Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I think I might be .... pencil me in. I'll see how things pan out by that date. I've never been.

Google maps makes it look easy ... but I've travelled that route before and I know it's a high concentration, slow, winding road route .... not many physical miles though.... 140 return or so.

I suggested to spirit she comes here, parks and goes the rest of the way with me.

My car has more than one passenger seat.

Spirit is 'doggy' so will get the need to sit on a clean sheet or throw, but this understood the same offer is of course open to you.

My apologies, I should have made that clear!

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

I think it's a flexibility thing... that they need to pay people overtime (rather than offer TOIL) to work weekends where they don't have enough staff (due to sickness/holidays/exams, etc). You could also address via zero hours contracts, but then you wouldn't get the continuity and they would still need to be paid.

People don't want to come in at a weekend when they aren't due to work without being paid overtime, problem is, that's when most people do their weekly shop.

Spirit wrote: »

It is a premium thing.

The supply of workforce is different at weekends.. schools operate Monday to Friday, childcare operates Monday to Friday. Weekends are premium time for families and people want a lot of "compensation" for the opportunity cost of weekend time.

More worrying than the length of the queue to pay for toilet roles on a Saturday, is that there is evidence that Hospitals are less safe at weekends due to fewer availability/Supply of Senior Medical staff.http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_11-6-2010-12-5-7

Saturday was a big day in my fathers 'retirement job'. He felt as a 'team leader' he should work it.

There were other bonuses. Weekending traffic was avoided commuting Saturday night or Sunday morning until Monday night, and shops /things tend to be quieter on Mondays than weekends.

The only down side he /family ever found was restaurants not being open on Mondays.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

... today after a week of looking we found the blind clips for the room we had decorated and until now been unable to put the blinds back up....

I'm quite OCD about this sort of thing.... I'd have used a sandwich bag to stick bits into, then tied or masking taped the bag to the rest.

michaels wrote: »

... then I decided I would put the new housing I had ordered on DWs rather battered mobile and of course I can't find the correct (highly specialised - Torx T7) screwdriver

That'll be "somewhere safe" - but you will only remember where that is when you rediscover it.

PasturesNew

XP has suddenly just started Automatic Updates.... and is now updating my computer .... odd, thought they were no longer supporting it. It says it'll restart automatically in 13 minutes .... or do I want to restart now.

I'll go for a restart now... cya.

zagubov

mystic_trev wrote: »

I was in North Yorkshire couple of weeks ago, on a walking Holiday with some friends. We stopped off at a Pub one lunchtime, and a dish called Parmo was on the menu. We asked what it was, to be told it was a local speciality.



Here's what it consists of :eek:

Chicken or pork fillets are flattened, then dipped in egg and then bread crumbs, after which it is deep-fried. Onto this is poured a thick, white sauce (similar to b!chamel sauce, but butter may be partially or wholly replaced by other fats) and then it is topped with grated cheese. The cheese is usually cheddar, rather than the Parmesan cheese that originally gave the dish its name. The dish is then grilled or baked to melt the cheese.

So not too much cholesterol :rotfl:

Needless to say I only had a small one.

Trev, a couple of years ago I posted this.

Unhealthy for one person. In fact I think it could shorten the life expectancy of a battalion.

And yet, ridiculously tempting.

mystic_trev

zagubov wrote: »

Trev, a couple of years ago I posted this.

Unhealthy for one person. In fact I think it could shorten the life expectancy of a battalion.

And yet, ridiculously tempting.

Blimey. A Pizza, kebab and Indian all rolled into one :eek: Must be the ultimate takeaway!

Thanks Zag.

Spirit_2

A friend who is a native of Glasgow but now lives down south, told me of being told (in a strong Glaswegian accent) that "Pizza was awful bad for ya, it soaks up all the grease".

His sister and parent were still living in Glasgow and he went to visit. He travelled up in the family estate car and not his Audi TT which he had loaned to a member of his staff for the weekend. he explained this to his sister saying it was so that the chap could take his new girlfriend out in style. The new girlfriend was still at school.

On hearing this his sister said and considering the youth of the girl "at her age she wid a bin more impressed wi a Icecream van".

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I suggested to spirit she comes here, parks and goes the rest of the way with me.

My car has more than one passenger seat.

Spirit is 'doggy' so will get the need to sit on a clean sheet or throw, but this understood the same offer is of course open to you.

My apologies, I should have made that clear!

Yes, I'd do that too then.

When I had a quick look on the map (didn't look hard/detailed) it looked as if the route goes right by your house anyway .... so it's the same route/roads, except the destination is a few miles further.

The trouble with the road I took/take is that it's a very variable speed limit and you can't just switch off and think "it's 30 or 60, so am I in a village or not" it's all sorts of random speeds so you have to continually take note/remember what the last sign said .... or be the "idiot that's holding people up" when you're out of a village and not sure if it's 40 there or 60 ... or something else, so you do 40 just in case

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

Trev, a couple of years ago I posted this.

Unhealthy for one person. In fact I think it could shorten the life expectancy of a battalion.

And yet, ridiculously tempting.

Man, I really fancy some chips now.

I've pretty much wasted today. I've done my washing, and am helping a friend with a job app. But I've spent the vast majority of today napping. Oops

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Man, I really fancy some chips now.

I've pretty much wasted today. I've done my washing, and am helping a friend with a job app. But I've spent the vast majority of today napping. Oops

Napping's good.

When I saw the photo I really wanted some kebab
A few chips wouldn't go amiss either ..... making a kebab is high on my list of things to make once I move