looking too clinical as well.

You might end up with big baskets of fluffy towels under there to hide that sort of access panel, but if someone made me an access panel like in that picture, I'd make them do it again and write "I will not make access panels from tiles" 100 times.

chewmylegoff

Wheezy wrote: »

- get up late
- drink coffee
- big brekky while watching jubilee stuff on skynews
- loiter a bit in the garden
- take doggy for a walk
- dinner
- telly
- sleep

wheezy, if i was to create a perfect jubilee day that would be it (except i'd pay someone else to do the dog walking, and watch something else whilst eating breakfast).

on second inspection i might fit some lunch in there as well.

lostinrates

Wheezy wrote: »

- get up late
- drink coffee
- big brekky while watching jubilee stuff on skynews
- loiter a bit in the garden
- take doggy for a walk
- dinner
- telly
- sleep

Ours will be otherway round, afternnon naps planned . My mother is coming for two days :eek: so we plan to try and get her helping with the weeding. Weeding, weeding and more weeding.

If it doesn't rain we might do some exterior painting. Dh needs to do some more strimming.

Two curtain poles to put up.

Lots of sweeping to do (i want a road sweeping thing, so i can drive about doing this.
Logs to move.....lots lf logs to move. more to cut down too.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i do most of my work calls on a speakerphone in a meeting room because most of them consist of listening to someone's lawyer spouting total and utter nonsense for 30 minutes, before saying "sorry, i don't agree, goodbye".

speakerphone!

Thank you!

Btw, your clients should get a better class of lawyer...one that can either spout nonsense more efficiently or be convincing for the half hour.:D

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I can offer you a day of ypur second worse....our kitchen is falling off again and red ants found the breach and invaded last night. I went all mass murderer and killed them with apple cider vinigar and a menacing laugh.


We have loads of red ants here:(. They ruddy hurt when they bite.

You're possibly more environmentally friendly than I am, but when we had an ant problem, I encircled the house closely with ant powder like I was keeping out witches. It works!

That was before dog, I don't know if it's dog friendly either.

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

The access panel is because of the type of tap. They are generally recognised as problematic. If you didn't want an access panel, you could use countertop taps instead.

Or if you want that pouring water vibe, then I wouldn't have stone on that very back bit and you could much more easily hide a wooden panel that went from floor to hidden under the worktop.

If I were creating something like that, I'd use a worktop company. Either face the front of an MDF stand with stone, or make the whole thing from a reclaimed table with a proper stone worktop and a huge big upstand. I'd like that. Different textures stop it looking too clinical.

You might end up with big baskets of fluffy towels under there to hide that sort of access panel, but if someone made me an access panel like that, I'd make them do it again

Thanks doozer:D (how are you btw? And your job?)

Live the textures idea, and thankyou, going for wood for the access panel would solve my woes and i am glad its not just me who finds it gappy, in fact, i find it reassuring in particular that you do too!

I would be very happy with the wood back alternative.


I saw a great house recently where the linin fold panelled walls had those secrtet catches on to hide things like bathrooms, bat man type door ways, dh and i would love that!:D

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

You're possibly more environmentally friendly than I am, but when we had an ant problem, I encircled the house closely with ant powder like I was keeping out witches. It works!

That was before dog, I don't know if it's dog friendly either.

I use ant powder here, because we have crazy amounts of ants. I cannot find where they all live apart from...everywhere. But it was late last noght and i didn't fancy going out to the long barn to hunt for ant powder so googled and found cider vengar, which was right there on the work top, so used it, and cackled. It worked, and they have not come back:D

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

what is everyone doing for the jubilee, if anything.

my plan was to sit in the house being miserable. the mrs wants to go to hyde park to watch the jubilee concert on the big screens there.

if i could design a "worst possible day ever" it would definitely include going to hyde park to watch the jubilee concert on a big screen (second worst possible day would be being eaten alive by ants).

We are doing some London. I thought we were watching the Queen and the boats from a nice place on the Thames on Sunday, but that seems to have been replaced with the offer of a box at the O2 for Guns 'n' Roses on Friday night which is also a great offer, but they probably won't start playing until early Saturday morning! I don't think I can turn that down though. I'd still like to see the Queen. I haven't seen her yet IRL from any distance.

Maybe she'd like a space in the box for Guns 'n' Roses?

Nikkster

House martins have recently arrived where we are