Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Is that a euphemism?

He really did eat ribs.

Spirit_2

zagubov wrote: »

Just been reading about prefabs here in London being demolished. Visited one when I was a kid. Couldn't see why anyone would look down on one. They seemed like TARDISes with loads of rooms and doors everywhere. Made out of asbestos though I don't know if it's the dangerous type. :eek:


Didn't realise they were built around back-to-back fireplace kitchen/airing cupboard/bathroom so there was one main plumbing/mains connection so the whole place could be contructed in a day. Lasted 40 years instead of 10 some of them. I know that Israel and the Eastern bloc made good use of them. In a country as short of housing as we are currently, it's good to know we once solved problems instead of causing them.;)

Any other NPs ever been inside one/lived in one? What did you think of them?

When I was a child in the 60's, my parents had some friends who lived in one. What I remember of it was that it appeared light and cheerful from the outside. It was pebble dashed with gardens back and front. It was a bungalow and had an inside toilet. It was semi detached, well cared for and part of a small estate of identical properties.

We lived in a red brick back to back terrace with a shared wash house and toilet in the yard used by all of the families. Our bath was tin and filled with buckets of water from the scullery (that is what our kitchen was called). The National Trust has preserved some for the nation in a neighbouring street. You can see them on-line. My sisters visited them a couple of years ago. Not styled to the sixties but for them the sense of how three adults ( my nan) and 4 children lived in the tiny rooms was a mystery.

To my childlike eyes Ivy and Alf lived somewhere POSH.

Spirit_2

zagubov wrote: »

Nope it happens to me as well already. And I'm 53 . For about another 5 minutes

Happy Birthday Zag.*sings birthday song*

Are you celebrating or at a stage where birthdays are felt as more of a milestone in reducing actuarial reductions in your pension scheme?

GDB2222

Bye, folks, see you in a week.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Bye, folks, see you in a week.

Have a good time.

And hey birthday zag.

misskool

have a good holiday gdb.

and happy birthday zag!

me and lir are counting down the days (and chores!!) have the allotment to plant up (so they don't kick me off) and will just have a gardener in for the big party in 3 weeks. No way I am going to kill myself for that.

Spirit_2

I think I may have socialist tendencies.

Here...

We have not met any emiratis
All 'non govt' workers appear to be ex pats
What expats are paid is determined by their country of origin :eek:
Expats born here cannot acquire nationality here
If you cannot work and are not supported by an extended family you have to go
Only emiratis can wear the national dress
Emiratis are given houses and gauranteed a state job ( lowest level police officer)

misskool

Quick question, does anyone know of any buddleja you can grow as a hedge, we (the gardener really) have to hoik out a dead bit of hedge and replace with something. It's a mixed hedge anyways so would be nice to have some buddleja next to the apple trees for pollinating sakes.

neverdespairgirl

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re the fruit and veg thing, I think each country has its own guidelines and they aren't the same. IIRC France's is 9 portions per day as the recommended norm.

I try to eat as many colours as possible, but always struggle with yellow. There's only so much yellow pepper and sweetcorn that I want to eat. Does anyone have any delicious yellow recommendations that I'm missing out on?

The other colours I find easy, including purple as I love beetroot and blackcurrants.

Squashes of all types. Pumpkin. Yellow carrots.

vivatifosi

I am just watching Sunday politics. I need earplugs! Heavens, the've just stopped the programme. Alex James was going mad on live TV while Andrew Neil gesticulated that he was bonkers.

That was all a bit weird. I was expecting talk of the Rothchilds and shape shifting lizards. Now sane programming has resumed.