Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

michaels

Dishwasher in rented house is integrated. It broke in Jan as door catch wasn't holding door closed enough so it was stopping with door open message. Would have replaced then but lead time on replacement was 2 weeks or pay 150 more and tenant not willing to wait so spent 120 on repair. Same fault may be back so trying to get repair man to fix for free. At home we have had no dishwasher for a few weeks whilst I think about biting bullet and buying replacement, no point in repair as from new it has never actually got the dishes clean. It is galling to have to sort out rented one asap whilst we do without at home.

Very cold at work today

Generali

michaels wrote: »

Dishwasher in rented house is integrated. It broke in Jan as door catch wasn't holding door closed enough so it was stopping with door open message. Would have replaced then but lead time on replacement was 2 weeks or pay 150 more and tenant not willing to wait so spent 120 on repair. Same fault may be back so trying to get repair man to fix for free. At home we have had no dishwasher for a few weeks whilst I think about biting bullet and buying replacement, no point in repair as from new it has never actually got the dishes clean. It is galling to have to sort out rented one asap whilst we do without at home.

Very cold at work today

Can the tenant insist that a non-essential item like a dishwasher be fixed immediately. I'd think it reasonable to have to wait a fortnight for a new one.

What are they going to do anyway? They could sue I suppose but I can't imagine them getting anywhere.

ukmaggie45

Spirit wrote: »

Fabulous. Thank you for posting it.

My husband loves Lilies and if I buy cut flowers I usually include lilies.

What conditions do they grow in?

I did not know they were poisonous to cats. We have our cat Meggle and also have day lilies in the garden.

They like plenty of sun! Our front garden faces roughly SW so they get full sun from fairly early (11 am ish I think) through till almost sunset. We bought a really massive pot for them, think we used John Innes 3 mixed with some gravel... They do like to be well drained, so it's a good idea to put some gravel down directly underneath the bulb to stop it rotting off if its a really wet summer or winter.

I don't think day lilies are poisonous like other lilies - apparently some species have edible flowers and roots, also the foliage is edible. But I think you'd need to know exactly which species you had before trying it out!

LydiaJ wrote: »

We saw MIL and FIL recently and gave FIL several birthday presents. Unfortunately we left one of them at home when we went to see them, and won't be seeing them again until August (they live 3 hours away) so we have now got a pot with lilies growing in it, chosen for FIL because they were LNE's favourite flower.

How should I look after them? Can they go in the conservatory with the calamondins or would that kill them? How much watering do they need?

I've only ever grown lilies outside. I think it could well be too warm for them in a conservatory. They'll be fine in a pot provided the compost is free draining. We don't bother watering much, only if it stays dry for over a week or so at a guess. Honestly they are really easy plants despite their exotic look and smell! But they do like plenty of sun for best results.

Watch out for lily beetle though! Bright red, very attractive, but they will lay eggs that hatch out and the grubs eat the lily roots. Kill kill kill!!! :eek:

When we planted them 2 years ago we had 3 bulbs, now they've increased to 5 flower stems, and a lot of short offshoots. I plan to dig them up this year when the foliage dies back in autumn, pot on the offshoots in smaller pots, and replace the biggest bulbs, probably in fresh compost. Was going to do that last autumn, but with such a mild winter the foliage didn't die back! We'll see how we go come Oct/Nov!

Also I boobed when planting originally, managed to plant one of the bulbs upside down! It still came up, but much later than the other 2 bulbs! For ages we thought it had died so were surprised to suddenly find it sprouting! So it will be good to replant it right way up! :rotfl:

lostinrates

Maggie, think you are right about day lilies. I haven't eaten them I don't think though.

Generali

Am I right in thinking that the lily is an allium like onions and garlic? I have a vague recollection that's the case.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Dishwasher in rented house is integrated. It broke in Jan as door catch wasn't holding door closed enough so it was stopping with door open message. Would have replaced then but lead time on replacement was 2 weeks or pay 150 more and tenant not willing to wait so spent 120 on repair. Same fault may be back so trying to get repair man to fix for free. At home we have had no dishwasher for a few weeks whilst I think about biting bullet and buying replacement, no point in repair as from new it has never actually got the dishes clean. It is galling to have to sort out rented one asap whilst we do without at home.

Very cold at work today

From reading the housing board, all the tenant can require is that you act in the same sort of way they would act if owner occupier, so if it takes 2 weeks it takes 2 weeks. They have hot water. It is only a dishwasher. I'm guilty of the same, got an oven repaired that should have been replaced but tenant wanted something done quickly.

silvercar

Doozergirl wrote: »

Soundbite from UKIP spokesperson on radio 4 this morning. UKIP failed to do well in London because they find it hard to appeal to the educated and cultured.

UKIP failed to do well in London, because that is exactly the population mix they are campaigning against, and London doesn't see itself as failing.

UKIP candidate here only stood because he nearly had a car accident because a local mini roundabout was unpainted and people wouldn't see it. He was standing to get it re-painted. Don't know why he needed the UKIP platform to do that. Anyway the roundabout was repainted last week. He still stood and lost. Badly.

ukmaggie45

Generali wrote: »

Am I right in thinking that the lily is an allium like onions and garlic? I have a vague recollection that's the case.

I don't think so - bulbs are different shape, and the leaves are completely different, sprouting off the side of the flower stem. Onions and garlic leaves are more strap like. As are the day lily leaves - hemerocallis. Just went to look at the lily page on wikipedia, and apparently the bulbs of lilies are eaten in China, also some flowers.

It's interesting what it says about toxicity to cats, apparently day lilies are also poisonous to cats:

Toxicity[edit]
Some Lilium species are toxic to cats. This is known to be so especially for L. longiflorum though other Lilium and the unrelated Hemerocallis can also cause the same symptoms.[4][5][6] The true mechanism of toxicity is undetermined, but it involves damage to the renal tubular epithelium (composing the substance of the kidney and secreting, collecting, and conducting urine), which can cause acute renal failure. Veterinary help should be sought, as a matter of urgency, for any cat that is suspected of eating any part of a lily - including licking pollen that may have brushed onto its coat.[7]

zagubov

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

I don't think so - bulbs are different shape, and the leaves are completely different, sprouting off the side of the flower stem. Onions and garlic leaves are more strap like. As are the day lily leaves - hemerocallis. Just went to look at the lily page on wikipedia, and apparently the bulbs of lilies are eaten in China, also some flowers.

It's interesting what it says about toxicity to cats, apparently day lilies are also poisonous to cats:

LIR mentioned last year about things that were toxic to dogs including onions and garlic. Never would have thought of that.

Though I suppose as omnivores we'd have to be at least a bit resistant to at least some plant poisons.

I do remember hearing about somone who used human sedatives to calm a cat that hated traveling, but the sedatives have the opposite effect on cats and acted as a stimulant.

The cat was in a frenzy throughout the journey but the owners were grateful for the pills as they couldn't imagine how freaked out the cat would have been if it hadn't been "sedated".

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

....someone who used human sedatives to calm a cat ... but the sedatives have the opposite effect on cats and acted as a stimulant.

The cat was in a frenzy throughout the journey but the owners were grateful for the pills as they couldn't imagine how freaked out the cat would have been if it hadn't been "sedated".

LOL... priceless