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

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

The second one.

I'm trying to paint very thin strips of colour, so painting a band of colour, leaving it to dry then taping it, painting the other side and removing.......then the first colour comes off. Grrrr.

I'm going to try touching it up with an eyeshadow brush at the end of the job...so sometime in summer

Maybe leaving it a week before doing the second layer might help?

zagubov

Any NPs know where I stand on this. Coming back from Ts, I stopped at the lights (monitored by a camera).An ambulance pulled up behind me with lights flashing so me and another car went through and pulled over in front of the other lanes to let it past.
Worried now I'll get a fine and /or points on my licence! :mad:

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe leaving it a week before doing the second layer might help?

Probably


I get over excited after long periods on doing nothing about particular thing want to do it all in one day. I was also painting wall before ceiling finished :o

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Probably


I get over excited after long periods on doing nothing about particular thing want to do it all in one day. I was also painting wall before ceiling finished :o

One of my dreams for the ideal house is to have the space (e.g. a large utility room) where I can leave things to dry for long times; have space to have things half finished.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

The second one.

I'm trying to paint very thin strips of colour, so painting a band of colour, leaving it to dry then taping it, painting the other side and removing.......then the first colour comes off. Grrrr.

So, the question really is why the first coat isn't adhering properly? What are you painting onto?

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

Any NPs know where I stand on this. Coming back from Ts, I stopped at the lights (monitored by a camera).An ambulance pulled up behind me with lights flashing so me and another car went through and pulled over in front of the other lanes to let it past.
Worried now I'll get a fine and /or points on my licence! :mad:

In English law there's a defence of necessity. I think that would probably cover it, unless you had exceptionally silly magistrates.

lostinrates

Two / three coats of paint onto new plaster.

But previously had same problem with paint on wall paper. ( not given up on that room yet....just taken a break.....that's had a couple of years to dry. A friend has given me some carpet for the down stairs rooms which we'll lay this summer and I'll address those wallpaper paint and masking tape issues then. A couple of years should be enough time to have dried

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Sorry, flippertyjibbeting.


I think holiday entitlement in general is pants and inflexible. I see why. And that money is king and in general I'm all for that and the capitalist economy etc, but many because I'm for people, and for people, we need sometimes to have a different structure built in.


E.g. Last year DH went to the doctor and was withering on about psoriasis whereas actually he and I knew really he was there about stress. So did the doctor. Just DH being to.d the doctor would sign him off for a couple of weeks rendered that unnecessary. (He started the burn out quiz this morning but didn't finish it and looked like score was going to be low in fact). But a key part of dh's sanity is he knows I'm here when he needs me. For working couples to try and get time off together can be hellish. IMO it can be unsafe for emotions to work in this way.

Big companies, not small ones, don't usually work at such low ,margins of profit that more flexibility couldn't be given for better mental health provision.

That burnout is becoming a part of our modern lexicon when we have so much less physical drudgery in our society is pretty damning indictment upon us.

I very strongly feel the way the work hours /work life balance thing is approach is wrong (and yes, I know DH has opted out so its not relevant to us anyway).

I don't know what the answer is, but there must be one. I dopn't think purely more holiday time is it.....but it might be a start. I think mental health days might be something.....

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Large organisations are shifting to taking long hours cultures as a problem not an asset . European working time directive is (48 hours week and a statutory minimum level of holiday) making it a health & safety issue, tacho graphs for drivers, fatigue risk for pilots is legislated for and spiralling litigation in healthcare bring fatigue risks in critical decision making - all influence employers. So however so does staff opinions/voting with their feet/ employer reputation to attract new recruits.

When folk are faced with a choice often people do not want to lose pay from making a choice to work fewer hours/ reduce commute/reduce travel/take less responsibility. That is the usual trade off. It does impact on lifestyle/spending power and people trade wellbeing to maintain these....on topic with this board..driven by mortgage commitments for inflated house prices, debt and consumerism.

10 years ago OH had a choice between 2 job offers - 1 was more of the same and continued high earning, the other was a downshift to a charity and less than half the pay. WE chose the downshift:).

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Two / three coats of paint onto new plaster.

How new? That stuff's normally wet and unpaintable for about 3 weeks ... and now it's winter I'd have left it longer. Then I'd stencil in the spring/summer.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

Large organisations are shifting to taking long hours cultures as a problem not an asset . European working time directive is (48 hours week and a statutory minimum level of holiday) making it a health & safety issue, tacho graphs for drivers, fatigue risk for pilots is legislated for and spiralling litigation in healthcare bring fatigue risks in critical decision making - all influence employers. So however so does staff opinions/voting with their feet/ employer reputation to attract new recruits.

When folk are faced with a choice often people do not want to lose pay from making a choice to work fewer hours/ reduce commute/reduce travel/take less responsibility. That is the usual trade off. It does impact on lifestyle/spending power and people trade wellbeing to maintain these....on topic with this board..driven by mortgage commitments for inflated house prices, debt and consumerism.

10 years ago OH had a choice between 2 job offers - 1 was more of the same and continued high earning, the other was a downshift to a charity and less than half the pay. WE chose the downshift:).

One of the things DH and I have been talking about over and since his break is his desire to progress ion his practise, his quality and scope of work, but not necessarily in the rp traditional route.

We don't actually NEED more than we have now financially. No one would be silly enough to turn it down mind you. What he would jump at is more time. There are now reduce hour contracts but its a given, you take them, you close off career progression. Its not the dropping a move towards partnership, its the quality of work progression impact that would make that galling.