Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Generali

silvercar wrote: »

Who would have thought that suncreams can block X rays?

I switched my mobile phone on when the plane had landed. My mother had a fit in case it interfered with the piloting. I doubt even an iphone can make a plane take off!

I strongly suspect that the woman concerned had no idea as to whether her standing in the corner whilst singing, "My Ding-a-Ling" would help but she was determined to recommend something.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

...carry on to Iraq ...

... well, it'd be a shame to go so far and NOT see it ....

Wind him up back.

The trouble with immortal British travellers is that they've no idea that there are places in the world worse than their own local dodgy council estate would be on bonfire night.

tomterm8

Generali wrote: »

I strongly suspect that the woman concerned had no idea as to whether her standing in the corner whilst singing, "My Ding-a-Ling" would help but she was determined to recommend something.

Well, generally (and ask experts before implementing recommendations) after radiotherapy has healed sun cream in the affected area is highly recommended. Radiotherapy leaves the skin more prone to burning both during and after treatment, sometimes on a more or less permanent basis.

But, AFAIK, it's not recommended during radiotherapy treatment.

Certainly not in the UK at any rate:

nhs wrote:

from http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/cancer/services/radiotherapy/for-patients/during-treatment/common-side-effects.aspx#sun

The skin in the treated area will always be sensitive to the sun, therefore it is best to use a high factor sun cream factor of 25+ or sun block in the future. Do not use sun block until after your radiotherapy treatment has finished and your skin has settled. It is very important to cover the treated area if you go out in sunshine.

Wear clothes made of cotton or natural fibres, which have a closer weave and offer more protection against the sun. Remember that you can burn even through clothing if you are out in the hot sun for a long time.

PasturesNew

So, I signed the papers ...

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

So, I signed the papers ... and will get 10% across to solicitor early next week ... and I've a pre-exchange viewing booked over the weekend.

Looking good. :T:T

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

The first time we drove through this area, we drove past a house and I fell in love with it. Only saw the outside but I thought it was beautiful. It has just come on the market, marketing pictures make the inside look as good as the outside.

For the avoidance of any posh alerts, it is clearly way above my budget.

3.3mil - surely you could stretch.....

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

20 years ago I think

1997 was the date of the Great Fire.

Interestingly, we rescued quite a bit of stuff and put it in a garage at my old office. About half has been used or thrown away, and the other half is still in the garage! It's amazing what is too good to throw away but we have managed without for seventeen years.

There's a Ferrograph reel to reel tape recorder there somewhere near the back.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just trying to get an insurance quote - and they asked a very specific question "has it flooded within 150m of the house?"

I think the answer is "no".... but I've a ton of paperwork here, the searches etc, and it's really confusing as to [a] what the map means what the correct answer to that question is [c] whether the map I've got even goes 150m at all.

It looks like a hatched area on the map = actually flooded.... and there's no hatched area showing. So I'll need to paw through all this paperwork overload to try to get exact answers. If it has flooded within 150m, then insurance is not available.

Map seems to indicate it would/could flood in a "1 in 1000 years" event only.

Sellers response to "has it?" = "no".

Edit: Ah, looks good to go. River/coastal, no flooding to date anywhere in 500m. Potential for a "1 in 1000 years" event. Surface water historic flood events = completely clear to 240m.

Biggest danger point for flooding is a "1 in 200" year event potentially could occur at 30m away for surface water only.

Insurers are happy to insure 1 in 1000 events. It's the people who expect to pay normal premiums for a house that floods every other year that upset the insurers.

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Any preferences? I think I like bottom left.

Beige yuk! Don't do beige. Ever. Life is dull enough without beige.

I would go for that nice strong blue diluted half and half with white. Try that and maybe add a tad more white.

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I'm colourblind so have no clue. Apparently some of them are either a bit pink or green, I can't tell which ones, apart from the blue one they all look like different shades of the same colour to me!

That's because they all are beige.