Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

silvercar

I have been gently trimming some fir trees (leylandii?) in the garden. My arm is now red and blotchy. I've taken an anti-histamine, washed it, covered it in savlon.

DS2 says I should go to the doctor. By the time I got to see someone it will hopefully be more subdued. DS1 keeps coming to check on me.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I have been gently trimming some fir trees (leylandii?) in the garden. My arm is now red and blotchy. I've taken an anti-histamine, washed it, covered it in savlon.

DS2 says I should go to the doctor. By the time I got to see someone it will hopefully be more subdued. DS1 keeps coming to check on me.

Should have got 'a little man in'.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Should have got 'a little man in'.

That is what OH said. No sympathy. He's abroad at the moment, couldn't understand why I just didn't ask the gardeners to do it. With a hedge trimmer they would have done it tidier and quicker.

silvercar

Nikkster wrote: »

The interview round is usually the semi-final. The remaining candidates get grilled on the [STRIKE]lies[/STRIKE] stretched truths that they put on their application forms

I can't imagine that anyone truly serious about business would apply to go on the programme, but I don't believe that's the true point of it anyway. Its solely for entertainment purposes!

The candidates know that reaching this round will mean their plans are scrutinised, so why don't they make it stack up?

michaels

Nikkster wrote: »

I can't imagine that anyone truly serious about business would apply to go on the programme, but I don't believe that's the true point of it anyway. Its solely for entertainment purposes!

I keep trying to explain this to DW and that the 'evictions' are to do with keeping in the people who make the best telly (!!!!!, lying, bs...) not anything to do with their business skills and the show is then edited to make the decision look semi-appropriate. I'm a bit surprised none of them have taken to doing all the tasks in a bikini a la big brother yet....

Nikkster

silvercar wrote: »

The candidates know that reaching this round will mean their plans are scrutinised, so why don't they make it stack up?

No idea, its not like it should be a surprise that at some point their story/ £figures will be checked!

Maybe they just get carried away making sure that they will make it onto 'The Process' (hate the way they keep calling it that)?
Or maybe they're just not that bright!

neverdespairgirl

silvercar wrote: »

I have been gently trimming some fir trees (leylandii?) in the garden. My arm is now red and blotchy. I've taken an anti-histamine, washed it, covered it in savlon.

DS2 says I should go to the doctor. By the time I got to see someone it will hopefully be more subdued. DS1 keeps coming to check on me.

Could you try slapping on some anti-histamine cream as well? Or ice / frozen peas in a tea towel?

silvercar

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Could you try slapping on some anti-histamine cream as well? Or ice / frozen peas in a tea towel?

We dug out the anti-histamine cream. It had best before 2003 on it. Whereas BB dates don't mean that much to me, 10 years out of date could mean either it would do nothing or be too powerful, so we binned it.

We are taking a picture every hour to check its not getting worse. It isn't, but then it also isn't getting better.

neverdespairgirl

I'm not terribly worried about best-before dates myself, but a decade is pushing it. Is it getting better?

silvercar

Splodges are less red but bigger. I'm sure it will be fine. I do react badly to insect bites, so this is just my body over reacting to an irritant.