Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

neverdespairgirl

SingleSue wrote: »

Joshua, Joseph, Samuel.

I personally like Benjamin, youngest was going to be a Benjamin or Samuel until hubby came up with Jeremiah...he then became something else!

Ok, I officially have a weird child, youngest actually enjoyed his English GCSE yesterday :rotfl:

Not at all weird - great! He's got to do it, so all the better he actually enjoyed it rather than weeping buckets or sulking or other teenage pleasures.

bugslet wrote: »

And what is wrong with J exactly - rather fond of it myself:p

@ Spirit, think of the homecoming:)

Please no Nigels, they make terrible truck drivers, though that may be sufficient reason to name him Nigel;)

There's no "J" sound in Hebrew at all, so it makes the name too different from the Hebrew version for OH's liking, rather than the sound in itself being a problem. So Jerusalem in Hebrew is said a bit like Yeah-roo-shall-I'm, for example. And Joseph is Yosef, Jonathan is Yon-a-ton (no "th" sound in Hebrew either).

silvercar wrote: »

So Netanyahu rules Benjamin out, but Cameron doesn't rule David out? I'm sure your OH must know other people called Ben.

I suppose that means Nigel is out too?

So Ben is out!

Offer a compromise on a middle name?

How about Raphael? I've seen quite a few kids called that, often shortened to Rafi.

I'm not defending OH's logic here, honestly. I'm just relaying it (-: I like Raphael, and Reuben, hadn't thought of them before. Must mention them to OH tomorrow.

tomterm8 wrote: »

You are very patient.

I'm not: at the stage he started talking about angular J's I'd have probably told your husbands father that you wanted the kid to be named after him.

Then let him explain to his dad why his name isn't good enough:)

Edit: or worse, phone up his mother and ask her to talk some sense into him

We've already done the grandfather thing - "Isaac" was OH's Dad's first name (he was always known by his middle name, throughout his whole life) and we're using "Mark", which was the middle name he was always called, as the middle name for this baby.

Isaac's middle name is my Dad's middle name, by which my Dad's always been known, too. Don't know what it was about people born in the early 1950s, lots of them seem to have had parents who gave them names, then always used the middle one. Most confusing!

Spirit wrote: »

Tom term ..I hope I am not speaking out of turn, NDBoy lost his parents when he was relatively young and I think they have already 'honoured' grandparents with their first born.

They did indeed (no way Tomterm could have known). They both died when I was pregnant with Isaac, when OH was 26 and his younger brother was 18.

neverdespairgirl

Miroslav wrote: »

She didn't know much else - very friendly, but I guess they don't get all the info from GP's or my notes?

A little confused.

I've just read that the test would be for Antibodies, which will also confirm whether Graves Disease or something else will be causing the Hyperthyroidism.

No idea about the details, but I hope you get an answer soon and a course of treatment proposed.

tomterm8 wrote: »

I've never had a job I regarded as permanent... It's strange but in my industry you're at risk of becoming long term unemployed if you stay in the same job too long. Companies won't hire you. Particularly odd when it's all about knowlege / experience.

What is the longest you've done with any single employer?

Do you go back to the same ones sometimes, after a job at another place?

tomterm8

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

No idea about the details, but I hope you get an answer soon and a course of treatment proposed.



What is the longest you've done with any single employer?

Do you go back to the same ones sometimes, after a job at another place?

I did 4 years with one employer during university, in a different industry.

Other than that... Around 2 years, max, but always short term contracts and I am always looking for opportunities. So, even if you've been there a while it feels temporary.

I'd not hesitate to go back to a good former employer, but generally it doesn't happen in my experience.

Spirit_2

Just back from walking the duppy. We were out for 40 minutes, I walked about a mile and a half, he went much further. He ate his breakfast this morning as after a false start when he refused it, I made sure he saw me bury a mini bonio at the bottom of the dish.

The day ahead is to be filled with small chores and sleep I think. DD was going to a Eurovision party that a gay friend hosts. She has cried off though as an ex is attending..not the ex who she is great pals with but a guy she dated for some months. I am disappointed in her as I dislike avoidant behaviour.

silvercar

I've had 3 main employers over my whole career.

first was the government on a graduate programme, I stayed there for 3 years, then left for employer 2 where I worked 2 yrs full time and about 3 yrs part time.

Then I took various teaching contracts, but they were contracts for fixed teaching hours only, so not real employment contracts.

I've been working for my own company since 2001, that is employer 3. Very generous holiday allowance

silvercar

Back to names:

Have you used your father's first name yet?

We have a religious / family tradition of naming after family members who have passed away and not the living. So DS1 was named after my grandfather and OH's grandfather. DS2 left us puzzling for ages as they was no deceased family member waiting for their name to be used.

We tried him out with a name for a few days but didn't like it, so he became "baby" for a few days while we rethought.

chewmylegoff

I've had 3 employers: accountancy firm (4 years), civil service (3) and quango (6 so far). I expect another 2-3 years where I am before getting a nothing job with a ludicrously important title at a bank.

Generali

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

There's no "J" sound in Hebrew at all, so it makes the name too different from the Hebrew version for OH's liking, rather than the sound in itself being a problem. So Jerusalem in Hebrew is said a bit like Yeah-roo-shall-I'm, for example. And Joseph is Yosef, Jonathan is Yon-a-ton (no "th" sound in Hebrew either).

So the Jews gave their Js to the Dutch who now use them with wild abandon.

Similarly, all people across the world put in their spare Ls and gave them to the Welsh.

The poor old Germans never really did get the hang of the W. They get half vay through it and give up.

Spirit_2

In my first job for 5 years as I did a graduate training programme with a blue chip, then stayed for a few years more.

Next job still in industry for 3 years incuding 5 months maternity leave. Then a small subsidiary of a large company for 2 years.

Current employer I joined on a short term contract...and am still there after 24 years including a year when I was seconded to the civil service, and 2 years as a main board director .

I joined as a temp , my other option was Financial services but this job was closer to the motorway :rotfl: After just a few weeks of being there I really loved the product and felt I could make a difference. Many days I still feel the same.

michaels

Graduated and did various temp / ski bum style jobs for 4 years then same employer ever since - this reflects more on me than the employer....also fair to say that whilst it is the same employer it has been a serries of different 'jobs', longest anyone one place is probably about 3 years. Just over 2 years where I am now and it is one of the dull ones....