Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Exactly what I was going to ask....with pretty much the same answer!

Are they for the odd bit of snipping packets, chives and sausages or for jointing chickens?:D

Yes...and they occasionally get pressed in to less suitable tasks when no other scissors can be found (present wrapping, sticking homework in learning log type things). Only rule is they should never be used for cutting carpet as that is certain to make a pair of scissors both loose and blunt instantly....and using them instead of wire cutters/strippers when wiring a plug is doesn't do them much good either!

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Yes...and they occasionally get pressed in to less suitable tasks when no other scissors can be found (present wrapping, sticking homework in learning log type things). Only rule is they should never be used for cutting carpet as that is certain to make a pair of scissors both loose and blunt instantly....and using them instead of wire cutters/strippers when wiring a plug is doesn't do them much good either!

We have an I,ea three pack for light jobs, a pet pair for medium jobs and a black pair for jointing chicken type jobs. ( I also have hair cutting scissors for dogs, horses etc, pinking shears, sewing scissors for cutting material ( woe betide any one I find cuting paper with these :mad:)

For wire we have wire cutters for carpet aStanley knife.

neverdespairgirl

It wouldn't ever have occured to me to use kitchen scissors to cut carpet - not that we've got any!

I use ours for cutting herbs, opening packets, that kind of thing.

silvercar

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Your grandparents and parents got going earlier than mine - my grandparents were born pretty much at the same time as yours - 1909-1915, so just a year later.

But in both cases, the pesky nuisance of a world war got in the way of children - so my mother's parents married in 1939, and my Dad's in 1941, but my uncles were born in 1943 and 1948, and my parents in 1948 and 1950. My siblings and I were born 1978 to 1986, some years after the youngest of your lot.

Just realised I don't have a clue when my grandparents got married.

We have almost lapped you as DS1 was born just 4 years after your youngest sibling.

My father and DHs father were both first born of first born, as are we, so that keeps the generation gaps small.

Like playing matching pairs, our mothers are the youngest of 3 girls. Our fathers the elder of 2 boys and we are both eldest children with only girl siblings - though OH has 2 to my 1.

silvercar

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

That was an awful lot of not-much-fun. OH was 26, and his brother 19, when their parents died in their early 50s - of pancreatic cancer and multiple sclerosis - 6 weeks apart. They did know about the future-Isaac, though.

I know it is tough because it happened to a couple of friends of mine and they said it was difficult to cope with the idea of losing one generation and the arrival of the new added to the olds not seeing the new. There is a bereavement group that is opened specifically for this called something like butterflies.

michaels wrote: »

Can any NP recomend a decent pair of kitchen scissors that are MSE priced not NP posh alert priced?

You missed a trick, when Tesco had their knives offer (collect stickers etc) there was an amazing scissors with it. tesco probably stock it still but for ££££ it is red and black.

GDB2222

misskool wrote: »

Slightly yellowy pus is not a bad sign. Mostly neutrophils in that gunk which means your body is working. With the knee joint moving more you probably find its harder to crust.

Hope you feel better soon and the nurse made proper sympathetic noises

Thank you Misskool, that's very reassuring. It's brilliant having your expertise on tap!

The nurse looked concerned and wanted to refer me to the GP.... But not so concerned that she persevered with that course of action once she found that the duty GP was unavailable.

I am more upset with the news that a very good friend whom I have been congratulating on his weight loss for the last 3 years (and who has lately been rather matter-of-fact about it) has just had a major operation at the Royal Marsden. I'd like to offer to help him/his DW, but I'm not at all sure what to do?

We'd all put the weight loss down to his having retired from work, and so he was eating less. Apparently, that was wildly over-optimistic.

silvercar

zagubov wrote: »

OK here's a question for NPs with teenage kids. My insurer won't add DD to my policy so she can practise driving as she's only 19 and therefore under 21. What's the cheapest option?

I reckon she needs cover as an occasional driver for at least the next couple of months while she's staying with us.

She's got a year's NCB via her mum's insurance but that's for a different car.

First thing is to ring again and speak to a supervisor, sometimes they can be persuaded to add a youngster temporarily.

You can buy temporary insurance, and that may work out a lot cheaper.

Other option is to move insurer yourself. Would your wife's insurer give you a discount for having a second car insured with them?

Admiral and directline are both good for teenage quotes. Admiral also do a multi car policy that may or may not be cheaper than the single car policy.

silvercar

I am more upset with the news that a very good friend whom I have been congratulating on his weight loss for the last 3 years (and who has lately been rather matter-of-fact about it) has just had a major operation at the Royal Marsden. I'd like to offer to help him/his DW, but I'm not at all sure what to do?

Very sad news. Offers of specific help are more likely to be accepted. Either because they don't know what they are doing or what they need or because everyone always says "anything I can do" and they are not sure how keen people really are.

So a specific drive to the hospital and back or preparing a specific meal. You can set up groups on websites like helping hands, where the recipient lists all the jobs that they need help doing and the donor marks which one they are doing. Needs a bit off organisation initially, but it does mean that appropriate help is needed.

silvercar

I have minor insect bites that have gone gammy. So go to pharmacist with the box of previous creams I have bought abroad. SHe says those sort of things can only be prescribed in this country and the best one is only available from hospital pharmacies. So now I am squeezing last bits out of tube and wondering if I should face the GP surgery to try and get a non urgent but essential appointment before we go away.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

I have minor insect bites that have gone gammy. So go to pharmacist with the box of previous creams I have bought abroad. SHe says those sort of things can only be prescribed in this country and the best one is only available from hospital pharmacies. So now I am squeezing last bits out of tube and wondering if I should face the GP surgery to try and get a non urgent but essential appointment before we go away.

I am trying, really really hard, to be sympathetic.