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

Spirit_2

We are probably the last people in the world to have seen this, and I know it has been running years... but I am going to admit, the Spirit family have just seen Les Mis at Queens theatre. I had no prior knowledge of the plot, and did not previously know the tunes until I recognised them. DD had seen the film and OH had read the book.

I loved it, could have turned around and watched it again.

We were going to go up by train but it was £115 for the three of us and £13 to park and took an hour and 40 mins to Waterloo. We drove, parked in Chinatown paid £36 and reached home an hour and forty minutes. So faster and cheaper to go in a car. Am I wrong for thinking this ludicrous?

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Pastures I am petrified of fire and always have been.. however up until now my fear has always involved open flames. Please don't think I find your fears giggleworthy. However it is worth reflecting on what has happened... I had a very scary night that I wouldn't want to repeat, but my house is still standing, any fire/melting/overheating was contained in the unit, the worst thing is I've got to spent a couple of thousand to upgrade my heating. I've got a bit of a hole in a wall (fillable with plaster for about £5) and a broken clock that got caught in a jacket when a fireman turned round. But nothing at all very bad.

I've also learned:
It isn't acceptable to put stuff in front of the back door and I need to get rid of a fair bit of clutter (in my defence Christmas presents hadn't found a home yet and it's too cold to use that door, but I've learned a lesson. Always have an escape route and if possible an alternative.

You can never have too many smoke alarms... Even if you do have a hardwired system (like me), there's nothing wrong with installing extras.

That a nice man (or woman) from the fire brigade wants to come round, discuss my fears and make sure that we've done everything we can to mitigate risk - better still there are similar heroes all over the country and you don't need to have a fire to call them out for free. It's well worth speaking to them if you haven't already done so.

That if you smell burning or see smoke, you can get a fire extinguisher or fire blanket, but the best investment is a quick call to 999 and the professionals who know what they are doing. They could not have been more wonderful.

Also in terms of the system, there are now much better alternatives on the market, safety is much greater, and providing I address a few issues that I will be able to feel safe going forward.

Re smoke alarms, nobody in NSW died in 2013 in a house fire when the house was fitted with working smoke alarms.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I've spent ages explaining to students that comas can't last more than a few days weeks or months at most. You have to exit into recovery, decline or a stable PVS.

Now the newspapers are saying the former Israeli Prime Minister's been in a coma for 8 years. They really mean he's been in a persistent vegetative state. Got to correct this factoid/ misconception next week before the young file it away with "we only use 10% of our brains " or similar tosh. Labour are talking about making teachers be licensed every few years. We speak to a few people each time.

How about the chumps who write the national news. Can we have them tested before they stand up and tell the world that fire's a liquid or potatoes cause earthquakes or simlar drivel!:mad:

I'm quite upset that the 10% brain thing is rubbish. Any idea where it came from?

I confirmed a factoid recently: a rod in your eye can detect a single photon in a dark room. It takes 7 to set off the optical nerve however.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

12? Chuck in a packet of bacon and a box of eggs and I'd get through that in an hour or so. Although I only like plain ones. I had to redraft this message three times to avoid it sounding like some horrendous innuendo. I'm still not sure whether I was successful or not.

P.S. Not everyone keeps food in their freezer. Some of us use them to store the dismembered bodies of people who rudely rang the doorbell after 9pm.

I have eight horse legs on my freezer as a favour to a friend ATM. In the kind of circles I move its not surprising that she offered me one if I wanted it........

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

PN is afraid of dogs as well.

While this is true .... I'd like to also note that the hound I could hear, baying for blood, when I was walking with Spirit was one of the hounds of hell...... that wasn't a dog trying to get out to chew us .... that was the anti-christ in fur form.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

We are probably the last people in the world to have seen this, and I know it has been running years... but I am going to admit, the Spirit family have just seen Les Mis at Queens theatre. I had no prior knowledge of the plot, and did not previously know the tunes until I recognised them. DD had seen the film and OH had read the book.

I loved it, could have turned around and watched it again.

We were going to go up by train but it was £115 for the three of us and £13 to park and took an hour and 40 mins to Waterloo. We drove, parked in Chinatown paid £36 and reached home an hour and forty minutes. So faster and cheaper to go in a car. Am I wrong for thinking this ludicrous?

I've had to use that car park a couple of times.

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

We are probably the last people in the world to have seen this ... the Spirit family have just seen Les Mis

No, not the last.

Spirit wrote: »

We were going to go up by train but it was £115 for the three of us and £13 to park and took an hour and 40 mins to Waterloo. We drove, parked in Chinatown paid £36 and reached home an hour and forty minutes. So faster and cheaper to go in a car. Am I wrong for thinking this ludicrous?

In my experience trains have always been more expensive than driving - even when there's only one person in the car. Takes longer on the train too, often.

lostinrates

I'm frightened FOR our dogs this morning. Something was up last night, they had us up every hour. Both fir and I feel so e what exhausted and short tempered. We couldn't see what was upsetting them/ unsettling them.

Now THEY are sleeping.

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

I've spent ages explaining to students that comas can't last more than a few days weeks or months at most. You have to exit into recovery, decline or a stable PVS.

Now the newspapers are saying the former Israeli Prime Minister's been in a coma for 8 years.

It's probably a translation thing. Whoever translated the word, translated it for the general public.

Maybe in his country they DO only have the word coma.

It's like the eskimos - if one of them died in a snow storm while on holiday in the UK they might have 100 types of snow storm somebody died in..... but we only have one word.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I'm frightened FOR our dogs this morning.

Are you suggesting they can join the horse legs?