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

lemonjelly

tomterm8 wrote: »

I've grown to like caps a lot... never used to, but at this time of year the fact they keep the sun out of your eyes makes a lot of difference.

As a glasses wearer, caps are essential in the rain. I have 2 caps in my bowls bag for when I go to bowls matches.

Again as a glasses wearer, I have prescription sunglasses. I wear them all the time when it is sunny (given how much they cost, I want my moneys worth!)

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

My DH doesn't observe dietary rules. ( cos he isn't religious)

Was it someone jewish here who mentioned about Jews who don't observe them on holidays or someone I know in real life? . Dh's reasonably observant members of family have varying degrees of observing dietary law....even the ones who really you wouldn't think
Would and who it would upset others in their communities to find out otherwise.

I read an interesting ( internet ) theory on pork consumption and auto immune diseases this week.

I had a friend who was muslim, who used to describe himself as a "bad" muslim.
It was quite weird, like he was muslim when it suited him.
It didn't suit him when he wanted to drink, smoke, have a bacon sarnie, or cheat on his wife.

I never understood that...

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

My DH doesn't observe dietary rules.

Was it someone jewish here who mentioned about Jews who don't observe them on holidays or someone I know in real life? . Dh's reasonably observant members of family have varying degrees of observing dietary law....even the ones who really you wouldn't think
Would and who it would upset others in their communities to find out otherwise.

I read an interesting ( internet ) theory on pork consumption and auto immune diseases this week.

I know people who are less strict on holiday than at home, but not people who completely abandon the rules. Eg they only eat in kosher restaurants at home, but if they go on holiday abroad to a town with no kosher restaurants they will eat vegetarian food in them.

There also used to be stories that all meat in Israel was kosher. I'm not sure if that was ever strictly true, but now there has been a lot of Russian immigration and the Russians can't survive without pork (now politely renamed as white meat).

lemonjelly

tomterm8 wrote: »

Most flowers you can eat, besides a diversity of flowers attracts the insects you need to pollinate the food you eat...

True, I was being (slightly) facetious.
I do plant flower tubs to encourage the bees each year. I'll be trying the sweet pea again this year too.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

LOL - High Court Sheriff programme on telly. They've just been dragged into a building and held hostage for filming.... Sheriff on the phone to the police.

Oh.....

Shirrifs got our boiler deposits back this week.

We'll forgo other costs as we had agreed between ourselves. (Fir and I) to stop if we got that back and forget other ( greater) costs because we'd proved our point and have moral high ground.


That's two people we won. Against last year in court. We're practically American.
Hopefully that's it for a long while!!!

Because they never came and got the heap of junk we have to sort out ( and pay for) getting it out and getting rid of it. The question is what should we do with it?

Sell on ebay for spares or repair? Or See if we can get someone to repair it/ make it functional for one of the much smaller buildings?

Or just scrap it?

ukmaggie45

LydiaJ wrote: »

I am in awe of people who can manage an allotment. I can't even manage to keep up with the small garden attached to my house. (Well, I can at the moment because it's all been dug up to be levelled, so there's nothing there but mud, which doesn't require much managing, but I couldn't manage it when I had an actual garden there.)

LOL I would hardly say we "manage" the allotment! :rotfl: We stagger on from disaster to disaster! But I'm sure it'll be easier this year - for starters we'll be sowing seeds soon, last year we didn't know about getting the lottie until it was a bit late to be starting the beans and courgettes. So they all started to be ready for harvest just as we were on holiday. And we were away for 6 weeks (joys of retirement! ) so we had marrows rather than courgettes - they were tasty though, and fortunately we're both fans of stuffed marrow! And the beans were past eating as whole beans - we podded them, so at least didn't go to waste.

Very sad to lose our kale to the pigeons though! There's so little fresh at this time of year, and we both really like kale. I'm inclined to net it on the off chance that some of it will grow side shoots, but we're a bit short of netting - must start haunting the garden websites and ebay to see if I can pick some up cheap.

bugslet wrote: »

@ukmaggie - I feel I should whisper. I hate gardening, napalm and concrete sound good to me. Sorry:o

Nothing like a nice lawn to sit out on on a hot summer day - yeah, I know they tend to be in short supply! And gardening is good excuse for hat-buying! :j OH mows the lawn - I don't have the stamina. He does the heavy work too - I have limited weeding capability - have to sit to weed as can't stand longer than a few minutes. My usefulness is in starting seeds off, transplanting into bigger pots when ready, and suchlike. Stuff you can do sitting down.

LydiaJ wrote: »

Sue, please consider asking for and accepting more help. You know you worry about the effect James's pride has on his long term prospects - you post on here that you wish he would be gentler on his body so that he gets to continue using it more fully for longer. So perhaps letting go of a bit of your pride and getting a badge and some benefits would be the best way of setting James a good example so that he can be encouraged to let go of some of his pride too.

You need to try to reframe the badge and benefits as "a bit of assistance for people who use mobility aids to get about" not just as "help for disabled people".

Sue, I agree with Lydia, I really think it worth applying for at least the Blue Badge. Though I believe it's harder to get now - unless you're getting mobility disability benefits. Rather think a lot of councils insist on face to face assessment if you don't have DLA HRM or PIP mobility component (though I get the impression that PIP applications are so slow to be looked at that prob lots of people will be applying for badge outside of disability benefits). I don't know what form it takes though, imagine that they might accept medical evidence from your own GP or consultant in a way that it appears ATOS and the other lot don't.

I would be really stuck without the blue badge - means that I can occasionally get to the local shops. eg Before Xmas we went a couple of times to our local Oxfam shop (they do great chocco coins and some nice gift stuff), being able to park really close meant that I could walk to shop without the faff of OH getting wheelchair out of boot. Plus the shop isn't really wheelchair friendly (how many are! :mad: ) Somewhere like IKEA it's helpful to be able to use the disabled parking - close to entrance! No fun being trundled miles in pouring rain and howling wind (it always seems to rain when we have an IKEA trip planned! :rotfl: ).

Really hope you get your wheelchair sorted out soon, Sue. My eBay one is slightly wider than the lightweight one I mostly use. I'm afraid I'm too far away (NW) to deliver it to you if it was a suitable size. Though we're off to a wedding in Cambridge on March 1st, so if that was nearer to you maybe we could manage something? Currently it's just sitting in the loft, we had intended to use it to take MiL for outings, but she's really past being trundled in a collapsible chair now - needs those really upright solid ones.

neverdespairgirl

OH doesn't keep the dietary laws for religious reasons, but doesn't eat pork or shellfish; he says that having been brought up to regard them as unclean they just don't appeal.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH doesn't keep the dietary laws for religious reasons, but doesn't eat pork or shellfish; he says that having been brought up to regard them as unclean they just don't appeal.

It occurs to me that there are people who probably, brought up on fizzy drinks and premade old probably feel the same about veg and raw meat. Maybe that's partly why cooking from scratch is such a hard sell to people? Maybe that's partly why I view packet food as I do? Unclean?

Pork is my least preferred meat, but I like a pork chop in autumn, ones is fine. Bacon , pancetta, I find invaluable, just one rather can perk something up and add depth. I like thinks like saucisson, prociutto, but believe them to be treats, they are also one of the hardest things to source ethical versions of:( I more or less give up even looking.. DH does like them a lot though. A lot though.

bugslet

lemonjelly wrote: »

I find yorkshires very "meh". Filler/take up space which could be occupied by much nicer stuff.


Really? bacon sarnies are epic! (apols to jewish posters )

Er, bacon, take it or leave it - it's the fatty bits I really hate - I thought for some reason you are veggie - or are you veggie with bacon hankerings?

As for Yorkshire Puddings...perhaps in your next life:p

lostinrates wrote: »

I read an interesting ( internet ) theory on pork consumption and auto immune diseases this week.

You can't leave it half a story!

lostinrates

bugslet wrote: »

Er, bacon, take it or leave it - it's the fatty bits I really hate - I thought for some reason you are veggie - or are you veggie with bacon hankerings?

As for Yorkshire Puddings...perhaps in your next life:p



You can't leave it half a story!

The blog pos I read did!

Its the food version of a conspiracy theory post as it stands. Nothing to back it up...
Its a blog post on why pork is never served at Meyr clinic.....hang on, I can find it.....


http://naomipicks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-mayr-cure-at-home.html


See nothing seriously 'scientific' but interesting to think about, particularly for those of us with connections who don't eat pork and often wonder what the whole picture behind the theory might have been. .

My reading matter reveals my increasing return of iatrobobic behaviour though I fear.