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

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Vile fog here this morning. DD and I were supposed to be cycling to her school for "bike to school week", but with thick fog and heavy traffic (and being late for setting off) I thought not. I put her bike in the back of the car and drove her almost all the way, leaving her to cycle the last few hundred yards. A mere 40min later, the fog's gone and the sun is shining. I shall have a nice cycle to work along a cycle track across a park, and will then be on my bike when I pick DD up from school and we can cycle home together.

There have been a lot of accidents in the fog over my side of the country, though. A friend who commutes a particularly long distance was horrendously late to work yesterday - his route's along the A417 which had not one but several fog-related accidents yesterday morning.

Is this a national thing, bike to school week? It would seem sensible in some parts of the country to say, look....this isn't the week for us, as traffic increases significantly on roads near here and people on near by roads get silly, lets do this after Easter, or just......next week.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

It was one of the things that helped Mum get through some very dark days, understanding that the hatred and the love were all part of the same thing.

You can't have strong feelings towards someone you don't care about.

Tell an anti Thatcherite that.

lostinrates

Re the books, I keep losing count because I want to comment on things all the way along. We refer to
A dog accident in the house as ' the curious incident of the dog in the night time' . I dislike a number of the books on there, and wouldn't rate them personally just because they are esteemed. (Not saying this is a list of that, its clearly not!) Its like snob value with people really I think. And yet, one of my top three books of all time is on the list. I haven't read the faraway tree ......cannot remember what else now.....

I think this is a bit of a divider really. I think a huge number of my friends would be aghast that some people had read only six of them. I doubt my hair dresser has read one of them. (But he has seen the recent film of the great gatsby because he goes on and on, and on about it)

lostinrates

bugslet wrote: »

I've read 50 - more than I would have guessed, or 50.5, as I got part way through Captain Corelli's Mandolin and then zzzzzzzzzzz

Did include Germina by Zola, I have read most of his works and I rate him as one of the best authors EVER!

Thank god some one else found cc m boring. . I feel like a social outcast with that one usually.

lostinrates

Ok, its confirmed I'm going to be without phone/Internet from end of weekend until April.


I will keep extensive notes on the bath. I might even read the things missing in that list......I know we had catch 22 somewhere, Have I even read it? I have no memory of reading it . I don't own the faraway tree.

SingleSue

I've read 35 of them, that I can remember anyway as I was always picking up books and reading them when I was younger...so there could be more and I've only remembered the really interesting ones!

I know I went through a classics phase in my late teens/early 20's when I read a lot of Jane Austin, Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy etc books.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Ok, its confirmed I'm going to be without phone/Internet from end of weekend until April.


I will keep extensive notes on the bath. I might even read the things missing in that list......I know we had catch 22 somewhere, Have I even read it? I have no memory of reading it . I don't own the faraway tree.

In the meantime we will have the Internet delivered twice daily to you by post.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

In the meantime we will have the Internet delivered twice daily to you by post.

Well, I'll have to get the news on your Tuesday somehow.

neverdespairgirl

I've read 89 of them - I've obviously had a wasted youth.

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

Ok, its confirmed I'm going to be without phone/Internet from end of weekend until April.


I will keep extensive notes on the bath. I might even read the things missing in that list......I know we had catch 22 somewhere, Have I even read it? I have no memory of reading it . I don't own the faraway tree.

I couldn't do that... I'd have to buy a pay as you go dongle.

EDIT: I did enjoy catch 22 but I didn't (and don't) really know why I enjoyed it. It's one of those weird books like marmite... you either like it or you don't and there's no accounting for taste. It's also long.