Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Generali

Well I'm pretty sore today, basically everything down one side plus both legs hurt.

Glad you're eating NDG. Mrs Generali used to get terrible morning sickness. She'd only manage crisps and chocolate a lot of the time.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Not eating destroys your appetite, so managing to eat anything will help a little.

There have been various occasions when, as an adult, I have eaten nothing for a few days. (All 4 wisdom teeth extracted together, chickenpox, 2 days after "the accident" when I couldn't face eating solids...) Each time I've found the best route back to eating normally was to begin with drinks that have calories (hot chocolate, fruit smoothies) and then move onto soft food, and finally to normal food. Hot chocolate is my preferred way of maintaining some energy input if illness or other circumstances make eating solids problematic. YMMV, of course.

PasturesNew wrote: »

There was a court case in 1980 that decided that walking a bicycle (not riding it) across a pedestrian crossing means they are a foot passenger. So it is OK. That gives me less to have to do then. I've been carrying mine over for years!

Thanks. I can't say I ever "knew" that it was OK. I had just always been given that impression. So it's nice to have it officially confirmed.

Spirit_2

OH got back home form his latest trip about 2.30pm.

He has cleaned the house, walked the dog, put washing on and cooked dinner. Then we popped out to the pub in the village.

I have spoken in the past of some of the :eek:gifts he has been given ...last night ...a book of photographs he and I love as they capture the spirit of what his employer is about and his organisations flag freshly returned from a trip to the North Pole.

These are keepsakes.

Spirit_2

I posted before that I once came upon the immediate aftermath of a cyclist being knocked down and killed. London, early 20's. so very sad.

Thye are so vulnerable that I think I do feel that in London (large cities) there should be an extra duty of care towards cyclist from vehicle drivers.

CKhalvashi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just had another look at that kitteh ... er ... is it a dog?

bugslet wrote: »

Yep PN, definitely a dog!

What Bugs said

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

There have been various occasions when, as an adult, I have eaten nothing for a few days. (All 4 wisdom teeth extracted together, chickenpox, 2 days after "the accident" when I couldn't face eating solids...) Each time I've found the best route back to eating normally was to begin with drinks that have calories (hot chocolate, fruit smoothies) and then move onto soft food, and finally to normal food. Hot chocolate is my preferred way of maintaining some energy input if illness or other circumstances make eating solids problematic. YMMV, of course.



Thanks. I can't say I ever "knew" that it was OK. I had just always been given that impression. So it's nice to have it officially confirmed.

YMMV? I'm stumped on that one, help please?



All my boots are wet inside. . I've dried one pair out as best as possible and put newspaper in and will have to lump it later this morning and wear them damp.


DH and I looked through the fabric books this morning and he loves the fabric too :j and he likes a black background one for the kitchen. I like the idea for the big French window but need to think about the others. I found an online seller that if you buy NDG quantities sells it for a lot cheaper, but I'm not sure how I feel about that much colour and dark. I had been leaning to just one feature pair of curtains in that room over the French windows with every thing else a plain match....but wasn't looking at a black backing. If we go so dark I think I would want the pattern all the way round. But maybe just more elaborate curtain than I might otherwise choose over the French window. (The aim is to stop the room feeling to narrow, with windows either side I am worried too much might close it in, pull the walls closer together). They do have the fabric in other colour ways and a paler colour way on the far windows would be the easiest way to do it, and more me, but then I lose discount of bulk buying the fabric !)

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

YMMV? I'm stumped on that one, help please?

Your Mileage May Vary

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just a slice of bread then?

Noodles, sweetcorn and peas. OH and Isaac also had basil-infused tofu, but I thought that was a step too far.

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I buy a house, I expect to get all windows done with curtains and blinds for well under £200 the lot.

That's very cheap, surely? As in, it'll cost more than that.....

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Noodles, sweetcorn and peas. OH and Isaac also had basil-infused tofu, but I thought that was a step too far.



That's very cheap, surely? As in, it'll cost more than that.....

She might be able to have our white kitchen blinds if her windows are the right size. .


You can get curtains etc really quite inexpensively But they are often very thin and keep no heat in, just buying premade curtain linings would be a better plan if aesthetics were not the consideration I think. Charity shops sometimes come up trumps for curtains too, if not worried about a particular colour scheme.

SingleSue

We curtained this house for virtually nothing, donations from mother in law, my parents, some cheap ones from charity shops/boot sales, ones we brought with us from our other house etc. We've only bought one new pair.....which cost £20 in a closing down sale (should have been nearly £100).

On Facebook, there is an area selling page and curtains can be picked up on there for less than £10, decent ones too and of course, there is Freecycle.