Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

You know, I didn't find prepping bad. I was more or less empty anyway, and so nothing to come out. Did a fart after procedure, and did it in the loo just in case, but it was ok.

Have eyeclinic next week, would definitely swap that for another colonoscopy. Actually......wouldn't mind one of those monthly.....I never got the point of colonic irrigation before that, now I understand that clean feeling. S different from just 'not eating for a week'

Speaking from experience it is definitely on my list of never to be repeated events.

Lir I think this quite mad.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

Definitely lost in translation then - I thought it was a utility vehicle which I thought was a 4x4 and now I learn it was a tranny.

During the family get together one of the girlfirends is an American and we were giving her a quiz on English words/expressions like 'dogs dinner' etc.

Had this book once
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brit-think-Ameri-think-Transatlantic-Survival-Guide/dp/0142001341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382392261&sr=8-1&keywords=brit+think+ameri+think
and this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coping-America-Beginners-Guide-U-S-A/dp/0631154426/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1382392400&sr=8-4&keywords=coping+with++america

I was baffled once when getting a meal at an airport and the person serving me gave me the food and when I tried to pay she said "you're all set".

I told her I didn't know what that meant and she said the customer ahead of me had a spare meal voucher to use up and told her to use it on the next customer. I've rarely seen that kind of generosity in Britain (or anywhere else much), not that it took the person much effort but it was a nice gesture to a total stranger. There's a lot to admire in Americans (but their government not so much)

neverdespairgirl

Gen, one of my sister's friends posted this on facebook, identifying it as her future spouse. Is it you? If so, I'll have to break the sad news that you're already taken:

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Gen, one of my sister's friends posted this on facebook, identifying it as her future spouse. Is it you? If so, I'll have to break the sad news that you're already taken:

LOL I think it is Gen.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

LOL I think it is Gen.

Could be anyone, it is hardly a face that you would remember....

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

Speaking from experience it is definitely on my list of never to be repeated events.

Lir I think this quite mad.

I don,t think I'd acyptually do regular colonic irrigation...gut flora and well.....who is doing it, where? Hmm? But yeah, I'd do it again. It was a giggle. As I said a the time had worse dates.

I know I'll probably have to do it again. They love looking again. Might as well relax and enjoy it. Much better than a tube own the throat. Can't chat then.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

Last week I bought a dehumidifier from Aldi (I think, it might have been lidl) and I am amazed at the amount of water I have so far sucked out of my house.

Its my new favourite game, guess the humidity of the room.......





(Oh, in the bathroom, last year we had a sort of toad stool growing out from the loo, this year we have a small green plant growing from the skirting board. I keep meaning to take a picture of it before pulling it out. It's so grubby in there I am scared to clean floor now as pretty sure its going to fall in next time I scrub...! ).

:rotfl:I can't believe you have a seedling growing out of the skirting....so I decided to show it to OH who then read the rest of the thread up until 5 minutes ago with me.....and then he saw the picture of the aquamarine lycra clad willy and said 'who is the poster who posts up pictures of strangers willies?' .....he may look in more often now as he wonders what we get up to on here.:rotfl:

He loves the light extractor......and I had a go as I am not really a shopper and didn't know you could even buy light extractors and builder didn't mention them either. So we have ordinary ones next to the spot
Maybe for the en-suite I'll get them I think.

Doozergirl wrote: »

You should still go out, somewhere much better.

We're going to a pop up restaurant on Friday. All of the food is local and some is foraged. I'm really excited about it, both the fact that we're having a pop-up in nowheresville and that the menu will be a bit of a surprise as the starter reads "pig, rye, pear" and it all continues along those lines.

I really like food

Sounds really interesting. You are going to have to post a food plate pic of what you eat there for us to see.


Sorry to hear of the accident Gen...I know those cycle shoes as Canadian cousin has them...they are quite 'terminator-esque' ...like putting your feet on before you get on it and you become 1 with the machine.
I have to say, I do love a cycle but I got knocked off aged about 20, OH went over a bonnet aged about 30 and son had that incident that could have been fatal in Brighton....and none of us cycle anywhere near a road now.

Just to say OH had a good old chuckle at several of the posts with LJ's son's answers to Isaac wanting his sibling to be to be fostered...:rotfl:

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

I don,t think I'd acyptually do regular colonic irrigation...gut flora and well.....who is doing it, where? Hmm? But yeah, I'd do it again. It was a giggle. As I said a the time had worse dates.

I know I'll probably have to do it again. They love looking again. Might as well relax and enjoy it. Much better than a tube own the throat. Can't chat then.

I would consider it if it meant I could eat (even) more mars ice creams. Would it?

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Can he give up languages before gcse or does he have to follow one through?

For the last two years the school's policy has been that you don't have to, but you should if you possibly can, because of the ebac possibly making employers/universities expect it. DS will be in the first year of Gove's new GCSE-substitute, unless somebody gets it into his pig-headed brain that he is rushing it through too quickly for everything to be ready in time. So we shall have to see what the advice is when he makes his choices in 18 months' time.

lostinrates wrote: »

I know reading is an issue but could he post it note stuff with the French word around the house to get him 'thinking' of the French and in the mindset. (Sticking post it notes on friends might not go down well with their parents).

Hmm. Not sure. I've found an excellent interactive adventure for learning Spanish on the BBC website that I'm going to work through with him. That might help a bit. It's difficult to know what to focus on during this time when he really hasn't yet got the hang of how French (or even Spanish) is spelt/read. My gut feeling is to focus on speaking and listening, and just keep telling him how to spell things and hoping they eventually stick. The alternative is to focus on the written language even if he has no idea how to pronounce it, and that doesn't feel like a good way forward for him.

Spirit wrote: »

On the Flanders and Swann theme, I used to like, but cannot remember anything of, Tom Lehrer.:(

I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.

My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.

The night you died, I cut it off -
I really don't know why,
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie.

I'm sorry now I killed you,
For our love was something fine,
And till they come to get me
I shall hold your hand in mine.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't get it - what's the right answer?

NDG is right - any example will do but they're probably thinking of something general (eg "illness") rather that a specific historical disease.

fc123

LydiaJ wrote: »

I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.

My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.

The night you died, I cut it off -
I really don't know why,
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie.

I'm sorry now I killed you,
For our love was something fine,
And till they come to get me
I shall hold your hand in mine.



NDG is right - any example will do but they're probably thinking of something general (eg "illness") rather that a specific historical disease.

OMG... that song is about killing his partner yes? Please don't say it is sung in a cute ditty style? 0-0