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

CKhalvashi

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, parent. Will only use a shower, so they are relieved! And it will make life easier, even though i prefer a bath a shower has been missed.

I'm the same (as in preferring a bath), but couldn't live without the shower.

It's great to get home and literally be able to chuck the girls in the shower (one at a time and not literally, of course) if it's approaching 20h30 respectively and they haven't had one.

I've literally just got home tonight to relieve a friend of the childcare duties, and it's nice to report that they were both asleep, before 8 for 'Aunty Elena' (a shop worker in the town). If only they did this for me!

We've just started the first day of our kids' summer project, so I've gained 2 children until the end of August; one Ukrainian and one Georgian. Mum's come on board this year (as our registered doctor, for 2 days of the 4 we're operating each week) and I'm pleased to say that we have our special guest; Eurovision 1991 winner, Carola Haggkvist who's flown in from Sweden as one of our mentors! (That photo was last year)

If only she'll take a full-time job with us, she's truly amazing! She's got Valeriya Engalacheva and Anastasia Petryk (Russia and Ukraine respectively in Junior Eurovision this year)

I will be about, but not in bulk for the next month and a bit!

CK

CKhalvashi

lostinrates wrote: »

The cellar filled with water so rather than solve the problem in a more sympathetic way the very, very old cellar was filled with concrete,:mad::mad:

Ouch! We've got a cellar that fills with water, and I'm getting it sorted professionally when I've got £20k spare as I don't want to damage the house, especially as we're thinking of putting it back on the market.

...There is a crack in the georgian front

So, I'm to blame, am I? :eek:

The dogs are being amazingly good. Because inhad to go put for a chunk of day they were quite clingy this evening, its not their make up to stay alone at home and let people 'attack' the house.:D

Well, at least you've got a free security alarm here. My cat disappears as soon as she sees a Stort Builders van drive up the road now

LydiaJ

lemonjelly wrote: »

Allegedly the 100 greatest novels of all time:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction

I've read 14. What's missing, & what is your score?

16 - that's 8 by choice and 8 at school under compulsion.

PasturesNew

A bath is useful for many things, not just having a bath - and it's for those reasons that I miss having one. So many small homes these days only have a shower.... I'd use a bath to:
- clean up a big beach-combing haul
- sit on the edge of the bath to wash my feet after being on a beach
- putting big things in soak for random reasons
- washing unusually large items
- using an over-the-bath airer to dry clothes, and drying things that've been hand-washed

But it is nice to have a bath sometimes.

I also find it almost impossible to keep my balance and shave my legs in a shower.

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

A bath is useful for many things, not just having a bath .

We keep orchids in ours during the warmer, sunnier(?) months when windowsills become les hospitable. :cool:

I've read just 8 of the fiction books on the list, all voluntarily though.:o

£20k has just dropped through the door for the sale of our old garden, so that's done & dusted.

Also in the same post, a quote for insurance on this place, which seems to be up about £100, despite no claims in three years. :mad: Ordinary insurers won't usually cover smallholdings, so there's a choice of just a few.

PasturesNew

It's ..... raining.

I could/should sort out a CV... thing is, that's on my PC, which is in storage.... and it's in Word. I've got a copy online somewhere ... and probably in my sent email.

Annoying really. A developer should create an online CV you can fill in, then mix/match by ticking boxes to produce an instant PDF.... so you can have as many variations as you want

silvercar

Davesnave wrote: »

We keep orchids in ours during the warmer, sunnier(?) months when windowsills become les hospitable. :cool:

I've read just 8 of the fiction books on the list, all voluntarily though.:o

£20k has just dropped through the door for the sale of our old garden, so that's done & dusted.

Also in the same post, a quote for insurance on this place, which seems to be up about £100, despite no claims in three years. :mad: Ordinary insurers won't usually cover smallholdings, so there's a choice of just a few.

My orchids do even better in the sun.

Well done on the garden sale.

Phone insurer and ask if that is the best price before you look elsewhere; bet they drop it.

misskool

Davesnave wrote: »

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£20k has just dropped through the door for the sale of our old garden, so that's done & dusted.

could you send some of that cash through? Just had to spend £200 on the car. That car has had more treatments than me this year :rotfl:

Wheezy_2

silvercar wrote: »

My orchids do even better in the sun.

Same with ours.
Having read somewhere orchids need shelter from direct sunlight, we did so for a while and orchids were hardly blooming and if they were, it was a stalk with two or three flowers.
Now we leave them in full sunlight and they are doing so much better.

lostinrates

I am hopeless with orchids.