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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

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  • Spirit_2
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    michaels wrote: »
    WE have a shared advent calender because I think the sharing/delayed gratification is good for the DKs and it reduces the chocolate intake by one third.

    .

    DD has the advent calendar I made her when she was small. I fill the pockets each year. Mostly chocolate coins with some special gifts.

    For the aslt few years she has bough OH and I, a chocolate calendar each. She also buys a doggie calendar for ben.

    I have done a lot of the christmas shopping already....in a bid to live within a budget. Very pleased so far.

    No budget set for OH and DD. Have some things for daughter already, no list so far from her, but we bought her a pair of ankle boots at the weekend (they are a surprise), we liked a Ted Baker Parka with a pretty lining as a possible main present but I want to see if a list appears before deciding.

    I have been asked to do a list for me, but do not want anything. If I want things I buy them...2 tops, a jumper and a dress last weekend...:)
  • PasturesNew
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    zagubov wrote: »
    Did not know that. But I loathe ketchup. Brown's the colour for a sauce.
    Ketchup for burgers, chips, something/chips.
    Brown for scrambled egg on toast and meat pies.

    Both/either for splashing into stews, or with cheese/potato pie if there's no beans in the cupboard.
  • PasturesNew
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    I now want chapter and verse on the programme we all missed....
  • Doozergirl
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    zagubov wrote: »
    Did not know that. But I loathe ketchup. Brown's the colour for a sauce.

    Dr Who has made a good comeback these last few years. I've expressed a wish for Tomorrow's World to come back. Any NPs got a favourite/iconic TV series they should have revived?;)

    Done the Black country quiz. Got 100% or something. Surprised myself , but I did live in the "south Midlands" I believe. Nikkster would know whether that's right.

    Juliet Bravo, Twin Peaks and Mr Ben.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • Spirit_2
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Juliet Bravo, Twin Peaks and Mr Ben.

    I do not watch much TV, but Dads Army on a loop would keep Mr Spirit amused forever.
  • LydiaJ
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Isaac's had headlice twice - I reckon they are one of those delightful things that almost all children get, to add to the general glamour of parenthood. I don't mind admitting it, either, though!

    I think I have discovered a new species of headlice. They are square in shape, multi-coloured, and sparkly. Or else the reason why DD's scalp is itching is because two washes have not been anything like enough to remove the glitter she got in her hair at the end of last week.
    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.     :)
  • chewmylegoff
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    I'm not sure that you should add your Northern % to your London % as some seem to be suggesting.

    It would seem more logical to subtract your Northern % from your London %. If [L% - N%]=<50% then proceed directly to your local hospital for electro-shock therapy.
  • PasturesNew
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    edited 12 November 2013 at 1:13AM
    So, knowing it was BBC Four ..... I've found it. Called Storyville
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hmgz2/Storyville_20132014_Hotel_Folly_Folie_a_Deux/
    Filmed over five years, this is an emotional rollercoaster of a documentary which explores the sometimes extreme highs and lows of one of life's biggest gambles - buying a home.

    Helen has seven children, a new partner and a very comfortable lifestyle when they decide to get a mortgage to buy one of the most historical houses in England. They want to convert the shabby 72-room mansion in the centre of York into a tasteful hotel, but when the financial crisis hits their dream turns into their worst nightmare.

    For five years, feisty Helen fights the banks for a loan for the spiralling renovation costs and her neighbours over rights to the courtyard. While her house gradually becomes unsellable, she persists with her neigbourhood wars.

    Part black comedy, part nail-biting journey, this shows the human cost of the mortgage crisis.
    It wasn't a home though was it - if it was a business idea/venture.

    And there's a Twitter account for the programme: https://twitter.com/bbcstoryville
     - although there's nothing worth reading on there.
  • neverdespairgirl
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    "72 room mansion" isn't many people's idea of "buying a home", certainly.
    ...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'.
  • lostinrates
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    It'll be on catch up, won't it?

    Oh, and did lir actually mean Horizon, or Storyville?

    Storyville:o
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