Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

michaels

MsK we are thinking of you today and this week.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

MsK we are thinking of you today and this week.

I've heard very briefly from Misskool, so I know she is alive. . :beer:

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

I've heard very briefly from Misskool, so I know she is alive. . :beer:

I didn't realise that was a possibility :eek:

I'm also thinking of you LIR so I have a joke:

How do you cure water on the brain?

With a tap on the head

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

I didn't realise that was a possibility :eek:

I'm also thinking of you LIR so I have a joke:

How do you cure water on the brain?

With a tap on the head

I don't think it was a likelihood. But MRSA etc....you never know when you go in if you are coming out.


I have packed....pjs, a nighty, a knitted shrug, a warm wrap. A not warm wrap just for modesty and security and luxury. Flip flops (double as slippers was going to where them as shoes) because its raining I am wearing other shoes but have also packed wedges. Wash bag, my own small towel. If I feel nervous I will wear the wedges because I'll be taller.

lemonjelly

Can I request the help of NP's please?
I need newspaper headlines/stories/links where benefit claimants are being bashed/blamed for the defecit etc.
Kinda like this one:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-sparks-benefits-storm-over-mick-philpott-derby-house-fire-8560138.html

All links appreciated.

Generali

michaels wrote: »

It's all me, me, me today.

Another question for NP (possibly especially Herts NP), how does one go about finding a reliable tax advisor (specialising in domestic property)?

Edit - I did like 'rule 12 above, it takes a bit of thought but it does make sense except in our supermarket that would mean eating TVs, socks, children's toys and gluten free and drinking mixers.

It depends really. I've used accountants a few times and if it's all quite simple I'd go with an accounting supermarket. Anything where you're trying to use complex ownership structures probably needs a top 100 firm (so called 50+50).

Rule 12 for us would be fruit 'n' veg, meat, milk, fish, ready meals and expensive cheese (the cheap stuff is in the aisles). Oh and sushi and hot BBQ chooks.

We don't really get much NFIs in Aussie supermarkets. A few cheap toys, pants 'n' socks and some seasonal tat. Fans in summer and heaters in winter. The stuff they have in Aldi is a bit alien to the Aussies. They quite like it though.

We don't really get BOGOF and stuff. I have seen 1c price reductions on a $5 product before now, more than once.

I shouldn't moan. The food is pricey but the quality is generally good, especially the red meat which is excellent. I paid $13 at the weekend for a good sized leg of lamb which is the sort of quality I'd hope for at Borough Market (almost). The cheese is dreadful though. Industrial pap. The local plastic cheddar is known as 'tasty' and the biggest brand is C00n :eek: It bothers me every time I see it but AFAIK that's not a rude word here. I've been here long enough to here most of the racial insults.

'Long grass' is probably the most interesting racial insult. It implies that Indigenous Aussies lie in long grass sniffing petrol or drinking wine from a goon bag (the bag inside a box of wine). The politics of race here are very interesting here.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

.... Flip flops (double as slippers was going to where them as shoes) because its raining I am wearing other shoes but have also packed wedges. ...

This is where crocs win. One pair of shoes would be good for all those situations.

PasturesNew

It's miserably wet and cold here... but I do have to leave the house some time in the next 3 hours.... so not looking forward to that.

SingleSue

Dry here but def not as warm as it has been.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

So can one join these different libraries if one lives 'out of county'? Do you have to physically visit to sign up in the first place?

DS1 has managed to join loads of central London library. Not sure what grounds he used - works nearby/ graduate link from previous uni.

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't think it was a likelihood. But MRSA etc....you never know when you go in if you are coming out.


I have packed....pjs, a nighty, a knitted shrug, a warm wrap. A not warm wrap just for modesty and security and luxury. Flip flops (double as slippers was going to where them as shoes) because its raining I am wearing other shoes but have also packed wedges. Wash bag, my own small towel. If I feel nervous I will wear the wedges because I'll be taller.

Good wishes to MsK and lir.

When I went in, I was told slippers had to be closed toe.