Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Now try to work out where the motivation to do that for £15-20k would come from .... including in mid winter when it's dark, wet, cold and windy. Without any flexibility of hours and never leaving the grim/dark office once you get there... to sit, for years, among people who annoy you and a controlling boss.

Single and on 15k I could have a lifestyle with some disposable me money. Instead it doesn't matter how many days I work, how little of my leave I take I have no money to spendon myself. Also as it is this time of year I have a cough.cold and slight temperature. Same every year but as it is caused by hay fever doctor is not interested.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Single and on 15k I could have a lifestyle with some disposable me money. Instead it doesn't matter how many days I work, how little of my leave I take I have no money to spendon myself. Also as it is this time of year I have a cough.cold and slight temperature. Same every year but as it is caused by hay fever doctor is not interested.

You need to start doing the lottery .....

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Realised another "snag" of the house that was on my wish list for a reason .... in bad weather, being able to drive up to the door to offload shopping etc. Instead, the house will require me to park up, go through a gate, hop along stepping stone slabs down a slight slope, then walk 20 feet to the door. Total distance is probably 40 feet....
Oh well ...
I seem to be buying something that got none of the boxes ticked, just because I needed to buy something.....

When we lived with on street parking we used to stop in the middle of the road blocking traffic, unload shopping and kids then go and find a parking space. Is the road outside your door just to the residents parking area?

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

When we lived with on street parking we used to stop in the middle of the road blocking traffic, unload shopping and kids then go and find a parking space. Is the road outside your door just to the residents parking area?

It's not on the road. Road has double yellows. You go along the road and the new houses are on one side, with a "gap" in the middle; you drive through the gap and you're in the parking area for them all. One allocated parking spot, in the best position it could be, but opposite the gate, not alongside it. So the unloading experience has one trundling up the back garden to get to the door Fine in good weather with a few items.... not so great on those dark/windy/wet nights when you've bought lots of heavy things and some delicates (including eggs perched on top). There's a desire to get it all inside without it being 2-3 traipses across distance in poor weather.

In your situation, in any case, there was that magic word "we". "we" can always achieve things "I" can't.

I guess it's OK .... it's just I always dreamt one of my little bits of luxury would be: my driveway, drive up to the door, offload stuff at leisure and without discomfort.

I'd like to think I could get ORP at some point, but I bet the restrictive covenants will put paid to that..... it's annoying you can't get to see all that stuff until a few weeks into the process!

Generali

Quite loud but really very funny. Turn it down if you're at work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rymEWJX38

it has subtitles so you don't need volume at all.

Generali

I used to get people parking across my driveway and then getting the train for the day. Wanna get your car out? You can't.

I never thought of it at the time but I think now I'd simply superglue their tyre dust caps and, if possible, their petrol cap in place. Dish best served cold etc.

I felt like you for a long time michaels. Then my ability to earn was removed from me by the GFC. That has incentivised Mrs Generali to get a proper career so that my earnings are no longer vital or at least won't be in a year or 2.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I used to get people parking across my driveway and then getting the train for the day. Wanna get your car out? You can't.

I never thought of it at the time but I think now I'd simply superglue their tyre dust caps and, if possible, their petrol cap in place. Dish best served cold etc.

I felt like you for a long time michaels. Then my ability to earn was removed from me by the GFC. That has incentivised Mrs Generali to get a proper career so that my earnings are no longer vital or at least won't be in a year or 2.

I'd have called the police.....

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd have called the police.....

They weren't bothered.

They were only interested when a neighbour glued a note to an offender's windscreen. Criminal damage apparently.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

They weren't bothered.

They were only interested when a neighbour glued a note to an offender's windscreen. Criminal damage apparently.

There is an offence committed when you prohibit somebody from accessing the Public Highway. Not the other way round though. although this can become a grey area of what the problem is - if they're blocking you in, or if they just leave you not enough turning space to get your stretch limo onto the road

lemonjelly

Doozergirl wrote: »

Just looking at the chicken liver parfait recipe, Gen. I've not made it before, but it doesn't look too hard. Is it?

I will purchase redcurrant jelly

#jealousy...