Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

chewmylegoff

Wedding near Salisbury today. Have stuffed myself with an enormous breakfast and now slobbing for a few hours before the church. They have specified black tie...bit vulgar for a wedding that starts at 2.30pm.

vivatifosi

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Couldn't you just drive around the four or five EDL marchers who will actually turn up?

I've just checked on twitter, there's only about 50 of them, so the good folk of the town are definitely totally disinterested.

My parents have decided to go look at a rescue dog. It's a lurcher. That'll take their mind off things.

neverdespairgirl

They are definitely uninterested in supporting the EDL- they may or may not be disinterested.....

vivatifosi

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

They are definitely uninterested in supporting the EDL- they may or may not be disinterested.....

That may well be the case. There are definitely fewer of them than expected;).

The townsfolk are probably both. Uninterested in joining the EDL and disinterested in the sense that they are supporting neither the EDL nor the counter group and remaining impartial (or shorthand, staying normal, sensible people).

I do tend to use disinterested for both though:o even if I try to ensure correct usage of the word less. We all have our linguistic quirks. As for the infinitive, I don't so much split it as drive a coach and horses through it on a regular basis.

misskool

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

"what is this world, if full of care, we have not time to stand and stare?"

i'm staring at knee high grass and sneezing. :rotfl:

But thank you

vivatifosi

I don't know if anyone remembers me saying I wanted to get a sleepout for my house, similar to in Australia. I spoke to a conservatory guy last week (he was fitting something for a neighbour) who said that it was now possible to buy conservatories with a light wood and shingle roof. This is a lightweight roof similar to on an American house with the shingle on a roll. This is a great compromise IMO. It means you don't have the heat of a poly roof making a conservatory like an oven, as well as having the shade properties that I wanted.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Grrrrr.... wanted to go see my parents and bro today but route to theirs takes me down an EDL marching route and possibly counter march route. So staying at home instead. Why are they trying to inflame things when the family itself has said it doesn't want the son's name used that way?

As an informed and interested white Briton I'd be very happy to drive along an EDL route at speed , taking as many of them with over the bonnet as possible.

Reversing back to finish those that were winged would be best for my country and for the maimed I think.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't know if anyone remembers me saying I wanted to get a sleepout for my house, similar to in Australia. I spoke to a conservatory guy last week (he was fitting something for a neighbour) who said that it was now possible to buy conservatories with a light wood and shingle roof. This is a lightweight roof similar to on an American house with the shingle on a roll. This is a great compromise IMO. It means you don't have the heat of a poly roof making a conservatory like an oven, as well as having the shade properties that I wanted.

Sounds like an "arm and a leg" moment......

That poly makes helluva row when it rains too.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd have had to wear what I had on. When I've been away for work I've usually not even had enough to feed myself, never mind go clothes shopping!

I do wish companies wouldn't make you pay for expenses, then claim them back. They should pay up front, the tightwads.

My supervisor paid for the conference fees, but I paid for the flights, hotel, and everything else. I would have had no choice but to go shopping... there is no way I could have presented in front of some of the big names in my field wearing the sweaty, crumpled clothes I'd had to jog through Heathrow in!

I'm going to a conference in December... this will be the first one where I won't have to pay for anything myself. Everyone else is disappointed that we're only going in the UK, but I am stupidly excited at the thought of going to a conference and not having to pay for it (plus this time last year, I didn't think I'd ever be going to a scientific conference ever again...)

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

all with my bags strapped to me so they aren't robbed. And I'd have my own packed sandwiches.

Just as well if you had your own grub, or you would be robbed. Sandwiches and a cuppa can set you back a tenner in an airpot.