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

lostinrates

I loved watching the kids enjoy tatty hammock. .

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I loved watching the kids enjoy tatty hammock. .

I wanted to spend a lot of time on the hammock, but there were too many adults around to be able to effectively scare all the kids away from it all day

It was actually the first time I'd seen a hammock in real life. Always fancied one.... it's on my list to get one of those self-supporting ones with a frame when I get a little house.

The cheapies at Argos are half price at the moment... http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6510240/Trail/searchtext%3EHAMMOCK.htm - of course it'd be nice to have one like this, but better.... but any hammock'd be better than holding out for a pricier one just because the pricier one was made with different material.

silvercar

We have a hammock on metal frame. In a material that matches the patio furniture parasol, don't know if that counts as tacky, but it has been well used.

It qualifies as a useful bit of kit to have. Youngest users were cousins kids as babies. Their weight meant that they sunk into the hammock and weren't strong enough to pull themselves out, so could have naps in it safely. Now as young kids they clamber on to it and think it great fun to swing and rock. Teenagers seem to delight in eating takeaways off it (and other things no doubt). I just laze on it with a book.

PasturesNew

There are quite a few bits of garden furniture I want:
1] hammock
2] a comfy recliner chair, that is long enough for legs to go up as well
3] a completely flat lounger, to be used for sunbathing and lying on your stomach (which you can't do with the previous two items).

Total cost of that lot will probably come in at about £70, so I'd expect to accumulate them over 2-3 years of home ownership

zagubov

dinofabio wrote: »

I quite like the Canadian accent -well the ones I've heard anyway.

Yep, it's like a pleasant version of the American accent (well to me anyway).
Always like canada but that's based on only visiting one city (Toronto) famously described as Manhattan run by the Swiss. That was originally meant as an insult but I feel it's more like a comliment.

America, Canada, Australia all seem like natural places where second home ownership makes sense. In America, there's hardly any annual holiday allowance (two weeks per year I think) but there's loads of bank holiday Mondays to allow people to escape to the coutnry for a long weekend.

Plus in all these countries you can't easily travel abroad as it's just too far to travel easily.

MiddyMum

I would love to go travelling, but it probably wont happen for me now unless I do working " travels " i.e work as a midwife in different countries. But I am concerned how this would affect my daughters education, so I may have missed that boat now that I am a parent. Definately should travel before having kids! I'll just have to settle for lots of holidays instead...

MiddyMum

zagubov wrote: »

Yep, it's like a pleasant version of the American accent (well to me anyway).
Always like canada but that's based on only visiting one city (Toronto) famously described as Manhattan run by the Swiss. That was originally meant as an insult but I feel it's more like a comliment.

America, Canada, Australia all seem like natural places where second home ownership makes sense. In America, there's hardly any annual holiday allowance (two weeks per year I think) but there's loads of bank holiday Mondays to allow people to escape to the coutnry for a long weekend.

Plus in all these countries you can't easily travel abroad as it's just too far to travel easily.

The americans really do work like " dogs ", I think 37.5 hours is considered part time over there. lol.

silvercar

MiddyMum wrote: »

I would love to go travelling, but it probably wont happen for me now unless I do working " travels " i.e work as a midwife in different countries. But I am concerned how this would affect my daughters education, so I may have missed that boat now that I am a parent. Definately should travel before having kids! I'll just have to settle for lots of holidays instead...

Or when they have grown up and [STRIKE]fled the nest[/STRIKE] you can leave them home alone.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Or when they have grown up and [STRIKE]fled the nest[/STRIKE] you can leave them home alone.

My parents would never have done that - not at any age..... not because I am a liability, just they wouldn't have done it. I wasn't even allowed to drive dad's £40 cars.

dinofabio

MiddyMum wrote: »

I would love to go travelling, but it probably wont happen for me now unless I do working " travels " i.e work as a midwife in different countries. But I am concerned how this would affect my daughters education, so I may have missed that boat now that I am a parent. Definately should travel before having kids! I'll just have to settle for lots of holidays instead...

You're never too old to travel. Lot's of people in their 60's and older doing long trips (extended holidays) all over the world. I've met quite a few on my travels.

They seem to be more adventurous than the youngsters!