Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh, I know people have them. The question is really how practical I might find it. In a kitchen especially, you know...when thinking this had to come out of oven in twelve or eighteen or twenty two minutes....hands help.

I'm looking round my kitchen and there is a clock on the microwave and one on the cooker, so for accurate timing you would use one of those.

Failing that, there is a mobile around with a digital clock and probably a timer.

Clocks should be decorative.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh, I know people have them. The question is really how practical I might find it. In a kitchen especially, you know...when thinking this had to come out of oven in twelve or eighteen or twenty two minutes....hands help.

I have a watch with no hands, its fine when you have an idea which hour it is, but I struggle if I have properly lost track of time. Def would think very carefully before a clock with no markings in a kitchen.

Edit - good point about other clocks though silvercar

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

I miss London sometimes. I never miss driving in north London. Not once. Not even the tiniest bit.

There are parts of North London I won't drive to. The boys and OH know that they can't ask for lifts beyond certain places. Not because of the distance but because the roads are too scary. Then I have other friends who will drive anywhere in London but won't go on a motorway.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

I'm looking round my kitchen and there is a clock on the microwave and one on the cooker, so for accurate timing you would use one of those.

Failing that, there is a mobile around with a digital clock and probably a timer.

Clocks should be decorative.

No microwave, but there is a clock on this cooker ( it won't work without it being set, odd huh?) but dream cooker has no clock. If I can ever afford dream cooker I might be able to afford someone to remind me to remove stuff from oven though!:D

PasturesNew

I don't have the luxury of choice... if I want to be/go somewhere it's me that has to drive

kabayiri

silvercar wrote: »

There are parts of North London I won't drive to. The boys and OH know that they can't ask for lifts beyond certain places. Not because of the distance but because the roads are too scary. Then I have other friends who will drive anywhere in London but won't go on a motorway.

I found commuting in Versailles and Paris less stressful than sitting in traffic in London, which is saying something when you consider how nuts the Parisians are when it comes to driving. :rotfl:

Nope, give me a rickety train ploughing it's way across the bleak peak, the draughts blowing their way through the cabin. What was that slogan? "Age of the train?" ... yer right.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

No microwave, but there is a clock on this cooker ( it won't work without it being set, odd huh?) but dream cooker has no clock. If I can ever afford dream cooker I might be able to afford someone to remind me to remove stuff from oven though!:D

I used to have two cheap wind up egg timers that I'd set every time I put something in the oven. The oven here has an optional timer, that I use. I love the way mini oven/grills and combis work because you set the timer.... so you know you can't nod off and forget it..... as it turns itself off, like a microwave does. Perfect.

My mum had a new cooker in about 1967 or so, it had a manual clock/timer on it - poor mum never could work out how to use that.....

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't have the luxury of choice... if I want to be/go somewhere it's me that has to drive

I drive usually, if I am well always, I am not a great passenger. I just don't ever need to go to north London these days.

kabayiri

I've just watched the episode of Grand Designs where the 2 guys renovate that water tower in London.

They are just bonkers, but I love it.

Thank goodness there are still fantasy architects around.

(I wanted to build a fishtank into one of the taller kitchen cupboards when we put the new kitchen in. I had it all worked out with my local aquarium shop but DW knocked it back .... it wasn't "practical" )

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Right, that's got your Xmas present sorted then ... now I need to buy for the others.

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Great. I have not done my Christmas list yet. When I have I will pm you.

Do nice people have Christmas lists? My DD and Mr S do - I don't and they think I am a real pain.