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

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I can't believe the train line was so near the sea. I say "was" because now some of it is in the sea.

Yes, it's one of the "marvels" of travelling by train down there.. trains stop in bad weather, usually not being swamped by high waves.

Beeching's cuts made it the only route in/out. No other lines or alternatives.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

She's stooping like an old woman.
She could be 80 from the way she's standing.
"Elderly and frail lady in dress from behind" is how that should be titled.

My thought too. I can't believe the picture editor chose that shot. The only thing I can think is that they forgot to take shots from the back, or there was some problem and they didn't want to call the model back. There's no way that picture would have been chosen otherwise. She is standing all wrong and looks completely round shoulders and actually caught off guard.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Word's got out about half naked men at yuor place.... whole village has come for a look

Its quite ned down now, just the occasional car, which is still odd. The end of our road,.....other end ...floods , so if the diversion is this way I imagine it must be a crash diversion not flooding, especially that its quietended down now. Horrid thought. Hope it wasn't too nasty. There have been some shockers locally recently

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Its quite ned down now, just the occasional car, which is still odd. The end of our road,.....other end ...floods , so if the diversion is this way I imagine it must be a crash diversion not flooding, especially that its quietended down now. Horrid thought. Hope it wasn't too nasty. There have been some shockers locally recently

I'm amazed how badly people drive on country roads. In London we have loads of crashes, but usually at fairly slow speed, and virtually everyone walks away unscathed.

We had one round the corner yesterday. The driver was completely unharmed, even though the car looked like a write-off.

In the country, speeds are double, and the cars simply don't protect the occupants most of the time. So, you'd think people would be more careful.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

I'm amazed how badly people drive on country roads. In London we have loads of crashes, but usually at fairly slow speed, and virtually everyone walks away unscathed.

We had one round the corner yesterday. The driver was completely unharmed, even though the car looked like a write-off.

In the country, speeds are double, and the cars simply don't protect the occupants most of the time. So, you'd think people would be more careful.

Boys copmogn out from the local town or indeed the villages. is a regular occurrence. They like to race rou d the roads, skidding on the corners. It drives me potty its not taken more seriously. The car is often full of silly boys (drinking ) or boys with girls drinking and screaming:mad:. The damage they do at two, three, four in the morning is mainly to people's fences, their own cars, The evidence by the time you get out is kids scrambling in to a car they have pushed back on the road and tearing off.

Of course, there is no reasonable cost effective way to police this, but IMO these kids should lose their licences for a few years, They are proving themselves not responsible enough to drive the weapon that a car can be.

You get the same thing with kids and scooters. They re unmissable because they are so loud. We can here the cars or scooters not just near our house but up into the villages around us. Slightly up hill. I get worried for them. But also worried they'll hit someone else, someone coming home from a shift or whatever.

lostinrates

GDb, will she drink?

Any chance of getting something like complan into her? I doubt it. Or juice? Even...,sugar?

Nikkster

GDB2222 wrote: »

the strain is starting to tell

I bet it is. What a horrible situation to be in. I hope it gets resolved well and quickly.

zagubov

Thanks to all for the positive thoughts.
I'm afraid the op's been postponed though till next week.:mad:

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

"A deep low Atlantic pressure system miles of the UK coast will whip up 150mph winds and violent sea surges as it barrels into the country."
"Forecasters have warned exceptional low pressure driving the storm threatens to whip up gales which could exceed 100mph - way off the Beaufort scale."

That Beaufort was a bit cack then if his scale didn't go high enough!

I think it's more the Express being a bit cack at understanding his scale - there's not a top of it in that sense, beyond which wind speeds are off it.

AIUI, it was a Navy thing from about 200 years ago, because people were describing the same winds differently - one man's "stiff breeze" being another man's "terrible winds". That's why each stage isn't just expressed in wind speeds, but catagorised by the state of the sea, and so forth. Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale is higher than about 65 knots, I think (CBA to look it up, but that's about it, from memory).

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Skied well over 40km today. I reached my top speed falling 200m vertically down the steepest slope in the resort without my skis on...

Ouch! Hope your bones are in the same number of bits? Did you have a long way to walk upwards to reclaim your skis?

neverdespairgirl

silvercar wrote: »

I can't believe the train line was so near the sea. I say "was" because now some of it is in the sea.

Have you never been on that SW coastal train line? It's spectacular - from Exeter or about there onwards all the way to Penzance, a good chunk of it is actually along the coast, and the views are stunning. Well worth doing for the scenery, some time, even if you don't particularly want to go to Penzance.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Please don't quote - I sent this to my brother-in-law:

GDB, that sounds very hard indeed. Is Mrs GDB OK? That must be very distressing to watch in your own mother.

zagubov wrote: »

Thanks to all for the positive thoughts.
I'm afraid the op's been postponed though till next week.:mad:

How very irritating for Miss Zag - psyched up for it, and then all dressed up with nowhere to go.