Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Doozergirl

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Me too. Need to catch up on the last two episodes though (I'm rather partial to the French chap!).

Henri Leclair is beautiful. I would, however, seriously consider leaving my husband for Mr Selfridge! :grouphug:

You really do need to catch up. I'm slightly jealous that you'll get to watch two back-to-back. I wasn't sure about Lady Mae before, but she is wonderful in the next two. The series just gets better.

Doozergirl

Nikkster wrote: »

Thanks Lydia.

I think I've just worked out what the main problem (with me) is today - something that requires medication with chocolate. I don't have any in the house at the moment, so I'll experiment and see if a beer has the same effect. Or take a walk to the corner shop.

I am fairly p!ssed off with the boiler though. I should have called the plumber yesterday when it started working again and told him not to bother coming round!

I feel better for ranting, anyway

Oh dear. Have you been to post on the In My Home board? Someone may help you with some ideas and suggestions based on their experience if you tell them what make the boiler is etc.

I know nothing of boiler innards other than boilers don't last as long as you think they should anymore. Trying to repair them is a case of trial and error. Not being local, we have an insurance policy with our landlords insurance that is supposed to cover us for the first x amount of an emergency call out. The bill for a boiler than still was not working grew to £1200! I think we paid about £400 of it. We were livid with them - we had the boiler installed in 2008. We got a 'normal' plumber to come out who tried the next two suggestions for free which still didn't really work. Upshot was another £1200 to him on installing a brand new boiler.

Nikkster

Doozergirl wrote: »

Oh dear. Have you been to post on the In My Home board? Someone may help you with some ideas and suggestions based on their experience if you tell them what make the boiler is etc.

(closes ears to talk of large bills and replacement boilers)

Google suggests the problem is to do with the pressure sensor. Either this was part of Friday's problems, or something has been knocked/ damaged this morning.

I am currently favouring waiting to get Mr. Plumber back after he has enjoyed his week off.

Just to prove I am not a complete tecnhological idiot I am currently trying the 'turn it off for a bit, then turn it back on' approach. And I've just checked on Googlemaps what the opening hours for the shop across the road are :rotfl: (it closed at 7).

chewmylegoff

Nikkster wrote: »

Thanks Lydia.

I think I've just worked out what the main problem (with me) is today - something that requires medication with chocolate. I don't have any in the house at the moment, so I'll experiment and see if a beer has the same effect. Or take a walk to the corner shop.

I am fairly p!ssed off with the boiler though. I should have called the plumber yesterday when it started working again and told him not to bother coming round!

I feel better for ranting, anyway

Perhaps the problem is that you are not MSE enough. If you had all of your showers at the gym to save on the water and gas bill and then shoved straw and screwed up newspapers inside your clothes to keep warm rather than put the heating on you wouldn't even know that the boiler was dodgy!

I am not looking forward to having to sort this sort of thing out myself. My dad can fix anything. All I can do is switch things on and off. OH always delegates this sort of stuff to me on the grounds that she doesn't understand it. It's like a blind skier being guided by another blind skier.

LydiaJ

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I am not looking forward to having to sort this sort of thing out myself. My dad can fix anything. All I can do is switch things on and off. OH always delegates this sort of stuff to me on the grounds that she doesn't understand it. It's like a blind skier being guided by another blind skier.

I was worried about this when I bought. In fact, I have found someone I'll call Helpful Builder. He lives just down the road from me, and was introduced to me by my next door neighbour. He used to be a general builder and now has a business that's supposed to be specialising in fitting kitchens and bathrooms but is open to doing other things if required, including small things that come more under the heading of odd jobs. I've got to the point where I know him and trust him well enough to give him a key and let him get on with it if the time when it's convenient for him to come round happens to be when I'm out. (His kids are at the same school as DS and his daughter has done babysitting for me.) If I need anyone more specialised than him, he usually knows someone he can recommend.

Nikkster

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Perhaps the problem is that you are not MSE enough.

That might be it. I had turned off the heating last week after the one properly day, so this will teach me for having turned the heating on again on Thurs night.

After figuring out that the closest vendor of confectionery is now closed for business for the evening, I've spent a bit of time weighing up whether I am desperate enough to get dressed again to go to the next nearest shop. Or indeed whether I am desperate enough to go in my pyjamas.

I then remembered that I took the biscuits from the hotel I spent a night in for a work thing last week, thus hopefully saving me from having to leave the house at all. There may be MSE-hope for me after all...

LydiaJ

Nikkster wrote: »

That might be it. I had turned off the heating last week after the one properly day, so this will teach me for having turned the heating on again on Thurs night.

After figuring out that the closest vendor of confectionery is now closed for business for the evening, I've spent a bit of time weighing up whether I am desperate enough to get dressed again to go to the next nearest shop. Or indeed whether I am desperate enough to go in my pyjamas.

I then remembered that I took the biscuits from the hotel I spent a night in for a work thing last week, thus hopefully saving me from having to leave the house at all. There may be MSE-hope for me after all...

Three cheers for hotel biscuits. :j
Remember to stock up on confectionery tomorrow.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

That might be it. I had turned off the heating last week after the one properly day, so this will teach me for having turned the heating on again on Thurs night.

After figuring out that the closest vendor of confectionery is now closed for business for the evening, I've spent a bit of time weighing up whether I am desperate enough to get dressed again to go to the next nearest shop. Or indeed whether I am desperate enough to go in my pyjamas.

I then remembered that I took the biscuits from the hotel I spent a night in for a work thing last week, thus hopefully saving me from having to leave the house at all. There may be MSE-hope for me after all...

Ah, Nikksterville has a Waitrose now I believe so why not find out when the whoopsies happen so you can get nice things for hardly any money (bit late for tonight, I suppose).

Generali

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My parents have an ice cream maker. Sister #1 makes a butterscotch ice cream which is a miracle of wonderfulness - although I think you put on an inch on your hips just looking at it! My mother makes other fantastic concoctions with it, including a sloe and raspberry sorbet which is divine.

Mango sorbet is great. In London probably best made I September when all those Asian grocers have cheap Alfonso mangos in.

Another lousy night's sleep.

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

Ah, Nikksterville has a Waitrose now I believe so why not find out when the whoopsies happen so you can get nice things for hardly any money (bit late for tonight, I suppose).

The car is tucked away for the night. And its a bit too far to wander over there in my joggers. Plus I'm not sure that's the done thing in Waitrose (Have already sussed out when everything is reduced, don't worry!)

I've also done my food shopping for the week, and am on a bit of a budget as I'm committed to what is turning out to be a rather expensive hen weekend (only oop North, nowhere too exotic).
Seeing as I'm in a grump already, I thought it was the perfect time to peruse the gift list.

Deleted: bitterness about gift lists. Very cute, but kind of pointless gift duly purchased.