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

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Thanks silver. Maybe it is some sort of other gathering. Black skull caps men and ringlets long sober skirts women. That's orthodox isn't it? Sorry if I come across a bit ignorant, don't know any orthodox Jews irl.

Incidentally, what group contains the women who wear the triangular headscarves? Perhaps that's a Christian group but I don't know which one.

Do you mean Hasidic Jews and Quakers respectively? You see loads of Hasidic Jews (comparatively) at Tottenham home games. Never seen one at an away game. Maybe they feel their appearance might make them a target outside Milwall or West Ham's grounds. Maybe they've got better things to do than go to those places, I have!

lostinrates

Quakers just dress reasonably 'mindfully' aiui. not bling central or consumerist driven wardrobes.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Me too. £45. Most of that's the s0ddin' standing order. I've not looking into changing providers, doesn't seem any point as I might find a house soonish....

The warm weather has had a big impact on reducing demand and price of domestic heating oil but there must also be a supply improvement too - We have just filled our oil tank last fill was in the summer -62p litre, now 55.2p pl.

PasturesNew

Interesting read, if you like mysteries and hidden treasure stories.
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lostinrates

This taste programme......its way too long for the content.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

Quakers just dress reasonably 'mindfully' aiui. not bling central or consumerist driven wardrobes.

I know some quakers and never knew them to have any particular dress code. Doubt they're wear designer clothes though.

I've a lot of respect for them as a religion, and as a community. Don't seem to have the hair covering/not covering concerns other religions seem to have preoccupations with either.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I've been to Romania twice - once for 10 days, with my best mate, after our first year at university. Then the following summer, for a week, with my flatmate. It was a fascinating place, once you got out of Bucharest.

My OH is in Romania tonight. On the coast in a very smart hotel with a couple of his team and the hotel director of marketing. They have had dinner by candle light ....as the hotel did not have any electricity:rotfl:. After dinner he was happy to walk up to his 6th floor room, his colleagues were less happy trudging up to the 8th floor.

Last week he was in Russia. One night they were without hosts and went into a restaurant for dinner. They were the only guests, although the place had had a recommendation from some of the men they had met. No English was spoken by the staff, but OH and a colleague ordered lamb chops, which they got - but nothing else just chops, whilst another colleague ordered a steak which never arrived. No further food was offered, no point complaining as the staff were more like security guards than waiters and they paid up and left.

The next day they described their poor experience to their minders, who had hysterics....it was they were told "a place men go to meet women", doesn't get going until about 11pm and food would be poor because in the early evening they probably did not have a chef on.

It was they said "a knocking shop":eek:

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

This taste programme......its way too long for the content.

it's also just a ludicrous concept in my opinion. let's see who's the best at making one spoonful of food.

tell you what, let's see who's the best at sacking a load of tv executives who have run out of ideas.

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

it's also just a ludicrous concept in my opinion. let's see who's the best at making one spoonful of food.

tell you what, let's see who's the best at sacking a load of tv executives who have run out of ideas.

What a shame you missed the interior design programme...

PasturesNew

Gordon Ramsay, Kitchen Nightmares (US). Channel 4, started 10 minutes ago.