Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

PasturesNew

I've not actually ever been in a flat/house as posh as Chewy's looks. I'd be scared to touch anything or sit down to be honest.

Even where I live now wouldn't be as expensive as that (and it's bigger) .... and it's in the posh/conservation area .... and it's "desirable", but LL bought it pre-90 and it's stuck in a "late 1980s style" timewarp + some very ill-chosen upgrades since (black hole of calcutta kitchen for one thing .... and heavily stained deep pure wool cream carpet due to poor visiting dog hygiene in the past and a general air of things having been dropped/spilt over the years).

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've not actually ever been in a flat/house as posh as Chewy's looks. I'd be scared to touch anything or sit down to be honest.

you wouldn't manage that as it is so small that if you tried not to touch one thing, you would bump into another.

plus you'd probably trip over my kindle/jeans/passport and sprawl into the TV.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah, confirmation.
Right - we've got Chewy's address now .... let's meet at the supermarket car park where michaels says we'll get the best beer deals this week ... then run a convoy down to his place.

SURPRISE!!

you're all welcome, as long as you can get past the 7ft high security fence.

SingleSue

Congratulations PN! Just me left now then to get a job....not heard a scoobie on the one that was perfectly suited to my experience and history, I've obviously lost my sparkle.

Not that having a job would have worked particularly well over the last month, I would have spent more time rushing off than actually being there!

Still, it would be nice to feel wanted and needed in the outside world.......

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

...it is so small ...

Don't give me that, I checked out the floorplan! You've got a bit of a biggun sir!

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

Congratulations PN! Just me left now then to get a job....not heard a scoobie on the one that was perfectly suited to my experience and history, I've obviously lost my sparkle.

Another I applied for, could do standing on my head, sent me a "thanks but no thanks" email this morning - wasn't even invited to interview.

It's hit and miss with jobs .... you just have to apply and forget you did, else you get despondent at not being wanted. Getting one is luck really.... I hit lucky. OK I was better than the rest, but I know it's luck... I was lucky I didn't say anything spectacularly stupid and they weren't pompous people.

And, don't forget... now I've got a job I've now got to start getting up in the dark and coming home in the dark, never seeing the outside world during light hours.... an hour's drive each way, hoping the car doesn't break down, through all the bad weather.... unable to access the cheap hairdresser (who does stuff at 1pm on Thursdays), limited to 20 days leave, unable to do stuff/get stuff because most hours I am not at work the sort of places I might want to get to would be closed.

Then arriving home at 6:30 on a good day and still having to turn round and wonder what to cook, then cook/eat that and clear away, so by then it's about 7:45 and I'll be kn4ckered and probably just go to sleep as I CBA to do anything else

PasturesNew

Oh - and the old's taken a mental downturn.... I might be doing an unexpected 400 mile round roadtrip at the drop of a hat in the next 72 hours.

kabayiri

PasturesNew wrote: »

Until you realise that birds !!!!!! while flying.... nightmare to clean up there.
..

We have the largest Velux window you can get in the kitchen, so I guess that's sort of a skylight like Chew..

It does swing inside out though, for cleaning.

The real danger of course is the cantilever effect when you let it swing freely. It could knock an idiot right off a tall pair of stepladders. (I err guinea pigged the idiot role, just to prove this you understand )

Queue a bunch of builders stood in the garden laughing at my actions. Not a suggestion of 'are you alright'. :rotfl:

Generali

chewmylegoff wrote: »

OH's parents have the ubiquitous beer fridge in their garage. it's always full of bloody lemonade, beef sausages, and meet for the yappy dog. i have also never seen them barbeque any shrimp or drink any fosters. they are very bad at being australian, i think.

I have never seen an Australian person drink Fosters except when it was the only beer on sale at The Oval in Kennington. Beef snags are very Aussie though.

BBQs are dying or at least the old-style ones are. Nobody can afford a quarter acre in a decent suburb any more and in the distant suburbs everyone spends too much time commuting to know the neighbors.

Nikkster

SingleSue wrote: »

Congratulations PN! Just me left now then to get a job....not heard a scoobie on the one that was perfectly suited to my experience and history, I've obviously lost my sparkle.

Not that having a job would have worked particularly well over the last month, I would have spent more time rushing off than actually being there!

Still, it would be nice to feel wanted and needed in the outside world.......

I took 2 months from me applying to hearing anything at all... Mind you, I'm still not 100% convinced I have a job!
I think I have somewhere to live, and a car lined up though so hopefully everything is going to click into place....