Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm off, taking Isaac and a school friend of his to the Tower of London for the afternoon. OH is finding something terribly urgent to do instead - watching paint dry, I think. Or perhaps washing his hair (-:

I've never been

I think it's dreadful how many things we fail to do in our own country. A particular malaise of Brits I think.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I won't buy a house that doesn't have a SW facing garden.... patio doors.... small conversatory/sun room. Non negotiable.

If I can't see/feel the sun, I am still in hibernation mode.

Our 'extension or extreme restoration' of the missing bit will be triple aspect. ATM we have no south facing rooms, its shockingly noticeable.

Oh, the kitchen has a south facing window now, makes a huge difference. Our main reception rooms all face east. Delicious in the summer...but....we don't have them any more really!

Right now I am in my sitting room sheltering from the sun. I have become vampiric, and because I am trying to limit sun exposure ATM I am fully dressed, Dh is just in shorts and loving it,

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I've never been

I think it's dreadful how many things we fail to do in our own country. A particular malaise of Brits I think.

At £21.45 for an adult, is that surprising?? That's a small fortune to shuffle round a building.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

At £21.45 for an adult, is that surprising?? That's a small fortune to shuffle round a building.

Yep, it's an awful lot.

PasturesNew

Right, I am going to try an hour of this walking lark .... popping across the road and down to the beach 0.5 miles according to google. When I get there I'll look and think "OK, nice enough, seen it now ... now what ....?" and come home.

Back in a bit - probably moaning that it was windy/cold out there.

PasturesNew

Well... that was that then. Walked there... it's a stoney beach, unexciting waves. Walked along the shore for a few hundred yards into the wind and thought "... for a game of soldiers", spotted some hidden steps and decided to go up those, which brought me into a "nature reserve" = trees. Walked back. Nothing exciting to see.... then, as I was approaching home I was struck down by a bit of dehydration/sunstroke as I'd not taken a drink with me and had no sunhat on (don't have one) .... so staggered inside .... sweating from the kagoul, lightheaded from being in direct sunlight ... and my feet are burning a bit

Been out. Done that.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

I've never been

I think it's dreadful how many things we fail to do in our own country. A particular malaise of Brits I think.

Yep. We get visitors from Scotland who want to do the touristy thing in London and we don't know what to suggest. We just let them get out there and get on with it. The museum of London in the Barbican's interesting - reminds me of the People's Palace in Glasgow Green (the one touristy thing I suggest to visitors there assuming they've already been to the Burrell Collection).
I've always wanted to do a bus tour. Or a riverboat one.

And next time in Edinburgh find out if there's an equivalent of the London bus thing. And really must see the pandas.

Two random things - got a new homepage for my browser I think. I'm fond of portal pages, like allmyfaves, etc.
http://www.kadaza.co.uk/

there' an Oz version for gen.
It might be better than thebigproject.co.uk but I'll keep that as my mobile homepage

Second idle thought arising from NPs discussing food poisoning and food safety. I've read that botox stops working after a while as the body makes antibiodies to the toxin. Does this mean that botox users are being accidentaly vaccinated against botulism food poisoning?:) Are any NPs already botoxed?

lostinrates

We were talking about this the other day, with me wanting Botox.

The answer is no I haven't but will probably go to see the dr who does my mother's face after summer to take advice.

Things brings forward the date of my first expected facelift a bit.

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Wow, you are sterner people than me! Too hot for pea and ham soup. I would be having pe and mint if I were having pea soup today! I have mine sort of more like mint and pea though!:o

Unlikley to be eaten today..I am just making it because I have finally got round to it..and did not want to waste teh gammon hock....I thought I was being rather MSE actually.:)

wageslave

Throw the Smoked ham hock (in date) and all other ingredients into the slow cooker, fill with water and go to bed.

In the morning, you got soup:)

LIR, Botox? Really?