Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

Doozergirl

sparrer wrote: »

Have enjoyed reading the posts and will pop back again to see if I've been exiled to Coventry, or considered a fungi so I can stay

Hello and welcome Some of us not residing in Hertfordshire reside not so far from Coventry. Either is fine with us We don't do a great deal of talking about house prices in this thread, but shhhh, don't tell anyone!

Do you like kebab?

Generali

Doozergirl wrote: »

Hello and welcome Some of us not residing in Hertfordshire reside not so far from Coventry. Either is fine with us We don't do a great deal of talking about house prices in this thread, but shhhh, don't tell anyone!

Do you like kebab?

Some of us live a very, very long way from Coventry or Herts. I'm in Sydney, NSW. I'm a Pom though in mitigation.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

One activity that was popular in my gang, in my town, about 20 years ago was to drive down to the supermarket after closing and hunt for stray shopping trollies. Once found, the passenger holds onto it out of the passenger window, while the driver goes hell for leather from one end of the car park to the other - then, the driver brakes as the passenger lets go of the trolley and you see if it goes all the way through the fence, or what other damage it does.

Tight lot in your gang. Surely that's worth paying £1 for?

GDB2222

Doozergirl wrote: »

Blimey you lot have been busy!

Does anyone know how to create an Access database? I used to be able to do it 10 years ago and I can't even get my excel spreadsheet to import into it now. Clearly I have no idea anymore at all, and I was even trying to be clever linking the tables.

I'm taking the information of planning applications off of the t'internet planning portal. I'm listing the a) applicant and their details b) details specific to their application and c) their architect if there is one. I guess I could just have a one table and use excel without problem as the people I'm looking for are highly unlikely to put in more than one application. I just thought it might be more posh in a database that maybe I could turn into a bit of a CRM that logs me contacting them? Or should I just use a CRM?

Am I talking rubbish?

What I thought would be a list of a few target developments has turned into a list of 53 definite possibilities and I still have a list of another 60 odd to work through and decide if I like them. Feeling tired. H being on "holiday" results in me having more time to do work. Oh, the irony!

If you are familiar with Excel, I wouldn't faff around with Access.

To de-duplicate in Excel is easy using a macro.

Or even simpler, just sort the data into alpha order and delete the duplicate rows by eye. If you are only talking about 100-ish, that will take you far less time than learning how to automate it.

When we have put in planning applications (basement development now abandoned as the cost kept escalating), we received a plethora of letters from builders. As it was all in the hands of the surveyor - now replaced with an architect - that was a waste of paper, really.

So, I suggest not writing to the end users if there's an architect listed. OTOH, it may well be worth writing to the architects, as they always have to appear knowledgeable about local contractors.

BTW, is DH interested in a job in North London, a mile or so from M1 J2? I am hoping that we will be going out to tenders in about a month. Probably too far, though.

lostinrates

Welcome sparrer.

So when not sheltering under muchrooms, would you eat one?


And Yorkshire puddings? With beef, or with anything? Or ( lir shudders) instead of a plate with your food in it?

GDB2222

Welcome Sparrer.

Could you clarify whether you live in Hertfordshire, itself, or in one of the neighbouring counties, known as Greater Hertfordshire. Greater Herts has grown somewhat over the years, and it now includes Sydney, NSW. Greater Herts has its own opera house:

lostinrates

I had a bad night. . First there was the fall which damaged macputer, (caused by 'losing' the right leg which has been happening a bit this week but not usually when I am quite so unaware) and then had a migraine over night.

I am hating the house ATM (leaking roof in old part, something that nice builder put right in new part needs him to come back . Plus the new loo is blocking.....not sure why when nothing else is, other wise I would put it down to the rain, but I'll check the klargester today anyway).

The migraine and the weather kept me awake. I am super bored of this never ending autumnal weather. It seems to have lasted over a year now, with just the occasional break for sun or frost. Unlike gdb I LOVE winter, but I l
I've crisp hard, frozen days of clean cold, where there is no mud and slush for me to trek through. Only had two of those, and that seems as unfair as not having a proper summer.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Tight lot in your gang. Surely that's worth paying £1 for?

20 years ago they were kept inside the stores as the stores were smaller and life was different

But yeah, £1 would be too much to pay - could have spent that much on chips!

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I had a bad night. . First there was the fall which damaged macputer, (caused by 'losing' the right leg which has been happening a bit this week but not usually when I am quite so unaware) and then had a migraine over night.

I am hating the house ATM (leaking roof in old part, something that nice builder put right in new part needs him to come back . Plus the new loo is blocking.....not sure why when nothing else is, other wise I would put it down to the rain, but I'll check the klargester today anyway).

The migraine and the weather kept me awake. I am super bored of this never ending autumnal weather. It seems to have lasted over a year now, with just the occasional break for sun or frost. Unlike gdb I LOVE winter, but I l
I've crisp hard, frozen days of clean cold, where there is no mud and slush for me to trek through. Only had two of those, and that seems as unfair as not having a proper summer.

Awwwwwwwwww.
Stroke the fluffy things, that's why they're there. Fluffies make stuff feell all right.

misskool

vivatifosi wrote: »

Hmmmm... The new year's honours are redacted until midnight. I wonder why tomorrow's FT leader is 'Knight Rider'...

SIR WIGGO

brilliant. Not that he needs an ego boost mind.