Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

Generali

misskool wrote: »

and this snippet of news, which explains a lot about australia lately.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21519050

Just to expand on this point:

For example, there is no litter on the streets. Nowhere. And I am yet to see a central reservation where the grass is not well-tended and the attractive shrubs not perfectly pruned.

There are 2 things here. Firstly Aussies don't really drop litter except cigarette butts (for some reason, smokers exempt themselves from litter laws). Secondly at times when litter is dropped we get the cleaners out pronto.

On New Years Eve, loads of people go into Central Sydney and trash the place. By 7am on New Years Day the place is spotless again.

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

That's a posh alert on so many levels:

1) You are going to throw a big party and can afford to
2) You are booking a band to play
3) Your garden is so big that it will accommodate both 1 and 2 at the same time.

Ah but it can also be a non posh alert.....I could have a band playing in my back garden for a party but the band would be free (well apart from being kept in constant supply of food as middle son has a band), the garden belongs to a HA house which would be unmortageable in the real world (prefab house) and the buffet would be done on a budget with a bring a bottle instruction for booze.

I could throw a big party for less than £100, not that I would though as youngest especially would not be able to cope with it.

BertieUK

Generali wrote: »

Just to expand on this point:



There are 2 things here. Firstly Aussies don't really drop litter except cigarette butts (for some reason, smokers exempt themselves from litter laws). Secondly at times when litter is dropped we get the cleaners out pronto.

On New Years Eve, loads of people go into Central Sydney and trash the place. By 7am on New Years Day the place is spotless again.

Very interesting Generali ... at a long shot maybe the British connection may have stayed with them because as you well know British parents in my youth always took their litter home with them, well that is how I was brought up, I recall me dear od mother asking me what I have done with my litter when I returned home and many times the litter was still in my pocket, much to my mothers delight.

zagubov

misskool wrote: »

it's ok, it didn't need one. thanks to speedy finger twirling, car started, radio turned on.

For future reference this thread may be helpful too.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/59558783#Comment_59558783
:beer:

silvercar

Here is a posh alert. We are sitting in the lounge at the airport waiting for our flight home (flying economy on pay-tax-only avios flights, the lounge is courtesy of OH's gold card); this is a new lounge opened only a few weeks ago and BA only. We are alone in the lounge! Bar the staff of course. I'm guessing it is because either it is a Sunday and not many business travellers or because the other lounge was so bad that eligible people don't bother seeking it out. Very wierd to have an airport lounge to ourselves.

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Unfortunately for the rest of the world, the former. We can only hope that OH has a lot of dominant genes.

Oh congrats, Chewie. It's a truly life-changing experience.

Edit: Well, congrats in advance.

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

and this snippet of news, which explains a lot about australia lately.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21519050

I love the bit about the cashed up bogans. My cousin loves the word and throws it around liberally while neglecting to think that her daughter is the wealthiest in the whole family because she drives one of those trucks the size of factories at a big mine in Qld. It's quite funny, within the space of a few years she's gone from waiting tables while training, then dropping all of that to go work in a mine. She'll probably be a millionaire in no time.

Aussie bogans are quite amazing though. I don't think there's anything quite the same here.

vivatifosi

Anyone else (especially Gen and chewy because I know they like such things) watching the track cycling from Minsk?

BertieUK

Just received an email from my daughter SB, which is always very welcome, but we are disturbed to hear that the lift in the Halls where she lives has been out of order for a week now, SB is on ninth floor of the Halls and has to walk the stairs a few times a day.

Surely in the interest of safety this should be attended to, this lift has broken down quite a few times since she has been there.

LydiaJ

zagubov wrote: »

Same here. My DS got a cough and fever two weeks ago. The fever left but the cough's persistent. Spoke to a doctor about it. Post viral cough can last for up to 5 weeks before it needs more of a look into, apparantly, so he's going to have to put up with it for a good bit longer.

Different if the cough's "productive" IYKWIM especially if green's the colour.
Independently now DD's got it and she hasn't seen DS in ages.:(

The verdict is virus, so just wait for it to get better.

chewmylegoff wrote: »

No, not yet. OH has been off the pill since January though. Having said that she had been on it for nearly 20 years so don't expect anything to happen immediately.

misskool wrote: »

well, good luck and hope you don't have to wait as long as we are

Good luck to both of you, and I hope there's good news soon. I have to admit I hated the uncertainty of not knowing when or if it would happen. I do not deal well with uncertainty - I am too impatient. I didn't deal well with the uncertainty of house hunting or job applications either.