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

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

It's more Herts-on-Ocean. Calling the Pacific Ocean (from which the moon might have been carved by a mighty blow from a meteorite) a sea is like calling London a town: it's rather more than that.

Is it like the Tasmanians calling Australia "North Island"?:)

neverdespairgirl

Or calling the Atlantic "the pond"?

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

You've really been away too long. Understatement WAS the joke. Sigh. That pioneer thing of implanting old names of modest places on grand new vistas?

I have become far less English.

I was chatting with a relatively recent arrival to these shores that I now see very clearly what annoys Aussies about Britons. I'm starting to go native.

Aussies tell me that I understate still but maybe that's a relative thing.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

I have become far less English.

I was chatting with a relatively recent arrival to these shores that I now see very clearly what annoys Aussies about Britons. I'm starting to go native.

Aussies tell me that I understate still but maybe that's a relative thing.

Well, ouch. :rotfl:

lostinrates

Silly silly me.

I got showered and changed before checking how much wood we had in. Grrrrrrrrr.....



But yay........I feel well enough to go and bring wood in!!!!!

michaels

Generali wrote: »

Oh and I forgot to say, Christmas holidays have started. I excelled myself in the wandering around the office chatting to people rather than doing anything productive stakes today. I did less work than a Civil Service HR manager.

The most productive thing I did was eat homemade ice cream with my boss.

Now no work until 6th Jan. Nothing. Nada. I've got my feet up in front of the NZ v WI (West Indies not Women's Institute) Test match. Egg and chips and a nice glass of white for dinner (no posh alert on dinner I think).

Life is sweet.

So is it more like old Europe than productive America when it comes to annual leave is Aus?

BlueSky1 wrote: »

I'm still fathoming out how to use this Forum, but I like the idea of Nice People. In my world I like things to be sunny and cheerful.

A lovely man that I know always says if you can't feel wood round you when you waken up in a morning (a coffin), you know it's going to be a good day.

Very true!

Please feel free to join us, whatever you view on mushrooms.

lostinrates wrote: »

I went to bed. . After not sleeping at all for two nights I slept solidly last night. I even over slept. Which means I lost the early bathroom slot and have to wait for resident parent to finish. There is a set routine, longer than anyone less I have ever lived with, but it means I know how much time I have:rotfl:


Parent is off today for Christmas. DH comes home.

Despite having 4 bathrooms (well 3 and a shower room) we still seem to end up running a very tight schedule involving just 1 each morning.

At least when I opened the blinds at 6.45 this morning the light streamed in - just a shame it was moon light Still it will be lighter earlier starting on Monday

michaels

Generali wrote: »

I have become far less English.

I was chatting with a relatively recent arrival to these shores that I now see very clearly what annoys Aussies about Britons. I'm starting to go native.

Aussies tell me that I understate still but maybe that's a relative thing.

Hmm - if they find you modest it may not be the country for a wall flower like me....

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

It's more Herts-on-Ocean. Calling the Pacific Ocean (from which the moon might have been carved by a mighty blow from a meteorite) a sea is like calling London a town: it's rather more than that.

When I was a lad I was surprised to see that when you hold the gobe the right way, the Pacific Ocean fills a whole hemisphere. We put it at the edge of our maps. I suppose in Oz they have it in the middle.


Mind you, I used to imagine that in the southern hemisphere that they'd have maps arranged "upside down" with the southern hemisphere at the top and Britain in the bottom half.

neverdespairgirl

Medieval maps tend to have Jerusalem at the centre, I think?

PasturesNew

I like maps.