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

neverdespairgirl

Nikkster wrote: »

I know what kerbcrawling is (not through personal experience either though!) - so is kerbcrawling a separate offence to engaging services in a brothel?

If I can tear myself away from the internet, I'll dig out the paper from the recycling, and see if I can find the offence that got me thinking

Yup. Brothels are different altogether - a completely different Act, from memory, and a much older one. There are some offences under the 1956 Act, and there is also a common law offence of "keeping a disorderly house" and another of "keeping a bawdy house". The disorderly house common law offence "required that the services provided were open to members of the public and were of such a character and conducted in such a manner that their provision amounted to an outrage to public decency or were calculated to injure the public interest."

tomterm8 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that Prostitution has been a common law offence in the middle ages; I think people used to be killed for it, certainly it must have been against the law prior to the reformation because it would be against church law.

You'd think - but no, it wasn't, not universally. Prostitutes were part of the make-up of medieval society, but although mostly banned from London, for example, they not only flourished outside London's jurisdiction, across the river in Southwark, but the land there was owned and controlled by the Bishop of Winchester, and for centuries Southwark prostitutes were known as "Winchester Geese". There were rules about having to wear certain clothes and hats, to make it clear you really were a prostitute, and not one "pretending to be a godly wife".

Nikkster

tomterm8 wrote: »

How large is that bathroom? It looks like you could wash your feat and do your business on the throne at the same time.

Not very big


Probably too big for me to wash my feet from the throne though (short legs).

It's big enough for Mr Potato Head though (he was considered important enough to have made the move already; see recent discussion of Toy Story:o)

Next door have apparently moved the wall (stealing some space out of the bedroom). I'm going to have to make sure I get invited to those neighbourhood homeowner parties... so I can nosey around everyone elses houses and get ideas

Nikkster

tomterm8 wrote: »

Kerbcrawling/ prostitution

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Brothels/ prostitution

Thanks guys, I think my research is complete :rotfl:

Have looked through last weeks papers, and can't find the offence. Must have been the week before that (that batch of recycling is long gone) or somewhere else.

lostinrates

I've been trying to get a picture of pink whistley for silvercar but she and the kiwi are snuggled up together. Cute, but not a good pic.

neverdespairgirl

The stuff about medieval prostitution around London being run by a bishop comes from my massively useful third year degree option, English Legal History. Which I followed with the equally-useful Western European Legal History as a master's option....

I got a very high first in English Legal History, and got a prize for the mark. Sadly, I didn't get nearly as high a mark in any of my marginally more relevant third year options. Should you meet any Visigoths wandering around in need of legal advice, I'm your girl.

neverdespairgirl

Seems a positively spacious bathroom to me, Nik, but I'm used to central London bathrooms. Room to swing cats seems positively decadent, here.

Nikkster

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Seems a positively spacious bathroom to me, Nik, but I'm used to central London bathrooms. Room to swing cats seems positively decadent, here.

Its definitely big enough for me Is a little small for the rest of the house though, and I don't think it would hurt the bedroom to steal some of the space. Kind of puts me off getting a lodger too (though I would of course get over that if I needed to). Will see what next-door looks like when I get a chance.

Being realistic, I'm not sure its likely I'll start moving walls. Perhaps I'll be much braver by the time I'm sorting out the bathroom though (probably in about 5 years unless something happens that means it needs doing sooner).

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

Just finished walking the dog and arrived in the door as what felt like hail started hitting me. Now I'm indoors the wind is starting to get its act together.

Mine have refused all evening, I think as its not getting any lighter I'll brave it early rather than waiting any longer.

Getting dog dog out is not going to be fun

lostinrates

Not funny, not safe at all. Got out in the yard before realising their is lightening everywhere. Crippled by indecision over which route to go and trying to work out which way had fewer metal gates to open!

Dogs waited in an empty barn while I checked horses .

Grim, grim.

ukmaggie45

zagubov wrote: »

BUt best of all, Lord Of The Rings!

Yay! Glad to find another who liked LOR.

Nikkster wrote: »

So, other news for today is that a copy of the new house deeds arrived today from the solicitor. So it's definitely official.

But seeing as I found that 'other' for sale listing, I can now share a floorplan (I know you appreciate a floorplan).

I'd want to knock the wall down between "kitchen/breakfast room" and "dining room"... Would make a lovely big space that you could play with. Guess I just like big rooms! I hate having tiny spaces that constrain. It's a bit like that in our utility room, but view from window down to the river helps a bit, plus it's only a utility room, not a room we live in.

Do you have any plans for changing stuff yet?