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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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If it is doable but will cost more, then it would NOT be doable for somebody whose reason for not driving was that they couldn't afford to run a car.
But that's a set of different choices. I'm trying to stay here. I have the choice, and budget comes into it, of selling up.
Some one on a 'renting' budget can move too, or try for a house swap.
Someone whose sole reason for not driving being money has other options....cycling from where I am, or walking or getting the buses . Convenient no, cheaper in the long run, no.
Just like buying a house outright would be cheaper, most people get mortgages. Having money saves money, Sad but true.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Your dog's got a bigger/better telly than me
Its horrid, I hate it. Its res p's.0 -
Yes, absolutely. If it's more than you've been doing up to now that's a grand old start.
After you've done that and you feel confident... do something else. A little harder. Sitting in your front garden, perhaps.
Actually I do go outside every day ... I crouch outside to smoke my rollies ... as for 'front garden' I've none. 0 -
A side point... if you rent it's horrendously expensive to move (I'd need £2500 to move out of here) ... and there's no house swapping, that's for a limited number of council tenants only....lostinrates wrote: »
Some one on a 'renting' budget can move too, or try for a house swap.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Still a bit tied up and can't catch you all up yet - Lydia, your DD's tunic will be done by tomorrow evening, though.
NDG, that is above and beyond anything that ought to be expected of you. If you want to do it and can manage, then of course we will be thrilled, but if you can't fit it in, we will quite understand, and we will find some other solution.neverdespairgirl wrote: »This is our still nameless new joy:
Lots of congratulations to all of you. They are both gorgeous. (And that is a much better pose than my pic of DS holding baby DD, in which she's wailing and he's looking terrified!)PasturesNew wrote: »No, I was looking where I grew up. Not here.
Sorry. I must have misread. Thanks for explaining. 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 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Actually I do go outside every day ... I crouch outside to smoke my rollies ... as for 'front garden' I've none.
Fair enough. After my mother's stroke she became very scared of people. It's called General Anxiety Disorder. For a while she didn't go out of the garden.
So.
I had her walk up to the front gate with me.
Then, I had her wait at the gate until she saw someone, and she could come back home.
Then, I had her walk up the street to the next road.
Then, I took her round the block.
After that, I took her to the outside of the library, where she waited until she wanted to go home.
Then, inside the library.
Then, borrow a book.
Then, local shop and say good morning to the shop keeper.
Then, to a local coffee morning.
Then, to a library, where she got some help with IT.
Then, to a bus(which she was scared of) into the middle of the nearest village.
That took a year.
Er... I am a hard son. None of these challenges were too hard for her. They were all a stretch. But, in fact, every one took her closer to where she wanted to be.
P.S. You don't want me involved in your case
“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
It's unfortunate, PasturesNew, some things you can't beat. But maybe by taking the steps you did you delayed the onset of the problems or made that period of time better for her.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
It's unfortunate, PasturesNew, some things you can't beat. But maybe by taking the steps you did you delayed the onset of the those problems or made that period of time better for her.
Oh well, she had some nice sing songs at the church, and some lovely lunches at the lunch club and at the Age Concern Day Centre ... and had lots of lovely cake at the knitting group (nobody actually knitted, they all just sat and ate cake and drank tea). It filled some of her time and got her a little used to speaking to strangers .... and she did love looking out of the windows on the little minibus. She also got taken out for a couple of evenings to 'events' although we were never sure what they were really, they seemed to be free dinners by posh people fundraising to pay for the minibus ... and they always made sure she came home with a raffle prize too.0 -
CKhalvashi wrote: »We looked in both Braughing, and Burton End, which are far more expensive than the town we're in now.
I don't know if that's historically always been the case, though.
Do you like sausages?
(For those not from Herts, Braughing is famous for its butcher, who apparently does the most wonderful sausages). My dad loves them, my fil loved them (he's no longer with us), DH loves them...Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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