Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Doozergirl

zagubov wrote: »

That's a good evolutionary trick. But then that would favour predators that'll eat any old rubbish, like dogs.


Kind of the opposite of these poor creatures.

:rotfl: I've seen that before, but thank you.

There's no Latin name for Maltesers!

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

A plastic spoon? Wouldn't scissors be easier? My mother likes a bucket of salt or bleach so she can see their pain.

The not nice was bred into me.

The spoon transfers them into the plastic cup of salty death.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

The spoon transfers them into the plastic cup of salty death.

Cup? Cup? You need a bucket surely?


Do you know that left over grapefruit shells are good attractants for them so you can go out and find them under there?

Yorkie1

lostinrates wrote: »

Is there an issue with baby seats in cars with air bags in the front or have I imagined this? Newer cars might be more of an issue?

silvercar wrote: »

Newer cars have a switch off button, so the air bag can be turned off when there is a baby in the front. Much older cars won't have an air bag on the passenger side. So it is the middle aged cars that might cause a problem.

My 15-year old Peugeot has a sticker on the front passenger fascia telling you to switch the airbag off if you have a rear-facing baby seat in the passenger seat. There's a key slot to do so; I think it's the ignition key.

GDB2222 wrote: »

I was horrified to discover that a friend in the back of my car had not put his belt on. In the event of an accident he could have killed one of the front seat passengers!

Many years ago, after I'd passed my driving test but my brother hadn't yet started to learn to drive, I used to have big rows with him about him belting up in the back. He used to declare that he had a right to break the law. I used to retort that he didn't have a right to injure me in the front when I was driving, and that we'd be going nowhere unless he did as he was told.

Nikkster

Just been out for the Monday-night-emptying-the-kitchen-bin-into-the-wheelie-bin ritual. Figured I'd better water the hanging baskets as they probably didn't catch too much of the rain.

After all tonight's mollusc-talk, there was a snail on the side of the hanging basket. The blighter! Kind of impressed at it's sense of adventure. I threw it onto the grass. Don't mind eats the front garden. And I wasn't wearing gloves and I couldn't bear to hold it for longer to do anything else with it.

Yorkie1

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Kermie's Brit soon - his forceps marks have pretty much gone, so he's for the chop this morning.

Hope it went OK

silvercar wrote: »

Don't the royal family have a policy of the monarch and heir not flying on the same flight?

I think so. Also the coca cola family / people who know the secret recipe, I once heard ...

LydiaJ wrote: »

Everything feels as though progress is finally being made.

I'm pleased to hear that things seem to be drawing towards a conclusion. You all deserve to be able to move forwards after so long waiting.

Spirit_2

When my daughter was a toddler I had a friend with a son of the same age. He was a little s*d, a complete houdini and could undo/climb out of every child seat strap known to man. He could not be reasoned with.

For a time his mum resorted to strapping him in and then wrapping him in bungee straps and a large net whilst in his car seat. It worked.

Her job...child protection:)

Yorkie1

PasturesNew wrote: »

New question for discussion: How many NPs have burglar alarms? Do you use them religiously?

I've got one which I use most times I go out. It's got the animal-friendly detectors, which I ordered instead of the regular ones, just in case I ever got a pet - but I'm not sure I'd ever have the courage to use them if I had a pet ... just in case they were more sensitive than advertised :eek:

I don't have it serviced annually though.

Neither do I declare it when dealing with house insurance. Many policies offer a small discount if it's serviced annually by a professional person, but they don't pay out if you've forgotten to put it on for that particular occasion. I wasn't prepared to go for that risk for such a small discount.

Yorkie1

Nikkster wrote: »

This is specially for you Yorkie!

It was fine last night - I was looking forward to the eating the first of my home-grown produce... wasn't the case during my daily breakfast walkabout

I feel your disappointment! :mad:

Nikkster wrote: »

We were promised rain today. It hasn't rained yet. I would like some rain please as my water butts are nearly empty. Thanks in advance

Edit: Was just about to mute the tv as I thought I'd left a tap open...
The heavens have opened

Hmm, that sounds like you're a rain goddess ... what shall we call you? :A

Nikkster wrote: »

What's the difference between crab apples and normal apples? I have some kind of apple-growing tree...

Our neighbours when I was little (we moved away when I was 6) had a crab apple tree in their front garden. I called it a crabble tree then, and the name has somehow stuck in the family ever since then.

As others have said, it's totally different from apples - the fruits aren't edible raw, really, but make superb jelly (strain the liquid through a jelly bag overnight for really clear jelly; don't push the liquid through the bag to speed it up, or use a sieve, unless you want a cloudy jelly). I've got a wonderful recipe if you want me to post it.

They are also good pollinators for standard apple trees. There are 3 groups of apple trees for pollination purposes, and you need trees in adjacent groups to pollinate each other (i.e. a group 1 tree won't pollinate a group 3 tree as they don't flower at overlapping times). A crab apple is a useful substitute.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

.... if you aren't sure about raw oysters you can ....

... just have pie and chips instead. Life's too short for odd food