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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Nikkster wrote: »
    It's easier when it is variations on a theme rather than directly contradictory though!

    Not heard that one about gloves, but I never ever put shoes (new or otherwise) on a table.


    I don't put shoes on a table either, because shoes are dirty, often, and it would be unhygenic.
    ...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'.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Spirit wrote: »
    This is Chris Hadfield of the ISS...amazing, heroic and moved me close to tears as I thought about where he was, what they do and the sheer guts it must take.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

    He's amazing. I wonder, he must be Canada's most famous astronaut.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Spirit_2
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    He's amazing. I wonder, he must be Canada's most famous astronaut.

    Is that a bit like being Belgium's most famous astronaut?
  • zagubov
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    edited 13 May 2013 at 10:11PM
    Spirit wrote: »
    Is that a bit like being Belgium's most famous astronaut?
    Oh you mean Frank De Winne? Or Dirk Frimout? :)

    Crikey- is that more than us?
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Spirit wrote: »
    Is that a bit like being Belgium's most famous astronaut?

    He's been getting a hard time from some quarters (ie the idiotic ones) for not being American. So I tried to think of other Canadian astronauts and failed. However Canada is very famous for inventing the space shuttle's robotic arm, if not the ubiquitousness (is that even a word) of its astronaut community.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    I now feel the urge to ask zag if he has a favourite astronaut.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • zagubov
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I now feel the urge to ask zag if he has a favourite astronaut.


    It would be ME!
    We were promised holdiays on the moon by now (or am I getting real life mixed up with the Jetsons)?:cool:
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  • Nikkster
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    I don't put shoes on a table either, because shoes are dirty, often, and it would be unhygenic.

    It also applies to new shoes, shoes in boxes, shoes in bags...

    But yes, I can see the logic. I was brought up to take my shoes off at the door. If someone wears shoes in the bathroom (where I am most likely to be sockless and shoeless, I feel slightly uncomfortable until the floor is mopped/ bathmat has been washed.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    zagubov wrote: »
    It would be ME!
    We were promised holdiays on the moon by now (or am I getting real life mixed up with the Jetsons)?:cool:

    I so wanted to by Judy Jetson and have a flying car and a robot that tidied my clothes away when I turned to adulthood. Hanna and Barbera have a lot to answer for.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I bought myself a Tahitian pearl pendant. It's a beautiful black pearl set in white gold with a small smattering of diamonds. It cost me a reasonable amount about 10 years ago, but I've looked up the more recent prices and they seem to have become way more expensive since then.

    I had to buy it for myself, DH would never spend that much! Now I never wear it because I'm too scared of damaging it.

    That's a shame - I'd wear it, and get pleasure out of it. Pearls aren't diamond hard, but they aren't very easy to damage physically. Chemical damage is more likely to be a problem - don't spray perfume or deoderant anywhere near them.
    Spirit wrote: »
    NDG I have learnt a lot about pearls. Thank you.

    My 'best string' are a rope of creamy round ones that I have had for about 20 years. They were a gift from OH. I have no idea what they are called.

    Probably Akoya. 20 years ago, there were very few round freshwaters. How big are they?
    ...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'.
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