Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

vivatifosi

LydiaJ wrote: »

Can you post a link to a pic of the sort of thing you have in mind? You've obviously seen such things in other countries, so there must be pics out there. I'm still not convinced that what I'm imagining from your descriptions is accurate. But then I'm generally useless at picturing something from a description.

I have tried but can't. Essentially in Australia, a sleepout is a broad, covered verandah. Sorry, you probably know that as you lived there too. The posh ones can have doors that open out and flyscreens, though many are just porches that you can sleep on. When I was a kid, our one had flyscreens but nothing else. It was a bit like this, but less exposed (only one side open) and with flyscreens, we'd move the beds out there when it was hot and all sleep out, not quite under the stars. It was lovely:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GrandeVerandah.jpg

Obviously that's not practical for our weather, so it's probably easier to imagine having a rear extension with one whole wall of bifold doors, so that the room can be either an outdoor (verandah style) with the doors open or indoor space with the doors closed. My plan was to have this with one or two velux type windows in order to give light. Something like this, though this is a proper extension and more of a heavy structure than I would like:
http://www.chcbuild.co.uk/assets/Uploads/_resampled/SetRatioSize600600-extension1.jpg
I want it to have a lighter and airier appearance than this.

I don't think I'd be able to have what I want as it would be built of wood and not meet UK building regs, so I'm looking for a way of crossing together the two elements above. It's a shame I don't have a pic of my old house as it would describe it perfectly.

ETA: this is the type of sleepout my uncle has on his house in Qld, sorry, can't isolate the specific image but is on this page. It doesn't have floor to ceiling windows, but does have a wall of windows that open.
http://www.queenslanderlydia.com/tour.html

LydiaJ wrote: »

Interesting. I'm fine with rapeseed. I don't know what pollen it is that I react to - probably some kinds of tree, I think. It always gets worse in the evening for me.

I wouldn't class myself as having hayfever, but I do occasionally get the sneezes as I walk past one particular kind of small tree or large bush (not sure what you'd call it). It has white flowers on and sets me off every time.

lostinrates

Grumble grumble about summer colds. In was feeling really sorry for the hay fever sufferers yesterday as I was thinking this is how they much feel all summer, croaky, chokes, eyes streaming and sinuses solidly achingly full. It's not the end of the world but it is a bit grim, sobbing sympathy from me ATM to the sneezy pollen affected ones.


I fell asleep outside yesterday. My cleavage is rosy, my arms are a delicious pale tan (was trying to keep them pale as I am getting freckly and I have seen my future on my mother and its very, very age spotted) it my legs (the only bit i wouldn't mind getting a tan) are lily white still. Dh said that they were in the sun the whole time. How on earth does that happen?

michaels

Reasons to be cheerful on a Monday morning
1) I discoved that if you lose a weekly train ticket they can not reissue it even if you have the receipt = £80 lost as I only bought it on Friday
2) Got to Blackfirars station and a kind lady pointed out that I had a comb in my uncombed hair
3) Got to work, I tend to sit next to the big boss (everyone but him hotdesks, the desk next to him is unpopular) making small talk I asked him if he had enjoyed his break to which he replied he had been off sick for the week.

lostinrates

Since we moved I have been looking for two flooring materials I saw in a magazine editorial advert.

I found one this morning ( whether the original or not)
http://www.scin.co.uk/material.php?id=22&PHPSESSID=7be6a34def45a77975044b13a1d1df28

Now, I know there was also a cinnamon resin but I cannot find it anywhere and I think that's the one I want......

neverdespairgirl

GBD, what a lovely photo!

lemonjelly

zagubov wrote: »

Got a dandelion prairie in our backyard. Gotta mow that lawn soon.

Nikkster hope you're not prone to hay fever - I wasn't till I lived in your neck of the woods. It was all the yellow fields of rapeseed.

I heard that people who live in the countryside are less prone to it (don't know if that's true) but a townie like me was a sitting duck for getting it.

I do remember visiting a friend in suffolk. Their garden backed onto a wheat field (I think). Walked down the garden & stood at the edge of the field & the wind blew right at us, across the field. All of a sudden my eyes streamed.

That was the moment I understood hay fever.

It's a wierd one. I've never suffered from it. My brother didn't as a child, but developed it in his teenage years, which I always found odd. I put that down to the fact that as a child I never tended to take medicines etc, whereas at the slightest hint of a cold he was at the buttercup syrup and/or strepsils and all sorts of stuff like that. I wonder if that affected his immune system?

lostinrates

Finally....

Late in the year....

I have gazpacho in the fridge. Don't with cooking for a few days.

PasturesNew

I nuked my 1/3rd of a curry for breakfast.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I nuked my 1/3rd of a curry for breakfast.

There is no finer breakfast than reheated curry. Curry eaten before lunchtime has the bonus of unexpectedness for your tongue!

Just don't wash it down with lager at that time of day!

silvercar

lemonjelly wrote: »

I do remember visiting a friend in suffolk. Their garden backed onto a wheat field (I think). Walked down the garden & stood at the edge of the field & the wind blew right at us, across the field. All of a sudden my eyes streamed.

That was the moment I understood hay fever.

It's a wierd one. I've never suffered from it. My brother didn't as a child, but developed it in his teenage years, which I always found odd. I put that down to the fact that as a child I never tended to take medicines etc, whereas at the slightest hint of a cold he was at the buttercup syrup and/or strepsils and all sorts of stuff like that. I wonder if that affected his immune system?

Everyone in my family who has hay fever developed as teenagers.