Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Doozergirl

Wheezy wrote: »

My colour is 'winter jewels'. Ruby red, emerald green, blue sapphire.

...that's what I'm told

Eh? Have you just been and had them done?

Doozergirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

I do not think that you are having a proper midlife crisis unless you buy yourself a Harley-Davidson motor bicycle that makes far too much noise and is far too heavy for you.

Agreed! A mum at school has bought a cherry red Fiat 500 convertible. She said it was her midlife crisis car and I had to I disappoint her as I thought it suited her and her personality beautifully. I told her that she was allowed something more drastic for a midlife crisis. I hope she took it as a compliment

Something like a Subaru would make an excellent mid-life crisis car for a lady. But I'd like a Harley, definitely!

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

Agreed! A mum at school has bought a cherry red Fiat 500 convertible. She said it was her midlife crisis car and I had to I disappoint her as I thought it suited her and her personality beautifully. I told her that she was allowed something more drastic for a midlife crisis. I hope she took it as a compliment

Something like a Subaru would make an excellent mid-life crisis car for a lady. But I'd like a Harley, definitely!

We've decided to get a defender again next time, (unlikely to be that long I think) but that might mean I get a run about.

I don't know what to get though. Should a runabout be big enough for kiwi and dog dog for example? Or not....

I'll probably get nothing and just lumber around in the defender everywhere .....wishing everytime I go into a car park that I had a small car, and everytime I go on a mortorway I had a fast one,

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

I do not think that you are having a proper midlife crisis unless you buy yourself a Harley-Davidson motor bicycle that makes far too much noise and is far too heavy for you.

I used to have to drive past a Harley dealership in Fulham. If you used their street as a cut-through you would pass all sorts of visitors going in or out.

One of the Gallagher brothers one day and Billy Connolly the next.

Not in the winter though- wonder how much trade they lose when the weather's rubbish?

SingleSue

I got a surprise in the post today....

Just over a week ago we had a CAF meeting at the school for youngest, one of the suggestions was I signed up to the local council disabilities website who organise activities for disabled children. I duly signed up, had a look through the activities, found none really for youngest and so, pretty much forgot about it.

Until this morning when I received a letter telling me I had been awarded just shy of £300 to spend on activities or a 1 to 1 to take youngest out so I can have some respite ! Who knew such a thing existed? More importantly, why the blooming Nora was I not told about it before when respite was desperately needed and I was asking for it!

Not that I am moaning though, better late than never but it would have been absolutely amazing to have had that respite support back in the dark dark days when things were so desperate and I had my breakdown.

bugslet

GDB2222 wrote: »

I do not think that you are having a proper midlife crisis unless you buy yourself a Harley-Davidson motor bicycle that makes far too much noise and is far too heavy for you.

My BiL and Sil got matching Harleys a few years back. Since tradeed them in for 1 motorbike and a sidecar




that's not theirs, but it's the same. I sat in it and it scared the heck out of me at the thought of being in it. I basicaly don't trust anyone else's driving!

I'd like to have a mid-life crisis - can anyone suggest one for me? :rotfl:

lir, i don't know how you keep you patience, I hope you can sort it out and agree with DH that it's probably better to get a doc that has the time for the whole story.

Sue, it so often seems that help is out there, it's finding out about it in the first place that's the difficulty.

chewmylegoff

bugslet wrote: »

I'd like to have a mid-life crisis - can anyone suggest one for me? :rotfl:

Get yourself a play station and a copy of grand theft auto V.

lostinrates

This morning I found a nest fallen from one of the horse chestnuts with two pretty well grown, but dead, squabs in it. It was upside down so they were like the wicked witch of the east, little feet sticking out from under the edge. I'm very surprised a predator hasn't eaten them tbh.

The nest is amazingly constructed with a huge amount of my green plastic coated garden wire in it, I was sure I'd been losing some, But thought I was going batty. I love seeing what nests are made of. Lots of nests have the farmer's curse, baler twine, woven through them, and others are made out of plastic, giving them a waterproof lining.

The weather wasn't even that rough over night, I wonder what happened to make the nest fall?

GDB2222

bugslet wrote: »

I sat in it and it scared the heck out of me at the thought of being in it. I basicaly don't trust anyone else's driving!

I took DW on a ride on a tandem, but it was far too noisy, with continuous shrieking from the back of the bike.

bugslet

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Get yourself a play station and a copy of grand theft auto V.

Now why didn't I think of that! Excellent!

GDB2222 wrote: »

I took DW on a ride on a tandem, but it was far too noisy, with continuous shrieking from the back of the bike.

C'mon GDB, you should have let her have poll position:p

lostinrates wrote: »

This morning I found a nest fallen from one of the horse chestnuts with two pretty well grown, but dead, squabs in it. It was upside down so they were like the wicked witch of the east, little feet sticking out from under the edge. I'm very surprised a predator hasn't eaten them tbh.
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I would have thought they'd have been eaten as well by now.

How's the hearing today?