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

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Yep - How to tell you are grown up, from here.

If you count my wife and myself as one, we score 48. We don't listen to Radio 2, and who has time or inclination for 'best towels'? We also have 'best china', but never use it, so maybe we should score 47?

If it were just me, I'd fall down on things like lack of parents to 'phone - so on that count I've probably gone through grown up and out the other side.

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i need some fashion advice. some idiot organised something which forces me to go to ascot, thankfully not royal ascot, but nevertheless we are going to be in the premier admission bit which demands that you turn up in a jacket and tie. i'm pretty sure just turning up in the suit i go to work in isn't going to be 'acceptable'. i bought a tweed jacket the other day, on impulse, but i can't work out what it goes with. it doesn't look right with a white shirt, or jeans, so what the hell are you supposed to combine it with? and can you wear a tie with a tweed jacket without looking like a massive tool.

Is there a link to the jacket?

With a Dickie bow? And shorts. Bang on trend. No word of a lie.

Doozergirl

michaels wrote: »

Yep - How to tell you are grown up, from here.

Ok, I got 21. I often try to be more grown up, but I mostly fail at a lot of the things on that list so I didn't count them.

I have so much to do but my brain has gone numb. I really just want to sleep

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i need some fashion advice. some idiot organised something which forces me to go to ascot, thankfully not royal ascot, but nevertheless we are going to be in the premier admission bit which demands that you turn up in a jacket and tie. i'm pretty sure just turning up in the suit i go to work in isn't going to be 'acceptable'. i bought a tweed jacket the other day, on impulse, but i can't work out what it goes with. it doesn't look right with a white shirt, or jeans, so what the hell are you supposed to combine it with? and can you wear a tie with a tweed jacket without looking like a massive tool.

No dress code for men bar no going topless i believe, so tweed is ok. I would wear it with a colured shirt...or a check one. What colour is the tweed, what trousers and foot wer do you plan on wearing?

GDB2222

I need decorating advice on the downstairs loo. It's quite long and narrow, with a white tile floor, and white loo and basin. It has a small window, so not very light. At the moment, I am thinking of painting it brilliant white, so perhaps somebody should stop me now.

I've already bought a white wooden slatted venetian blind to go over the end wall where the window is. That's mainly to hide the wire to the burglar alarm, so it would only be lowered a small amount.

Any suggestions, please?

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

Is there a link to the jacket?

With a Dickie bow? And shorts. Bang on trend. No word of a lie.

http://jaeger.co.uk/index.cfm?page=1013&productid=240018C&productvarid=240018C-07500-38R&refpage=Mens_Jackets&pagesize=12&productpage=4&viewall=false

yeah, bow tie, shorts, and thick rimmed black glasses with no glass in them --- not quite the look i'm going for.

Doozergirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

I need decorating advice on the downstairs loo. It's quite long and narrow, with a white tile floor, and white loo and basin. It has a small window, so not very light. At the moment, I am thinking of painting it brilliant white, so perhaps somebody should stop me now.

I've already bought a white wooden slatted venetian blind to go over the end wall where the window is. That's mainly to hide the wire to the burglar alarm, so it would only be lowered a small amount.

Any suggestions, please?

I think the downstairs loo is where you can be a bit cheeky.

Failing cheeky, something that compliments the room it leads off.

Not keen on brilliant white, it's a downstairs loo, you're not trying to create a feeling of light and space. You'll end up with splash marks of whatever up the walls.

purch

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i bought a tweed jacket the other day

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i need some fashion advice

Clearly :eek:

chewmylegoff wrote: »

can you wear a tie with a tweed jacket without looking like a massive tool

The tie will make no difference to looking like a massive tool

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

No dress code for men bar no going topless i believe, so tweed is ok. I would wear it with a colured shirt...or a check one. What colour is the tweed, what trousers and foot wer do you plan on wearing?

the dress code is jacket and tie apparently, it changed this year.

i have no idea on the trousers. it doesn't look good with either dark or faded jeans, and i'm not going out in red flannel trousers which seem to be all the rage at the moment!

footwear...dark brown brogues, or black chelsea boots i expect, because that's all i own.

purch

GDB2222 wrote: »

Any suggestions, please?

Any colour, other than white.

Yellow, Sky Blue, Pink.............just NOT WHITE :eek: