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

lostinrates

One of the things I wouldn't budge on for the cheese room was a very expensive door handle. Ridiculous percentage of the joinery costs. But it is beautiful, in a very plain, handsome way.

Sadly its not as solid and reliable as something plain and handsome should be. This evening Fir is repairing it for the third time since it went in. I know this should make I'd furious with it but we've both been admiring the beautiful patina of use the handle is getting now, The rest is dull brown and the handle a soft shine. Of course, this shows how little I clean my hard ware.......

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Not quite sure which way I should read that Zag. Either's worthy of the scary blue head.

I have taken the dog for his outdoor duties, but have dressed appropriately. Nobody, but nobody, was outdoors except for me. My jacket is drying in the shower as it leaks dye when it's drenched which it absolutely is.

neverdespairgirl

A jacket which leaks dye sounds a bit of a design flaw, to me.

My geography A level teacher used to bleat about there being no such thing as bad weather, just bad kit. Which just shows what rubbish she was capable of spouting!

Yorkie1

lemonjelly wrote: »

I've posted my current thinkings regarding max offer in t'other place...

Is one allowed to ask where t'other place is?

vivatifosi wrote: »

Paralympics is due to start this week (Fri). I wonder if the opening ceremony will be boycotted.

I heard something about boycotts on the radio but didn't hear the start of the article so couldn't say for sure.

That's not a lot of use, really, is it?

vivatifosi

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

A jacket which leaks dye sounds a bit of a design flaw, to me.

My geography A level teacher used to bleat about there being no such thing as bad weather, just bad kit. Which just shows what rubbish she was capable of spouting!

I had a uni tutor once that had two items of footwear. In summer she'd wear sandals and in winter moonboots. There was nothing whatsoever in the middle. Maybe they were sisters and she was talking about her sibling.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

A jacket which leaks dye sounds a bit of a design flaw, to me.

My geography A level teacher used to bleat about there being no such thing as bad weather, just bad kit. Which just shows what rubbish she was capable of spouting!

She might have been to Norway. The Scandinavian's say there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.

I've never fully understood why the people who're turning red on the beaches of the med always turn out to be Brits and the ones who're turning brown are from the other northern countries.:o

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

DW took me to the Freud Museum this afternoon. On a couch there was a sign reading:

This is the couch on which Sigmund Freud died.
Please do not sit on the couch!

In my Master's degree we used to learn about all the Scientific thinkers in Vienna, but I found out there's supposed to be some little patch of Vienna where Stalin, Tito, Freud, Hitler and Trotsky all lived near each other. It must be creepy and scary to have so many opposing weirdos all forming ideas in the one place. I'll make an exception for Tito, whose ideas were probably the most progressive for the political ones.

neverdespairgirl

There's a patch in Clerkenwell which is pretty much like that for 19th century nutters.

michaels

lemonjelly wrote: »

New update posted over there!

What an exciting day (can't remember my log in details elsewhere).

And really great that the NP could be a real community, hopefully I will get the chance to help out sometime too.

zagubov

lemonjelly wrote: »

Newer update! Giggity!!!!

Very pleased at result! Very envious too! You don't get that much land/room /property for that price down here! By a long chalk!

Well done lj and the doozers and anybody else involved! :beer: