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Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People
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To aged 18 - 4
Aged 18-23 as a Student - 4 places then Single working - 4 places
Married - aged 23 to 53 - 3 houses all owned
I really only think of the places to 18 and from 23 as 'homes'.0 -
Wow, Julius Caesar bears a striking resemblance to you NDG. Are you related to the great one? Very handsome indeed!
He has my colouring, but is much better looking than I am, all those cheekbones and long eyelashes come from OH, rather than me - wasted on blokes, they are!vivatifosi wrote: »It has been an interesting day at work. I have personally met Rapunzel, Thing 1 and the boy in striped pyjamas. I also met a very small person in a very grown up looking camel coat, but I'm not sure who they were supposed to be.
A very grown up small person, perhaps?That's a Friday, isn't it? Afraid I'll be working.
I'm up for that, anyway, as long as it's a weekend, or in school holidays, or on a Monday, or at a push even a Wednesday.
25th April might be school holidays? Easter's very late this year, isn't it?I wonder how many places the NP have lived. Only count places you've lived in for at least 3 months. For me:
As a kid (17 years) - 1 house (plus two temporary overseas ones for 6 months each but with the permanent one to go back to in the UK)
As a full time student/gap year person (7 years) - 5 student-type rooms while single plus one married flat
As a proper adult (20.5 years so far) - 6 houses (4 rented, 1 tied, 1 owned)
House 1 - aged 0 to 5
House 2 - aged 5 to 15
House 3 - aged 15 to 18 plus holidays etc from uni thereafter
Flat 1 / place 4 - Poland, aged 18 to 19
Halls - place 5 - uni halls of residence aged 19 to 20
Flat 2 / place 6 - aged 20 to 33
Flat 3 / place 7 - aged 33 to 35, our current abode
Total of 7, then - but at the risk of winding PN up to a posh alert, there were also Kent House #1 part-time (weekends and school holidays) from when I was 8 until when I was 28, and Kent House #2 since then, where I spend about 5 weeks a year in total with my parents and siblings....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I wonder how many places the NP have lived. Only count places you've lived in for at least 3 months.
1. 0-7
2. 7-18
3. Uni Yr 1
4. Uni Yr 2
5. Uni Yr 3
6. Post grad Yr
7. 1st working share (lodger)
8. 2nd working share (large house)
9. 3rd working share (huge bathroom)
10. 4th working share (spiral staircase)
11. 1st place alone (renting 12 years)
12. Present house (mortgaged; there last 4 years)
It certainly felt like more than that in the middle section - I was in 4 places within 18 months :eek:0 -
Since 1994 I've lived in 14 places (not including the 2 times I've moved back to love with my parents again). Before that adds another 1 home (not that I remember it, my parents moved just before I turned 1).0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »25th April might be school holidays? Easter's very late this year, isn't it?
Easter's the 20th. Term starts again on the 22nd/23rd for my family.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.
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Someone disrespected her Zamboni.
*reads recent items on thread*
*thinks: It's worse than Call the Midwife*
*Retreats.*
It's all part of life, innit? "Man who is born of woman has but a short time to live...." and so forth. Getting born is what kicks it all off (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Zag, Italy has so much more culturally, but at this time of year Cyprus is warm and very easy to holiday there for all sorts of lazy reasons. Friendly folk, English spoken almost everywhere and drive on the same side of the road as us.
Have you ever been to Malta? That's lovely, and also warm, friendly, and lots of English-speakers....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Mrs Generali had a VBAC with the second after the first [STRIKE]PITA[/STRIKE] Generalissimo was born by planned Caesar (#1 was breach).
#1 was born in UCLH and that led to the scales falling from my eyes about the NHS. The doctors were very professional during the op but I think I've made my opinion perfectly clear about how I feel about the nursing care afterwards.
#2 was born at The Birth Centre in Tooting (now closed, sadly) and the experience was amazing if expensive. My only complaint was that the bed could have been slightly larger and more comfortable. That complaint tells you all you need to know about how well it went.
#1 must have been born in the old Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital at UCH - the Victorian one with scary, dark nooks and crannies, and ashtrays fixed to the walls everywhere for expectant father's cigars?
I'd agree, the nursing after-care there was minimal and rubbish.
My #2 is going to be born in the shiny new Elizabeth Garrett Anderson wing of UCH. That's the plan, anyway. OH wants to go private, but I think it's a lot of money for not much difference.DW was well into the old enough to allegedly be higher risk category but no issues at all with this.
I'm 35, and that puts me in the geriatric pregnancy category, apparently.Easter's the 20th. Term starts again on the 22nd/23rd for my family.
At least for all of you at the same time, I hope!
OH and Isaac are going to Israel for Passover, leaving on the evening of 13th April (after OH runs the London Marathon earlier that same day :eek::eek::eek:) and they're back in the early hours of the following Sunday, for Easter with my family. I don't fancy going to Israel that soon before the baby's due....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »It's all part of life, innit? "Man who is born of woman has but a short time to live...." and so forth. Getting born is what kicks it all off (-:
Yes, it is part of life, and it has far better results than an impacted bowel, but as a general rule I don't particularly want to know the gory details of either.
After living with my mother, who is a walking encyclopedia of medical things that can go wrong, I have decided ignorance is bliss... Particularly with pregnancy where so very much can go wrong.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Yes, it is part of life, and it has far better results than an impacted bowel, but as a general rule I don't particularly want to know the gory details of either.
After living with my mother, who is a walking encyclopedia of medical things that can go wrong, I have decided ignorance is bliss... Particularly with pregnancy where so very much can go wrong.
Pregnancy doesn't go wrong often, now, fortunately - we're all very lucky to live in a world where good ante-natal and maternity care alleviates almost all the risks. Very lucky indeed.
Honestly, there weren't any gory details (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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