Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

silvercar

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Does anyone know of anyone that would happily take a tree from my garden (it needs felling first), and would happy to be at the house when we're both working? (you can get into the garden from the back)

It's going to stop me putting the following through my neighbours door:

CK

I don't see you not being home as an issue. Haven't the council got a list of tree surgeons they use?

tomterm8

The problem I have is that the best disutopian SF fiction since the 1960s has been in short fiction rather than novels. Just IMHO.

CKhalvashi

silvercar wrote: »

I don't see you not being home as an issue. Haven't the council got a list of tree surgeons they use?

I didn't think of that!

I will investigate on Monday morning, as there's nothing on the EHDC website. Thanks Whitecar!

CK

ETA: Shouldn't this be called 'When you really live in Essex?'

vivatifosi

tomterm8 wrote: »

The problem I have is that the best disutopian SF fiction since the 1960s has been in short fiction rather than novels. Just IMHO.

Funny you should say that. I prefer novellas to novels as I don't really "do" fiction and they are short and to the point. I may have to go looking now.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Handmaid's tale, Lord of the Flies, Logan's Run, Minority Report? More recent: Cloud Atlas, Hunger Games (I think that was mentioned earlier), maybe Never Let Me Go? I'm trying to think what's popular.

It's very not fashionable to admit but I hated the hand aids tale. Never let me go was much better as a book than a film.

Edit, I have cloud atlas somewhere but cannot remember a single thing about it. I should re read.

lostinrates

We have finally managed a fullest day in the garden, from breakfast until now. Got the long border weeded and lawn cut and started weeding the wildflower patch, which we are dithering over......it really needed totally being sprayed back and renown but it was just too wet to. I think we are going to co exist with the nettles etc this spring and summer, see what it looks like in very late summer or autumn for stripping back to re sow next year.

The new white border which we weeded a couple of weeks ago is full of weed again. It's going to be an annoying one for a few years. We cannot define the edge until the digger has been round there one last time for some work, as we plan to do away with lawn entirely round there and put a path in instead now. It MIT remain as a grass path and mowing strip though, Not totally sure. We have reluctantly accepted its too shady to try a chamomile lawn and we think its not shady enough for a successful moss lawn. I would LOVE a moss lawn so much so I don't want to accept this at all.

PasturesNew

Spent the last 3 hours or so scouring every house for sale on most house websites, from all sorts of search criteria.... stil found nothing vaguely exciting.

I have, however, started to work out my absolute priorities/requirements. MUST have a garage.... and that seems to be the biggest issue. Most houses I like the look of don't have a garage at all - nor the space for one. Simply "allocated parking" which is one of my pet hates.

Ideal = garage, kitchen/diner/breakfast bar, small lounge through double doors. Downstairs loo, utility. En-suite, bathroom. SW/W facing garden, conservatory. Oh - and under 1 mile's walking to town centre, not on a chav estate and on a main bus route.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

It's very not fashionable to admit but I hated the hand aids tale. Never let me go was much better as a book than a film.

Edit, I have cloud atlas somewhere but cannot remember a single thing about it. I should re read.

If you've read it and don't mind spoilers you can pop onto youtube and look up propaganda cloud atlas dream and see how the film runs out while hearing an Edgar Allen Poe poem that I quite like.;)

lostinrates

Yep, definitely a good day in the garden, my back just told me so...:(. Dh is cooking supper and I notice all the makings for the salad niscoise I planned for this lovely sunny day have been put away.....

michaels

Do you need to get a car in the garage as that probably rules out anything built in the last 25 years...