Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

neverdespairgirl

I felt a bit like that when I first visited Israel - for a place so steeped in human blood, history, religion, myth, politics and importance it's absolutely tiny.

OH was saying yesterday that he loves the fact Hebrew has a word - Tel - which means specifically "hill caused by subsequent towns / settlements being built on land, demolished, and then another one built".

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah, finally the world's following where I lead.....

White's a winner.

Here I think the bathroom walls will stay white, as I've seen some really nice green tiles for the floor (in a magazine). The rest of the rooms will definitely have colourful walls

I've just bought my first spade and garden fork There was an old fork here, but one of the tines was bent so I thought I'd treat myself. Rock and roll!
At least I'm off out to see another comedian tonight to balance things up a bit!

Edit: these are the tiles
http://www.aesop.com/uk/article/aesop-covent-garden.html

neverdespairgirl

We have "apple white" walls throughout our flat, apart from Isaac's room, which are pale pink. He got to choose, and was certain that was what he wanted.

We have some steel beams painted mid-blue, and a brick chimney breast and other bits in paler blue.

We also have tiles from the Armenian pottery in Jerusalem in the kitchen and bathrooms which are a lovely, gorgeous mixture of blues and turquoise, in sort of pictures, surrounded by cream ones.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

This is good,..... there's nothing worse than the endless waiting, getting to appointments, tests, only to come away with nothing new.

In the future there'll probably be a box you sit in for 10 minutes and it does a full print out of what's wrong, then a little door will open and you'll be given 1 tablet to take and it'll just cure whatever it was instantly

You might enjoy this.

It's a dramatisation of Kornbluth's "Little Black Bag" about a Doctor's bag from the future that's been sent back to the present.

The technology's very advanced but the people in the future are to put it bluntly, stupid, because clever people haven't been breeding as much as stupider people. Whoever heard such nonsense!

He also wrote a short story "The Marching Morons" about a man from the presnet who wakes up in that low-IQ future and realises he's effectively a genius compared with everybvody else. Or so he thinks.;)

lostinrates

A day and a half of ]*!!\$' cooking and I burn stuff in the oven at the last pre prep.

Supper is ruined. . I have fruit, pitta and za'artar and biscuits and an attitude that could sink ships. And VERY pink cheeks.


Grrrrrrr.

Nikkster

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

After court this morning, managed to visit the GP to get antibiotics for my various bug colonies, shortly now to be evicted. Yay! By Monday, I might not look like a domestic violence victim any more.

I have a gammy eye too. My left eye is streaming. I'm not sure whether it's a cold that has travelled north or an eye infection which has affected my nose.

Hope the antibiotics clear it up quickly NDG.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I felt a bit like that when I first visited Israel - for a place so steeped in human blood, history, religion, myth, politics and importance it's absolutely tiny.

OH was saying yesterday that he loves the fact Hebrew has a word - Tel - which means specifically "hill caused by subsequent towns / settlements being built on land, demolished, and then another one built".

I believe it's also the size of Wales!

lemonjelly

zagubov wrote: »

In Greece they used to give distances between towns as numbers of cigarettes you smoke getting there (1 ciggy= 500 m).

I know someone who measures pretty much all things time-wise this way.

Nikkster wrote: »

I've just bought my first spade and garden fork There was an old fork here, but one of the tines was bent so I thought I'd treat myself. Rock and roll!
At least I'm off out to see another comedian tonight to balance things up a bit!

Edit: these are the tiles
http://www.aesop.com/uk/article/aesop-covent-garden.html

That reminds me, I have tomato sproutage! Much earlier than expected too. Still, should be fine to stay in the tray til moving happens.

Who you off to see this time? Off gallivanting non-stop!:D
Saw Stewart Francis has announced another tour. He's really funny live. I want to go, but the tour is next year & I get annoyed getting tickets so far in advance!

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

I believe it's also the size of Wales!

Might very well be! But a completely different shape.

This is our kitchen tile picture, as referred to above - sorry the flash is in the way, but it's getting dusky indoors now:

Spirit_2

Nikkster - the green tiles are very nice...


NDG...lovely tiles too