We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

Debate House Prices


In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non MoneySaving matters are no longer permitted. This includes wider debates about general house prices, the economy and politics. As a result, we have taken the decision to keep this board permanently closed, but it remains viewable for users who may find some useful information in it. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

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

1…479480482484485…992

Comments

  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    poet123 wrote: »
    Panic over
    That's good news then - he's now found a cousin, not a half-sibling.
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    edited 25 January 2014 at 8:44PM
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    That's good news then - he's now found a cousin, not a half-sibling.

    Two full cousins and a myriad of half cousins:D

    Should that be second cousins? I think it should.
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,938 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    lostinrates wrote: »
    We have a plum tree down in back garden

    Sorry to hear that. :(

    We've only got one tree and it's a plum tree, so here's hoping it stays up.
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    poet123 wrote: »
    Two full cousins and a myriad of half cousins:D

    Should that be second cousins? I think it should.
    If it's his father's brother's kids ... they're cousins.
    If it's his father's cousin's kids I think it's 2nd cousins.

    There are lookup grids online for this stuff.

    I'll never find my mum's father, unless there's a minor miracle. It's one of the things I'd do if I had a lot of spare money. I know his family lived in the area, and still did, and that he emigrated to Canada, and his last name. So that'd involve starting at the 1911 Census for all people there with that name, then tracing all of them downwards. Lots of copies of certificates would need to be bought.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    zagubov wrote: »
    Sorry to hear that. :(

    We've only got one tree and it's a plum tree, so here's hoping it stays up.

    Thankfully we have lots of plum trees for fruit, and the ones in the back garden are terrible for fruiting, but they do give privacy ion summer.


    At least plum is a great burning wood.
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    If it's his father's brother's kids ... they're cousins.
    If it's his father's cousin's kids I think it's 2nd cousins.

    There are lookup grids online for this stuff.

    Thanks, two are his father's sibling's children, so cousins, and I (and their children) are offspring of the siblings children. Which makes us second cousins, I think.:D
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    LydiaJ wrote: »

    I find the tiles in the utility room very cold underfoot if I go in there without shoes. I am looking for a large mat that's not too expensive but will go in the washing machine. Any suggestions, please?

    A standard bath mat? They tend not to be slippery, and wash easily.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I really fancied a chinese tonight... couldn't decide indian or chinese, so decided chinese as the indians here aren't all that brilliant and I'd not had chinese for awhile.

    Well, then I got a bit tight and thought I'd go into Mr S and get some chicken dippers and cook my own rice and make curry sauce with that ..... but when I got there they only had bags of 42 chicken dippers..... and as one piggy portion is 6, there's no way I could cook/eat those in the next 3 days.

    So I ended up having half a can of spagbol on toast and two nuked poached eggs. Cost 35p, but somehow not the same as a chinese :)
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,938 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 25 January 2014 at 10:35PM
    I have never had to fly for business and have now booked, from necessity, two business class tickets (with BA). What in the world is the difference between that and economy?
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    zagubov wrote: »
    I have never had to fly for business and have now booked, from necessity, two business class tickets (with BA). What in the world is the difference between that and economy?

    Luxury.... is this to the V place? (don't quote)
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.7K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.7K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.3K Life & Family
  • 258.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture