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I really haven't traveled extensively in the UK.
The furthest south-west I've been in England is probably Bournemouth.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Word's got out about half naked men at yuor place.... whole village has come for a look
It reminds me if the old joke about the couple where the attractive woman is using a 'sex act' to distract the victim while her boyfriend steals the victim's wallet.
I got mugged like this on Monday, twice on Tuesday and again this morning.
PS Wallets are on sale in M&S0 -
Sorry to hear of you travails GDB. I've nothing to add really except support.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Ouch! Hope your bones are in the same number of bits? Did you have a long way to walk upwards to reclaim your skis?
It wasn't actually painful at all, just a long slide without any cartwheeling- luckily three different people helped out by picking up one bit of equipment each and bringing them down to me which saved me having to walk up and then attempt to ski down again. My friend helped out by filming the whole thing and not picking up any skis!0 -
I do wonder if we experience 'stress' differently now from in the past. People didn't seem to talk about that the same, say 50 years ago as far as far as I can tell; is it just because in those days people just got in with things. People had very precarious and hard lives but didn't seem to be 'stressed' as such. Is it a purely social construction, if we 'say' we're stressed, is that how we experience it?
I understand we are massively more socially isolated than we used to be, which I gather is a significant factor is our worsening capacity to deal with stressful situations without our mental health deteriorating.
I'm pretty certain I wouldn't be in the state I'm in now if I lived in a village with all my extended family within a few minute's walk.neverdespairgirl wrote: »Probably totally uncool to say so, but personally I think it would be great if my mother lived within nipping-round distance all the time. But then, my mother's not only great company, she's the sort who doesn't get remotely offended if invited to un-nip as it's not convenient (-:
My mother was like that too.
She's not around any more, but I think I'd quite like to live within nipping distance of your mother, NDG. 
lostinrates wrote: »That sounds AMAZING. Please, please, please tell more. what emotions, for example.....
( hmm, I'm reading down now. Lack of patience still alive.....)
Is it really dead or just expressed differently, that one?
I incline (without having read the book) to some kind of differently expressed idea. Obsessively and extremely depriving yourself of good things that normal people enjoy is certainly still around today, as is doing seriously weird stuff because other people with the same religious beliefs as you are doing the same weird stuff.
But I'd like to read the book. If we ever end up at the same meet, zag, I'd like to take you up on your offer to lend it to me. Would you come if we had one in or near Oxford?
ETA Read a bit more of the thread now and also want to reply to this:They're the ones! So it's not just me that's heard of them!
I've heard of them too. Wasn't there a particularly well known one called Simeon or Simon or something like that?Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Almost exactly 100 years ago I believe. Before that you got a diagnosis and a prognosis and a prescription that was as likely to shorten as lengthen your life. I've heard 1915 quoted as the turnaround year, when going to the doctor started to lengthen your life. Possibly due to the war-pushing-technology-forward effect? (that must have a better name).
I think doctors started to get less bad for you from Semmelweiss onwards. I think it took quite a while after him for them to tip the balance and start being good for you, though, so 1915 may well be right.Part of it is trust.
As in, when you are in a stonking bad mood (happens to us all) you're more likely to take it out on someone who won't, i.e, hold it against you for the rest of your life.
Except sometimes they do hold it against you for the rest of your life (or the rest of theirs, if shorter).Much better a partner who knows what they want and is able to communicate that than one who doesn't know / won't say.
Yes. Can I thank this about 20 times?But also better to communicate early before it has festered and comes out in bad-tempered circumstances too.
Absolutely. But why have you begun with "but"? From my perspective, you are agreeing with michaels completely.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I don't have a red button. It's very annoying when telly tells you to press the red button and your remote's got red buttons and you press them, to try/see, but nothing happens.
I've never seen what happens when people who have a red button press it.
On my remote, a red button turns off the freeview box - and the other red button ... hang on, what's all this? I just pressed it and something's happened.
Looks like I DO have a red button... I always thought that one was something to do with teletext!
So, now not sure if I have a red button or not, or what's happening on my telly, but I have the Olympics ... old ones being rerun
Boycotted the Olympics (with most of Georgia). So if it's mentioned, I won't know what you're on about.
I refuse to be accused of being a terrorist/security threat, based purely on nationality.💙💛 💔0 -
Well, I think it might be that those things that are hardwired for humans are hardwired in all humans. So, it's really only those things that humans can learn / adapt to that are different.
But perhaps the point originally being made was that we have a lot less hardwired behaviour than other species do, which is why we are so adaptable and have produced such varying cultures etc (and take the best part of two decades to grow up).lostinrates wrote: »But , is it just me or is the view of it from the back awful? I love the neck line but it looks dreadfully dowdy to me. I'm trying to decide if its the beautiful models legs and body shape or the fact the dress might just not be the best cut for her (but then why put her in it) or if the dress actually does that to a woman. Always think if it makes a model look dowdy/any thing negative its a bad idea for a 'normal' woMan ....neverdespairgirl wrote: »Couldn't agree with you more - "whatever you want, dear" is an infuriating attitude.
Worse still, someone who won't say what she wants, but holds it against people who don't manage to guess in the absence of information.
I'll concur with that if you change the pronoun to "he" in my case. In the same category I would put somebody who prevents you from doing something and then blames you for not doing it.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Well, I just don't think its very flattering. I think it makes model look thick waisted, long bodied, pear shaped and like she has shapeless legs. I think if all of those were true rather tha just one or two mild versions of the various body types she wouldn't be a model.
Interesting. I didn't think it did anything dreadful to her legs, but I thought it made her look slouchy in the shoulders.In my opinion, it looks worse in this picture - a size too big for the model?lostinrates wrote: »I don't think its too big. We're getting used to 'stretch' in fit I think! Of it has no stretch and were tighter she wouldn't be able to move her arms, for example.
It looks a good fit on her shoulder and upper body.
In that picture, it seems to me that the problem is the position of the waist - neither properly empire line nor on the natural waist line but randomly somewhere in between. I never think that looks flattering.And no, I'm not buying it for Valentines day!
What is this Valentines day of which you speak?Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
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. Are you OK?Please don't quote
Oh GDB. How difficult. I'm so sorry. Hugs to you, and thoughts and prayers for all concerned.lostinrates wrote: »Of course, there is no reasonable cost effective way to police this, but IMO these kids should lose their licences for a few years,
You know those "speed awareness courses" that they send people on as an alternative to points on their licences if they're caught speeding? Perhaps attending one of those should be a mandatory requirement for all prospective drivers before getting a licence in the first place.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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