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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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PasturesNew wrote: »Dunno ... I'd have guessed ... 2 years for a Dr ...
Dr takes longer than 2 years. If you get funding it's for 3 years, but it usually takes longer than that, and nowadays people don't go straight to Dr after a 3 year first degree.
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Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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PasturesNew wrote: »The worst bit is about 12-13 years later, when you suddenly realise that 12-13 takes only 2 years to whizz by !!
When I was in my 20's, I remember thinking that this decade was way better than my teenage years, all the angst and concerns about boys was over.
When I was in my 30's, I thought this decade was fabulous, old enough for people to accept that my opinion was valid and too old to be treated as a young person who could still be ignored.
Now I am in my 40's, I feel I have arrived. Old enough to say what I want when I want without being concerned as to what others think, and old enough to be taken seriously.
I am really looking forward to my 50's. Every decade seems to get better and better. The stresses of youth fall away. No worries about how I look to others, do I fit with the crowd. Just great.
My only regret is that I did not have the wisdom I do now when I was younger and that shortly, my health will start to fall away. Already started with my eyes. Suddenly, I need glasses. What's that about?Still striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
Owed at the end of -
02/19 - £78,400. 04/19 - £85,000. 05/19 - £83,300. 06/19 - £78,900.
07/19 - £77,500. 08/19 - £76,000.0 -
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PasturesNew wrote: »The worst bit is about 12-13 years later, when you suddenly realise that 12-13 takes only 2 years to whizz by !!
:shhh: the munchkins don't need (or want) to hear this.
I listened to this a few weeks ago and got a shock when I found out how old it was.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
It is a first (and given their ages I suspect 2 will be enough [meow]). I find most small cars like a jazz or even the next size up (civic?) can't take 3 kids seats in the back and many also don't fit a rear facing seat in the back unless the seat in front is right forward.
We have a fairly small car - a Fiat Brava - and that is fine for us. A small car's important if you use residents' parking or other on-street London parking - you need to be able to nab small spaces or you'll spend a lot of time circling trying to park. It fits Kermie's backwards-facing seat in the front, and I sat with Isaac in the back, when we went to my parents' house in Kent. But you can also put the baby seat in the back with no problem.PasturesNew wrote: »People mock older people who live at home, but if you're single and your parents live in the rough area of where you need to be it makes sense to crash there while you sort out the next stage/make your plans or buy a house. Especially with the high cost of moving and living alone, it makes sense not t "waste money" for short periods of time while one's life is changing.
I don't. I think it's a sensible thing to do a lot of the time, as in your examples, but also a positive thing, that some families actually like each other enough to live together!
The younger of my two sisters lives with my parents, and she's now 30 (as of last week) and Bruv does, when he's not in Korea. Everyone's happy about it, and it seems a good thing to me....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Smax is a great car by all accounts but I think they want something small on the outside as they are living in one of those ridiculous parts of London where spending Norht of a million quid doesn't get you off street parking:eek::eek:
That's most of London, I think. Near my Chambers, there's a house for sale that costs several million quid, with no garden (a tiny courtyard) and no parking, either.PasturesNew wrote: »People will always say "it's not that far away" when they leave. On the telly, Wanted Down Under, they are looking at houses with "room for family when they come over" - and I always think "but they won't". Even the families choosing to emigrate, they are suddenly hit with the fact it's 24 hours sitting on a plane.
Most people won't have the time, spare holidays, or spare cash to go gallivanting round the world to visit people who've gone. It's all a pipe dream that family will be popping over 1-2x a year every year and you'll be returning similarly. When push comes to shove, time constraints, huge travel distance and huge costs mean people will only ever talk about it as if it IS possible.
I'm sure you're right about that. Going to, say, Australia is a big expense and a big time commitment, as you say - it's not as if you can nip over for a few days. And if you have children, it's going to cost an absolute fortune to fly there with several people, as well as being trapped in a large metal smartie tube with them for over a day.lostinrates wrote: »So unbelievably hot. I feel I should shower with the hose in the garden like fir has, but then I'll be freezing. I dislike temperatures out of my comfort zone.
Can you get one of those camping showers? They are cheap, and are like large black bags you fill with water and leave in the sun to warm up, so no extremes.lostinrates wrote: »
Sister in law ( his favourite child by far) went to stay a while ago.
That says nothing good about FIL. One shouldn't have a "favourite child" at all, IMHO....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Dr takes longer than 2 years. If you get funding it's for 3 years, but it usually takes longer than that, and nowadays people don't go straight to Dr after a 3 year first degree.
Need to go and make sure stuff is ready for tomorrow. Good night all. :hello:
It's becoming more normal for people to spend endless years on their degrees. Some subjects especially STEM ones offer a Year Zero/Foundation Year, plus there are ones with an undergraduate Masters taking 4 years anyway, again often to boost the status of a STEM course. Plus a postgrad masters is becoming far more standard for people going on to a PhD. (Wasn't like that back in the 80s, most went straight from a bachelor's to a PhD).
Back in my day the three ways to get a PhD was for the Research Councils to fund you for a studentship (£2000 to live on per year or if a CASE studentship a industrial company would add another £600) or get a job as a Research Assistant for three years where you were a technician employed to work on a project but got just under £5k per year.
You had about another year or year and a half to complete it, after which you were on your own (you'd have to get an organisation called the CNAA to award it- or nowadays the OU which took it over). In the US, degrees can take twice as long as here, as everybody works there way through college /uni.
My mate's landlord had a Research Assistant post and bought a house on the salary (well houses could be bought in that town for £10k and sometimes much much less).
During the contract, they electrified the trainline to London. I can't imagine what profit the guy's made.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Middle son's latest drum cover, it won't be to everyone's taste as it is quite heavy/screamy/bangy but it appears to be going down well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jShZa8n1BEU
Really like this one, not heard of this particular band, bit after my time, but the track is good and he covers the drums well.
Does he have endorsements from all the manufacturers listed at the beginning of the video, or are they an acknowledgement of the equiptment he is using? And does he have a double bass kit or is he using a double pedal. Can't tell from the camera angle.Still striving to be mortgage free before I get to a point I can't enjoy it.
Owed at the end of -
02/19 - £78,400. 04/19 - £85,000. 05/19 - £83,300. 06/19 - £78,900.
07/19 - £77,500. 08/19 - £76,000.0 -
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