Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

There was plenty to spend money on because what there was then was correspondingly more expensive. For example, I spend just a fraction more now for a digital album than I did back then for a physical one - and I was earning a lot less. Phone calls... if they weren't to a local number they cost a fortune. Cars - less reliable - spent all their time in the garage (damn that deLorean)... and as for food, you could buy a little McD's cheeseburger for 99p in 1979. How much more are they now? I had my first McD's in 1979, hence remembering the year. I went in there again recently (I've been a veggie for 30 years) and was surprised to see that a lot of the prices haven't changed much.

Credit was rarer. People bought what they could afford, rented equipment we'd mainly buy now, and used catalogue comapnies to buy more expensive items on hire purchase schemes.

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

One of the finest marketing projects ever imo.

Hark back to the days when your families made jams and stick them into jars that look like they may be homemade.

The call them Bonne Maman (to be fair, they are at least French). To the rest of the world the appeal is "hey, she's a good mother, and not only that, but a french good mother, and they can cook".

They are damn good jams too and really cleverly branded. A brilliant niche brand that has gone well outside of its original geography.

yep. The jars just draw you in. OH finally got to the end of his marmalade stash today..which could have ended in tears...he was saved the indignity by finding a jar of Bonne Maman Reine Claude in the pantry.

Despite DD having a degree in modern languages we had no idea what it was and had to resort to opening the jar to discover..greengage jam.

Spirit_2

silvercar wrote: »

I was reading reviews about these steam cleaners. I still can't decide, having managed all my life without one, do I need one now?

We bought a polti last year. It is OK, not a miracle worker but a useful tool.

I like it best of all for cleaning skirting boards and around pipes/radiators. It really does get to places you cannot easily reach. Good in the kitchen on Aga top and doors, also blasting around the kitchen bin, magimix, kitchenaid, dishwasher door/hinges to ensure the cases are really clean.

OH does inside windows with it.

As we have to store it in our pantry it is a bit of a pfaff so we probably get it out about once ever 3-4 weeks.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

All this effort by other people is exhausting,.

Your interesting condition is an excellent reason for resting and I am glad to hear it.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

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I've seen a bunch of TV chefs say that to make the tomato sauce for pizzas all you need is a tin of tomatoes ... very specific ones. They have to be San Marzano tomatoes.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've seen a bunch of TV chefs say that to make the tomato sauce for pizzas all you need is a tin of tomatoes ... very specific ones. They have to be San Marzano tomatoes.
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I grew some of these last year. I bought a selection of varieties of tomato plants from a stall outside of the village newsagents. They did not get much TLC, I planted them in the ground probably a bit close together. did get a few tomatoes form this, not as big as they should be due to the aforementioned neglect.

Now you have drawn my attention to them, I will try to get more this year and treat them a bit better. I saw on Saturday that there were tom plants for sale £1.19 each.

Yorkie1

zagubov wrote: »

Just thought i'd repost this from another thread. It'll sort out the seniors from the juniors.

:T:T:T:T Huge grin on my face - too many things there to mention, thanks so much :D:D:D

lostinrates

Feel like you NDG,

One last thing today, Wash kiwi. Who looks like an RSPCA advert. Seriously. Small dirty white matted mess. This would be because he has been having great fun all weekend but its still a bit if an embarrassment and a stink. He has a big matt on his muzzle which was NOT there on Thursday.


Today he has had a ball, he liked looking for rats in the pile of wood we moved, and we have an old mattress that people before left in a hedgerow we pulled out ( yuck) ,..its not the first we gave found, which has obviously had rodents in it, yuck yuck, and he enjoyed ripping that open and trying to wriggle in immensely.

They were short changed on bones today, and it was white fish for meals which the kiwi is not that fussed about, so he has been particularly mischievous.

LydiaJ

Lightning and thunder just started here. No rain yet, but it looks as though it's going to chuck it down in just a few minutes.

ETA Now we have hail.

Masomnia

As far as I'm concerned, cheese on toast with some tomato ketchup on top is 'pizza'.

Oh and Gen, I will definitely try the lavender with ratatouille thing!