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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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*makes notes*;)Edit: I happily sleep on sofas, floors etc. I also have an inflatable mattress (came with a tent, but I've only ever used it when I couldn't bear sleeping in the same bed as my ex) and a roll mat. And I'm short so I can curl up in small spaces
*panics*:eek:
Smooth, eh?! PN is obviously more susceptible to my charms than lemonjelly :rotfl:.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »When I passed my test seat belts weren't compulsory. When they became compulsory many were old/dirty/grubby and inflexible. I used to just slip it over my shoulder when in town (so a policeman outside would think I had it on). They used to be very uncomfortable.
My car now makes a noise if I don't have it on, so I do put it on .... but it does rub on my neck - and I know there are things for that, but I've never got to the stage where I've investigated/seen them.
January 1983 you had to wear them. 1991 it became compulsory to wear them in the back seats.
Ok, seat belt sleeves. I haven't either, really, but I know they exist. My mother is not tall, and dh's mother was tiny, but I know there are sheep skin ones.
We use something similar with horses on girths, ( which is what it sounds like...the 'belt' that holds a saddle on) some horses because of the way they are built and sentivive skin can get very sore. Of all the things I've seen sheep skin seem the best. ( otoh a Clint has a very lovely merino girth which doesn't cause her thin skinned horse any difficulty at all, but not heard of merino girth covers or seat belt covers!)0 -
I was thinking more of some clip ... you clip the seatbelt so it "joins" above your shoulder, rather than 4-6" higher at the frame.lostinrates wrote: »Ok, seat belt sleeves. I haven't either, really, but I know they exist. My mother is not tall, and dh's mother was tiny, but I know there are sheep skin ones.
Just googled and it looks like there's an alternative that clips the downward part to the bit that goes over your lap too.
Another thing I used to do was tuck it under my armpit 0 -
Lj, you asked about rose pruning.
The best thing you can do now is dead head. If they are repeaters they will reward with more flowers. Cut not just the head but to just about a leaf shoot.
How to prune technically depends on rose type. But don't get to hung up on it. If you can I'd the rose will help. Austin roses you only really want to prune lightly ( though I have successfully hard pruned them) others maggie was on the money. That old park keepers technique of everything off to four inches above ground is IMO hideous.
Like fruit tress you are after an open goblet prune usually ( not always ) and for the same reasons. Roses are tremendously easy really. If one of them is NOT single I would even suggest looking at an online catalogue for a scented single you like for wildlife value. Pollinators benefit your veg, and scent benefits your garden environment. Hips too are of use for you and wild life. Some semi doubles the bees like.0 -
Most of my journeys are less than a mile and less.than 30 mph and I don't always put my seatbelt on. Used to but got lazy. Won't move the car unless kids are belted up though. Front pax airbag is turned off. Kids also always use correct booster which a lot of friends parents seem much more lax about.
PN are you expecting it to happen today or just hoping?I think....0 -
One of those old telly Public Information films said that most accidents happen within a few yards of people's houses.Most of my journeys are less than a mile and less.than 30 mph and I don't always put my seatbelt on. Used to but got lazy.PN are you expecting it to happen today or just hoping?
It should have happened Friday/today. Not hoping, it's 99.9999999% assured. It's all been in place and ready to go since Thursday. No holdups.... only seems to be an issue of getting the two solicitors onto the phone at the same time.
I am handing my notice in whatever happens ..... because I believe it's all "good to go". And, if it did fall apart, then I could always try to retract it If I can't retract it then I've no qualms at moving on. 0 -
Felt the same over the weekend.Doozergirl wrote: »It's such a beautiful, beautiful evening. Back at school, no one needing air con, just quiet, a bit of chattering amongst some of the parents and the smell of grass and the most amazing sunset. Fuscia and juicy orange
The garden at new jelly is wonderful. I've pruned 6 trees (1 to go - the big one!) & have established there are at least 11, or 12 fish in the pond. There are also newts, frogs, have seen dragonflies as well as much other insect life. Pigeons love coming for a drink of water, and there are robins too. Family of magpies live in a big tree nearby, & I have seen bats too.Doozergirl wrote: »And bats.
In fairness, he did not have my ladder in your car, as he knew you'd've killed him!Doozergirl wrote: »Air con makes journeys bearable for me. I try to open the windows in this weather but we use fast roads in the main and it's not practical. For heating in the winter - the regular car heaters honk of stale air and make me need to vomit
I need fresh smelling air so have it all the time. Doozer turns it off when he drives, changes the radio to crud and pulls my chair too close to the steering wheel. And usually cakes the footwell in mud.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »Well, my friend's mum works for a small museum in the States and brought over a couple of documents that they had in the museum to show me and for me to help translate from late secretary hand and 17th century English. One of them was for land in London on which there are now chambers (Little Essex Lane), but in the 1690s were houses. They didn't know this at the time, but the purchaser was previously one of the Levellers. The document is on vellum and absolutely beautiful. It has a hand-painted royal crest at the top too. It's safely back in the US now.
I'm surprised she brought the originals, instead of high-quality copies, but it must have been lovely to see them. Did you manage to translate all of it? Where did you gain expertise in 17th century English / handwriting?
That area is indeed pretty much all Chambers now, as it is round most of the Inns of Court.Yes there is. In a crash, the air bag can kill a baby in a rear facing child seat - the baby gets its head crushed because it's much closer to the dashboard than it ought to be. Air bags also kill people who are sitting facing forwards if they're not tall enough. The air bag is designed to restrain the head and chest of an adult sitting in the front seat. A forward facing small child's head will be high enough to be restrained by the air bag but its chest will be below the level of the air bag. In an accident this snaps the head back relative to the chest and breaks the neck.
The back is much much safer than the front of a car. The front is simply where almost all the damage usually happens. The accident that devastated my family is typical - in the front, with air bag as well as seat belt and crumple zones, LNE was killed; in the back, with just booster seats and ordinary seat belts, no air bags, DS and DD only had bruises and a couple of minor broken bones.
NDG, I know you are a good and kind mother who wants your baby to be safe. Please put him in the back, especially on journeys out of town where you will be travelling faster than 30mph.
I thought it was fine to have Danny in the front because tehre's no air bag on that side. Are you saying he should be in the back only if there's an air bag, or that you advise he should be in the back anyway, air bags not relevant?
If the latter, I'll talk to OH about it, we thought it was only the issue about air bags.PasturesNew wrote: »Camping showers could be great if you're camping and want to shower as you just got up, or just got back from a bike ride or the beach or want to wash your hair .... not so good if your objective is to have a deep and hearty scrub down because you're covered in fence preservative/paint. They simply don't have the pressure, nor capacity, to achieve the job.
Might be a lot better than nothing, though, even if far from ideal....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 -
lemonjelly wrote: »The garden at new jelly is wonderful. I've pruned 6 trees (1 to go - the big one!) & have established there are at least 11, or 12 fish in the pond. There are also newts, frogs, have seen dragonflies as well as much other insect life. Pigeons love coming for a drink of water, and there are robins too. Family of magpies live in a big tree nearby, & I have seen bats too.
How big is teh garden? It sounds massive!...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 -
Most of my journeys are less than a mile and less.than 30 mph and I don't always put my seatbelt on. Used to but got lazy. Won't move the car unless kids are belted up though. Front pax airbag is turned off. Kids also always use correct booster which a lot of friends parents seem much more lax about.
PN are you expecting it to happen today or just hoping?
Really? I'm too lazy to drive less than a mile. It's quicker to walk ime.
Seat belts are absolutely non-negotiable in our house (car?). One of a few things that simply isn't open to discussion. We wear seat belts, sunscreen and sleeves. Most rules I'll chat with the Generalissimos about but not them. Like it or lump it.
If they want cancer or to leave the car via the windscreen when they're adults then more fool them. While I'm driving them or putting them in the sun then they will do as I say or no going out.0
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