Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

neverdespairgirl

tomterm8 wrote: »

I've heard about them, but everyone I've asked says they're a bit useless... i.e. you need to faff around pre-washing the washing up.

I like dishwashers. Save a lot of hassle, I reckon.

My mother I think could do equally well without one - she essentially washes everything before it goes in the machine, then puts it on an entirely feeble short wash at a very low temperature. You can't actually tell often whether the stuff if theoretically clean or not by looking at it.

Generali wrote: »

I probably watch more TV with the Generalissimos than I do for myself.

Dr Who or Soccer with The Girl and Motorsport or science/space with The Boy. Top Gear and Better Homes and Gardens (an Aussie program with cooking, DIY, pets, decorating and gardening all in one big product placement wrapper) with both.

We almost never watch any actual television at all - the odd thing on iplayer, but until OH set the TV up again on our new Ikea bookshelves, it had been unplugged for about 6 months. And in unpacking our final couple of boxes before the baby was born, we discovered the DVD player, which we'd not noticed we'd lost since December 2011, when we moved here.

Isaac watches a fair few DVDs on his mini player, but otherwise, very little between us all. No principle at stake, we just don't really get round to it.

PasturesNew wrote: »

The first/only time I heard my dad swear was close to the end of his life when he was mulling over life and angry that his sister had left her house to 'a complete stranger' some years before, which does all sound dodgy when you hear the whole story, but I wasn't aware of it at the time (and I think the local side of the family investigated/tried to fight the will) ..... and he said one quite mild swear word. It was worth about £500k.

The only time I've heard my Dad swear is when he was demonstrating that he could jump down a flight of 9 stairs in one go - and went through the floor boards at the bottom.

He was still very skinny then, about 11 stone or so, so it was more the floorboards being rotten than him being too hefty, but I think it gave him a shock.

Generali wrote: »

Get rid of her from your Facebook feed. That's C21st breaking up 101 surely...? (No idea myself, I last broke up with someone before Zuckerberg started High School).

I always used to cut all communications off when I split with someone. It's simpler by far although it can sometimes feel a bit brutal.

I've never really split up with someone in a dramatic way - two teenage things just sort of ended. Well, the first did end when I went into "ignore you mode and you'll get the hint" which I know is pretty mean, but I was only 17.

Both those teenage-exes are friends of mine on facebook, though.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Although given the budget for the Mongol, if you have a library book that explains how to get an Italian car to drive More than 5 miles without breaking down I suggest you bring it along.... :whistle:

We have an Italian car (Fiat. That's Italian, innit?) and it never breaks down. It did refuse to start at Easter, but then it hadn't moved an inch since New Year's Day, so that wasn't really its fault. Other than that, it always works, never needs money spending on it, and is now 17 years old. I got it for my sister's 21st birthday, and it was 4 years old then. Only done 65,000 miles ever, though!

tomterm8 wrote: »

At least in theory a decree nisi shouldn't be an issue since by definition it isn't binding. You're still married until you're not. But it would be an interesting argument at trial - where 'interesting' means the lawyers get more money.

It'll be good when it's all sorted out - won't it?

I suspect that it's good to be considered really, really boring by your doctor, solicitor, accountant, etc. Being "interesting" to any of them probably signals difficulties and / or expense.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

We do, it is only 18 at night between 11 and 4 raather than the 22 it is all day. kids mostly kick off their covers all the time.

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I wonder if there is a relationship with allergies/ hay fever and central heating? Might be worth a google michaels, as your suffering is so dreadful, even if you found a few things that help a little .......

The private GP I used to see was hot on the perils of central hearing and was pleased we weren't over users of it.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

I wonder if there is a relationship with allergies/ hay fever and central heating? Might be worth a google michaels, as your suffering is so dreadful, even if you found a few things that help a little .......

The private GP I used to see was hot on the perils of central hearing and was pleased we weren't over users of it.

Think there is if it's a year-round rhinitis.... From dust mite allergy. Not sure about anything else though.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Think there is if it's a year-round rhinitis.... From dust mite allergy. Not sure about anything else though.

That's what I thought first. Then wondered if dryness compounding could aggravate worse suffering.

Its meant to be dodgy for asthma to be over centrally heated too I think, yet, I'm guessing too cold might also be problematic for asthmatics? Central heating is so drying. While its not my thought it would impact on pollens, my feeling is it might increase sufferings through dryness.

We cannot over heat even if we wanted because its noticeably impactful on dh's skin. Years before I was I'll, and just tight, my then ex and I had no heating then either, ( we had an inefficient stove I we'd to sit on wrapped in a duvet so etimes) but were never victim to colds and stuff. I think I get them now because I'm a low immunity pudding:D, not active enough and already depleted.

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

I see you lot are getting plastic bank notes at last. They're great!

You can put them through the washing machine or spend the day in the sea or swimming pool and they end up just fine.

Plus you have to pay CSIRO, Australia's national research body, a licence fee for using it so my taxes go down a bit! (You also pay CSIRO a licence fee for a wifi router as they discovered how to make wifi work).

They are really very good.

I love Aussie banknotes. I like the designs and the colours when printed on plastic somehow seem richer. I also like the little see through Windows. They must be some of the best looking notes in the world.

PasturesNew

I blame michaels ......

.... so I got up, allbeit a little late... looked at the clock and it was 8:10, so I decided to go for a chair .... got there (3 miles), walked in behind an older couple .... walked across the store and there was a man wheeling out 2 chairs and the member of staff with him just said "last 2" .... the couple stopped, I stopped ... and he said "that's it, those were the last 2".

So missed them.

But I checked with him, for details .... he said people had been queueing since 7.30am and they'd had 80 chairs to start with.

Oh well .....

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

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Nice to see you having a spare bit of time to join us

Spirit_2

lemonjelly wrote: »

Ikea isn't posh, surely?

I'm currently appreciating this:
http://www.dreams.co.uk/beds/wooden-beds/hampstead-d-b-s-oak

(The bedside tables you can see fold into/under the bed, & there's a great storage bit for bedding at the bease - I hate those beds where the mattress springs up full of storage. I'd gone looking for bedside cabinets. Saw none I liked, but the new blimmin bed fits the bill...:o )

That looks good. I like the simplicity of it.

Spirit_2

zagubov wrote: »

I like the modern aesthetic of Scandinavian design. My first hifi that wasn't a music centre (if anybody remembers those!) was Bang & Olufsen. .

I do too. Although do not follow through and live with it. 30 years ago in our last house we installed a real beech sprung floor (before they were fashionable and laminate invented) and I bought OH a B&O (2000?) system (it included a turn table) . The B&O was so beautiful slim and silver ,we still have it

PasturesNew

While I was out I saw that there's been some big flash floods overnight - lots of roads had surface flooding .... proper surface flooding. I had to to onto the far side of 2-lane roads a lot - and I was half way round a big roundabout on the way back and the whole of the 4-lane exit was flooded, had to quickly divert round the deepest part (where I could see wheel trims floating) and out to the far side.....