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

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Again, with LIR's potential acquisitions, I think the rule of "if you're buying these, you'll have domestic staff doing your cleaning" applies.

Dh and i now have residential parent. We sometimes think of parent as teen, other times, butler. Parent is obcessed with dishes. We now have a dishwasher because parents would not slum it like us. I haven't actually touched it yet. Bit scared too, parent has sort of staked it as parent's territory. Fine by me!

lostinrates

Pn this is the loo i wanted.

Very sane, don.t you think?

http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/RAK-Empire-Back-To-Wall-Pan-with-Toilet-Seat.aspx

Lets get this clear, i did not love this loo, but it looked a happy compromise between easyj to clean and a nod to the traditional opf the house. I would be happy with a flower loo if it were the right one! ( but not a mouth one).

But, it now cannot be a back to the wall one, but rather needs to be a close coupled one with a cistern . (more fiddly bits to clean). There are a few VERY nice uber modern close coupled loos that i would have in another house but not this one. I have found one sort of traditional looking loo that would do and we might get, but i can't say it makes my heart (or bottom) flutter.

So, close coupled, easy to clean (no weird folds or indents on the outside of the pan, )and either traditional looking or......a flower type. The british bathrooms website has a loo that is sort of round on ints scrolling front page, but it doesn't let me click on it. It would not fit, and would be too expensive, but i resent that ip cannot have a look at it.

Masomnia

You know when something happens and you think 'Bloody hell, life is short, I'm going to make more of an effort to be a NP from now on.'

Had one of those moments today, I went to primary school with Nicola Hughes, one of the PCs who was killed in Manchester today So shocked, feel a bit sick tbh.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

In fact, NP activity: Go here, see the lists on the right of 29 items and count up how many you get from the U column.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English

My count: 16 Us.

I ain't 'arf posh you know

I think a lot has changed...my peers use words that make our mothers puce. Sometimes for the fun of it and sometimes because our teachers were the first generation that did.

I sometimes refer to the olds as mum and dad on here. Both would clobber me in real life if they heard that. The general rule of thumb is to say it how it is, not a euphamism or a 'french' ism, or a middle class nicety. The overideing rule nowadays is imo, to not sweat it either way. Most people now realise peoe are people words are worss, its the person and the meaning that count.

Still wouldn't let a kid of mine say toilet. (which i used to say purely to make my 'mum' purse her lips:D)

lostinrates

Masomnia wrote: »

You know when something happens and you think 'Bloody hell, life is short, I'm going to make more of an effort to be a NP from now on.'

Had one of those moments today, I went to primary school with Nicola Hughes, one of the PCs who was killed in Manchester today So shocked, feel a bit sick tbh.

Oh dear. What a shock. Are you ok?

I hope you don't mean waste more of your life on this thread dwar thing, though we are glad to see you of course.

I think you should call that girl and get her to make you a hot cup of sweet tea to pay you back for the lift to ikea......you can talk this time.

michaels

LIR could you get a toilet with a high level cistern - they tend to be short projection and the tank is out of the way. May be something reclaimed?

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

LIR could you get a toilet with a high level cistern - they tend to be short projection and the tank is out of the way. May be something reclaimed?

Sigh, no, that was my first want, i found two lovely reclaimed white loo pans. Really pretty, i have a pic i will upload soon. But no, high level cistern not possible.

There is a difficulty with access for pipes in this location, so only a close coupled loo will really work without significan boxing in and clunky ness. The most importna t thing is that the thing be easy to clean.


Edit..the reclaim pans...

Like left most but would have had either happily, or both!

Nikkster

Looks like you have a bit of a collection there LIR!

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Looks like you have a bit of a collection there LIR!

Lol, that was in a reclamation yard.

The ideal thing i have found is to snap as we go, making photograph long list to short list at home.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

U/Non-U pointed this out as a mark of class.
Lavatory: Good, used by people of the upper class. U.
Toilet: Bad, used by peasants. Non-U.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English

It took me a moment or there to work out that this wasn't referring to 'U' bends!!