Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Spirit_2

chewmylegoff wrote: »

That's life. When HMRC come to call about the illegal tax scheme you'll be going to jail too! I'll be in the Bahamas!

Nah, Pastures will get an OBE and endorsed by slebs for her contribution to society. She will also get to sing in front of the Queen

Or maybe I am mixing her up with Gary Barlow.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

That whole post is a massive posh-fest alert isn't it

Sorry if it is not miserable enough:)

Having downshifted jobs 10 years ago this was not what he had in mind as to what a good day in the office looks like. I think it is more punching above the paygrade than POSH.

He is genuinely nervous about something on this scale again. The strain has been enormous. I have never posted before that I was invited on a business trip with him, because I usually decline. This time if I am well enough I will go to support him and celebrate his success.

silvercar

Chatterboxes!

Well done chewy! Have you sorted out a travelodge for 3 weeks?

Have just been on a trip into London to see a friends daughter in theatre near Elephant & Castle. I do like matinees, nice show then a meal out and still home at a reasonable time.

On the train home were football supporters in red & white and others in orange & black and they all behaved civilly.

silvercar

For the record (as the conversation has moved on) my nails are currently naked, in need of some cover up.

I am rarely immaculate.

As for the millionaire claim, I think secret millionaires need to have money floating around as opposed to living in a house that increases in value just by being in the south-east.

SingleSue

We sat on the prom and had an ice cream today in the glorious sunshine...I would have been quite happy to have sat there for many hours but unfortunately, youngest had to be picked up from Geek Hut.

Our prom is another lovely walk if ever anyone on here visits the town, over 4 miles and with some lovely scenery along the way.

Spirit_2

I read this article expecting it to be a third world problem.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/17/health/hrw-children-tobacco-workers-report/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Is this really the same country that has Disneyland?

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

I read this article expecting it to be a third world problem.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/17/health/hrw-children-tobacco-workers-report/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Is this really the same country that has Disneyland?

"She earned anywhere from $100 to $150 a day;"

And that was a few years ago ..... I'd be up for some of that!

Do you think you get fag breaks??

Generali

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Ludicrous but at least £1,000 is cheaper than the normal cost of a return flight to Australia. Probably flying on Air Asia or something equally horrendous. I like the idea that you aren't there for long enough for jet lag to apply. Unfortunately it doesn't really work like that in practice.

I think that we paid a little over $9,000 (call it £4, 500) for a return ticket for the next trip. Admittedly that's at Christmas oh and for 4 of us. I reckon we normally pay about a thousand quid a head for adult tickets on Virgin.

You don't get much of a discount for the kids once they're over 2.

We're flying premium economy to and from the middle east which is the longest leg by far. Before anyone gives me a posh alert, it was precisely the same price as regular economy.

Oh, my mate's great grandad was Lord Balfour. I guess that's a bit posh.

I'm back home from my weekend dog sitting. It was great. I drove along that road in the Daily Mail article PN linked to this morning. I took a photo which I'll try to put up later.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I'm back home from my weekend dog sitting.

Odd reading that as it's still early morning on Sunday here.... your weekend's over and done and yet ours doesn't feel like it's started.

vivatifosi

Spirit wrote: »

I read this article expecting it to be a third world problem.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/17/health/hrw-children-tobacco-workers-report/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Is this really the same country that has Disneyland?

Doing family history research for my friend, I found out that in the early to mid 1600s, tobacco was grown commercially in the UK... specifically in the Vale of Evesham.

Some of the growers, who would have been very poor and working for the manor owners, ended up going to America as early adventurers and using their expertise to make money there. Soon the growing died out in the UK, but you can still occasionally find tobacco plants growing in hedgerows in the area.