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

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

To think some people rarely look up. Fourth frost of winter this morning too.

Pah, you look up and see something like that and it makes drudging into work seem even more pointless, best to just keep the blinkers on

Generali

Nice pic LiR.

We had a spectacular thunder storm brew up out of nowhere today. We get a decent view from the 14th floor by the harbour.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Pah, you look up and see something like that and it makes drudging into work seem even more pointless, best to just keep the blinkers on

That's so sad Michaels.

Firstly because of I felt like that I don't know how I could keep going and secondly because what you do, working, raising a family, isn't pointless.

bugslet

Wow that's a stunning photo lir. NDG, I think you should just look at pictures of sunsets all day, and contemplate whilst quietly baby growing!

GDB2222 wrote: »

. Clearly, the prospect of a single piece of dry dog food is far preferable to sitting under the chair of the lady who fed and cared for the mutt for 10 years.

Dog owners like to think that their dogs devotion is unlimited whereas in reality they are highly adaptable creatures that are happy as long as they are treat decently. I hold no illusions about my hounds.

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I paid £8000 for mine, and have been offered £25k for it by someone with same initials (mine is 1 number, 3 letters)
CK

Yep, posh alert. I did have one car that I put a private reg on, the last three letters were XXX, which in girly fashion I though of as kiss, kiss, kiss. Instead of which blokes upon seeing a blonde with erm, plenty of chest emerge from a flash sports car, clearly thought (ageing) !!!!!! star:rotfl:

GDB2222 wrote: »

I have strongly resisted all DW's attempts to get rid of books, with the result that the house is a tip. Books everywhere. She's right, really.

GDB, she's a woman, don't fight it, we are always right. Actually I am quite brutal with books, keep a few that are reference types and a couple of much loved fiction and some from childhoold; otherwise out they go.

CKhalvashi

silvercar wrote: »

Posh alert!

Mine and OH's were both under £1k each.

OH's would be unlikely to suit anyone else.

I've had notes under the windscreen making offers for mine. A certain type of shop matches the first 3 letters on mine.

The one I really wanted was sold for around £75k and has been offered for sale for over £100k since. Nice profit.

My sister has her eye on one that's £295 at the moment for her husband (he's Armenian), although so far he's refused to let her buy it.

If anyone wants to know what it is, PM me, as she uses the forum and wouldn't be happy with me blurting it out.

CK

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Can you insure number plates for a sensible sum? If I had some plates worth £10k on my car I'd be too worried that someone would just rip them off the car that I would never be able to park the ruddy thing anywhere.

The plates themselves aren't worth anything. You have a certificate of ownership.

lostinrates

Re children's books....

I have a shelf or two at ground level of books regular visiting littlies know they are allowed to help themselves to, its amazing how popular books are.

By keeping them at ground level even toddlers can sit on the floor and pull them out. I would never be without these. Ever. I think people are always surprised we have them, what with no kids. I'm glad we hung on to old books!


( DH sometimes reads a book to the dogs. I'm not sure why, but they seem to enjoy it. Each peach pear plum is a winner)

Dog dog asked me for breakfast as soon as she saw me this morning. She had five scrambled eggs before I said no more, and is now sleeping again in front of the woodburner. She's also pleased to be getting 'painkiller bickies '. Serious house of junkies.

SingleSue

When my marriage broke up, to afford the extras for the boys, I sold pretty much all my books. It absolutely broke my heart as I had some rare and expensive ones but it was needs must and the boys come first.

I look at e readers but they are not the same, give me a good old traditional book anytime, just the ability to turn a page makes the experience a whole lot better. My mum however, loves her Kindle and would rather download a book than buy a proper one.

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Re children's books....

I have a shelf or two at ground level of books regular visiting littlies know they are allowed to help themselves to, its amazing how popular books are.

By keeping them at ground level even toddlers can sit on the floor and pull them out. I would never be without these. Ever. I think people are always surprised we have them, what with no kids. I'm glad we hung on to old books!


( DH sometimes reads a book to the dogs. I'm not sure why, but they seem to enjoy it. Each peach pear plum is a winner)

Dog dog asked me for breakfast as soon as she saw me this morning. She had five scrambled eggs before I said no more, and is now sleeping again in front of the woodburner. She's also pleased to be getting 'painkiller bickies '. Serious house of junkies.

lovely piccie.

It is the visiting children redaing the few remaining books that makes me regret giing away the others.

I especially like reading bathwaters hot and burglar bill.

SingleSue

Youngest loves going round to visit my brother, he has a multitude of informative books which he can borrow and then discuss. It's been quite a turn around there, at one point, my brother and youngest did not get on at all, my brother is too noisy but their joint love of books broke through youngest's wall.

He too sold a huge quantity of books when his marriage broke down and he was paying well over the odds for child maintenance (private agreement, he just paid what she asked even though at times, it was more than he had earned during the week!) but he kept back some of his more unusual and expensive ones.

At the weekend, he got one book out that I helped him to buy some years ago, almost 100 years old, original bindings, in good condition.....now worth over £500.