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

mystic_trev

silvercar wrote: »

Programme on Ch 4 now about 50 Shades of Grey.

Susan Boyle's new book

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

I have my first kindle book on macputer. I'll see if this doubter can be won over......

the beauty of the kindle is e-ink. the kindle app is nice but the strain on the eyes from a backlit screen is why I could never read on the pc

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

She is 71 and has some ailments that she has neglected in the last year. On the outside she is fit, active and drives a 4x4 too fast. Inside she has a leaky heart valve that she really should sort out. Mentally she is in pieces at the moment, but that it is to be expected when she has lost her husband of 49+ years.

My remaining old's very late 80s. They'd walk across town and back daily until she was about 80.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Programme on Ch 4 now about 50 Shades of Grey.

I flicked over - and it says it's about BDSM and writes it quite badly.

Ever read The Story of O? That's of a similar nature, written 60 years ago. It's online/free too, just google it and there's loads of download sites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

My remaining old's very late 80s. They'd walk across town and back daily until she was about 80.

How old was your Dad? Mine was 71.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

How old was your Dad? Mine was 71.

78, would have been 80 this year.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

Hmm, i made a dodgy move in the car (thought the car i was overtaking had parked, after sitting behind it for a while wondering...it was one of those could be either situations, and no view to the front to see if it were occupied) and got called a t055er so i guess they thought i was no nice person.:D

oh dear poor you...I got called the c word today and wasn't my fault at all....just driving along nice and safely hunting for a parking space (that wasn't there).
The farmers market got moved due to the olympics (yes, it is impacting my day to day now:() but in a location that is only residents parking permit.

lostinrates wrote: »

My parents, nor dh's, rewarded us for acheivments...a sort of acheivemnt is its own reward type attitude. (though he got a stereo for his bar mitzvah from his grandad, and neither set of parents were mean).

I dunno what we woulD have done if we had kids. I cannot see we would not have encouraged hard work though. I fear i might have been aarent with high expectations and a quite mean mother though if the kid were not driven in its own right. Which is a bit of a terrible admission.

I know what you mean but it's unlikely you would be a mean mother (as you put it) cos you adapt the to the child as and when.
sadly, I was brought up with the phrases such as ' coming 2nd doesn't count'' and other choice ones like 'No such word as can't' etc. Now I wonder wy I am neurotic.

Neurotic poeple are slim Micheals cos we tremble inside and it burns calories I think.

silvercar wrote: »

But what do you do when you reward the worker for trying hard and then the lazy one scores high results? Do you reward the result?

Hi SC, read your posts above and hope things aren't too heavy for you...I never know what to say. PN said it all better.

We had/have a similar thing. One is bright but sometimes didn't push as they can rely on the 'brightness' and the other is very hard-working, plugs away at stuff to get the same result. We've always called them tortoise and hare (like the fable) and hope they both end up at the same place eventually. It is looking that way at the mo.

I don't ever say there is no such word as 'can't' to them though ..............but son is currently job hunting (to fill in 18 months before the TC starts) and he said it to me the other day ....got to come 1st for a job interview as coming second means no job...so same as coming last. I hope he didn't get that from us.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

Picked up the keys tonight for my home for the next month or so .... moving in tomorrow.

Good luck. She'll love you after a couple of days

silvercar wrote: »

Programme on Ch 4 now about 50 Shades of Grey.

DD read this on holiday having no idea what it was about. I just picked it up from Waterstones to make up the deal and it was on promo so figured it must be good.
She just started it whilst we were away thinking it was a mystery novel.

She told me it was raunchy but I had no idea it was !!!!!!. Is it like Anais Nin's stuff?

Sadly, I can't read the copy we had as it disintegrated along with the Simon Cowell bio ~(no, not mine, OH read that one )
Pages just fell out. They must have skipmed on the glue solution.

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

Good luck. She'll love you after a couple of days

No, this is the first move ... it's a geezer.... moving again in a month to be close to where you/I sat on the beach.

zagubov

fc123 wrote: »

oh dear poor you...I got called the c word today and wasn't my fault at all....just driving along nice and safely hunting for a parking space (that wasn't there).
The farmers market got moved due to the olympics (yes, it is impacting my day to day now:() but in a location that is only residents parking permit.



I know what you mean but it's unlikely you would be a mean mother (as you put it) cos you adapt the to the child as and when.
sadly, I was brought up with the phrases such as ' coming 2nd doesn't count'' and other choice ones like 'No such word as can't' etc. Now I wonder wy I am neurotic.

Neurotic poeple are slim Micheals cos we tremble inside and it burns calories I think.



Hi SC, read your posts above and hope things aren't too heavy for you...I never know what to say. PN said it all better.

We had/have a similar thing. One is bright but sometimes didn't push as they can rely on the 'brightness' and the other is very hard-working, plugs away at stuff to get the same result. We've always called them tortoise and hare (like the fable) and hope they both end up at the same place eventually. It is looking that way at the mo.

I don't ever say there is no such word as 'can't' to them though ..............but son is currently job hunting (to fill in 18 months before the TC starts) and he said it to me the other day ....got to come 1st for a job interview as coming second means no job...so same as coming last. I hope he didn't get that from us.

I graduated years ago with a good degree but at a time of high unemployment. Had six interviews before I got a post (but had sent over 100 application letters).

Started voluntary work which lead to a permanent job. I had no idea that this was an unusual period in the economy.


Got to figure out what DS can do for a living. His talents are not yet materialising (has some maths proficiency though), and we're all aware of his challenges.

Any and all ideas welcome.:)