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Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    kabayiri wrote: »
    2 films not to watch when you are drowsy and prone to nodding off.
    a) Memento
    b) Source Code

    I discovered b) last night. I must have rewound to the same section half a dozen times. I finally gave up trying to understand it, but I'm pretty sure the butler did it :D

    We saw source code a couple of weeks ago on tv.....train crash thing? Yeah, I can't remember it very well now but we did like it.

    I have the house all to myself for a while this week and I am looking forward to eating grape fruits ( parent cannot eat them). I am planning my favourite salad of duck breast, grapefruit and watercress. It is because I dared think if salad I believe the weather will turn now.

    It's been gorgeous.
  • kabayiri
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    Is anyone else here sad enough to admit to watching Mr Selfridge?

    It's entertainment yes, but there are some interesting historical nuggets buried within it. We take things like off the shelf sized clothes and sold-over-the-counter items for granted nowadays. It took entrepreneurs with vision to push these things into the mainstream.
  • Nikkster
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    Is anyone else here sad enough to admit to watching Mr Selfridge?

    It's entertainment yes, but there are some interesting historical nuggets buried within it. We take things like off the shelf sized clothes and sold-over-the-counter items for granted nowadays. It took entrepreneurs with vision to push these things into the mainstream.

    Is it good? I think I have to draw the line at Call the Midwife really :rotfl: Plus there is usually a film on channel 4 at that time (I think)
  • PasturesNew
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    Is anyone else here sad enough to admit to watching Mr Selfridge?

    It's entertainment yes, but there are some interesting historical nuggets buried within it. We take things like off the shelf sized clothes and sold-over-the-counter items for granted nowadays. It took entrepreneurs with vision to push these things into the mainstream.
    I just watched it - but only because I read the other day his gravestone's close to where I live.

    I wish there were off the shelf sized clothes.... I'm a peculiar size/shape that clothes don't fit (unless you have access to lots of big shops and are happy spending a fortune on stuff). Most of the stuff I own is either too big, too small, or doesn't fit/match any of the other random items I own. Therefore "scruffy/unkempt" is the preferred method of attire since it was at least cheap :)
  • PasturesNew
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    Is it good?
    Not really .... it's too drama-esque for my liking. Hard to follow/see the point of watching it. I didn't realise it is a series - I watched it tonight thinking it was a one-off documentary about his life.
  • zagubov
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Pushing our internet capabilities to the limit, we bought a VPN service. So in theory we can watch UK TV here. OH got it working on his laptop for 2 minutes then it failed. Failed on my laptop, so I tried on my ipad. It worked well. OH tried on his ipad and it failed, seems there is a limit of 3 devices and no way of knowing how to tell "the system" if we delete it off 1 of the devices to loan on another. Oops.
    Can you get access to this site:
    http://www.tv-replay.co.uk/
    or that other site I posted a few days back that had live tv.
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • zagubov
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    This is the other site that might be helpful, sc! Enjoy!:beer:
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  • Doozergirl
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    edited 18 February 2013 at 12:57AM
    kabayiri wrote: »
    Is anyone else here sad enough to admit to watching Mr Selfridge?

    It's entertainment yes, but there are some interesting historical nuggets buried within it. We take things like off the shelf sized clothes and sold-over-the-counter items for granted nowadays. It took entrepreneurs with vision to push these things into the mainstream.

    I absolutely LOVE it! I spend the whole week looking forward to it (and The Planners onBBC2) Total escapism, several gorgeous men, not least the sweep you off your feet whirlwind that is Mr Selfridge. I would eat him for breakfast followed by a side of Mr Leclair. Perfection! Just maybe not tomorrow, I'm a tad delicate.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • zagubov
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    I worked with someone whose dad manufactured wire baskets and invented what we now call the shopping basket. Pretty much had the invention taken off him by a major supermarket with an army of lawyers. Put out of business. like many a small retailer

    I shop in supermarkets all the time like everybody else and tbh I really like their convenience. Sometimes worry they subtract more than they add to society, despite the fact they keep food prices low.
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  • Spirit_2
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    zagubov wrote: »
    I shop in supermarkets all the time like everybody else and tbh I really like their convenience. Sometimes worry they subtract more than they add to society, despite the fact they keep food prices low.

    I feel like this so have reduced my shopping in large supermarkets over the last 20 years. It is about preserving the local economy, quality of meat and our own way of life.I use the small coop, a farm shop for meat and some veg, other veg from a greengrocer. Cleaning stuff from the hardware store or agricultural merchants.

    Shopping is a pleasure. I potter about if I have time, sometimes with a wicker basket or dash in and out if not. Mr S or Miss S will shop without quibling. On Saturday Mr S put a rucksack on and cycled a 10 mile round trip to fetch the meat for the weekend. I shopped for groceries and birthday cards in about 20 minutes on Saturday morning so that the rest of the day was fee to spend with a friend in hospital. Bread was baked at home Sat & Sun by my husband. No long traipse up and down aisles, barely any queues. I even weary at the online shop when I do it.

    At the farmshop there was a queue on Saturday which according to OH had people in it who did not seem to have shopped in a butchers before. The butcher explained to one couple how to make beef burgers and also that they had 'their own' ready made. It has been a busy week for them as more people have been thinking about assuring what they are eating.

    For some reason my daughter likes Sainsburys (I loath it) and goes out of her way to go in and buy some things. I think it has a novelty value because she is not dependent on it.

    Although this may not seem an MSE way to shop, I rarely impulse buy (there is nothing to impulse buy in the co-op) and extra bags of soda crystals or a Kg of Shin Beef are not extravagances or going to waste.

    Wine is the exception. There is a local vineyard - quite good but expensive - so Wine needs a trip to Waitrose, Majestic or France.
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