Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never made/eaten mayo ... except that which comes in a squeezy bottle from Lidl

I was thinking since the comment the other day when I asked about food drying out in a dishwasher if you don't use it more than once in 5 days and I've been watching to see what I mean about what I said.

I enquired if putting dishes into the dishwasher didn't mean that food was hardened onto the dishes after 5 days as I put everything in soak. I think this read as "I burn everything, so everything has to soak", but I know I never burn anything, so had to watch for a few days to explain.

If I have a plate with, say, pie/chips/beans on it then it's almost scraped clean as I'm greedy, I'll put that plate in the bowl with a little water where the pie/chips rested. Next I'll get Weetabix/milk in a bowl and I'll pour water into the bowl and down the plughole (that's now blocked by the washing up bowl) and place the bowl on top of the soaking plate and top that up with water.... I'll continue to do this with pretty clean dishes until the bowl's full and I've run out of the dish I need (1-2 days), then I'll wash the lot up.

I'll usually have: 2 plates, a dozen knives/forks/spoons, 2 bowls, a pyrex jug, one mug, 2 paring knives and 2-3 plastic pots I use to store things in the fridge (ex sandwich filler tubs) and 2-3 plastic dishes (saved from microwave meals) that I use to heat up things (such as tinned tomatoes/beans) in the microwave. There might also be 2-3 plastic storage tubs that have hardly been used - e.g. when I bake the part-baked baguettes they get halved and stored in those, then need washing out, but they're not "dirty".

If I'd not made sure they were all sitting in water/filled with water, then by the time I did wash them up it'd be a big scrubbing job to get off the dried weetabix, bean juice, small pie debris, dried cheesy mash/beans.....

Having been continually "left in soak" to do the washing up I simply have to empty the bowl, turn on the tap and wash everything easily. I don't do it straight away as it can take several minutes/gallons before the water temperature's stabilised itself and then got hot enough for good cleaning to occur.

Nope, this is very rarely a proplem. I'd be concerned about scrambled egg things, milk pans, and stuff like that.

It might be because our washing machine programme is very long, so it gets everything good and wet.

I like the fact it gets good and hot in there too. Feels 'cleaner'.

I do have issues with some soaps. ( I think the premium ones don't rinse very well in out machine, but the others say they cannot taste soap so it might be my imagination.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd be concerned about scrambled egg things

Scrambled eggs don't stick in a pyrex jug in the microwave (if you do them right).... what I do is crack 2-3 and microwave them, taking them out at regular intervals and watching it, then using a fork to run round the edges and scrunch it all up again until it's cooked. Then I take another fork and get a dollop of marg and I stick that in and run the fork round the edge to mix it all in. Then tip it onto the plate.

At that point my breakfast's getting cold .... so I'll rinse the jug out with cold water and tip it down the plughole, then squirt washing up liquid in it and fill it to the brim with boiling water from the kettle. However, sometimes, there's a little debris just clinging to the side/bottom... which, left alone, has the potential to dry out if shoved as it is in a dishwasher for 1-3 or more days ... and fester.

I do a lot of nuked eggs though ... scrambled eggs on toast, or on a muffin... served with/without beans or tinned tomatoes. That's my "cooked breakfast".

lostinrates

Pn, you could get a hammock in your garden. Beach themey. . Swinging away on all the nice days.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pn, you could get a hammock in your garden. Beach themey. . Swinging away on all the nice days.

I could, but then it comes down to cost/effect. A nice hammock could look lovely and beachy ..... but the reality is that any hammock I could afford wouldn't look beachy/lovely - and I'd probably fall out of it and do myself a mischief at my age

It'd have to be one that comes in its own frame (nothing to secure it to unless I start driving concrete posts etc into the ground at great expense) .... and they're about £30. It'd also be handy to be able to move in/out of shade as it changed.

So, £30 to break my neck .... or £20 for a safe lounger

tomterm8

Never quite sure how you're mean to get in and out of hammocks. Yes, I can get out. But the trip to the hospital to get the arm mended is a bit of a dampener on an otherwise fine day...

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

Never quite sure how you're mean to get in and out of hammocks. Yes, I can get out. But the trip to the hospital to get the arm mended is a bit of a dampener on an otherwise fine day...

I love a hammock. Its not dignified, my 'in and out' but it gets me up and down there.

PasturesNew

I actually want to be greedy .... I've a mind for two loungers, for different purposes.

1] The padded seat variety, where you sit down and they recline back 2-3 notches when you want them to.

2] The thin ones with stretched fabric that fold out so they are completely flat. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6511445.htm

[1] is good for sitting up, drinking coffee, enjoying the garden/sun/shade

[2] is good for sunbathing to get an even tan of sorts... now, I don't bother about this, but if you only ever sit in type [1] then your back never gets done.... so then you need to lie on your front, which you can't do in the armchair type. So this one would be purely for being able to lie face down to get my back as brown (red?) as my face got.... and I can't lie down on the grass/patio on a towel as that's [a] depressing/boring/uncomfortable and gives me heebie jeebies as I'm lying there nose to nose with crawling things.

I might do without type [2] this year and keep an eye out for one for £5 in a car boot as they cost about £15-20, which isn't a good use of money for the purpose.

Generali

Getting in and out of a hammock is like riding a mountain bike off road, you need to do it with confidence. If you try to bottle out accidents happen.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

Getting in and out of a hammock is like riding a mountain bike off road, you need to do it with confidence. If you try to bottle out accidents happen.

I've never actually ever attempted it ... only ever seen one once, at LIR's house .... and the kids got it.

But I do know I'm clumsy, so, on average, things wouldn't work out well.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never actually ever attempted it ... only ever seen one once, at LIR's house .... and the kids got it.

But I do know I'm clumsy, so, on average, things wouldn't work out well.

Clumsy + hammock = havoc!

I made it to house sitting. The dogs were very pleased to see me. I suspect their mood was influenced by me bringing them dinner.

I honestly am clueless about dogs. They seem to quite like me these days. I used to get bitten by dogs loads, often just when walking down the street. I remember a labrador on a leash once just lunging for me and grabbing my arm. The owner went ballistic at me. I mean how dare I walk along the footpath with her darling Chlamydia or whatever the damned thing was called. All these dogs want is food and fussing over. I can do that easily. :cool: