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

Doozergirl

zagubov wrote: »

Speaking as someone who grew up in Scotland I wonder if the curries in Birmingham and the Black Country are like the Bangladeshi /Sylhet style common in London (Bajhias for starters, Phaals for hot dishes) or the Punjabi North Indian type found in Glasgow (pakoras for starters, Tindaloo for hot dishes).:D

I couldn't really say. The west midlands has the largest Bangladeshi community in the UK and the second largest Pakistani community outside London. Balti is big here and that belongs to the UK, I think. Our local specialises in Bangladeshi, but the menus are all vast and I'll eat anything.

Curry is a way of life here and we don't have a minotity population to speak of in our town. There are zero chinese restaurants. I just counted 16 curry houses on Trip Advisor.

Edit: Just googled all my favourite disges and it's fair to say they come from all over the sub-continent. So, clear as mud. My favourite thing is Puri and that comes from Bangladesh.

I once saw a giant tin of Sharwoods curry paste outside the back of one restaurant. We don't go there!

ukmaggie45

Generali wrote: »

Many oily fishes are available in Aus, both local and imported.

Thanks, just showing my general ignorance of everything! When you see dietitian here they only mention the kind of fish you can get here... Though mainly she went on about the Portfolio Diet. Which I still can't really get my head around since website not terribly helpful.... But then I'm thick when it comes to this kinda stuff. (need rolly eyes thingy here)

Generali wrote: »

I just can't see why Mrs Generali will change her lifestyle in the same way that her parents haven't changed theirs. I think it gets files under 'too difficult'.

Yes, it is difficult, but it is possible. I'm giving myself a little slack over winter, but trying not to too much. As I said earlier it's easier to eat healthier in summer - for me anyway. GrandKids make it easier to try hang around longer, and try to make that more possible. Aged and decrepit now (65) but it's not too late to try and improve my diet so can get to watch the GrandKids grow up for longer.

I don't have the option of exercise to improve my cholesterol figures (other health probs) , but for most folks that's another possible way to help. Exercise is good for endorphin production too, supposedly why it can help with depression.

Hope you can persuade Mrs G to improve diet, but please don't nag - nagging has always put me off making any changes!

Very best wishes to you, Generali. You seem to have a lot of difficult stuff on your plate at the moment. I hope things will get easier for you soon.

CKhalvashi

Yorkie1 wrote: »

I got this one too!

Me three!

Looking at it, it would either be Humanitarian, or the creative one :cool:

LydiaJ

Generali wrote: »

Both her and FiL's attitude seems to be that this is stuff that is just happening to them, that they are passengers in life. The knee problems, diabetes and heart disease are all related to the fact that they eat too much sugar, salt and fat. Mrs Generali does exactly the same thing. This is her life in 20-30 years.

Oh Gen. How scary for you. Still, you cook such wonderful things - presumably at least some of the time she is eating healthy stuff that you have cooked for the family, isn't she?

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, she's hanging on through a pretty tough period of mental health, right?

If she's keeping herself together for now, sometimes that's all one CAN do Generali sweet.

The sweet might be doing for her 'blood chemistry' what her body ain't in happiness for all we know.

You're active, your kids are active, even if she's less active than you guys but comes along sometimes she'll be doing better than she would otherwise.

This is what I thought too. When mental health is precarious, choosing healthy food and resisting the temptation to eat junk is all too much of an effort, when just getting to the end of today is taking all the effort you can manage. But still, eating healthily and getting moderate exercise are good for mental health as well as physical health. I'm sure that living with someone who cooks the way you do is a lot better for her than being left to her own devices food-wise would be.

Doozergirl wrote: »

What?! I didn't like curry until I went to Balsall Heath. That curry house burned down, I think, or I'd send you there for conversion. That said, we are spoiled with good restaurants.

You must like something in a curry house? It's such a social thing here? It's hard to avoid going for a curry with friends.

I don't like curry either. The first time I had to go for a curry (because my friends were going and I didn't want to miss out socially) they kindly told me that people who don't like curry should eat korma. So I did, and it was fine, and I no longer have any doubts about going along when somebody suggests curry.

LydiaJ

sss555s wrote: »

What career should you have had...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/what-career-should-you-have


You got: Vice President

You are a doer, you know how to get things done. You’re half analytical, half big thinker, which is what makes you so valuable to any team. You love a good challenge, and are excited by possibility. Go get ‘em, tiger because at this point you’re pretty much unstoppable. Other occupations: engineer.

I got Professor

You are a thinker, in constant search of knowledge and answers to life’s most illusive questions. You love to analyze everything, testing out theories and pushing mental boundaries. Basically you’re an Einstein, but then again you probably already knew that.
:rotfl:

Generali wrote: »

Many oily fishes are available in Aus, both local and imported.

I just can't see why Mrs Generali will change her lifestyle in the same way that her parents haven't changed theirs. I think it gets files under 'too difficult'.

Well, because they are married to each other, but she is married to you. And because she gets to see what is happening to them ahead of when it might happen to her. Although of course the depression will make it harder for her to think clearly about it, as well as harder for her to do anything if she does get as far as thinking about it. All you can do for now is keep providing healthy things that she can eat without having to go to any trouble to prepare them for herself - then that part of it at least becomes "path of least resistance" rather than "too difficult". At least, it does if she's anything like me - on my bad days, my main criterion for choosing food is how little effort it requires of me.

My dad's take on it is that he had 85 fun-filled years of eating whatever he felt like (in moderation) and still being told that his cholesterol and blood pressure and so on were fine, and now that they are telling him that his cholesterol has started going up, he's willing to do what it takes to bring it back down again, even if that means cutting back on things he likes such as cream and proper butter.

ladeeda

1st appointment tomorrow/today is at 9.00am. That means I need to leave the house at 7.30 and it's now 4.01am. Having said that I did sleep earlier today, can usually manage well with out too much sleep and tomorrows appointments don't include making any life changing situations for other people (or for me) so I don't feel too apprehensive about my lack of sleep. I may in an hour or two though...

I got Humanitarian, seems there's a few on this thread.

Any body any tips on sleeping?

Generali

Nikkster wrote: »

Apparently I should be an astronaut...

Me too..................

Masomnia

Sleeping has been an issue for me on and off too.

The only thing that really worked was getting up at the same time every morning without fail, which can be pretty painful at weekends.

I always think if you can't sleep, get up and do something rather than lying in bed worrying about it, as that only makes things worse. The thing to remember is that adrenaline will get you through any important engagements you might have the next day.

ladeeda

Masomnia wrote: »

Sleeping has been an issue for me on and off too.

The only thing that really worked was getting up at the same time every morning without fail, which can be pretty painful at weekends.

I always think if you can't sleep, get up and do something rather than lying in bed worrying about it, as that only makes things worse. The thing to remember is that adrenaline will get you through any important engagements you might have the next day.

Thanks Masomnia - I haven't slept but have kept busy on line, filled the slow cooker for tonight, done a bit of a tidy up and am getting ready to leave. Tired out but not too miserable My problem is that I am only feeling tired enough to sleep at this time. Having an irregular work pattern allows me to sleep when I shouldn't. Need a body clock reversal. I used to be such a sound sleeper too.

hjd

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

That's a particularly silly one, for me, anyway!

You got: Humanitarian

You are a giver, a justice seeker. You spend more time thinking about others than yourself, and more than anything just want what you’re doing to help someone in some way. Essentially, you is kind, you is smart, you is important. Other occupations: social worker, judge

I got Humanitarian too.
I could have done with a new "None of the above" choices though.