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

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

If yoirs is have as nice as either of lydias you have been very lucky. Incidentally, i have met five np children and was impressed by them all. Np might make great parents as rule? Thinking parents? Any way, dh and i agreed we think they are all wonderful. We generally like kids, but we like these ones especially.

I was also interested about the holiday thing. We are hoping to go on a supermarket trio to france when i have my passport, just for the day, but my newly single friend and her son are thinking of joining us, mainly she wants him to hear people speaking other languages in normal situations. and also, she wants a day in a new environment with adult. Its not quite a holiday, though we will do something fun while there.

Dh has met six NP children, the sixth being an adult, and he impressed dh mightily. Dh raves about lydias kids too, her son in particular impresses dh. I have been thinking about lydias daughter recently, and noted there was a circus 'school' in a town near lydia. I am not sure if they are just adults, or what format, but have mean meaning to mention it for some time. Its very active, but fun, and capitalises on what seems to be an innate skill.......just an idea.

I would love to add to that number but alas, distance to travel with my ageing car and children (well one child in particular), who do not do well in new surroundings and with new people, would not make it a stress free adventure.

Re Uni allowance...mine will be getting zero and will be expected to get a part time job to cover extras. I don't have the money to give them an allowance of any sort.

Mind you, it may turn out that it is only James who would be at a uni away from here as middle son will either need to attend a local one or find one which can do supported living and goodness knows what will happen with youngest...he barely copes with high school so how he would cope at uni with the bigger number of students and a bigger campus is anyones guess.

Would be a shame if they had to miss out as they are both very bright, with youngest being the brightest of all of them but has to have the right setting before he demonstates and opens up enough to show exactly what he can do.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Quite want: actifry. Deep fat fryer (to use once a year for doughnuts, and that would be it)

You can bake doughnuts.... not quite the same, but maybe nicer for some people and more achievable without the guilt factor and hassle of deep frying.

lostinrates wrote: »

Front loader Tractor' probably a massey ferg. 370? With various attachments.

Every kitchen should have one....

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Mrs Generali threw my ice cream maker at me. I survived the event but the ice cream maker didn't.

Omg, not a gaggia one, unless she is a shot putter or hammer thrower? They are huge and heavy!

I like an appliance that requires vodka to work. I have an immeadiate sense of empathy with it.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can bake doughnuts.... not quite the same, but maybe nicer for some people and more achievable without the guilt factor and hassle of deep frying.


Every kitchen should have one....

I have never been aware of baked doughnuts! Do you have a recipe in your immense index? If not i shall google. Of you can bake them, maybe one could actifry them?... Hmmm.....

Re tractor.....i am needed it more and more. The front loader would be employed every week with out doubt. (save me hours on the pathetic job i am doing with muck heap, and start tackling the bits of that i cannot reach! ). A topper i could have used weekly here this year

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I am not sure i agree about timings. You can put it on a socket with a timer you see.

Not with my absolute fear of fire, things catching fire, electrical faults ..... I'd not dare. Also, you can't predict when you'll get home from work .... so a slow cooker even being on when I wasn't there to turn it off would give me the jitters.

lostinrates wrote: »

Some have an automated start time, and i have left mine and its revolting sloppy contents on all day, and they certaonly have not got worse.

I think for non cooks who like real food they mit be ideal, just.....i actually like to cook and the thing of browning and moving etc leaves a lot of flavour out of the dish.

I think, maybe, the only way forward for crockpots, as I've said before, is to identify just 1-3 dessert dishes (or soups) that it does well ... and leave it at that.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Omg, not a gaggia one, unless she is a shot putter or hammer thrower? They are huge and heavy!

I like an appliance that requires vodka to work. I have an immeadiate sense of empathy with it.

No it was an Aldi cheapie; one of the ones where you put the bowl in the freezer. My suit wasn't happy about it either.

PasturesNew

Sun is pretending it's out .... and planes are about to fly around .... so off to see if I can stand another 10 minutes of looking at planes at the end of the road

lostinrates

http://www.healthiersteps.com/VeganCooking/tabid/70/entryid/77/Baked-Doughnuts.aspx

How incredible!

Spirit_2

Generali wrote: »

Mrs Generali threw my ice cream maker at me. I survived the event but the ice cream maker didn't.

O wow. You have to tell us what you did to deserve that.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

O wow. You have to tell us what you did to deserve that.

Or we could guess?


He washed her passport?:D