Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Lir! You've got a proper house! With real walls and windows that fit. How exciting! It's finally starting to look like it might be warm. And I love the amethyst dresser/table thingy.

:T

It's amazing isn't it?


It looks strange with furniture in it. That cupboard in the far left, we call that the big chocolate bar cupboard (I don't know if photo shows, but it looks a bit like chocolate bar). It looks tiny there, but it's big...well, bug enough for two adults to um....well.....it's big.

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

:T


It looks strange with furniture in it. That cupboard in the far left, we call that the big chocolate bar cupboard (I don't know if photo shows, but it looks a bit like chocolate bar). It looks tiny there, but it's big...well, bug enough for two adults to um....well.....it's big.

It's amazing what 2 adults and a chocolate bar can squeeze into.

The room looks about finished.

michaels

your fridge looks like ours 'cept ours has black door handles

when we didn't have a floor for a while we got the builder to screw down some plywood to give us a slightly more friendly surface - may not be as relevant to you as you don't have small children crawling underfoot.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

your fridge looks like ours 'cept ours has black door handles

when we didn't have a floor for a while we got the builder to screw down some plywood to give us a slightly more friendly surface - may not be as relevant to you as you don't have small children crawling underfoot.

Housetraining a puppy.......concrete is at least mop-a-ble. Your type of little'uns come with nappies.

My dogs are generally 'clean' but dog dog disgraced herself today. I had been lax in getting them out I think, not helped by the fact she hates going out in the rain. :o

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

The room looks about finished.

yep, cooker gets moved in tomorrow, then we can fanny about a bit with furniture over the weekend moving things an inch this way and that way.

We are going to empty a chest of drawers in our bedroom too, to be the other side of the island. Not many peoe get to live with a mock up of their kitchen top see how the lay out really will work for them! :T

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

I think this is absolutely nail on the head about corporate dressing, and can be taken more widely about dressing for success.

The only thing I would say as a woman, is it can be very hard to have a professional shirt if you are big boobied. Now the rest of me is bigger it's not so hard, but finding something that lets you show no cleavage and doesn't gape at the buttons over yer tits if you are disproportionate is very difficult, the simplest solution is to leave the button you might want done up in a professional situation, undone.

I really hate the smart casual thing that dh's office does. It costs a fortune.

Smart casual is rubbish if you're in professional services because you still have to wear a suit for external meetings, so you still need at least 2 suits, they just wear out a bit slower. So all it means is you need a whole new wardrobe to go alongside your normal work clothes.

All I do in that sort of environment is take my tie and jacket off. Job done!

PasturesNew

Generally, jobs don't pay well enough for me to dress in nice/posh stuff. I do the best I can with Maison C bits and bobs where collected. I've recently picked up two pairs of flat court shoes, ideal office walking type of shoes, leather, completely unworn, £4/pair. Don't have a need for them right now, but bought them as they'll get some use in the next X years or so when I need a pair of flat/court smart shoes. Bizarrely, they are different names, but look 99% identical and one is a size 4 and the other pair a size 3. Nearly didn't try those 3s on but they "looked the right size" so I gave it a whirl and was a winner. I got them from different branches, in different towns, in different months, making two unworn finds pretty much like finding rocking horse poo!

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Smart casual is rubbish if you're in professional services because you still have to wear a suit for external meetings, so you still need at least 2 suits, they just wear out a bit slower. So all it means is you need a whole new wardrobe to go alongside your normal work clothes.

All I do in that sort of environment is take my tie and jacket off. Job done!

That's the shirt pocket of the smart casual world. But you are right it's expensive, makes almost double the ironing and more than double the cost. With a suit everyone knows where they stand.

zagubov

This programme about cities on BBC1 has amazing graphics and information. Anybody else watching it?

It's like seeing what the future must be like!:D

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

And finally, mainly nikkster and misskool I guess....

On behalf of friend....

Returning to work after long absence and portfolio career (patchy). Favourite jobs have been lab based science work....some petrochemicals for example, where did really well. No degree, looking for low level lab work job (as opposed to research for which has no educative preparation).

What hope and what next? Quite fancies bio lab work.

When my old job was advertised there were a LOT of applications. And that was despite it being not very well paid (funnily enough no internal applicants, but that is more to do with reputations I think). Having said that it was in Londinium. I think experience is the most important thing - and how that is 'sold' is what gets you to the interview (as in most jobs). Then it is pretty much how you come across as a person (not a complete liability, would be nice to work alongside etc) - esp if it is a low level job where they might not expect too much. On the other hand though, I think people do worry about overqualification meaning that you won't be around for long.

I am of the mindset of applying and letting the recruiter decide if you are 'unsuitable' (was why I applied for this job). Mind you, I'm still trying to work out what they saw in my application/ interview that made them take me on. They seem like a nice (and intelligent) lot, so I'm going along with their judgement as much as I can :rotfl: