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

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

He's on a 4 year skive - this is Scotland - but I take your point.

Let him browse this webpage.

He'll find loads of stuff about Edinburgh, places to go,
there may be some useful comments in the London and Edinburgh thread I started last year.

It's an utterly charming city. There's not too many that have a cliff in the city centre. The areas around the bridge streets where the shops have entrances and exits on different floors is something I've never seen anywhere else.

vivatifosi

Wow, that was one strange qualifying session resulting in one very odd grid. Should make for an interesting GP tomorrow, though I'll be at the Paras so won't get to see prob until Tuesday. Going to cycling and athletics tomorrow, lots to see and do.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Wow, that was one strange qualifying session resulting in one very odd grid. Should make for an interesting GP tomorrow, though I'll be at the Paras so won't get to see prob until Tuesday. Going to cycling and athletics tomorrow, lots to see and do.

DW and DS will be there on Monday!

silvercar wrote: »

As he is in Scotland, which I understand has a different league, he needs to find a second team to support that is scottish. Chosen for their winning ability or location or red kit.

After Celtic and Rangers nobody in Scotland or out of it really seems to know which is the number three team. The Aberdeen kit looks's a bit like Arsenal!

vivatifosi

zagubov wrote: »

DW and DS will be there on Monday!

What are they going to see? Are they excited? Hope they have a great time!

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Yes, it would be for September to May. I think that I will whittle it down, as I don't want him dying of cirrhosis of the liver or spending his entire uni career travelling to Arsenal matches. OTOH, I agree entirely with Lydia that he needs to concentrate on his studies, rather than earning money.

In all seriousness, why not consider it from the point of view of what disposable income you think the proposed allowance would give him, then work out what sort of salary that would be in rl.

I think a lot of full time workers would be very pleased to have £600 pcm after housing and bills as disposable income.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

OH is shouting in rage at the TV "this is not a sport, they're not doing anything". Then a lot of swearing and now the TV is off. The sport? Dressage! Ha ha.

Well, offer is here for you to both have a go at how nothing it is.


Fwiw, i am not inamoured of the big hope for our para olympic gold, but hey ho.

zagubov

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Use the ignore function? It helps, at least in the main board it does, although I have a personal rule that I always ignore two people at once, one lunatic from each side of the fence. So maybe you will have to put a NP on ignore when you ignore a NNP.

I've always ignored the ignore function out of ignorance about what it actually does.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

I've always ignored the ignore function out of ignorance about what it actually does.

Ypu see the ignoree has posted, but not what, and then you see responces and their posts when quoted.its a good function, but i am usually quite capable of ignoring people myself.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

In all seriousness, why not consider it from the point of view of what disposable income you think the proposed allowance would give him, then work out what sort of salary that would be in rl.

I think a lot of full time workers would be very pleased to have £600 pcm after housing and bills as disposable income.

I agree. He needs to pay for food, books, clothes and travel between uni and home. That could easily come to £600 in the first month or two, but not long-term.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh, and first time lit the wood burner for the season. Early for me, innit? I am freezing. I allways run quite cold, but the new drugs make my hands and feet like blocks of ice, plus i have a cold so need to get it out of me. So reroped the woodburner this mornig and are giving it the required fire for this glue while warming the sitting room.

Its been amazing to watch the chimney and flue go up in the cheese room, its beautiful, really gorgeous, The bricks are beautiful reclaim ones, but we are limewashing them, and hoping the paint will blow a little, as it has done before, so that amazing shadows are made on the pale lime wash by the bricks.

No body really knows whether the fire will draw or not. We need to source a huge piece of slate for the hearth now.

Fire places are so special but I think just not appropriate for most properties - as I have said I think buildings should be of a piece, not old cottages with high gloss kitchens or new builds with exposed bricks and beams and fireplaces in one room.

We would have had the heating on if the builders had put it back together after they moved one radiator to do the kitchen. They builders were wonderful when we were their only job but pants now they have taken on 4 jobs and can only really handle 2 at a time.

misskool wrote: »

we froze whole cobs last year (the problem of growing corn!) but they got a bit mushy. although it was quite novel having corn on the cob in january.


now, to go to allotment and garden or write a revised proposal before monday am?

Even the instant freeze birdseye corn is mushy so I suspecty they can not be sucessfully frozen.

lostinrates wrote: »

In all seriousness, why not consider it from the point of view of what disposable income you think the proposed allowance would give him, then work out what sort of salary that would be in rl.

I think a lot of full time workers would be very pleased to have £600 pcm after housing and bills as disposable income.

Have to say I agree with LIR, that seems like an awful lot of money for someone to have to spend each month having not worked for it. Plus I think it does everyone good to live on a little at some stage in their life so they can understand how to value things and how other people have to live all the time - I am sure it would have done our politicians a lot of good.

If you are worried about how he will budget perhaps you could purchase books etc directly and reduce the allowance correspondingly.