Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Generali

Islamic terror thugs can be nice people too:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/iraq/140625/ISIL-ISIS-Twitter-cats-kitties

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

So if a member of the public sees a socket they can just plug in?

I'd have never dared assume that .... I'd have expected a whole raft of "stealing electricity, not allowed" .... and "not been PAT checked"

Once I've moved, my nearest library (a mile away) has had some sort of overhaul .... although it's a very old building. Maybe they have sockets.

You can here. When libraries are refitted they often have such facilities designed in. If they can't do it with the walls they tend to do it through the furniture.

One of the things that isn't known is that homeless rough sleepers also use the facility to charge their mobile phones. It's a way of retaining a modicum of stability and attachment in an otherwise chaotic life.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

You can here. When libraries are refitted they often have such facilities designed in. If they can't do it with the walls they tend to do it through the furniture.

One of the things that isn't known is that homeless rough sleepers also use the facility to charge their mobile phones. It's a way of retaining a modicum of stability and attachment in an otherwise chaotic life.

I use electrical sockets pretty freely to charge my phone etc. in public libraries and elsewhere. Phones and laptops take such a tiny amount of electricity to charge/use that I have no problem taking it. It's no more stealing than going in to Maccas to use the toilet and not buying anything.

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

I use electrical sockets pretty freely to charge my phone etc. in public libraries and elsewhere. Phones and laptops take such a tiny amount of electricity to charge/use that I have no problem taking it. It's no more stealing than going in to Maccas to use the toilet and not buying anything.

Absolutely. It is though a bit of a change for people who think that libraries are only about books (mostly older people who yearn for places of quiet tranquility or people who never visit them), or like PN who would never think to do it.

The first time I saw them it was in the British Library and I thought "wow, plug sockets, how advanced is that?" when I visited the new library at St Pancras not long after it opened.

The biggest issue is in older libraries where they just can't provide them. You then have to tell people that they can't charge their phone as they may trip people up with that long wire they've just trailed across the floor in front of the bookcase. When health and safety runs up against socket use, health and safety always wins.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

Sorry PN - not very sensitive of me.

Not your 'fault'. You said, I said

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

London really is an exception, there - you can spend months at the free parts of the major museums and galleries, without seeing or doing the same thing twice.

Tomorrow, for example, we're going on a walking tour of Roman London, organised by the Museum of London.

I often think that people on this site giving "advice" about free things people can do must live in/near London. There really isn't anything much in a lot of the country.

I'd go on a free Roman Walk .... if something like that were here it'd probably be £5-12. Then on top of that you have to factor in the cost of fuel/parking.

That's why I don't go out much/often/at all. Nothing to go out for and it's all a cost. There are only so many times you can walk to the end of the road and back before you know what's there (once).... after that you're just wasting your time so might as well sit on the sofa

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I often think that people on this site giving "advice" about free things people can do must live in/near London. There really isn't anything much in a lot of the country.

I'd go on a free Roman Walk .... if something like that were here it'd probably be £5-12. Then on top of that you have to factor in the cost of fuel/parking.

That's why I don't go out much/often/at all. Nothing to go out for and it's all a cost. There are only so many times you can walk to the end of the road and back before you know what's there (once).... after that you're just wasting your time so might as well sit on the sofa

As long as you do something, sometimes. People can tell you things you never knew about a place. Walking somewhere doesn't tell you about the intimate history of the place. There's value in knowing - learning something.

I know money is an issue, but it's worth trying an experience. Trip Advisor is so brilliant, you can read reviews and decide if things might be fun. You suggested you would do more once you moved - it's not a case of the grass being greener is it?

Doozergirl

This forum says I posted at 6.53am, my phone says 8.52am and BBc Breakfast says 7.53am. Confused again! It's a bit too early for me to realise which was right.

Taking DS shopping for a Prom outfit today

lostinrates

The forum says 7:53 for your post for me doozergirl.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

.... be together every minute of every day ...

That's to stop them manhandling themselves and sneakily snogging girls.