Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I dream of cardboard.... a lot of my bits/bobs are in plastic carrier bags.

I hope they are in lesser-biodegradable carrier bags. That could be very messy if not! (from experience)

PasturesNew wrote: »

I can confirm.

Excellent. Only 3.5 years to go then.

PasturesNew wrote: »

The thing with keeping the exterior and gardens tidy/smart is that it keeps ferals at bay. If the house is neat it doesn't draw attention to itself..... so gardening etc is part of security.

Is it worth investing big bucks in one of those automatic mowers? Just lob it out then sit inside behind the net curtains while it does its thing?

Scratch that ... I just checked... they're £600-1000

So I was wrong in going for a 'look at the state of that, they'll definitely not have anything worth nicking'-type thing?

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I dream of cardboard.... a lot of my bits/bobs are in plastic carrier bags.

I've got stuff that's been bagged/boxed up since 2007 now .... even my shoes are wrapped individually in supermarket carrier bags ... looking forward to finally constructing the shoe rack I was bought for Xmas (2005-2006?) and putting them on it!

The excitement is palpable.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

If I have a long term home help it means less money for the progression fund. . Not sure how I feel about that pay off.

But proportionally, how much would it take away from the progression fund? How long would it put you back? A few weeks? Months? Years?

Also, you've had plenty to deal with (house and health-wise) to mean you'd understandably be 'behind' with everything. Would some paid help to get you closer to 'back on top of things' be a useful first step? (from someone who is having second thoughts about declining the offer of payment for someone to get the gardens back in order here as a housewarming present...)

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

So I was wrong in going for a 'look at the state of that, they'll definitely not have anything worth nicking'-type thing?

Yes, they're more likely to think "old/elderly/might be empty as they're in a home" and/or just "empty".

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

The excitement is palpable.

Hush ... save the excitement for the bread bin I got for Xmas the following year ... and haven't put together yet. Argos, wooden .... although the problem with bread bins is finding space to put them and remembering that there's food in there.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes, they're more likely to think "old/elderly/might be empty as they're in a home" and/or just "empty".

Well, I'll be ok now I've got that 'first' mowing out of the way. I survived it so I'm sure I'll survive the following times too.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Well, I'll be ok now I've got that 'first' mowing out of the way. I survived it so I'm sure I'll survive the following times too.

I cut mine with some cheapo shears I picked up. £6-7 they were. I hate gardening.....

I've been leaving it (except for essential/late grass chopping) until I do one blitz when I leave.... and I planned that strategy from before I moved in!

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

Hush ... save the excitement for the bread bin I got for Xmas the following year ... and haven't put together yet. Argos, wooden .... although the problem with bread bins is finding space to put them and remembering that there's food in there.

If we ever meet then perhaps I'll make a loaf to put in it for you.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I cut mine with some cheapo shears I picked up. £6-7 they were. I hate gardening.....

I've been leaving it (except for essential/late grass chopping) until I do one blitz when I leave.... and I planned that strategy from before I moved in!

The trouble with leaving the garden to itself is you end up with snakes over here. Horrid bitey ones.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

The trouble with leaving the garden to itself is you end up with snakes over here. Horrid bitey ones.

I'll be forced to cut the grass at my new house, with lawns probably covering twice the size. Lawn here is about, say, 9'x12' so manageable by shears 3-4x a year. As for all the other stuff out there, I've no idea what to do with it. Leaves fell off all the trees - I left them. Twigs have dropped continuously off a twiggy tree, I've left them. !!!!!-willow type droppings are falling from a white tree, I've left them .... left everything..... as it was.

But, having said that, I will get round to it at my house as I'll have a shed to store a lawnmower in, which I don't have here. And I wouldn't want to try to borrow a lawnmower here as it'd have to be carried up the front steps, all the way through, then out of the patio doors... and back again when finished. So I've never felt motivated to bother.