Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

Generali

LydiaJ wrote: »

Welcome to the NPT BigG10. What do you teach? The NPT has a particularly wide ranging wealth of information, and nobody shouts anybody down. But then we don't usually discuss house prices in here. Think of it as the debate board's sitting out room.

I wonder if teaching/lecturing is another of those mushroom/Herts/Jewish things? We have me, missk and zag. PN's done some in the past, and IIRC so has lir before she got ill. Whom have I missed out?

I taught economics at a university feeder school in Aus for a bit. I've also done some maths tutoring to a primary school kid.

I am a gentile, non-Herts dwelling, mycophile before anyone gets into stereotyping me!:D

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Happy 2013. It's a lovely morning here in N Norfolk. Sun is shining, and the sky is blue. A bit like Sydney, but 25C cooler.

I looked at the main road on Google StreetView, and there seemed to be a distinct lack of anywhere to pop in for a quick cuppa.

If you were to try it without support, I'm guessing that you would need to carry a couple of days worth of water with you. Plus you'd be pretty dependant on the bike not breaking down at all. On the plus side, you wouldn't be wearing out the brakes, as you could do 1000 miles without braking at all.

Happy 2013. It was 33C out west today but fortunately only Mrs Generali had to go out there, I stayed in the nicer climes near the water and we maxed out at about 28C.

Crossing the Nullabour without any support except the roadhouses would be doable on a bicycle and indeed is done by a few people each year. They normally take about 10 days to get across. The biggest gap between roadhouses is about 220km, a days ride, so in theory you only need to carry a single day's water. Given that the penalty for failure is very high you'd want about a day and a half's worth assuming that you carry a GPS beacon so can summon help in a few hours.

Spirit_2

It is such a beautiful day here. The sky is bright blue and cloudless. I was up at 6.30 to get a picnic ready for Mr S to take shooting. Miss S was out before 8am to ride...then I went back to bed for a few hours and awoke to this..fantastic. It is such a beautiful day forthe year to begin with.

The picnic is sandwiches of home cooked gammon on HM bread , a flask with hot sausages for sharing around, Turkey soup, pork pies, jar of mustard, crisps, HM cake. Drinks - sloe gin, a half bottle of red, two flasks of coffee.

My husband is such a lovely man. It is his last day of shooting today however he has given it to our friend who really needs a day out . He has loaned him his new coat, kitted him out in sufficient country clothes so he fits in and of course his gun and accoutrements. Mr S has just known what to do and say so well over the aslt few weeks, alongside the manly stuff - he has also been hugging him and a providing an honest to god shoulder to cry on, friend is former Naval Officer and not the crying type. He is heartbroken and trying so hard - he and his wife have been togther since school, married at 18 and are now 55.

Friends have decided to stay with their son about an hour away from us, so I am off shortly to pick the woman friend up to bring her here so we can all be together for dinner.

We met when this lady was our DD's child minder and have known them for 24 years. DD loves her and she loves DD. When DD turned 18 friend flew over for DD's birtday and and flew back next day - from Singapore! Yesterday DD and friend just sat holding hands.

They have a key for here and will come and go as they please - so we may not see them as we will be at work, but it is quiet here and they want some space.

Have rather rambled.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

As you point out, that's turnover not profit and as with so much farming the cost of borrowing the money to own the farm is huge. In addition you have to finance 4 years of ownership with nil return and then another 5 years perhaps with negligible profits.

People want to make money today, not in a decade. Also, farming is blooming hard work.

There is a lot of pruning in the first few years so you can harvest mechanically. Spraying isn't really needed as there aren't any native pests. Fertilizing and mulching needs to be done and there is a lot of weeding, olives hate to be around other plants. Olives also aren't especially salt tolerant as a rule so irrigation needs to be done carefully.

On holiday in Majorca once, began to wonder how they grew anything as we never saw a cloud, snow on the hills, any reservoirs or lakes or rivers or streams which were more than dry beds.

We were told it used to be a wine producing area in Roman times but the parasite killed that off.

They planted over a million almond trees and it became a major crop as it seems to tolerate arid conditions really well. is that a big thing in Oz as well?

(Oh btw, workled out it probably buckets down with rain outside the tourist season I presume)

zagubov

I spotted this via another thread.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Facts-Blow-Your-Socks-ebook/dp/B009FQSICM/ref=pd_cp_kinc_2

for those with a kindle, the price is right!:beer:

Trying to figure out if my android smartphone can read things like that!:)

sss555s

zagubov wrote: »

I spotted this via another thread.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Facts-Blow-Your-Socks-ebook/dp/B009FQSICM/ref=pd_cp_kinc_2

for those with a kindle, the price is right!:beer:

Trying to figure out if my android smartphone can read things like that!:)

All you need is the free Kindle app then buy it from there, as far as I understand...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbWF6b24ua2luZGxlIl0.


:beer:


Edit: You just download the app to your Tablet/Phone, log in to Amazon on the app, then you can buy the book on your PC and select the send to your Tablet/Phone option on delivery. Took a couple of minutes to download for me but I clicked the "sync and check" for items in the app menu and there it was.

sss555s

Here is a list of free Kindle books...

Free Kindle Books


There are a few other 20p books too.


You really should have got that tablet zag

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I like both sorts of truffle myself. I met the chef that got the sack over a £10,000 truffle that got left out of the fridge over the weekend if you remember that story.

I always wondered how much truffles actually cost ... it was on my list of "things to Google one day".


Any NPs ever:
1) Seen a truffle?
2) Tasted a bit?

Prudent

PasturesNew wrote: »

I always wondered how much truffles actually cost ... it was on my list of "things to Google one day".


Any NPs ever:
1) Seen a truffle?
2) Tasted a bit?

I have seen a truffle. My dd works for a well off family in London. They had one in their fridge when I stayed in the summer. DD has access to anything in the fridge, but has never fancied trying truffle.

Happy New year everyone

chewmylegoff

I've eaten truffle. I couldn't taste it. I would never buy one.