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

neverdespairgirl

hjd wrote: »

DH had spent some time over Christmas reminding DS not to drive in puddles. DS gamely went out on Thurs night to help push the car clear of the puddle, and he held his tongue.
I have been a very good NP and not told DH what I really think.

Gamely? Heroically, more like! He deserves serious brownie points for that one (-:

Lentils are great - in the winter, a red lentil soup is often the absolutely perfect thing to have.

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I always thought it was the other way around? When I had my first LR engine swapped ( first cause of death, oil leak....) I could only get a petrol engine and all my farmer friends were telling me I was a fool and puddles and fords would be a problem? (I've never had a problem in floods in LR's with either engine, and been through several where others turn.....)

I'm pretty sure she's right - diesel engines can really up and die on you if they get wet. A bit like sheep.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm pretty sure she's right - diesel engines can really up and die on you if they get wet. A bit like sheep.

Oh, I wasn't saying she was wrong, just that I always thought it was the other way round .

Farmers love diesel. Its cheap.

Its just made the car decision MUCH harder :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

lostinrates

Oh god, maybe we are going to have to get two stupid cars.

I don't really want to hire to park in Town, and though the idea of hiring a fun sports car or something once or moth a so would be great fun, I think I'd be less relaxed about leaving it some of the places I'm prepared to leave my own cars.

Edit: just looked at sports car hire cost, Not fun, not fun at all!

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

.... just like me trying to convince you cooking for one is fun

I don't just "cook for one". Cooking for one might be fun under different circumstances. The thing is, it's never just one thing. It's a whole raft of things that come to the point.....

Cooking solely for one for decades isn't fun; having to buy bigger quantities to get the best £/100g ratio you can without going too far OTT (which ends up with just one item and 2 tonnes of it); trying to keep the food spend to about £10/week and wasting none of it; cooking with inadequate cooking gadgets/bowls/dishes; without a freezer; in the same room as you're living in so having to think about smell; and being small, so not able to cook/eat a mountain .... results in having about 12 things you rotate, get bored of ... and stop bothering.

I've no OH ever coming round, nobody else coming, no pets/dogs/birds to legitimately feed. What I bring in has to be eaten, by me, before it goes off.

Most "solutions" leading to some glorious eating life aren't actually any more workable when you get into the detail. You still end up eating the same thing repeatedly, which I try to avoid by eating the same 12 things repeatedly.

Time, effort -v- results becomes a factor too. e.g. I might as well make a cheese/tomato sandwich and eat it in 10 minutes' time with minimum washing up, rather than roasting the tomatoes for 20 minutes with some oil, before transferring them to a rolled slice of bread that forms a "pastry case", topping with cheese and baking for a further 20 minutes - producing a little mini tartlette of roasted tomatoes topped with cheese .... a LONG wait and more washing up

tomterm8

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

... really up and die on you if they get wet. A bit like sheep.

They're not dead.

Yet.

But they are pretty damn wet.

( I've never seen them so miserable as they are at the moment ).

Edit: has someone messed up the spam censor?

tomterm8

I completely sympathise with pastures new; cooking is fun when you're doing it for other people, or you have the money to try a lot of new things. When you don't have much money it isn't much fun at all.

There was a range of student cookbooks called more grub on less grant that did enhance my studenty lifestyle since it dealt with ways to make more exciting food without breaking the bank.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

We're considering buying a new car BEFORE this one dies.

This is a radical move.

Crazy even?

You may have said more after this but I saw your post and thought of this:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/chevrolet-captiva-9k-off-reduced-from-21-295-1781047
(Well the 4wd version anyway)

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

You may have said more after this but I saw your post and thought of this:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/chevrolet-captiva-9k-off-reduced-from-21-295-1781047
(Well the 4wd version anyway)

Thanks, not heavy enough. We think we need a bigger towing capacity, Its got 2000 kg compared to a defenders 3000 (I think).


It all depends though.....

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

We think we need a bigger towing capacity, Its got 2000 kg compared to a defenders 3000 (I think).


It all depends though.....

Handy lookup http://www.uktow.com/towing%20capacity.asp