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

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

It's mostly because it's not my house and yes the dogs are old, really old I'd say. I am slightly concerned that one might just not wake up. The owner still wells up talking about previous dog that died a few years back.



We both miss the UK. Probably France more though.

Waking up yo a dog that's died relatively peacefully over one night is pretty rare.

If it happened, it bb ( sorry cat types) then it would be as but also a sweet end most would choose for a pet and them selves.

Leaving such old pets with you is tremendous compliment.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

There is The Law of Insomnia which states that no more than onw person in a room can suffer from insomnia.

In our house when I'm awake I tell DH . '. Fir, fir........I'm awake '. He never seems to mind :A

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Waking up yo a dog that's died relatively peacefully over one night is pretty rare.

If it happened, it bb ( sorry cat types) then it would be as but also a sweet end most would choose for a pet and them selves.

Leaving such old pets with you is tremendous compliment.

That's very true. The reality with our last four dogs was that they were suffering and had to be pts. That type of thing is unlikely to come up over a weekend without an ill health warning in advance.

As with any living creature, to live with the joys of their lives you have to live with the lows of their deaths. That's a small part of things compared to the enjoyment and love they bring.

Do you think you might like a furry of your own Gen?

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

That's very true. The reality with our last four dogs was that they were suffering and had to be pts. That type of thing is unlikely to come up over a weekend without an ill health warning in advance.

As with any living creature, to live with the joys of their lives you have to live with the lows of their deaths. That's a small part of things compared to the enjoyment and love they bring.

Do you think you might like a furry of your own Gen?

Yup. I'd love a dog or some seahorses.

SingleSue

I'd love a dog, we always had dogs when I was growing up and I miss their furry fun and lovely cuddles.

We got cats instead, initialy it was because we were both working very long hours and it would not have been fair on a dog but then when the boys arrived, it was partly because we were still running around like headless chickens but also because of the two younger ones differing needs.

The boys are now old enough for us to have a dog but we have Jasper the cat and it wouldn't be fair to him...by the time Jasper goes, it would be time to have a dog but then I will probably be back to the old problem of not being home enough to have one.

Mum and dad don't have a pet for the first time in their adult lives, their last dog Lady died about 4 or 5 years ago now and they didn't want to get another dog as their lives were quite hectic with holidays etc (although Lady used to love going to the caravan for holidays, think she got bored with her walks along the sea front at home sometimes).

Just recently, they have been looking at pets again as they can't do the foreign holidays anymore because of dad, they miss the companionship of a dog and it could do dad some good going for short walks having a purpose. Unfortunately, they are not completely enamoured with little yap yap dogs but dad would be unable to handle one the size of Lady or Patsy (the other dog from my childhood), both were lab crosses and quite energetic.

zagubov

Something to watch out for for male NPs. If you're taking any supplements, check they're not these ones.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/men-warned-of-supplements-risk-30032522.html

Masomnia

I do occasionally take vitamins as a kind of safety net. There are a lot of conflicting studies about them so I avoid taking them daily, but I wonder how much benefit I get from taking them every few days.

Just checked the ones I have and they're 45% of my RDA of Selenium and 83% of my Vit E. So maybe not so bad.

Overdosing on the mineral selenium by taking supplements raised the chances of developing high-grade cancer by 91%, scientists found.

Vitamin E pills also boosted the risk of aggressive cancer, more than doubling it for men lacking selenium.

So what's a chap to do?

Very hard to balance these things, I find. I know brazil nuts have selenium in them, but apart from that I don't know if I have any, and I don't eat brazil nuts very often! This is why I take the occasional supplements! I eat fruit and veg too, fruit juices etc. so it's not as if I neglect my diet and take the pills instead.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

Something to watch out for for male NPs. If you're taking any supplements, check they're not these ones.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/men-warned-of-supplements-risk-30032522.html

Hmm. A pn argument against the view that they 'do nothing and you just pee them out'.

Unbalancing your diet if you are balanced and healthy. Funnily enough I was just delicately suggesting the same to a client this morning, that over supplementation is less healthy for a healthy animal.

So e supplements I use I really feel a difference , but oly two. I wonder always what the others actually do.

lostinrates

Masomnia wrote: »

I do occasionally take vitamins as a kind of safety net. There are a lot of conflicting studies about them so I avoid taking them daily, but I wonder how much benefit I get from taking them every few days.

Just checked the ones I have and they're 45% of my RDA of Selenium and 83% of my Vit E. So maybe not so bad.



So what's a chap to do?

Very hard to balance these things, I find. I know brazil nuts have selenium in them, but apart from that I don't know if I have any, and I don't eat brazil nuts very often! This is why I take the occasional supplements! I eat fruit and veg too, fruit juices etc. so it's not as if I neglect my diet and take the pills instead.

Not take vit e pills unless you are tested as needing them?


Diet really is best way IMO to get what we need, Its also most enjoyable way. Its not necessarily cheapest way.

neverdespairgirl

Yorkie1 wrote: »

I'm sure that the Vikings in our local Festival don't wear modern boots! You get very used to seeing them walking round town at all times of the year, but especially in Feb Half Term every year!

That being said, according to the Vikings, the world ends tomorrow. The Viking Festival doesn't end until next week. I guess the current Vikings don't have a lot of faith in the accuracy of their ancestors' predictions ...

Maybe they are just super-planners - PLan A is the end of the world, Plan B is the continuation of the Viking Festival? Then you are covered either way.

vivatifosi wrote: »

I tend to stick to knowing useless and irrelevant stuff that doesn't involve Komodo dragons or dinosaurs. I am moderately good at the Dewey decimal system and finding stuff though. Another curious side effect of working in a library is that you know who wrote most popular books, but haven't got a clue what they are about.

Zag undoubtedly knows more than me. When I've finished learning from Isaac, I'm going to stalk zag, kidnap him, and force him to join my pub quiz team.

Our plans for today include no libraries or dragons or lizards. Science Museum and swimming, instead. There's a lecture there today that OH reckons will be interesting.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Spending an hour on google trends is a good way to get depressed about the ignorance of society.....

I've done no searching for any of the terms you quoted in various posts, but I've read most of the detailed articles on currency union and so forth on the BBC website, and read absolutely nothing at all about the various people's bottoms mentioned in your post. The only cute animal photos I've seen have been on the NP thread.

I genuinely, absolutely couldn't care less about Cheryl Cole or Kim K. I do know the former is a singer with dark hair. THe latter's name I've heard, but know nothing else about her, nor want to.

I will, however, contribute to your depression, feeling that I can't leave LIR, Spirit et al to hold up the cute kitten angle: