Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

Birds are really going for any plants this year. Everything I planted out has been munched by pigeons and anything else swooping by


Back to cooking. We have enough sausage rolls now apparently!

I'm a bit misphonic. ( always have been....not a great trait in a musician fwiw, but not so ba, its mainly small household noises I have to mind...... Things on standby, people breathing, that sort of thing.....one of the reason the radio/ tv is almost always on here when nature is quiet

Anyway. Today I laughed at myself when I looked up to see who or what was making a funny noise and realised or was a bird eating a piece of toast I had put out for them . You can't really complain about a bird eating too close to your open back door .

PasturesNew

misskool wrote: »

I don't have 20 chairs in my house

I now have 20 chairs for the 6 hours there are going to be that many people here.

You should have picked up some of the £3.60 Tesco folding chairs like I did 4 weeks ago... then, post-event, flogged them on ebay and got your money back

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

..., people breathing, ....

Yeah, I hate that too ... why do they do it???

fc123

Gosh, lots of quotes to respond to....I will do the next batch in a min..

silvercar wrote: »

So are you planning to be there to rescue lost people at 3am?


I would think the overheads for week end letting would be high, having to clean the place from top to bottom for a weekend let sounds expensive.

Not really.........the back of envelope sums add up to a decent + but until it's done in real life, we won't know for sure.

If someone gets drunk on red wine and eats a curry and then throws up on my white ghost chesterfield sofa.....then, for sure, that W/E will be a loss....and many more after.
Like wise, excessive fluid producing bedroom antics that seep into the luxe duvets...but you can't cover them in polythene can you? I mean, it's not very Hotel Du Vin in feeling if we do that.
It's an unknown, it's a sideline......maybe we'll just keep it for us and friends.;)

silvercar wrote: »

Has anyone ever had any treatment to eradicate thread veins and the like? A friend was talking about a groupon deal they had. I wondered if these beautician deals work or whether you really need proper medical equipment and people.

I read about thermavein ( www.thermavein.com )but they only have a few places that do it. If you have the laser treatment you can never expose the skin to the sun ever ever again in your whole life.
The video of a bloke having his nose done is like magic.

lostinrates wrote: »

I cannot actually tell what this looks like. Is it my eyes or a bad picture please?

http://www.lightsworld.co.uk/p/Saxby_Crystal_Double_28W_IP44_Bathroom_Wall_Light.htm

And do these look like testicles on a stick?

http://www.lightsworld.co.uk/p/Endon_Lighting_Mozart_Wall_Light.htm

I like the 1st one.

I was going to quote the other post...that crystal one for £500 odd is lovely.

fc123

silvercar wrote: »

So are you planning to be there to rescue lost people at 3am?

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I don't know what to expect...you can choose to have older ones.

I did have a friend years back who had an au pair
who got up to all sorts and ended up pregnant and they had to help arrange a termination + support for her. Her husband was French and she cam from the same village as his parents. It was all a bit tricky.

I would feel very responsible for someone elses child/young adult in my home....and then it would defeat the purpose of the exercise (extra ££) as I wouldn't get as much of my own work done as I would be running around after these youngsters in my house.
DD thinks it is a totally terrible idea

PasturesNew wrote: »

There are different types and different rules. Depends on the type of school; some hosting is to give them an "English family experience" with you expected to talk to them and involve them. You're obviously going for the 18+ ones, my experience is only of the younger ones.

With the younger ones, they had to be delivered/collected from the coach each day, what you fed them was written down (outline of a packed lunch being 2 sandwiches, fruit, cake bar, drink; evening meal being hot and two courses).

Most will have limits such as max per bedroom, or max per property and not mixing them with people from other schools.

The rules for younger ones I ran was: No more than 3/bedroom; boys and girls not allowed in the same house (that's the foreign ones, what kids the families had was of no concern). What they didn't want was [a] any shenanigans the ability for quieter ones to only speak in their mother tongue to their friends and to be able to avoid speaking in English to the family.

I am getting put off a bit now.

I think I wanted it to be more like pet care / pet owning ...you know, put a bowl of food down, provide a nice warm nest/bed and leave them to it.

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

When I was about 9 or 10, a couple of late teenage sons belonging to my grandparents' friends came to stay with us for a week or so to enjoy London; they were Dutch.

The parents lived next to my grandparents for a few years while father was working in London, then they went home to Holland.

Teenage sons went out on the town, and lost the house key they'd been given. So they arrived home, somewhat the worse for wear, at 2.30am. They considerately decided not to ring the door bell and wake the whole house, and with the inspiration that alcohol can give, decided that one would stand on the other's shoulders, shin up the front of the house, push up the sash windown in the sitting room on the first floor, and nip down to let other one in.

My parents' bedroom was next to the sitting room, and my mother woke up to hear the definite sounds of someone breaking in through the window in the sitting room. Fairly obviously, she woke my Dad up sharpish, and Dad armed himself with a cricket bat from his cricket kit in the wardrobe, and sallied forth to protect his home, wife, au pair, and 4 young children.

Fortunately for all concerned, the intruder was identified before Dad cracked him over the head with the cricket bat. I think it was some time before everyone calmed down enough to go to bed, and Dad didn't feel at his best in court the next day!

OK..... I think I may move onto Lifeplan no 932 Sub section (ii).

silvercar

fc123 wrote: »

I don't know what to expect...you can choose to have older ones.

I did have a friend years back who had an au pair
who got up to all sorts and ended up pregnant and they had to help arrange a termination + support for her. Her husband was French and she cam from the same village as his parents. It was all a bit tricky.

I would feel very responsible for someone elses child/young adult in my home....and then it would defeat the purpose of the exercise (extra ££) as I wouldn't get as much of my own work done as I would be running around after these youngsters in my house.
DD thinks it is a totally terrible idea



I am getting put off a bit now.

I think I wanted it to be more like pet care / pet owning ...you know, put a bowl of food down, provide a nice warm nest/bed and leave them to it.




OK..... I think I may move onto Lifeplan no 932 Sub section (ii).

If you don't want the hassle/ responsibility of young 'uns, you need to rent it as a self contained unit and don't let on that you are nearby and available for 3am rescue operations.

If someone gets drunk on red wine and eats a curry and then throws up on my white ghost chesterfield sofa.....then, for sure, that W/E will be a loss....and many more after.
Like wise, excessive fluid producing bedroom antics that seep into the luxe duvets...but you can't cover them in polythene can you? I mean, it's not very Hotel Du Vin in feeling if we do that.

Remove all expensive/ fragile/precious stuff. Smart, chic, sturdy, functional, minimlist is the way to go.

We furnished the flat abroad with renters in mind. So smart sofa, but a darker colour than I would have chosen for our own use. Mattresses that are comfy but not overpriced. Thick mattress protectors! Leather dining chairs so they can be wiped clean.

michaels

fc123 wrote: »

If someone gets drunk on red wine and eats a curry and then throws up on my white ghost chesterfield sofa.....then, for sure, that W/E will be a loss....and many more after.
Like wise, excessive fluid producing bedroom antics that seep into the luxe duvets...but you can't cover them in polythene can you? I mean, it's not very Hotel Du Vin in feeling if we do that.
It's an unknown, it's a sideline......maybe we'll just keep it for us and friends.;)

Cos there is no way you or any of your friends would ever do any of the aforementioned things...

fc123 wrote: »

I think I wanted it to be more like pet care / pet owning ...you know, put a bowl of food down, provide a nice warm nest/bed and leave them to it.

That is pretty much the way we do it....

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

fc123 wrote: »

If someone gets drunk on red wine and eats a curry and then throws up on my white ghost chesterfield sofa.....then, for sure, that W/E will be a loss....and many more after.
Like wise, excessive fluid producing bedroom antics that seep into the luxe duvets...but you can't cover them in polythene can you? I mean, it's not very Hotel Du Vin in feeling if we do that.

Well if it makes you feel better, I almost became a landlord, property developer, and shopkeeper all in one this week.

Which I rather suspect is a fate worse than death, let alone having to deal with mystery stains on the furniture.

Fortunately, I was outbid for the building.

Spirit_2

silvercar wrote: »

Same with clothes - primark T-shirts under more expensive dresses/ jackets.

To do that you would have to go into Primark though.

I have been in once.

Wild horses could not drag me in there again.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Spirit wrote: »

Wild horses could not drag me in there again.

The only time I've ever been in Primark it was precisely because a wild whor.....

Ohhhh......'horses'.

Right.:o