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

silvercar

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Yes, it is. Amazed you remember! Long time trying to clear old home, too much Life Happening stuff. :eek:

Two sets on Flickr of the renovation of new home.

Please don't quote this stuff from here onwards

Lovely rennovation.


How do you rate the thermoskirt?

Plumber has found electric wiring behind the skirting boards :eek: so I don't think it would have been an option for us.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

After complaints I now tumble dry socks on the low setting only. On the standard setting the elastic tightens or the material shrinks, to the extent they have a fight to get them on their feet.

I'm just doing ours on the airer.

It doesn't seem worth losing my lucky socks over.

DH has already tried low setting to disastrous effect with my favourite big wool socks, which are now effectively big booties for NDG's poppyseed. :mad:

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Hard floors going in are inevitably going to cause some mess and scuffing IMO. Are you decorating or having it decorated?

If the former I'd decorate, have floors done, touch up.


We have just done floor upstairs before decorating......because it was down and I wanted to deal it so it made sense.


Doozergirl will advise, I'm just really keeping enquiry up in hope she sees.

We always get people in, our capabilities are limited.

lostinrates

Gen, glad things are a bit better. How are you?

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

We always get people in, our capabilities are limited.

So are ours, :rotfl:


I'd go with floors first. Professionals will cover floors well and then no risk of flooring people scuffing new decorations. (Which they couldn't necessarily help

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

Much, much better to have vented. I don't think you ever get clothes dry enough to wear from a condensing dryer.

We have had a couple of washer driers which have both been condensing driers. They were godawful and if you wanted to dry anything to the point you could wear it you had to do each item individually and for about 4 times longer than a vented one. Plus I used to accidentally tip half a litre of water on the floor when I emptied it. I think they must be much more expensive to run compared to a vented one. The only reason to get one is if you physically cannot have a vented one.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

We have had a couple of washer driers which have both been condensing driers. They were godawful and if you wanted to dry anything to the point you could wear it you had to do each item individually and for about 4 times longer than a vented one. Plus I used to accidentally tip half a litre of water on the floor when I emptied it. I think they must be much more expensive to run compared to a vented one. The only reason to get one is if you physically cannot have a vented one.

Yes, I am sure it takes a fair bit longer. . My washing masculine programmes take forever and even I get a backlog.

Its pretty hard to spill the water though from mine.


I'd have probably got vented if the damn thing were going to stay still. . Ours has moved three times, :rotfl:

CKhalvashi

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re the car jelly wants. My sil sold the same model last year. Such a shame the timing wasn't better as the tie up would have been beneficial both ways.

The key point is that it was a convertable and it was hard to sell even in summer. Don't want to go into more details online as it is not my info to give, however my feeling is that if jelly wants one, he should sit tight until one comes up at a reasonable price.

Taking a punt as one of two models here.

Focus CC, or Astra Convertible?! Depending on what mileage LJ does, well within budget is possibly the favorite car I've (well, OH) owned (SC430). They never got popular, but it was an amazing car!

Talking about vehicles (well, parking), one of Yusuf's customers parked to get a coffee in a 20 minute stopping zone, then ended up waiting 40 minutes for two people to finish their breakfast and ended up getting a ticket. They didn't! The council have agreed to cancel the ticket, as it was impossible to avoid.

And......guess who they work for!

Spirit_2

Generali wrote: »

Mrs Generali's back at work now and she seems a bit better for it some of the depression seems to be lifting. The trouble when she gets like this is that the slightest knock sets her back. She's also sleeping really badly, not getting to bed until the small hours and then 'crashing'.

Good news on the return to work, hope she can build on that. It is very hard for her and for you.

vivatifosi

CKhalvashi wrote: »

And......guess who they work for!

There's a town centre near me where the parking attendants have been seen parking their own cars on a box junction because they know they won't get nicked, then walk into town and ticket cars all day for lesser offences.