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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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They did this on the news the other morning when gay marriage became law. There's a finite window of opportunity for people with a civil partnership to just change that to being married. So a paper exercise, you don't have to go and 'get married' again. Not sure what happens if you miss the window of opportunity to just have it upgraded..... probably have to do the full/proper "get married" thing after that.... he wishes his relationship status to be changed from civil partnership to 'married' ....0 -
The only person who's ever asked me if I was into women was very drunk. Otherwise I don't think she'd have picked a moment when I was giving her and her children a lift in my car (with my children also) to try to pull me. She was also married (to a bloke).
What a horrible experience... all round.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Did you par boil the daughinoise before layering them on? That's what's best to do ...
My mum used to make a "casserole" ... it's sad how little access to information people had back then, so if you made stuff that wasn't great you couldn't improve it or look for new ways. She'd put 4 small chops or some raw mince in a casserole dish, sprinkle some bisto over it, chop some carrots in, add water, layer raw potatoes on top and stick it in the oven for some time with the lid on, then take the lid off.
Potatoes would rarely be done ... and carrots often like bullets.
Nope, sliced very thinly with the attachment on my kenwood an straight into the oven. Everything was gorgeous tonight, but I'd spent the whole day pottering and concentrating. DD thanked me for making everything nicer than I needed to
Your mum just slunds like someone who couldn't cook, more than age. My grandmother was a wonderful, traditional cook. I still long to eat her food again but I can mimmick tattie soup and skirlie stuffing well.
My mum couldn't cook at all. The same dishes that I can cook now, she just couldn't do and she had the benefit of her mum to teach her. Half of it is in cooking things long enough! My mum's tattie soup was water and a pile of solid veg that I would be forced to eat. I could never understand why she couldn't understand why I loved granma's but not hers. I'd give anything to have her back, but please don't make me eat her food.
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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One of my team is gay, and ... in future will refer to his partner as his husband.
That's an extension of the discussion that I think we've had before about names and titles and so on. Whether women (or indeed men) want to change their surname when they get married, and/or change it back if they get divorced, and whether they want to use Mrs etc.
Talking of how people refer to their partners... if you google "late-nearly-ex" (with the quote marks), it comes up with 8 results, all of which are me posting either here or "elsewhere". Hasn't anybody else found it necessary to invent a phrase for this particular kind of relationship?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.0 -
It's dark and raining out there.... one of my objectives in moving was to put myself more at the centre of things, instead of cowering away in quiet villages/remote from things - thus removing my excuses for not going out.
If you live 2-3 miles from something, or just "being somewhere", then it's easy to not get round to it as you have to get the car out and find somewhere to park. If there's shops and things to wander/amble to and you don't have to drive, it's easier to "pop out". e.g. food festival's huge here - to get there I'd currently have to drive, find somewhere to park, pay, then keep an eye on the time due to how long I'd bought at the car park .... at the new address I'd just walk down, and without having to keep an eye on the time I could then wander further if the mood took me.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »What a horrible experience... all round.
I didn't find that bit horrible, actually. I said no, politely, and it didn't bother me. The horrible bit was when I heard afterwards that when we arrived at our destination she had complained to our hosts that I had come on to her and upset her. Mercifully they knew me well enough not to believe her, but it's not nice to have people making complaints about you that aren't even true.
Doozergirl wrote: »Nope, sliced very thinly with the attachment on my kenwood an straight into the oven.
Into the oven with cream? For how long at what temp? And with what other ingredients?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.0 -
At some time in the last year or two I've read a story online where somebody had that type of relationship; it was close enough to your story to make me read it as I thought it might be you, but clear enough from the detail that it wasn't....this particular kind of relationship?
And as I am no good at getting things right I never mentioned it to you for fear of putting my foot in it for mentioning that somebody had a similar situation.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I love jellies with meat. Love them. My first Quince and crabapple are happy. Hopefully a little fruit in a few years..
I'd like to make good chutneys, my sister does.
I also felt a bit guilty when gen mentioned pressure cookers, I know its wash't coming next, for preserving , but I remember being scared of the pressure cooker when I was little.:o
I'd forgotten both of those - Mama makes them, too. Shall I mug her for some of her recipes for you?The only person who's ever asked me if I was into women was very drunk. Otherwise I don't think she'd have picked a moment when I was giving her and her children a lift in my car (with my children also) to try to pull me. She was also married (to a bloke).
I've never been drunk enough to try to pull anyone around children. It's a level of drunkenness I'm quite happy never to have attained; what on earth did you say?...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 -
Into the oven with cream? For how long at what temp? And with what other ingredients?
Ok, well not strictly a traditional dauphinoise, but cream and garlic always. Today I put nutmeg and pecorino on top because I had some to use. The kids love cheese on it, I don't so much. I'd prefer anchovies, but they're a faff.
180 degrees for about an hour, but you test it like a cake with a knife to see if the resistance goes. I used Maris Piper potatoes today with the cream just covering it. I think they are supposed to be waxy, but this was soft and oozy. I made enough for leftovers, but it's all gone.
Edit: almost exactly like this. Simples.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/dauphinoisepotatoes_90205Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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PasturesNew wrote: »At some time in the last year or two I've read a story online where somebody had that type of relationship; it was close enough to your story to make me read it as I thought it might be you, but clear enough from the detail that it wasn't.
And as I am no good at getting things right I never mentioned it to you for fear of putting my foot in it for mentioning that somebody had a similar situation.
Interesting! Do tell more!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.0
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