Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Big dog looks more comfortable again tonight.


The neighbours who came here were owed a drink from, well, the first year we were here I am embarrassed to admit, and she had got way dressed up.

Good news on the Big dog front.

How dressed up is dressed up?

I once invited lovely friend and her OH out to dinner amongst others to celebrate Mr Spirits birthday. Our treat.

Friend was always very elegant and her OH a former Naval Officer always dressed just right for the occassion. He was to meet us at the restaurant.

Somehow wires got crossed. We were all in black tie & posh frocks ..he was in a very chunky patterned jumper.

neverdespairgirl

5kg of sirloin sounds like an expensive purchase, Spirit!

My Mama likes to make her Christmas puddings on stir-up Sunday, to fit in with the collect, so that's weeks ago, now.

She used to make proper soaked-in-alcohol rich fruit Christmas cakes with marzipan and icing, but none of us really like it, so she gave up because it tended to just be left while mince pies and biscuits were scoffed instead. She does make yule logs out of chocolate Swiss Rolls, though.

One of my sisters made some Bailey's fudge last year, that was interesting, in a rather sickly, more-ish way. Don't think I'll be up for it this year, though.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

Good news on the Big dog front.

How dressed up is dressed up?

I once invited lovely friend and her OH out to dinner amongst others to celebrate Mr Spirits birthday. Our treat.

Friend was always very elegant and her OH a former Naval Officer always dressed just right for the occassion. He was to meet us at the restaurant.

Somehow wires got crossed. We were all in black tie & posh frocks ..he was in a very chunky patterned jumper.

Lbd and shoes, night out jewellery. Evening bag..(that pink whistley kept trying to half inch) . I was maxi skirt and woolly cardi, my DH was jeans, and shirt, hers was chinos and shirt. Invitation was issued in person over the gate. I was in brown track suit trousers and a shocking pink fleece. Maybe straightened hair confused them into thinking I was going to make more of an effort.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

5kg of sirloin sounds like an expensive purchase, Spirit!

She does make yule logs out of chocolate Swiss Rolls, though.

One of my sisters made some Bailey's fudge last year, that was interesting, in a rather sickly, more-ish way. Don't think I'll be up for it this year, though.

It is. I dont want to think about it. It will feed 15 of us. Did not ask the price I think it is usually £23-25kg so it will be more due to supply/demand. Butcher was a bit reluctant to write on the order to cube it for me..and has said to decide on the day I pick it up.

Baileys fudge!!!

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

5kg of sirloin sounds like an expensive purchase, Spirit!

My Mama likes to make her Christmas puddings on stir-up Sunday, to fit in with the collect, so that's weeks ago, now.

She used to make proper soaked-in-alcohol rich fruit Christmas cakes with marzipan and icing, but none of us really like it, so she gave up because it tended to just be left while mince pies and biscuits were scoffed instead. She does make yule logs out of chocolate Swiss Rolls, though.

One of my sisters made some Bailey's fudge last year, that was interesting, in a rather sickly, more-ish way. Don't think I'll be up for it this year, though.

I love making fruit cake, but not that keen on eating it, apart from working out what's in other Peeps. . But a friend makes me one every year. Its not as nice as mine :o but its a kind and generous gift so I accept its year with grace and no longer make one myself.

My mother made one which the old style ladies got nearest to with cathedral cake. It was almost Flourless and was essentially just nuts and glAce fruit and nuts bound together with no extra sugar and hardly any cake. I seem to remember one needed a hack saw to cut it but it tasted good.

I wouldn't be 'allowed' to eat it now, but I'd love it. Much more up
My street than fruit cake. I was going to make one this year, but no point really, I cannot eat it and resident parent and for happy with gifted cake.

Spirit_2

http://www.ifs.org.uk/wheredoyoufitin/

household income compared to the rest of the country.

Spirits are in top 1%:o

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Remove the tides,, cold, shipping lanes and jelly fish - and I could easily swim the actual distance. Unfortunately, those aspects are not removable

Easily swim that distance. Really? That's very, very impressive.

Hands up any other NPs who could do that?

Spirit_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

Easily swim that distance. Really? That's very, very impressive.

Hands up any other NPs who could do that?

hands firmly down.

vivatifosi

Spirit wrote: »

http://www.ifs.org.uk/wheredoyoufitin/

household income compared to the rest of the country.

Spirits are in top 1%:o

I just did the same. Embarrassed by how well we score. Therefore it must be wrong:o.

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

http://www.ifs.org.uk/wheredoyoufitin/

household income compared to the rest of the country.

Spirits are in top 1%:o

Bottom 10% poorest.
"you have a higher income than around 1% of the population"