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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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Well, yes, but its not very charming to look at:o0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »When I do buy it'll be so small the NPs will have to stand outside and come round in shifts. . . and bring your own folding chair, cutlery, glass/mug and plate.
That suggests, peeps, that she is doing a buffet.0 -
I'm not remotely OCD - I can quite happily ignore huge piles of stuff that needs sorting out, and differing baskets wouldn't register with me, let alone bother me. "Best is the enemy of good enough"
We have a large white-ish wicker basket, lined, which appeared from somewhere - perhaps my Granny - years ago....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 -
.... how else can I get you to all bring something along?lostinrates wrote: »That suggests, peeps, that she is doing a buffet.
I'll not have money left over for food once I've bought a house.....0 -
New American houses have the laundry room upstairs so you can wash, tumble dry and iron without ever having to change floor.
This makes perfect sense to me, considering that it's mainly raining or too cold to do it the old fashioned way. We designed one into the house we wanted to build.
Laundry chutes are a no-go in new houses here. Building regulations say that they're a dreadful fire spreading risk.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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PasturesNew wrote: »When I do buy it'll be so small the NPs will have to stand outside and come round in shifts. . . and bring your own folding chair, cutlery, glass/mug and plate.
Size isn't what matters. We all want to see you settled in a place of your own somewhere.PasturesNew wrote: »It does gall me when an EA is "boasting" how fab somewhere is and says "two double bedroom" ... which translates to:
8'10" x 7'10" (2.7 m x 2.4 m)
9'11" x 10'6" (3.0 m x 3.2 m)
Hardly palatial doubles!
£350 per square foot it works out at.
Yes, but houses with palatial bedrooms aren't affordable.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 -
Size isn't what matters. We all want to see you settled in a place of your own somewhere.
Yes, but houses with palatial bedrooms aren't affordable.
Actually size does matter, It would be insane for on to buy something big. The costs of running a house of which she used a fraction of would be silly.. The right size for needs is important. Like when we rented with the cats in the city we rented one beds with layouts that allowed long runs and games for felines, but when we were in corporate lets we were fine with tiny ones....and if we buy in London something about the size of a garage is what we'd actually prefer! 0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »I'm not remotely OCD - I can quite happily ignore huge piles of stuff that needs sorting out, and differing baskets wouldn't register with me, let alone bother me. "Best is the enemy of good enough"
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Mr Bugs used to work from home and use the dining room ( despite me clearing out a bedroom for him to use as an office). There were piles of folders and stacks of paer, fax machine, printer, various trade publications, various stationary all over the dining table, sideboard, book case, windowsill and floor. Drove me crackers - the bliss of having a tidy house, even after a year of him being gone, still makes me very happy. Dog fur notwithstanding:o0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Actually size does matter, It would be insane for on to buy something big. The costs of running a house of which she used a fraction of would be silly.. The right size for needs is important. Like when we rented with the cats in the city we rented one beds with layouts that allowed long runs and games for felines, but when we were in corporate lets we were fine with tiny ones....and if we buy in London something about the size of a garage is what we'd actually prefer!
You are saying what I meant much better than I put it. The right size for needs is important, and the right size for cost is important too. What I was trying to say that "small" is no bad thing unless it's "too small for purpose", which depends on what the purpose is, and whose purpose it is.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 -
You are saying what I meant much better than I put it. The right size for needs is important, and the right size for cost is important too. What I was trying to say that "small" is no bad thing unless it's "too small for purpose", which depends on what the purpose is, and whose purpose it is.
Guessed so.
Unusual for me to say something better these days. Terrifying, Maybe you need a nap lydia:eek:0
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