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

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

My wheelchair is not fixable, so until some money is saved up for another one, we are confined to barracks

Begger! Half term next month is not going to be fun....

Get googling for local charities to see if they lend them out.

e.g. Red Cross sometimes have one.

You might find somebody that'll lend you one "until", or you might find places that'll lend them for 1-2 days at a time, other bookings depending.

I know people borrow them when taking the elderly on holidays, where the elderly person is usually OK to bobble about their home/local shop, but not to do a half mile walk to the sea, then walk along the promenade for a mile.

£5/week http://ipswichdab.org.uk/wheelchair-hire-service/
... except you don't live there

Tourist Info Centre have a free beach wheelchair if you want to go on the sand (big balloon wheels) http://basic.org.uk/articles/130845/Felixstowe-Shop

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

Just the throat gets irritated and triggers some mucular spasms somehow. Don't know if it's really well understood.

It does amaze me that we can built giant machines 20 miles long in underground caves that cross international boundaries to resurrect lost forms of matter like the Higgs boson that vanished from the universe 16 billion years ago.

And not explain hiccups. :eek:

I remember from Isaac that when you are heavily pregnant you can feel when the baby gets hiccups, in utero. That is a very, very weird sensation indeed.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

Get googling for local charities to see if they lend them out.

e.g. Red Cross sometimes have one.

You might find somebody that'll lend you one "until", or you might find places that'll lend them for 1-2 days at a time, other bookings depending.

I know people borrow them when taking the elderly on holidays, where the elderly person is usually OK to bobble about their home/local shop, but not to do a half mile walk to the sea, then walk along the promenade for a mile.

We got one lent to us when dad was immobile - never used it for him, but it came in handy for moving mum about (including at the funeral). They delivered/collected and we had it about 4-5 weeks (wasn't counting how long, so not sure).

Or this, £5/week http://ipswichdab.org.uk/wheelchair-hire-service/
... except you don't live there

Tourist Info Centre have a free beach wheelchair if you want to go on the sand (big balloon wheels) http://basic.org.uk/articles/130845/Felixstowe-Shop

That's how we have got about since Christmas, using the short term hire ones or the ones in the supermarkets but after a while, it all adds up and makes visiting the local shops an expensive outing and before long, ends up costing more than actually buying your own.

Plus, there is nothing like having your own chair, adjusted to you, with your own bits and pieces attached (or detached, some hire ones have these really silly bands which I trip over getting out)

zagubov

Spirit wrote: »

A former colleague is a quaker. Very pleasant, wise, trustworthy and good fun.

No differentiated clothing. Just an all round good egg.

I tend to judge a religion by the good that it does. This one comes out tops. Sally Army does as well. Got a mate who's a member and an honest trustworthy guy. Musically talented too.;)

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I tend to judge a religion by the good that it does. This one comes out tops.;)

Don't Sikh temples feed 10s of millions every day? That's pretty good.

Re wheelchairs. Could one advertise a request on freecycle? Might come up with a short term solution. Without wishing to be too crass, many people in wheelchairs I would imagine aren't in the best of health and so disproportionately likely to end up in a place where the chair is no longer needed IYSWIM.

Perhaps there's someone who has a chair that is no longer required.

purch

Masomnia wrote: »

Now and again he'll have something too hot for him, and eyes streaming, nose running, face flushed he'll still insist 'it's not hot at all!'

I went to a Bar/Restaurant in New York once where you had to sign a disclaimer to buy their extra extra hot wings....the server wore thick rubber gloves and used a pippet thingie to put a few drops of a clear liquid onto the wings after they were brought to the table.

My mate did the "this is pretty tame" line, and then was violently ill, :eek: and didn't eat again for days.......all I can remember was that my lips were numb for hours afterwards and I kept missing my mouth with my beer (actually not a particularly unusual occurrence)

I've also had to sign a disclaimer to have a rare steak in Denver.......strange lot those Americans.

purch

Nikkster wrote: »

Is it Plymouth Brethren who wear the headscarves?

I was brought up as one of those loons, until I was about 8 or 9, then suddenly we weren't anymore, and we went to a Baptist church instead.

I can remember one particularly weird (and scarey) time when everyone started talking in tongues (Babylon....Old Testament stuff) ......... I think that was one of reasons we "changed sides"

hjd

purch wrote: »

I can remember one particularly weird (and scarey) time when everyone started talking in tongues (Babylon....Old Testament stuff) ......... I think that was one of reasons we "changed sides"

I went to a wedding once where they started talking in tongues. Very strange, also rather unbiblical I thought - I am sure there is some instruction about only talking in tongues when everyone present can understand.

chewmylegoff

purch wrote: »

I went to a Bar/Restaurant in New York once where you had to sign a disclaimer to buy their extra extra hot wings....the server wore thick rubber gloves and used a pippet thingie to put a few drops of a clear liquid onto the wings after they were brought to the table.

My mate did the "this is pretty tame" line, and then was violently ill, :eek: and didn't eat again for days.......all I can remember was that my lips were numb for hours afterwards and I kept missing my mouth with my beer (actually not a particularly unusual occurrence)

I've also had to sign a disclaimer to have a rare steak in Denver.......strange lot those Americans.

There is a place in Hoxton called red dog saloon or something which does a hot wing "challenge". It's not much of a challenge as you pay them for 6 hot wings and you eat them, so it's more of a starter, but anyway they are very, very hot.

We watched someone doing the "challenge" when we were there, he turned a brighter shade of red after each one until his head resembled a very ripe peach, and then he ran to the toilets. One of my friends happened to be in there and apparently this guy just barged his way though about 5 people waiting for the toilet and stuck his whole head under the cold tap and just stayed like that for a long time...

I don't know why people bother. Just have a scotch egg or something.

Generali

hjd wrote: »

I went to a wedding once where they started talking in tongues. Very strange, also rather unbiblical I thought - I am sure there is some instruction about only talking in tongues when everyone present can understand.

According to this mob:

http://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_tongues.htm

There's nothing wrong with it as such but it's not very important and the tongues speaker(?) should have someone along who can interpret for the rest of us (to paraphrase).

chewmylegoff wrote: »

There is a place in Hoxton called red dog saloon or something which does a hot wing "challenge". It's not much of a challenge as you pay them for 6 hot wings and you eat them, so it's more of a starter, but anyway they are very, very hot.

We watched someone doing the "challenge" when we were there, he turned a brighter shade of red after each one until his head resembled a very ripe peach, and then he ran to the toilets. One of my friends happened to be in there and apparently this guy just barged his way though about 5 people waiting for the toilet and stuck his whole head under the cold tap and just stayed like that for a long time...

I don't know why people bother. Just have a scotch egg or something.

There used to be a manager where I worked who used to go on about the 'monster curries' him and his mates used to have on his weekends in Essex.

Three of us worked one Bank Holiday and everything was shut in The City so, living just round the corner, I volunteered to pop home and make us all a big bowl of pasta while they carried on working.

I made my standard Arabiatta sauce: 1 scant tbsp olive oil, 1 medium onion, , 1-2 cloves garlic, 1 tin tomatoes, 1.5 tsp dried chile flakes, handful of basil.

Got back to work, we ate, he cried. He also shut up about his stupid bloody curries which was a result.

I love food with chile in. One thing I have never understood is what could be indelicately called the post chile poo problem. Never had it despite eating pretty hot food at least twice a week when we were in England as a normal week would involve me cooking Pasta Arabiatta and a Thai curry. Ho hum.

2 pieces of music people will know but I bet didn't know the real title:

1. The theme to The Money Programme (an absolute classic this one, that brass section!)
2. That song they always play on TV when a circus comes on

I'm feeling much better, no idea why. I'll ride the wave of feeling ok until the wheels come off again I guess.