Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

as it happens i didn't have breakfast - i normally would but i decided to eat breakfast at work this morning as i was running late.

It might also be hypoglycaemia. The sweating is one of the symptoms. Anyway, hopefully the doctor will get to the bottom of it, and it won't turn out to be serious.

PasturesNew

Itismehonest wrote: »

If PN's weather is anything like ours the sea may soon be coming to PN

Not looked out of the window to be honest.... I'm "in the zone" for work, so have been beavering away for the past few days and through the night.

... *peeks* .... oooh blue skies and not much wind evident.

I'm at the top of a 100' cliff, so the sea won't be coming to me. More likelihood of flooding from a stream though....

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Sorry - you'll have to take your sarnies to the beach instead. Same time next week for the weirdo-waving?

I can tell you "yes" .... then pretend I went.
Now who's the weirdo

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I am terrible at buffets, I always sit down starving, eat all the rolls and then by the time the proper food is available I am stuffed

Rolls at a buffet? Never seen that!
Must be a POSH ALERT!!!

Maybe there are different classes of buffet, of which I know nothing.

When I say buffet, I mean: Local pub, £6-7 a head. Toby Carveries, £5 a head. Nothing with rolls!

My dad used to say there's no point having more money than you need as you can't eat two dinners..... I believed that to be true. Now I discover there is different/better food, at higher prices, that the richer people can buy.

Lunch today was: half a baguette, mature cheddar, sandwich pickle. Cost = 35p. That'll be tea too as when I bake baguettes, it's two, then cut in half, hence four meals.

Itismehonest

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not looked out of the window to be honest.... I'm "in the zone" for work, so have been beavering away for the past few days and through the night.

... *peeks* .... oooh blue skies and not much wind evident.

I'm at the top of a 100' cliff, so the sea won't be coming to me. More likelihood of flooding from a stream though....

I wrote that during an enormous hail storm but it's passed over. No sun, though.

I know the feeling. I'm about 600' up & was watching the muddy water flowing down the lane like a torrent. Luckily there's a river at the bottom of the hill so it has somewhere to go.

StevieJ

A stat for Generali Bearing in mind , this guy was voted best manager of all time in Sky poll.

Since Arsene Wenger last won a trophy at Arsenal, all other 91 English league clubs have changed their manager.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

My dad used to say there's no point having more money than you need as you can't eat two dinners..... I believed that to be true. Now I discover there is different/better food, at higher prices, that the richer people can buy.

If I couldn't eat two dinners, I wouldn't have this extra half stone still to shift.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Rolls at a buffet? Never seen that!
Must be a POSH ALERT!!!

Maybe there are different classes of buffet, of which I know nothing.

When I say buffet, I mean: Local pub, £6-7 a head. Toby Carveries, £5 a head. Nothing with rolls!

My dad used to say there's no point having more money than you need as you can't eat two dinners..... I believed that to be true. Now I discover there is different/better food, at higher prices, that the richer people can buy.

Lunch today was: half a baguette, mature cheddar, sandwich pickle. Cost = 35p. That'll be tea too as when I bake baguettes, it's two, then cut in half, hence four meals.

Makes my lunch seem expensive, 2 slices of bread 5p, 1/4 pot of sandwich spread 50p, 1/5 packet economy tomatoes 16p (and that doesn't include 4 bits of fruit - 65p, packet mini-cheddars, 10p, and snack bar 15p) No wonder I never have any money.

This is where the buffet was, not sure how much it cost but certainly not within a price range I would ever consider paying.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Makes my lunch seem expensive, 2 slices of bread 5p, 1/4 pot of sandwich spread 50p, 1/5 packet economy tomatoes 16p (and that doesn't include 4 bits of fruit - 65p, packet mini-cheddars, 10p, and snack bar 15p) No wonder I never have any money.

£1.61 is a bit OTT if you're in the "cheapest lunch possible championships".
4 bits of fruit? For most people that'd be enough if it were the right fruit.
Sandwich spread is either expensive or you eat a lot of it

A packed lunch of bits and pieces, cold, often works out more expensive than something hot/leftovers in a food flask.

Generali

StevieJ wrote: »

A stat for Generali Bearing in mind , this guy was voted best manager of all time in Sky poll.

Is that true?

Thinking about it, it certainly is for the Premiership. As for Exeter or Peterborough, who knows? It seems reasonable.

As for Arsene being the best manager of all time. There are 2 generations of Liverpool fans (Bob P and Bill S), a load of Forest fans (Cloughie) and 2 generations of Man U fans (Busby and Sir Alex) that would disagree.

In fact I reckon Arsene isn't even Ars**al's best manager, surely Chapman was.

Bill Nicholson was probably better too, having won the 'unwinnable' double for the first time and completely reshaped soccer tactics for a generation. Don Revie was a great manager too: a winner who took a side from zeros to heroes (kinda). Then there's Sir Bobby who did a great job across a lot of sides, including international management. And that's before we start on the foreigners.

Arsene has spent a truck load of money: because it's on wages rather than transfer fees, football journalists are too dumb to realise how much money has gone out of the door. If you spend £10 on a player and pay him £2 a year for 5 years it's the same as getting a player on a free and paying him £4 a year for 5 years, assuming you keep the player for the whole contract (add zeros to the numbers as you feel is appropriate).

The best thing about Fergie resigning is that at last we have a famous old man on the news who hasn't been arrested for something unspeakable. Apparently for all his apparent spikiness in front of the media, he's a very nice bloke. He gives his mobile number to all new managers in the Prem if they want some advice and he has regularly used his wealth and personality to help people, including complete strangers.