Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

LydiaJ

Just got back from walking Borrowed Dog. Not my kind of dog really. I like dogs that run about, so they get more exercise than I do, so by the time I take them home I feel they've had a really good run. This one doesn't, much. If another dog comes and tries to play with her, she bounds after it for a few yards and then gives up. If the humans aren't walking she mostly just stops and stands, looking round the park at the other dogs running, but not doing anything.

lostinrates wrote: »

May my plumber do his own plumbing. with the same care and consideration he has done mine.

Yes. That will do veeeeeeeery nicely as a sincere hope I think. May all those he pays for work apply the same care and consideration would be a little dramatic perhaps. Maybe not.

I'll think about it before hoping it hard.

An interesting wish. Could be used for both good and bad plumbers. What has he done?

GDB2222 wrote: »

Thanks for asking. We are absolutely dreadful! Both of us.

Sounds awful. Hope being able to sit at the computer today is a sign that things are on the mend.

I wonder if it's more than not washing the fruit and veg. Perhaps he is a carrier of something, along the lines of Typhoid Mary (although not typhoid, of course).

Generali

LydiaJ wrote: »

Just got back from walking Borrowed Dog. Not my kind of dog really. I like dogs that run about, so they get more exercise than I do, so by the time I take them home I feel they've had a really good run. This one doesn't, much. If another dog comes and tries to play with her, she bounds after it for a few yards and then gives up. If the humans aren't walking she mostly just stops and stands, looking round the park at the other dogs running, but not doing anything.



An interesting wish. Could be used for both good and bad plumbers. What has he done?



Sounds awful. Hope being able to sit at the computer today is a sign that things are on the mend.

I wonder if it's more than not washing the fruit and veg. Perhaps he is a carrier of something, along the lines of Typhoid Mary (although not typhoid, of course).

My FiL has an utterly filthy kitchen and I refuse to eat there unless I'm cooking. If I am I arrive 2 hours early to clean first and I never use ingredients from the kitchen except salt, pepper, oil and flour.

Mrs Generali eats there now and again and is invariably laid low. The Generalissimos occasionally spend a few days there and don't come back sick. I suspect it's because they have take away every night but I don't want to accuse.

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

Thanks for asking. We are absolutely dreadful! Both of us. We went to friends for supper on Monday, and they poisoned us. We have both had the most awful gastroenteritis since then. This is the first time I have sat at the computer since Monday, as it's the first time I have felt well enough to do so. I live in hope that we will get better fairly soon.

You may have gathered that I am feeling grumpy, wretched and grumpy! I imagine that the friends are absolutely fine, or at least the husband is, and he's the one who does all the cooking. He must have a cast-iron constitution, because I am fairly certain that he doesn't wash any of the fruit or veg. He's notorious for doing this, but it's never been as bad in the past.

His wife suffered from terrible tummy upsets for years. Eventually, she went on a special diet that she prepares herself. Miraculously, she's recovered completely! She ascribes that to the special diet, whilst I wonder....

Oh dear! Have you phoned friend to thank him for dinner?

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Oh dear! Have you phoned friend to thank him for dinner?

I am just about to email them, as they flew out on Wednesday. I'll enquire whether their flight went smoothly.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

If the humans aren't walking she mostly just stops and stands, looking round the park at the other dogs running, but not doing anything.

Sounds like a dog I could keep up with

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

An interesting wish. Could be used for both good and bad plumbers. What has he done?

I know. That's why I like it.

Long, boring story that isn't terribly Inspiring.

I have new plumbers now.

lostinrates

Ffor lemon jelly


Grr, why cannot I post a link? Google image 'pond grill'. You'll see loads of options.


Right, who else asked me something I haven't delivered?

PasturesNew

Big envelope from solicitors.... full of complex guff to read. There are some small legal issues to be pursued still. e.g. whole development in breach of earlier covenant, so there's an indemnity in place; no idea/mention of who/how pays for sorting out the private drains etc which exist as it's all a private road; sellers have never had the gas system etc checked/serviced.

There's more minor stuff - just operational stuff like me checking if everything works (windows open/etc) and I've got a boundary issue to get sorted....

But it all looks "pretty much as I expected", so nothing unexpected/awful has been exposed.

mystic_trev

GDB2222 wrote: »

I am just about to email them, as they flew out on Wednesday. I'll enquire whether their flight went smoothly.

Perhaps they'll tell you what 'flew out'

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Sounds like a dog I could keep up with

Unfortunately she is also the sort of dog who evades capture when it's time to go back on the lead. The owners tell me the only way to get her back sometimes is to bribe her with crisps. Crisps???? I thought salt was bad for dogs? I have bought some salt'n'shake crisps and have successfully got her back on the lead by using them unsalted.