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

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Yellow probably most apt for a small room with no window that I might paint a very dark colour!

It'll be like the black hole of calcutta... you'll need to issue people with a torch, map and whistle when they go ....

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Could you use a low wattage bulb?

And perhaps some of this:

http://www.inest.co.uk/products/Fire_Retardant_Spray_For_Fabric.asp

Well, I'd just seen some destructions for making a shade using bog roll and glue .... which you mix together in a bowl, then blow up a balloon, dip the balloon in the goo, wait for it to dry, pop the balloon ... and voila.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

It'll be like the black hole of calcutta... you'll need to issue people with a torch, map and whistle when they go ....

Yep, but then.......do you turn the lights on to go when it's dark? I don't. So long as I can see the l
OO and the sink (or know where they are) I find the other bits work well without any light thrown on the situation!

michaels

misskool wrote: »

my boss is on tv
http://bcove.me/l2zbzi6u

that's not what we do though..

Is his head always on at that strange angle?!

LydiaJ wrote: »

For fire risk, the thing that matters is the actual wattage of the bulb, not the equivalent brightness wattage. So just get some kind of v efficient A-rated bulb, and everything should be fine. Although non-flammable materials are probably a good idea too.

I know that is true but what I always find curious is how warm the plasic bit of energy saving bulbs get even though they are low wattage - I suspect they are not very good at radiating or conducting the heat away despite the lower power being input.

lemonjelly wrote: »

Bunch of softies....:o

:wave:

update to come when things settle...

Good to see you lemon, come back when you can and don't be a stranger.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, I'd just seen some destructions for making a shade using bog roll and glue .... which you mix together in a bowl, then blow up a balloon, dip the balloon in the goo, wait for it to dry, pop the balloon ... and voila.

Paper mâch! ? We did that in school using newspaper not bog roll, took ages.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Yep, but then.......do you turn the lights on to go when it's dark? I don't. So long as I can see the l
OO and the sink (or know where they are) I find the other bits work well without any light thrown on the situation!

How were you today LIR - any reaction to do more yesterday?

silvercar

For some reason the iPad offers mâch! with the right accent on the 'e' then chanes it to an "!" when I post.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Paper mâch! ? We did that in school using newspaper not bog roll, took ages.

On revisiting the page, it's that blue stuff you get on a roll on garage forecourts.
http://www.letusdiy.org/html/diy/diy_jiaju/20090226/1192.html

I think I could get into making lampshades....... not with loo roll though.

Edit: It IS loo roll ... just my exceptionally small/bad laptop screen made it look bigger/blue

PasturesNew

I'm starving.... but lodgers can't go and start cooking big breakfasts at 3am

If it were my house .... right about now I'd be giving up on the idea of sleeping and turning the telly on and firing up the toaster and kettle.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

How were you today LIR - any reaction to do more yesterday?

Heehee, I was asleep by the time you asked that.

Yep, just as you foretold a bit creaky and tired but still feel like a human. This morning have just done the very basics and now nipped back to the warmth of bed with a cuppa chai with my cats before egtting up for the day.