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

Tahlullah

You get some interesting things for sale on ebay...

Sorry, don't know how to cut and paste on a tablet.

Item number 231112478424

I should sleep more.

lostinrates, I feel the same way about art. More than anything, I want it to be a beautiful piece which will make me smile when I look at it. Some modern peices, half cows, sharks etc are fantastic , in that noone has ever shown me what the inside of a cow looks like, but I still don't want it in my sitting room.

zagubov

The best pizza is a deep pan from Pizza Hut, espceially the £5 deal they do for a meat feast.

As regards art, landscapes are fascinating but I especially like the wierd art of Escher. Stunning, I reckon. Weird pavement art's another good thing. This makes me a philistine, I'm sure but who cares?

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Generali

Tahlullah wrote: »

Just been on another thread talking about cr*p, whether it is or not. Referred to the pile of fire bricks at the Tate Modern that fetched a fortune, because someone saw beauty in them. Moved onto other things that are cr*p but memorable, and I mentioned the Reliant Robin. Noone will forget that classic shape, but still a rubbish car that has become a style icon.

Can any Nice People think of other classics that fit this category? You know it's absolute garbage but its acquired a cult status that people will pay good money for? Or is it just me who is out of synch?

There's loads of crap icons stuff:

Old cars (generally fail in the 'getting you from A-B' stakes)
Most processed food from the 1960/70s. Smash for example was and is absolutely vile.
Most old technology - it's just not very good

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

There's loads of crap icons stuff:

Old cars (generally fail in the 'getting you from A-B' stakes)
Most processed food from the 1960/70s. Smash for example was and is absolutely vile.
Most old technology - it's just not very good

Used to drive a mini. It felt like you were in a racing car because you were so close to the ground, it seemed to go at breakneck speed. It was just a bit bigger than the postwar bubble cars I still used to see in the 60s.

I was quite impressed by it till we replaced it with a micra. Seemed to have 10x the room , better turning circle and fuel efficiency and acceleeration and overall performance. Not so much an icon but very much the better car. Iconic cars included the bond buggy and the DeLorean. And probably the C5.

Processed food was dire. Tinned meat was still a hangover from the warand felt like it in every way.

Nesquick was cool. there used to be an orange flavour which they got rid of for some reason.

There used to be toy called the etch-a sketch which had control dials to let you draw lines to make pictures and more importantly you could shake them to get rid of the appaling "pictures" which always disappointed.:o

Spirit_2

I don't make puff pastry but do make shortcrust quite often and suet occasionally. Savoury is usually chicken and leek or veg or sweetcorn. Make both steak and kidney or steak and ale as pies or suet puddings.

I found a new recipe for rhubarb pie this year that makes me look forward to rhubarb next spring. First things first though...the post christmas turkey and something pie,...yummy.

I have only made a hot water crust raised pie once. It was easier than I expected and delicious, but enormous.

May be inspired to make another.

Pizza has to be thin and crispy, ideally with artichokes and anchovies on it.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

My favourite chain pizza is Pizza Express. My favourite Hertfordshire pizza however is from here:

http://www.redlionwaterend.co.uk/the-restaurant

Yummy...

I can still remember the 70s when pizza was new. My parents described it as a cheese and tomato pie, which turned my stomach as they were two foods I'd aquired no taste for.


When I got to uni you couldn't buy takeaway pizzas. Had to buy packet kits and make and bake them ourselves. Surprised I ever developed a liking for them.

bugslet

Vesta Meals - mother was a cook from scratch woman, but as I had to look after myself from the age of 11 when I got home from school, that qualified as real cooking for me:o

Artwise, I seem to have a lot of black and white pictures up. Included in the black and white line up is part of a blouse. NP ladies will remember back in the 80s that blouses were more overshirt proportions and I bought a beautiful one whilst in the States that was silk with a religious print of Mary and cherubs wafting about ( looks a lot better than my description). The shirt became unfashionable in style, so I cut the centre back out of it and framed it.

Thank you for your kind wishes, we are slowly getting ther with having the sub-cuts removed and the social worker is trying to find a hospice place for him rather than palliative, though she may not be able to find a free bed. We shall see.

bugslet

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Glad it's not just me (paranoia reigns) but it's hugely frustrating - has happened the last few days for me.

I meant to ask about that, then it throws me out altogether saying bad report. Sorry if people are unthanked, but I can only click a few times before it happens.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Can't you buy dirty pants in vending machines in Japan? Not quite art, though.....

I used to have a book called 283 useful ideas from Japan. Don't remember that being one of them.;)

They made it into a TV series, some of it's on youtube. Wonder how many of the ideas got adopted in the West?

lostinrates

Tahlullah wrote: »

You get some interesting things for sale on ebay...

Sorry, don't know how to cut and paste on a tablet.

Item number 231112478424

I should sleep more.

lostinrates, I feel the same way about art. More than anything, I want it to be a beautiful piece which will make me smile when I look at it. Some modern peices, half cows, sharks etc are fantastic , in that noone has ever shown me what the inside of a cow looks like, but I still don't want it in my sitting room.

See, I do know what the inside of a cow looks like, and its incredible, astounding, a real 'science is magic' thing, but......its also not something I view as an ill educated art lover as useful or beneficial to me artistically.

My sibling DID have an art education, and I think is in to that stuff in a sort if 'ra ra' way. Doesn't own any modern pieces but holds forth about them. DH had an arts education too, and he's not keen. But DH loves caneletto, and I just can't pt get there with passion either.

Similalr though, while I think Escher ( mentioned above) is clever and interesting, I don't warm to it aesthetically.