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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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Think I'm going to buy a microwave.
Shocking admission for me.
But its not for food. Its for a thing called the eyebag the eye insult ant said I should try. It can be heated in the oven on 50 degrees but it doesn't seem to be holding its heat.
I'm going to keep trying with the oven this week and then see what cheapest microwave is then make a decision. This is meant to be better than hot damp face clothes but.......
Oh, eye drops tomorrow. Eyedrops and moisturiser. Wet things for face..0 -
Given that you'll require virtually no advanced functions lir, the supermarkets and big stores often do microwaves as part of their basics ranges.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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lostinrates wrote: »But its not for food. Its for a thing called the eyebag the eye insult ant said I should try.
I am imagining an ant whose job is to insult your eyes. I love your typos. They give me so much innocent amusement.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
lPasturesNew wrote: »If I had meatballs and a milkshake I'd be wanting to have a bit of each all the time. Having one then the other would be uncomfortable and not so enjoyable.
Bite a meatball; swig of milkshake; meatball; milkshake.....
Better avoid Israel, then - most restaurants are Kosher, which means that you can't ever mix dairy food and meat food in the same meal, and if you want tea or coffee after your meat meal, you can't have milk in it....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I was very impressed by Wilkinsons - I got a cheery washing up bowl for just over £1 and a dish drainer - and a pyrex measuring jug for about £1 and two small cereal bowls for about 65p.
Bruv bought my Dad a fab breakfast bowl last Christmas - it is shaped like a dog bowl, and says "MAN" on it....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I think the secret with a washing basket for one is to get the right sized laundry basket and lob stuff in it - when it's full it's a machine-full, so you do it; then the basket's empty, so it's at the machine and available to empty the wet washing into.
Have to get the right size though so that system works.
The secret is to have more than one - a laundry basket for dirty stuff (or two, if you separate whites and colours before putting them for washing) and a basket to put stuff in once it's cleaned, and before it is ironed or put away. Or before you get dressed out of it, if you don't get round to the "putting away" part....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
All this talk of laundry! And load sizes and colour catchers...
Its like a waking nightmare that never ends!0 -
The strangest thing about that gift is that I'm the only one who irons in this household really. I'd say I do 99% of the ironing but that understates the amount that I do. My work shirts are pretty much the only things that are ironed around here.
It's not my idea of a Christmas present but who am I to argue.
Another favourite present of hers is a hair towel.
I'm not tight. She got a car for a birthday present one year and I plan to buy her a Barbican flat for her 45th Birthday.
A Barbican flat? You'll need to rob a bank to pay the service charges - about £8k a year, aren't they?
Hair towels are fantastic, they really do soak up more water than normal ones.
OH does 100% of the ironing here, his work shirts, mine, and my collars. Everything else is iron-free.I read that bit as meaning that NDG's cat lives with her parents...? (albeit that their house is a posh-alert all of its own)
Exactly that, he lives with my parents.
It's their house, not mine, so no NDG-posh-alert required.PasturesNew wrote: »The trouble with post boxes is - what if you go away for 7-10 days just when several organisations (banks, HMRC, whoever) randomly decide to send you a large C4 envelope containing a brochure. There's simply not the room in those boxes for them to [a] fit be secure.
Our box fits stuff in fine when we're away - it's not a little tin box, it's a large shelf, which can accommodate even the HMRC's missives.PasturesNew wrote: »Might seem a daft question, but I've never met people like you lot before ... this "2 degrees" lark.... I always thought you were all meaning "I did a 3-4 year degree course... twice". But I know you've got a Dr thingy .... so is "2 degrees" insider/shorthand for "I'm a Dr"?
I think most people who say "2 degrees" mean an undergrad (BA, BSc, LLB, etc) and a master's degree (MA, MSc, LLM, etc) rather than two 3 year undergrad courses.
I have an LLB and an LLM, so 2 degrees, which took 4 years in total. I also have a post-grad diploma, which is what you end up with after Bar School and Bar Finals.lemonjelly wrote: »Wasted 10 mins of my life reading you lot waffling about burgers.
I don't eat red meat or burgers. Aside from the veggies (wheezy? Zag?) am I alone in that?
Nope, I very rarely (as in, once every year or two) eat red meat, and never eat mystery meat - so no odd mince, or burgers, or sausages....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
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