Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

misskool

we can do a butter vs margarine to see if there is a mushroom bias?

pure butter here although I have started using utterly butterly (as it's a touch cheaper) for baking.

Doozergirl

I like my butter un-melted too. If I make my own sandwiches, I make them with butter, if I order them from a sandwich shop I don't have anything.

I have a rediscovered love for sandwiches. I only really like them made by other people though.

I know we've had this conversation but my current favourite, available locally, is prawn and crabstick mayonnaisse. I really miss the prawn and avacado ones from Philpotts. With lemon juice and black pepper and seafood sauce. I might take my self to Birmingham for a sandwich soon. Must try and meet my old manager as an excuse for a sandwich

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

we can do a butter vs margarine to see if there is a mushroom bias?

pure butter here although I have started using utterly butterly (as it's a touch cheaper) for baking.

I think where a lot of people use butter nothing or olive oil. While i would not serve others, for exame, sandwich with no butter or mayonaise or something, for me its an easy way to skip a few calories. I don't need butter on veg served steamed or similar either.

I think some of the m words taste ok now, i just prefer not to have them. ( unless doing the nigella trick for massproducing marmite sanwiches, and mixing marmite and the other m in the m tub.

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

I think where a lot of people use butter nothing or olive oil. While i would not serve others, for exame, sandwich with no butter or mayonaise or something, for me its an easy way to skip a few calories. I don't need butter on veg served steamed or similar either.

I think some of the m words taste ok now, i just prefer not to have them. ( unless doing the nigella trick for massproducing marmite sanwiches, and mixing marmite and the other m in the m tub.

Generally speaking I don't put butter/marg on anything except for bread. I do really like carrots steamed for a couple of minutes then fried in butter with some black pepper, but I can rarely be bothered to do that as it makes two things dirty. The only thing I absolutely have to put margarine on other than toast is a baked potato.

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Viva is not that sort of girl.....but i think sh ehas to deal with the people who are.

The tiles, well...orange pop says it best here

http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/stone-tiling-forum/59944-split-face-marble-tiles-bathrooms.html

I don't know how to link to a post in this thread, but i have been looking at alternatives....Post number one six oh three.

I have no idea why i typed it like that 1603.

Aww. Someone said something to me about not being sure, but yes, I understand now I've seen them. All we can think is to apply a waterproof backboard to give the actual wall the waterproofing and put the tiles on a wall well away from water.

I have family who have rough textured coloured granites in their shower and whilst it was beautiful initially and had a real natural, luxury feel to it, they white ones have kind of changed colour now and it looks a bit, erm, alive.

I do adore those tiles, very special - somewhere else? Either a feature wall away from water in the room, which you could hoover/brush - being adult you're unlikely to spill water over the wrong side of a room? Maybe you could risk it on the bath wall if the bath is standing away from the wall, but I don't think anyone would like to guarantee it. It's hard as a professional to recommend something. As someone who knows what they want, you have the option to take the risk like I like wallpaper in my bathrooms too - I can always change it, but even I don't think it's worth it on a wet wall!

misskool

youch. just looked at train tickets to brum £62.50 for a weekend away to see some wedding dresses.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Generally speaking I don't put butter/marg on anything except for bread. I do really like carrots steamed for a couple of minutes then fried in butter with some black pepper, but I can rarely be bothered to do that as it makes two things dirty. The only thing I absolutely have to put margarine on other than toast is a baked potato.

I put yoghurt in a backed potato. Low fat white yogurt. So etimes chives too. Its tasty, but not luxurious like butter.

Doozergirl

misskool wrote: »

youch. just looked at train tickets to brum £62.50 for a weekend away to see some wedding dresses.

When? You can do waaaay better than that!

Is it the wedding fair at the NEC? Don't they have London ones? I wouldn't travel for it, everything saw was super expensive and I'd seen it all in the 100s of magazines I'd already bought. Looked at all the expensive ones and bought a no name one in the first random shop I went into in the sale.

misskool

Doozergirl wrote: »

When? You can do waaaay better than that!

aug 10-11 weekend. can travel late friday (might be able to take friday pm off if cheap enough) and back sunday (early is ok). basically sat dress shopping day

brighton - birmingham

Doozergirl

misskool wrote: »

aug 10-11 weekend. can travel late friday (might be able to take friday pm off if cheap enough) and back sunday (early is ok). basically sat dress shopping day

brighton - birmingham

Is that what the split ticket-orator did for you?