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

lostinrates

In other news our super neighbours have opted to let us dig through their properties where needed.

How lucky are we? Amazed, amazed.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

In other news our super neighbours have opted to let us dig through their properties where needed.

How lucky are we? Amazed, amazed.

You may make your own luck in this sort of thing.

If you were grumpy and 'orrible to them, they might have said no.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

You may make your own luck in this sort of thing.

If you were grumpy and 'orrible to them, they might have said no.

Well.....we did think we might have to pay them at the very least :rotfl:

But no. They'd are just happy for us to go ahead, obviously they'll get a liquid qift and perhaps something nice for the newly turned soil and any rectification a made.


We are really lucky with our neighbours. Once a year they lend me a tractor to roll my fields. (Incredibly kind to trust me with their tractor) and they won't take any thing for that either. We have free run of their dairy and they have in the past offered me the cow tracks for off season riding when we have the very old girl horse. Which again, was super kind,......farmer a generally don,t like horses where not required. They helped doozer boy out a couple of times, and have hauled me out of the mud.


I think its easy to Get on as we both keep our selves to ourselves much of the time. There is huge truth in the adage good fences make good neighbours. But smiles, friendliness, being willing to lend a hand where needed, these human traits are all very nice extras in neighbours.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

It's not so much that he didn't know who his manager was, it's that he admitted it on the managers performance review that proves he's thicker than the river ankh on a summers day.

Fire him.

That's not thick. It's factual, honest and open.

zagubov

tomterm8 wrote: »

It's not so much that he didn't know who his manager was, it's that he admitted it on the managers performance review that proves he's thicker than the river ankh on a summers day.

Fire him.

Does sound like there's a synapse missing somewhere.;)

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

They'd are just happy for us to go ahead...

Until Day One ... and an archaeological find is uncovered....... and then you have to pay for a full archaeological survey and dig to be carried out

tomterm8

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's not thick. It's factual, honest and open.

Well, none of those things are supposed to happen in business, pasturesnew.

Actually, it's not unreasonable to ask who your boss is within a week or so of starting a new job. In fact, as a general rule my boss has always introduced himself to me within a day of me starting with a company. Not knowing who is your boss is kind of weird. So, writing that down in a performance review makes him look bad, and makes his boss look bad, and that is a firing offense:D

tomterm8

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not everybody "likes to ask",

Well, it's a basic requirement of the job. Any job. Knowing what you are supposed to do, and who you are supposed to report to.

It doesn't matter whether you'd like to ask. It's something you have to do.

Yorkie1

PasturesNew wrote: »

If I live long enough .... I plan to investigate them while I am still mobile, then write down the ones I prefer/hate.... just in case.

I'd rather be in a home than trapped immobile, at home alone .... waiting for 2-3 short visits by a stream of inattentive strangers doling out microwave meals and tablets..... left alone over 23 hours each day and night.....

My great aunt had a number of care assistants come for a while, but eventually decided that her house was too big and too cold. She didn't want to face another winter there, so made the positive choice to go into residential accommodation and selected the right place for her. A positive decision is so much better for everyone all round. Her sister went into accommodation kicking and screaming after a fall and wasn't allowed home again.

LydiaJ wrote: »

Agree totally. When I get to that sort of age I think I'd like to move into one of those retirement villages where you can live independently for a bit, have a little help when you start needing it, and move into the on-site care home when you get to that point. My mum spent some time in a really great one of those. It struck me at the time that if it's still around in 30 years' time, it's the sort of place I'd like to live - sort of like living in college as a student, but with more health problems and fewer exams to revise for.

http://www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/what-we-do

We've got one of those sorts of villages up here too. I agree they're picky about who they choose. They want the younger people to be applying (and they do, in droves). Someone who oversees an allotment site near me has moved there with his wife from a large 3-bed semi to a small 2-bed flat or house with a tiny garden. They're only early 60s and still fully active.

bugslet wrote: »

There's a Stamford bridge in Cheshire as well. Astounds me how little my girlfriends know about the geography of the UK!

Wrong side of the Pennines - doesn't count

I'd hate an appraisal unless it was completely uncritical. I don't think your peers should review you either, half of them are probably incapable and another lot won't like you, so can't see it really helps. And then as I take criticism really badly, I'd probably spend the next 12 months hating a large portion of my colleagues; I think you can see why it's best I work for myself.

We had to do a 360 appraisal of our line manager. He asked us to be honest. My colleagues didn't want to say anything other than positive, so gave him 100% on everything. I, on the other hand, was constructively positive, with examples of feedback. None of it was anything I hadn't or didn't say to his face and I figured that it was a way of getting him to manage me better (he was already a pretty good manager but had organisational difficulties which impacted on me).

Yorkie1

lostinrates wrote: »

Doing the aquafit was amazing. I cannot tell you the joy of feeling an endorphin high, something I hadn't expected from bobbing in a pool. It hit at about twenty mins and I started grinning like an idiot. I hit a wall at thirty mins :rotfl: but worked through, and then the rest was easier. The benefit on my weaker side was tremendous :j

I'm having some technical problems signing up (all the classes book up too fast for me to get in:() but I am going to pay for an annual membership (optimistically ) which lets you book a day earlier, so I have a better chance.

So pleased to hear you enjoyed it :beer:

mystic_trev wrote: »

Belated Happy New year to all NP's

I've just returned from Australia having been there to watch the Test matches in Melbourne and Sydney. Even the Aussies felt sorry for me! Luckily I did manage to spend a few nice days in Tasmania over the New Year. I now hold the dubious privilege of having been to five Test series 'down under' and seen nine matches, all of which we've lost. Unfortunately I had to miss the previous series due to family commitments, and (of course) that was the one we won :rotfl:

You do realise that you've just admitted being the obvious cause of the defeat?! :rotfl: