Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

CKhalvashi

lostinrates wrote: »

Two vacuums are a life saver.

What DH and I had been contemplated was getting a Henry ( better for the rougher brick dust / logs coming in type work) and then a sebo when the last Miele had died. So we had two very different sorts of machines.

Henry's ( which we had at the flat ) just aren't as good with animal hair and fine work as mieles, but they are troopers, but last Miele has been disappointment.

We have a Dyson at home, which is now next to useless.

I borrow a Vax out the office every few weeks and they does the job perfectly. Good on wet mud etc that plagues my car boot

michaels

In pur small lounge we have a corner chaise like Chewie a large sofa bed and a large 2 seated. The first two are never sat on as they are always covered with ironing. The later is always covered with handbags and bags of new clothes which may be going back. The kitchen family room has a 4 seat clicclac style sofa bed which the kids use sometimes but normally just dump their sweaters and school bags on. Our bedroom has a 2 seater I think underneath various soft toys, robes, blankets books etc....is a picture starting to emerge?

We have a henry, when it broke I took it to bits and found the switch appeared to have overheated, a new switch was less than a fiver.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

In pur small lounge we have a corner chaise like Chewie a large sofa bed and a large 2 seated. The first two are never sat on as they are always covered with ironing. The later is always covered with handbags and bags of new clothes which may be going back. The kitchen family room has a 4 seat clicclac style sofa bed which the kids use sometimes but normally just dump their sweaters and school bags on. Our bedroom has a 2 seater I think underneath various soft toys, robes, blankets books etc....is a picture starting to emerge?

We have a henry, when it broke I took it to bits and found the switch appeared to have overheated, a new switch was less than a fiver.

A man after my own heart. I saw more of that show about planned obsolescence last night and I haven't stopped grinding my teeth since.

SingleSue

I have a Henry, great little thing and easier for me to use but just as eek for me to move up and down stairs. My latest trick is to do one floor of the house and then wait for one of the boys to take it up or down the stairs for me to do the other floor.

michaels

SingleSue wrote: »

I have a Henry, great little thing and easier for me to use but just as eek for me to move up and down stairs. My latest trick is to do one floor of the house and then wait for one of the boys to take it up or down the stairs for me to do the other floor.

With your joints and you having 3 strapping lads I can't help.thinking there is a better solution...

chewmylegoff

vivatifosi wrote: »

That's a shame, I have fond memories of using that route. Plus of course the Danish train network serving it is really good.

My aunt and uncle lived in Sweden and commuted by train over the bridge to Denmark for a couple of years. Said it was by far the worst, most unreliable service they have ever used and made connex south east look adequate!

lostinrates

Today doozer looked at the ceiling and joking offered fir and I a job.

I saw the electric van briefly.

I sat down to write a shopping list and er......woke up a lot later.

Dog dog is wrapped around me now on the sofa in cheese room and shopping list seems unimportant. ( I was going to make semifreddo and granola tomorrow)

tomterm8

LydiaJ wrote: »

My cleaner reports that she tried using the Dyson last week and it mysteriously seems to have recovered despite nobody having done anything to it since the time it was found to be completely dead.

9 times out of 10 it means either:
(a) The engine overheated, and once it cooled down it was fine or
(b) there is a loose wire in it somewhere... and it's going to stop working again.

neverdespairgirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

She is a very impressive lady, and I am sure she would have done a fantastic job. I don't think she was too old for it, necessarily. DW and I went for a nine mile walk with the Ramblers on Sunday that was guided by a sprightly 82 year old. So, a lot depends on how fit you are, in our guide's case physically and in Lady BS's case mentally. She is very clever and very well organised, so she might not have found it too stressful. Some people thrive on these challenges.

You could be right, she's certainly extremely impressive and intelligent.

That job, though, seems like a poisoned chalice. I'd advise anyone to avoid like mad, there is non-stop trouble on its way, I reckon. No-one's going to be happy.

I'm looking forward to them finding this establishment figure with no establishment connections, should be interesting.

It's also very, very clear that only women are being considered for this job.

LydiaJ wrote: »

There's also the question of impartiality. It's not sufficient for the person doing the enquiry to be impartial - they have to command everyone's confidence in their impartiality, and because of her brother, there are people who would doubt her impartiality whether or not it would actually make any difference to the way she did the job. Caesar's wife, and all that.

I agree, in that the impartial observer needs to think the chairman is disinterested.

But I reckon finding someone accepted universally as impartial is going to be fun!

tomterm8

I think I'm on a post-goal slump... So, on Monday in my official weighing I was 100lb down on my "maximum weight". That's not to say I've lost 100lb on the current diet (since I've been on a few diets since maximum weight), but it means that I've reached a major goal that I set myself years ago but never really thought I'd get to.

And that's left me feeling down and scratchy.

Maybe I'm odd that way? But I tend to find it often how it is.