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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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I've done nothing yet.Mr Spirit built me a new raised bed in my veg patch today. It is made out of rough cut timber 4" thick, about 10" deep and 4' by 8'. Cost £70. I think it will be the pattern for future beds.
He has filled it with compost and the chickens have been in and leveled it out. It needs to settle and we will top it up next week. It looks very "proper" and I think I am going to grow salad crops in it.
Next steps is to make it chicken proof (again) and ban the bunnies from being released in there to play.
Whilst he was doing that I have slept most of the day. It is a year since we lost our friend and her husband and family and other friends came last night for supper. We had a lovely evening, toasted their newest grandchild who is just 6 weeks old and came too . It didn't feel like hard work to prepare however I got to bed at 1am, only got up at 1.45 pm and then slept again from 4pm until 6pm. :eek:
Back to work tomorrow after 12 days off and I am more tired now than I was when I went off. Hoping it is just the late night that did it as I am already prescribed iron. Really need to find a burst of oomph from somewhere, I have an 8am meeting tomorrow morning with a board director and need to be a lot more switched on than I am.
With the move impending, I'm thinking of putting some tomato seeds into the trays in the next 2 weeks. I might not grow anything else (lettuce aside) this year.
How you doing today fella?Thanks all. I'm back out again. No obvious superpowers yet. We'll see in good time.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
Am I expecting stuff to move quicker than reality allows?
Instructed solicitor & rec'd opening letter. Replied with letter & first cheque over 2 weeks ago. Cheque has cleared.
Heard nothing from solicitor since (will there be no contact til they've done the searches? How long is this usually?)
Had acknowledgement of application for mortgage (letter referred me to broker for any queries). That application was exactly 2 weeks ago.
I feel stuff should be happening. I'm packing stuff up (& getting on parents nerves doing so) & am getting towards the stage of having very little room left to store packed stuff.
Is it me?:oIt's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
Well Mrs Generali decided would be a great night to start a fight. I've got cancer surgery tomorrow and she's got a bit of cleaning up to do. Obviously that makes her life terrible and me the ah.0
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lemonjelly wrote: »Am I expecting stuff to move quicker than reality allows?
Instructed solicitor & rec'd opening letter. Replied with letter & first cheque over 2 weeks ago. Cheque has cleared.
Heard nothing from solicitor since (will there be no contact til they've done the searches? How long is this usually?)
Had acknowledgement of application for mortgage (letter referred me to broker for any queries). That application was exactly 2 weeks ago.
I feel stuff should be happening. I'm packing stuff up (& getting on parents nerves doing so) & am getting towards the stage of having very little room left to store packed stuff.
Is it me?:o
I did warn you it would be rush, rush, rush getting things rolling then a lot of nothing
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Well Mrs Generali decided would be a great night to start a fight. I've got cancer surgery tomorrow and she's got a bit of cleaning up to do. Obviously that makes her life terrible and me the ah.
Sorry to hear that Gen. Do you think it is (at least partly) due to her worrying about tomorrow?0 -
Thanks all. I'm back out again. No obvious superpowers yet. We'll see in good time.lemonjelly wrote: »Sorry - my mistake. I thought when you put 28th you meant of April.:o
Why do they get such long holidays?:(
Because children aren't miniature adults. Their lives aren't supposed to devote the majority of their waking time to work. They have all sorts of things to learn and all sorts of growing up to do during their not-in-school time.
Kids at state schools get to go home at 3:30 or whatever and get 13 weeks of holidays. Kids at private schools go on longer in the afternoon and may have to do Saturdays, but then they get even longer holidays instead. Either way, they don't have to work at being educated (and shouldn't have to) 9:00-5:30 for 46 weeks of the year.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 -
Sorry to hear that Gen. Do you think it is (at least partly) due to her worrying about tomorrow?
What Nikkster said.
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 -
How easy is it to isolate an outbreak of Ebola? Should we be helping, out of self-interest if for no other reason? There were reports this morning that the outbreak had reached the capital city, but these are now being played down.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Well Mrs Generali decided would be a great night to start a fight. I've got cancer surgery tomorrow and she's got a bit of cleaning up to do. Obviously that makes her life terrible and me the ah.
I expect that you are both pretty tense over this. And rightly so.
EDIT: Not that being tense does the slightest bit of good, but telling people to be less tense has never worked in the entire history of mankind, AFAIK.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Not sure why my thanks buttons seems to have fallen off.
I have to be up I 6 hours as I can't eat after 6:30. She's still on it.0
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