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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait
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I always snigger when they make a Baby Belling look like a 6-burner range cooker
A wide angle lens really does distort the pictures..
I had a friend who bought a 4-bed detached new build house in 2000 and her kitchen wasn't even the size of a bus stop. The floor probably only had 8 tiles. When I visited I'd stand in the hallway at the door as there wasn't room for two people in there unless you were both standing still.0 -
Wow! You must be incredibly busy. I can't think how you find time to fit it all in - rehearsing with the children who will be entering the Junior contest and making being in management meetings to decide high level stuff like the venue. There must be loads of aspiring musicians who dream of a job like yours. How long did it take you working full time in the music business to get to the level you're at now?
i've always wondered, but never liked to ask!lostinrates wrote: »I almost always take mine....mainly to carry stuff and lean on. He is NOT fussy and my main problem is if I so much as take a second look a something he wants me to buy it.
I more or less practise guerilla clothes shopping - see it, like it, buy it.
I once read that peopel usually fall into two categories - satisficers or maximisers. Satisficers, like me, see something and say yay or nay pretty quickly and are then content with their purchase; maximisers like to check every option, double-check and then go away and think about it.:eek:0 -
My problem is nothing fits me, nothing suits me. A new friend once suggested we go out and I said "I've nothing to wear" and the usual "you must have" was trotted out - so I invited her round and she looked and said "you've nothing to wear", so we went shopping. She was so excited as she found shopping easy/pleasurable and we spent the day going round town. She'd rush in finding things, they wouldn't fit - if they fitted in one bit, they'd swamp me in the rest, a bigger size didn't solve the issues but made it worse - and, length-wise, most things just drowned me. Or, she'd rush round finding things only to hold it up against me and go "oh .... no".I more or less practise guerilla clothes shopping - see it, like it, buy it.
I once read that peopel usually fall into two categories - satisficers or maximisers. Satisficers, like me, see something and say yay or nay pretty quickly and are then content with their purchase; maximisers like to check every option, double-check and then go away and think about it.:eek:
We never did find me anything to wear, so I went with my usual mismatched style
I'm short, with short legs, short arms, top heavy, hips of a 12 year old .... and then things just don't suit my colouring.0 -
I cannot comprehend going shopping with a man for a dress..... mine would rather have stuck pins in his eyes than come clothes shopping!
OH enjoys it a lot - shoes, clothes, make-up (all for me, I hasten to add, rather than for him).lostinrates wrote: »I almost always take mine....mainly to carry stuff and lean on. He is NOT fussy and my main problem is if I so much as take a second look a something he wants me to buy it.
Could be worse - OH is worse, because he's sooooo fussy (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I'd actually quite like to be going out shopping with someone fussy.....like the best friends or how my sister and I used to shop. Instead I cannot just relax because I am constantly saying, no I like it but I don't want it, and he isn't help ful about saying things like....'that doesn't suit you'. Your husband sounds helpful to me!
I don't really enjoy shopping anyway, certainly would never be a hobby (I am the black sheepin my family) but he does.0 -
One of my sisters, the younger, is even worse, though. Even my darling Mama, the most patient woman in the world, dreads shopping with her.
Her problem is that she has a perfect figure, and looks wonderful in almost everything. So, apparently, that means that it's got to be absolutely special to be worth buying, I think.
The old saying that some woman or other "would look good in an old flour sack" seems to have been taken a little bit too seriously by John Lewis, who are flogging some rather pricey frocks that look pretty sack-like to me:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Actually, I love the first one....0
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, sure enough!
Do you like #2?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
The three men in this house support Man City (the Mancunion obviously
), Man United & Arsenal.
I think that should read, the men in this house support each of the Mancunian teams. There was a horrible Gooner lurking about the place but we won't be seeing him around here anymore.
Kicked him out as soon as we found out. He'd been trying to pretend he was a Forrest fan but you can't hide that sort of thing forever.
We'll never live it down.....Gen you wrote of another concern a few days ago..make a list of all ailments and discuss them all. No manly not telling stuff to the Dr. Just do it.Please.
It's ok, I don't do the manly thing with Doctors. In fact I get really annoyed when I go to the docs because they always assume I'm lying to them.
Oh I tried to quote Viva too. This is in reply to her:
They will chop off a mole as a first thought here rather than a last. It's a bit like how whenever you go to the dentist they give you a nice clean and polish.
Mrs Generali was shocked when she went to a Pommie GP and asked for a mole to be removed and he said no. It was completely outside her frame of reference.
I think the biggest killer except drinking and smoking here is skin cancer. It's certainly a very popular way to go and still, according to the cancer council, over 10% of Aussies will get burnt on any given weekend and I think 23% of teens. I find it amazing that people sunbathe in any part of the world let alone here!0 -
. I find it amazing that people sunbathe in any part of the world let alone here!
Apparently there might be a slight change of heart on sunshine, says the BBC today:
The health benefits of exposing skin to sunlight may far outweigh the risk of developing skin cancer, according to scientists.
Edinburgh University research suggests sunlight helps reduce blood pressure, cutting heart attack and stroke risks and even prolonging life.
UV rays were found to release a compound that lowers blood pressure.
Researchers said more studies would be carried out to determine if it is time to reconsider advice on skin exposure.
Heart disease and stroke linked to high blood pressure are estimated to lead to about 80 times more deaths than those from skin cancer in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22433359...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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