Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Is this today now?
Thinking of you Gen. Hope the treatment and aftermath aren't too bad x

Yep - he's in the future..... being sorted as we type.

All the best Gen .... hope they don't muck you about and it's a smooth process.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

I did a bit of deadheading tonight. I am so grown up.

Had a minor panic last night - I put out some of my veg plants yesterday. I bought some pop up planters last week + cleared the area by the shed so merrily planted them up yesterday. Then yesterday evening when I saw the weather I wondered if they'd survive a rain shower. Did a bit of googling, and realised I should have broken them into life in the great outdoors a little more gently. No way I can move the planter though (it's not rigid). I'd also bought a bit pop-up cloche, so I moved that over my little plantlets. They look ok this evening.

I'm not cut out for single parenthood

I find dead heading a lovely job with a nice glass of wine, or a little cocktail. A mock tail if you mus.

Cos I can have none of that ( alcohol , alcohol and calories) I have water with a spring of herbs in in the heat and a nice hot drink in the cold. Its pretty much a one handed job, so walk a slurp and snip becomes possible with the odd put down of cup/glass, and it feels civilised.

Dead heading sounds like a. Chore, until you realise its actually the only time you actually make time to get right up there nose in blooms often. So it becomes a treat to make time for, with your drink. A lovely routine wind down to the day.

Probably better for people who have something to actually wind down from.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Ironically, of course, wild rabbit can be a superbly ethical meat.

I find skinned they look like my cats which is psychologically off putting. But they taste good.


Edited out some not tasteful stuff. . Even I have limits.

I saw something recently (probably something achingly cool like Countryfile) where they visited a rabbit farm. I think it may have been on continental Europe. It looked horrendous. Bearing in mind I go in to see the bunnies if ever I'm passing a pet shop

I did eat rabbit a couple of weeks ago though. It did taste nice.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

I saw something recently (probably something achingly cool like Countryfile) where they visited a rabbit farm. I think it may have been on continental Europe. It looked horrendous. Bearing in mind I go in to see the bunnies if ever I'm passing a pet shop

I did eat rabbit a couple of weeks ago though. It did taste nice.

Which is why I specified WILD rabbit. When I take kiwi to the pet shop we go and look at the rodents. When no one is about I remind him ' look, where is the RAT' and he stares, avidly. We don't look at rabbits of guinea pigs, but at the smaller ones, anything sort of fancy rat and down. And obviously I don't let him near the glass or fronts, just watch from a distance. Tbh, if I owned a pet shop, I'd have them in a totally different area, not in a bank in the middle opposite dog treats, I mean.......its weird.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

I find dead heading a lovely job with a nice glass of wine, or a little cocktail. A mock tail if you mus.

Cos I can have none of that ( alcohol , alcohol and calories) I have water with a spring of herbs in in the heat and a nice hot drink in the cold. Its pretty much a one handed job, so walk a slurp and snip becomes possible with the odd put down of cup/glass, and it feels civilised.

You've sold it to me now. That was easy

I'm on day 2 of plant watering duty. Parents are back in a month. Must keep plants alive until then (or at least remember what they look like before they die so I can get replacements

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Which is why I specified WILD rabbit.

I guessed that.

Speaking of wild things (:)) we found a toad (possibly a frog, we're not amphibian experts) hiding in my garden on Saturday. He's gone now, but that was funny (he made my mum jump when she found him).

Also I was warned there might be slow worms in the old compost bins. Took me about 10 mins to remember what a slow worm looks like. Definitely not poking around in there too much without company :eek:

Doozergirl

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Really well done - so much progress!



What a lovely thing to do. It's so easy to complain, and forget to praise, so when we receive praise it is wonderful. She'll have a smile on her face for ages as a result of your email (as well any more tangible benefits).



I won't eat rabbit for this illogical reason. Mum once fed me it when I was still living at home - I did eat it but with tears running down my cheeks; she's never served me it since.

I had an interesting morning. 4 of us were being trained on how to use the evacuation chair to get people from the upper floors of a building in the event of a drill or emergency. I am fairly petite so did struggle with some elements until I'd improved on some of the techniques ...

After learning how to open and close the chairs, and wheel people round in them, we then progressed to the practical session in the stairwell ... :eek:

Each of us had a couple of goes with a partner. I was pretty comfortable being moved down the stairs by a chap who's used to moving Tesco stuff around as a delivery driver. His face remained calm while being moved by me saying "Help!" :rotfl:

It does look far worse than it feels, though, and I'm pretty confident that if I needed to get someone out that I'd be able to do it.

This reminds me of a particular episode of The Office. It was brilliant.

Your garden looks an amazing transformation. What an acheivement already!

Yorkie1

Just watching a documentary on cats / kittens on ITV +1.

Apparently, the more you socialise a cat between weeks 2 - 7 after birth, the more sociable they will be as adults.

Siamese cats' colouring (the dark shading) is temperature dependent - they're born white all over, and the shading develops as they grow up. So in cooler climates, the shading is more pronounced.

You should greet a cat with a slow blink, to make them feel less threatened and part of the family.

When they fall any distance, they make themselves into a sort of parachute to make them land safely (don't try this at home, the commentator remarks!).

Some of their prey have UV signals in their wee, and so cats can see UV as well as standard sight (albeit not really in colour).

Purring can indicate nerves / fear, as well as contentedness - used to gain our attention.

Amazing!

Generali

Well here I am, waiting for the first bought of radiotherapy. I'm scared.

Generali

Nikkster wrote: »

Is this today now?
Thinking of you Gen. Hope the treatment and aftermath aren't too bad x

Yes it's today now. We're 9 hours ahead of you at this time ofyear. 3pm in London is midnight in Sydney.