Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Needs chips and beans.... that's verging on child abuse. Fish fingers, chips and beans (or peas). Food of the Gods.

He doesn't eat tinned baked beans - he won't. He will eat the beans I make, but I don't do that terribly often, because it takes over 24 hours to cook.

He will happily eat peas, sweetcorn, spinach, broccoli, raw carrots and peppers (he won't eat them cooked, though) and he eats olives by the shedload.

neverdespairgirl

Spirit wrote: »

Forgive me but I thought LiR was a woman (although I have never met LiR). Where I come from it is normal for women to sit down to wee.

Normal, but not compulsary. One can learn the standing-up-wee as a woman, it came in very handy when we were camping in Mongolia for a couple of months.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Hmm...so is the first 24 hours the best mr
Ravel transformation window, or is it like homeopathy and chances in crease the more dilute or longer it ism in me? That means if I'm healthier he more likely I am to be Spider-Man...:rotfl:


I cannot find out about sex anywhere. . I am guessing with a condom and both of us keeping good hygiene.....but I'll check.

I'm not sure about development of your spidey-senses, but:
http://www.whittington.nhs.uk/document.ashx?id=2207

'The radioactive “dye” is passed out of the body via your urine. If
you drink plenty and go to the toilet often you will remove the
“dye” from your body quickly.
You will be able to carry on with your regular activities after the
scan'

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

I'd never seen Smash in real life - my flatmate eats loads of it. Unless she's feeling flush when she buys ready made mash :eek: Making Smash looks like just as much hard work as making real mash (though I guess you don't need to have potatoes 'in stock').

I used to eat Smash years ago. There's a knack to it so it's not sloppy and so you don't find bits you missed in the middle. Smash is chunks, cheap versions are just a powder.

There are some Smash recipes I've collected that seem interesting.

Smash is instant mash, so nothing like having to have potatoes that haven't sprouted, no peeling, no cooking/waiting, no mashing. Just boil a kettle ..... and mix water and blob of buttery stuff into as much as you need.

Recipes I've got include using it instead of a pastry base to quiches, or pizzas, using it to make cheese scones, making diet onion rings, using it as a coating for chicken kiev, using it instead of breadcrumbs when making chicken nuggets.

PasturesNew

To use instant potato to coat chicken nuggets, or similar:

Value potato powder, flavouring such as paprika or thyme, mix together. Dip chicken in beaten egg, then into your mixture. Spray with a little spray oil.

Bake in oven for about 25 minutes.

fc123

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

A whole building came on the market at a good price, Georgian period, a high street location, retail unit on ground floor, 4 stories of disused and now derelict space above (originally a townhouse, then office, then storage).

We were looking to buy the whole thing, convert back to residential for let, and take on the retail unit ourselves as a side project for Mrs McT.

However outbid, so looking around for something else now.

Bit of a shame as projects of that scope don't come up very often at all, however also relieved as I suspect it would have been a nightmare for the next year or two.

sounds exciting...what's Mrs T's sideline going to be (vague descript is OK:)? Is there another option available? Or could you raise your offer.....nothing like a bit of gazumping to brighten the day

Thing is I just found my dream long term investment/fun/lifestyle/uber high risk building recently too.

Sounds identical to yours, Georgian commercial, 5 floors, sea view, derelict upper floors....been on the market for 3 years and no-one wants it....but I can see it in the future as clear as day.
OH is very relieved that we don't have a penny spare to even consider it and he won't 'do' borrowing including mortgage...unless it was 50% and dead cert for income post renovation....

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nothing that's made me want to speak to an EA at all


I probably would, but I'd feel like a fraud.


Spoilt! There aren't many 50m pools in the country.

It is a luxury swimming experience...and my Dad had it as one of his last goals when on the council to get it renovated...it was a real fight as it needed so much spent on it to get it to a modern standard. It is also heated and has hot showers alongside.
They are still building around it but I went at 7.30 am and was only one of 12 swimmers there...bliss.

We used to have 3 lidos in the area and 2 were left to rot years ago and filled in.


Don't feel a fraud...feel like it's a short term tax refund.

I was shocked to discover you can walk out of your home and rent somewhere else and get 80% of the rent paid until you can turn your beneficial interest into cash. MIL is quite embarrassed but she is 69 and never claimed anything all her life (except child benefit years ago) and we have been able to remove her from a highly toxic relationship.
I can't go into too much here but we think she could have had an 'accident' that wasn't one so we had to move fast and get her out.

BTW those t I t scarves are bizarre.....truly weird.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was searching for information on painted pebbles, for an article and was at the stage where I cast the search net wider, to look for other names that might be used for the same thing...... and an artist had posted that on their facebook page.

Edit: Here's my proof that's what happened, see entry for 25 June https://en-gb.facebook.com/MadebyMogCrusoe?ref=stream&hc_location=stream&filter=3

What a lovely job she has....


Good luck with the appt LIR.

and fish finger sandwiches are OH's most favourite thing (aprt from fillet steak) and are his guilty secret.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

According to wikipedia (therefore it must be true) the effective dose is 0.26 milliSieverts and normal UK background radiation is 1-3 milliSieverts per year - that doesn't sound like a huge increase to me (as I said, all figures from Wikipedia so they might be completely made up).

That's about three return flights to New York.:D And about two-thirds of the annual radiation you're spraying round internally from your own potassium.:beer:

fc123

Nikkster wrote: »

She is indeed, very much so.

But I've had a stand up wee before (at a festival, mind you!), and you never know with lir

(and I thought it made for a funnier reply / lir didn't specify that the instructions were sex-specific)

Learning to stand up wee is a useful skill.....but you do have to squat back a little bit.
So you stewarding @ Bestival? Sounds fun.....on my list of to do's as still never been to one. Some people swim to it as well http://www.swim2bestival.com/

Smash? I have never eaten it in my life....eewww.

Generali

Nikkster wrote: »

I'd never seen Smash in real life - my flatmate eats loads of it. Unless she's feeling flush when she buys ready made mash :eek: Making Smash looks like just as much hard work as making real mash (though I guess you don't need to have potatoes 'in stock').


They're reshowing the Andy Murray documentary on BBC1 at the moment, if anyone's interested.

Smash has only one culinary use IMHO: gluing things like scallop shells to the plate.

If you like mashed potatoes, a potato ricer is a must. It's like a giant garlic press. Boiled spuds put through a potato ricer with a little milk, plenty of butter, salt and pepper and perhaps a tiny bit of nutmeg is fantastic.

We had a great lunch before the Murray match: the Jamie Oliver chicken cacciatore but with a carrot and a stick of celery added with the onion and a roasted pepper added at the end. That was very good.

neverdespairgirl

Generali wrote: »

If you like mashed potatoes, a potato ricer is a must. It's like a giant garlic press. Boiled spuds put through a potato ricer with a little milk, plenty of butter, salt and pepper and perhaps a tiny bit of nutmeg is fantastic.

Couldn't agree more - no nasty lumps, and it's quick and easy to use.