Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

chewmylegoff

Skiing was brilliant, apart from the flights, transfers and the nasty sciatica that developed on Thursday evening and ruined my last day and made the journey back particularly horrendous. I got a lot better during the week and am now almost competent. My ability to go out drinking afterwards has, however, suffered an inverse variance...

misskool

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Skiing was brilliant, apart from the flights, transfers and the nasty sciatica that developed on Thursday evening and ruined my last day and made the journey back particularly horrendous. I got a lot better during the week and am now almost competent. My ability to go out drinking afterwards has, however, suffered an inverse variance...

old age must be catching up with you

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Skiing was brilliant, apart from the flights, transfers and the nasty sciatica that developed on Thursday evening and ruined my last day and made the journey back particularly horrendous. I got a lot better during the week and am now almost competent. My ability to go out drinking afterwards has, however, suffered an inverse variance...

Where were you, Chewie?

chewmylegoff

GDB2222 wrote: »

Where were you, Chewie?

Val D'Isere - we generally go to big resorts as my friends like to cover a lot of mileage.

chewmylegoff

misskool wrote: »

old age must be catching up with you

Certainly in the drinking dept. My legs coped with it fine, but that's the third time in 6 months that my back has gone. I probably need to start doing pilates or something.

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Val D'Isere - we generally go to big resorts as my friends like to cover a lot of mileage.

Very nice. I stayed in Tignes, which is next door. Almost exactly 40 years ago!

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

not sure it has bearing on age of parents, mine I think we're probaly the oldest parents to age of new born on the thread.

I am also familiar with the look. I think we all do it sometimes. Exchanging looks and reserving criticism just for a mother, who my feeling is has been a good and commited and loving mother and that sort of combine forces against.....no, I think that's a step beyond ' the look'.

Sorry silvercar, I don't mean to be rude about your family, and I do apologise sincerely. But it's made me a little cross because I don't want you to have that experience from sons who are I am sure in other respects lovely chaps.

Imagine if they treated their wives/girlfriends so.

Now I feel I have to illustrate how lovely by boys really are. And they are really thoughtful and sweet most of the time, but I sometimes need to let off steam on here, so you may not get a representative view.

Although we have different views, DS1 and my mind work in the same way, which is such an advantage and natural bond, so don't think they continually gang up on me.

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have just finished my tax return. I started it in December. Why is it that they change it every year, so you get to a bit where you think you've finished and then they throw you a curved ball? I had to declare an income of £1 from a source that doesn't pay me and then tell them I don't get any income from it in the notes because it doesn't accept 0 in the box and that I don't earn anything... GRRRRRR

Snap! Then I realised some fields will accept blanks but not zeros.

michaels

Masomnia wrote: »

For me it's aspirational

<woody Allen>I think that is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me</woody allen>

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Val D'Isere - we generally go to big resorts as my friends like to cover a lot of mileage.

I worked there in mumble mumble mumble mumble. Did I tell you I used to be a Chalet Girl although in Val I worked in the supermarket and as a cleaner. I was also in the biggest avalanche I have ever been in that season...

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

<woody Allen>I think that is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me</woody allen>


I worked there in mumble mumble mumble mumble. Did I tell you I used to be a Chalet Girl although in Val I worked in the supermarket and as a cleaner. I was also in the biggest avalanche I have ever been in that season...

How many avalanches have you been in? Altogether.