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Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People
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The form I've just filled in had three Black British options - Caribbean, African and Other.
I'm terribly boringly white British. No knowledge of any non-white or non-British ancestors on either side. My grandmother was born in India, but to British parents who were out there doing something to do with organising the building of railways, I think. (This was 1895.)
Me too - apart from the glamourous Indian-born Granny.
But I don't see it as boring, necessarily. It's just as interesting, really, as your ancestors being Afghan Sikhs, or being a curiously blue-eyed dark-skinned descendant of Pashtan warriors....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'.0 -
I hope that was printed slowly - as I know you can't read very fastneverdespairgirl wrote: »
My mother bought us all T-shirts a decade or two ago saying, "Speak slowly, I'm a natural blonde".
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »But I don't see it as boring, necessarily. It's just as interesting, really, as your ancestors being Afghan Sikhs, or being a curiously blue-eyed dark-skinned descendant of Pashtan warriors.
I don't really feel ethnically boring. I suppose I meant "unremarkably" white British, in the context of a discussion about the troubles people have with forms of that kind.
I would love to be a natural blonde. Having been blonde until I was in my early teens, I still feel inside that I'm a "blonde who went brown" rather than a brunette. DS, too, is sad that his childhood blond hair is darkening.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.0 -
Widows are quiet, demure and delighttful.Having been on that "widowed young" weekend I posted about back in September, I feel confident that "real" widows are happy to accept me as one of them, but I also know that divorcees are happy to accept me as one of them too, so I now feel I belong in both camps rather than in neither.
Divorcees are hot, racy and go to nightclubs.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Widows are quiet, demure and delighttful.
Divorcees are hot, racy and go to nightclubs.
I'm certainly not quiet or demure or racy, and I haven't been in a nightclub for decades.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.0 -
Weird things wikipedia knows blood as food.
And I thought black pudding was bad!Still striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
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I love blood pudding.
Over the last year or so, as, unbeknownst to me, my body found it harder to cope on food, my cravings became odder. Rare meat has been frequently yearned for and once a month or so I have a very rare, blue steak. I was always a rare to medium rare gal rather than blue, which i find a bit yuck and feel heading back that way to wards pink now. Frankly I have literally craved blood.
. Very odd indeed.
Edit...I actually meant to type black pudding. I am obviously focusing on key ingredient ATM. Lol.0 -
Ew. Glad I don't have that craving my vampiric friend, it wouldn't fit in with my vegetarian sensibilities. Recently I have been craving milk. I have no idea why.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Just reading that Wiki link has led to an interesting discussion here.
I have always washed all meat before preparation, but Wiki makes it look like this is an unusual practice. Hubby has just confirmed that before meeting me, he never saw anyone wash meat. I even wash smoked bacon.
Am I really that unusual? It has nothing to do with religion or culture ( I think!) But purely to do with hygiene.Still striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
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vivatifosi wrote: »Ew. Glad I don't have that craving my vampiric friend, it wouldn't fit in with my vegetarian sensibilities. Recently I have been craving milk. I have no idea why.
I am a committed carnivore and its not been that fun for me!
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Wanting blood doesn't exactly endear open to oneself. :rotfl:0
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