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

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Are you suggesting they can join the horse legs?

I've been winding down the freezer for a while so they would probably fit. Tbh at four this morning I would have got in there myself rather than wake up again.

Spirit_2

Our path is like a skating rink this morning. Not nipping up the garden in my dressing gown and slippers to let the chooks out. They will have to have a lie in. BBC weather says 6 degrees, thermometer on garage wall says 1 degree.

I may go back to bed or just snuggle up on a sofa with the laptop.
Pretty determined not to do much that is productive for the next hour or two anyway.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

Our path is like a skating rink this morning. Not nipping up the garden in my dressing gown and slippers to let the chooks out. They will have to have a lie in. BBC weather says 6 degrees, thermometer on garage wall says 1 degree.

I may go back to bed or just snuggle up on a sofa with the laptop.
Pretty determined not to do much that is productive for the next hour or two anyway.

DH is doing th expressing gown chicken run. . But we have to where boots, no way on earth is our garden clean enough for slippers.

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

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

The firies came round yesterday and fitted a new one in the lounge as that was where the problem was. We had a hard wired one, but in the hallway the other side of a closed door. Apparently the optimum is one per room, which we will probably go with now. The new one is rather lovely to look at too, like a little spaceship has landed on the ceiling, would be quite happy to have those everywhere.

It's this one that has been installed if anyone is considering getting some:
http://www.fireangel.co.uk/Smoke-Alarms/Optical-Smoke-Alarms/ST-620.aspx

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

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.

Aiui one of the people who has a similar brain situation to me who also got better surprisingly is also a musician. He still has more complex skills undamaged like ...well...music . I have other things better. It was suggested early on that it was the 'pathways' we had strengthened and developed for musical skill might be relevant

vivatifosi

Spirit wrote: »

Our path is like a skating rink this morning. Not nipping up the garden in my dressing gown and slippers to let the chooks out. They will have to have a lie in. BBC weather says 6 degrees, thermometer on garage wall says 1 degree.

I may go back to bed or just snuggle up on a sofa with the laptop.
Pretty determined not to do much that is productive for the next hour or two anyway.

Has anyone else found the BBC's forecasts particularly rubbish lately? They constantly tell me I can step out of the house in to beautiful sunshine when it is totally tipping down. Netweather seems a bit better though, as would be the Met Office if I could work out what region they think Hertfordshire is in. From their maps it is not straightforward.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Has anyone else found the BBC's forecasts particularly rubbish lately? They constantly tell me I can step out of the house in to beautiful sunshine when it is totally tipping down. Netweather seems a bit better though, as would be the Met Office if I could work out what region they think Hertfordshire is in. From their maps it is not straightforward.

Bbc online is pretty accurate or where I am. I live in an odd spot though so....

silvercar

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.

I saw it again a few weeks ago, but only because a friend's little one was playing Gavroche. Story line is a bit depressing and if it wasn't for the songs, I wouldn't think it worth seeing.

tomterm8

Spirit wrote: »

PN is afraid of dogs as well.

I didn't say it was the only thing I was afraid of, did I?:D

Doozergirl wrote: »

Please tell me it's Oswaldtwistle tomterm, that would be brilliant!

They didn't have that much imagination. Unfortunately, because it would be a cool name. Oswaldtwistle isn't it.

lostinrates wrote: »

Aiui one of the people who has a similar brain situation to me who also got better surprisingly is also a musician.

It's a documented fact that musicians and athletes on average heal better from strokes and traumatic brain injuries too.

I personally think it is their experience of practice that makes the difference. Anyone who is a good musician has gone through the experience of being BAD at something for two, three, four hours a day and still continuing to practice.

With something difficult like recovering from a brain injury, that is an essential skill to have.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

It's a documented fact that musicians and athletes on average heal better from strokes and traumatic brain injuries too.

I personally think it is their experience of practice that makes the difference. Anyone who is a good musician has gone through the experience of being BAD at something for two, three, four hours a day and still continuing to practice.

With something difficult like recovering from a brain injury, that is an essential skill to have.

I had two things in my favour then.

Personally I think that my strongest suit. ( besides fir) has been 'grit' or stubbornness. . Neurologist for example says'you cannot have tn because you are wearing earrings '. I say 'I rEALLY like these earrings'. Besides, you can earrings out if it gets too much.