Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

lemonjelly

lemonjelly wrote: »

40 pages since I last logged in. Have I missed anything? Is a summary available perchance?

PasturesNew wrote: »

Probably.
Probably not

Right, ok, thanks a lot.

Nikkster wrote: »

I was going to suggest increasing the number of pages displayed at a time. Then it's [STRIKE]less[/STRIKE] fewer pages, innit

Yeah. I have it on the 40 posts per page thing.
Fewer pages. Same amount of info though, so I'm not sure how that helps?:o

LydiaJ

lemonjelly wrote: »

I'd probably look for a friend, or a family member to help out. There's usually one or the other about. I know loads of people who'd do it for a free holiday!

That's what I've done before. Not having much luck finding one this time. Can't offer them a free holiday. The three of us are booked into an event, and anyway, it's cramped enough in there with just the three of us. I couldn't accommodate an extra adult unless it was someone I wanted to share a bed with.

lemonjelly wrote: »

My response to the bold bit would usually be "so what?"

I try to keep on good terms with them. They're friendly and helpful, so I don't want to upset them.

lemonjelly

LydiaJ wrote: »

That's what I've done before. Not having much luck finding one this time. Can't offer them a free holiday. The three of us are booked into an event, and anyway, it's cramped enough in there with just the three of us. I couldn't accommodate an extra adult unless it was someone I wanted to share a bed with.

Tent/sleeping bag?

LydiaJ wrote: »

I try to keep on good terms with them. They're friendly and helpful, so I don't want to upset them.

Fair enough that. Is it not something that could be negotiated? Or is it not something becoming of the village IYSWIM?

ukmaggie45

michaels wrote: »

I'm afraid the only bit I might be able to help with is the laptop where there was a perfectly usable Dell on HUKD the other day for £167 which looked like excellent value.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-inspiron-15-now-just-166-47-delivered-dell-1957816

Thanks michaels, I did see that offer, but I'm wanting something with more memory (on all fronts my brain might be a good one to start on - memory getting awful <roll eyes smilie> ). I was all set to buy an Acer that was a Which Best Buy, but found it doesn't have an optical drive. I have family history software that I'd want to put on, but it's on CDs. <Sheesh, I really want that roll eyes smilie back!> What gets me was it costs around £500+ so I kinda assumed it would have an optical drive at that price. I'd wait for Aldi's next laptop offering, but I'm just a tad worried the desktop I'm using at the mo might expire any minute like the Tosh laptop upstairs did suddenly. (all data got copied to this desktop though long before it bit the dust)

(Edit: OH killed one of the Toshes by pouring a glass of G&T over it. I was lucky to get the data off it before it expired!)

I've got a couple of external hard drives, but seem to have mislaid them in the move. So guess I'll have to look for a new one of them too. <roll eyes smilie>

So I think I might look at a Toshiba, but there seem so many different ones on amazon I got confused. Out of 8 computers I've bought thus far 3 have been Toshibas, they seem fairly good workhorses. We've also had 3 from Aldi, one Acer, and one from a company that went bust, name escapes me just now, it was our first. It had 570 meg HD, and my parents paid the extra for CD ROM so we could run Encarta to help with the kids education. <rolls eyes yet again>

PasturesNew wrote: »

Me too Maggie.

Happy birthday to your dad
Mine left about 3 years ago; he'd have loved getting to 80 and spent the month being all smug about being 80 and people he'd known who'd not made it .... he didn't make it. Every Xmas he'd be quite excited when Xmas cards were returned to him as the recipients had died that year .... he really thought he'd go on until he was 90+

Thanks Pastures, it does seem to hit more on his birthday than his deathday. Odd that in a way. He died 28 July, so not long after his birthday. One day after we managed to re-unite him with my Mum in the Nursing Home she was in. The weekend before his birthday our girls and SiL1 came with us to Dad's nursing home and we had a small party in his room. The girls bought various nibbles, and we had a bottle of red wine. Dad drank it through a straw, but really enjoyed it. He always enjoyed a glass of wine with a good meal.

Your story of your Dad being excited about returned cards at Christmas made me laugh.

PasturesNew wrote: »

It doesn't get easier; it just changes. Reminders are everywhere.

Yes.

zagubov

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Thanks michaels, I did see that offer, but I'm wanting something with more memory (on all fronts my brain might be a good one to start on - memory getting awful <roll eyes smilie> ). I was all set to buy an Acer that was a Which Best Buy, but found it doesn't have an optical drive. I have family history software that I'd want to put on, but it's on CDs. <Sheesh, I really want that roll eyes smilie back!> What gets me was it costs around £500+ so I kinda assumed it would have an optical drive at that price. I'd wait for Aldi's next laptop offering, but I'm just a tad worried the desktop I'm using at the mo might expire any minute like the Tosh laptop upstairs did suddenly. (all data got copied to this desktop though long before it bit the dust)

I've got a couple of external hard drives, but seem to have mislaid them in the move. So guess I'll have to look for a new one of them too. <roll eyes smilie>

You can get free or cheap online "cloud" storage. Dropbox will hold about 3 CDs worth for free. Copy.com gives 20Gb so about 30 CDs but not so user-friendly.
idrive has 5Gb
Mediafire has 10Gb
adrive has 50Gb!
Worth using at least one of them so photos don't get lost!:)

ukmaggie45

OH's take on the gig at Mello Mello, though I've had to censor it slightly from the version that got send to family! :eek:

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It being the fourth Thursday in the month, Mello Mello were hosting a Free Rock n Roll.

Due to some unavoidable scheduling difficulties at home I missed the first band, but I am sure they were great.

What to say about The Wasters? Four guys who have studied and understood the rubric according to Ramone. Four wasters who have "been away for a bit" (snip) Four guys who are intense, dedicated, tight, (snip). With a dedicated following who are mainly young, fit,style conscious and up for it. Fit in both senses; the mosh-pit started with the first song. There was crowd-surfing. Fans got on stage, mikes were shared, cymbals were punched. Items of clothing were removed. Summer in the city! Might have dived into the mosh-pit myself, but last time I got that carried away I ended up on the floor and didn't get my spectacles back for three weeks, so, stayed one row back from the main action.

Difficult to follow, but The Stopouts have a high-octane blend of ska - and a saxophone! In keeping with my promise 'not to be too late' I only took in 2 of their songs, but the mosh-pit was fair heaving again, with mainly new people! What a night!

zagubov

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

OH's take on the gig at Mello Mello, though I've had to censor it slightly from the version that got send to family! :eek:

================>>>

It being the fourth Thursday in the month, Mello Mello were hosting a Free Rock n Roll.

Due to some unavoidable scheduling difficulties at home I missed the first band, but I am sure they were great.

What to say about The Wasters? Four guys who have studied and understood the rubric according to Ramone. Four wasters who have "been away for a bit" (snip) Four guys who are intense, dedicated, tight, (snip). With a dedicated following who are mainly young, fit,style conscious and up for it. Fit in both senses; the mosh-pit started with the first song. There was crowd-surfing. Fans got on stage, mikes were shared, cymbals were punched. Items of clothing were removed. Summer in the city! Might have dived into the mosh-pit myself, but last time I got that carried away I ended up on the floor and didn't get my spectacles back for three weeks, so, stayed one row back from the main action.

Difficult to follow, but The Stopouts have a high-octane blend of ska - and a saxophone! In keeping with my promise 'not to be too late' I only took in 2 of their songs, but the mosh-pit was fair heaving again, with mainly new people! What a night!

Sounds like a lot of fun! I love live music. When I first came to London I thought here would be lots of live music but I eventually realised that it's few and far between. Also London's not a very compact city. Now as a family man, we don't see bands.

Moby and the B-52s and Madness were the most recent ones we saw together before the kids dominated our lives in that way that they do.

ukmaggie45

zagubov wrote: »

Sounds like a lot of fun! I love live music. When I first came to London I thought here would be lots of live music but I eventually realised that it's few and far between. Also London's not a very compact city. Now as a family man, we don't see bands.

Moby and the B-52s and Madness were the most recent ones we saw together before the kids dominated our lives in that way that they do.

This is Maggie's 'OH' - nice to see your response. Kids aren't all bad news. We dragged ours when little to see the likes of Eric Clapton and Tom Petty at big venues like NEC, but later we attended sort of together (them standing downstairs, us sitting upstairs) Pulp (elder daughter's choice) supported by Eels {younger daughter's choice) at the Royal Court (bit smaller than NEC).

When the kids were young, I disconnected a bit from music - it happens. Then when I changed job I met a guy who was in a band (Flamingo Fifty), I started to follow them, I saw how much fun it was, I started writing my own songs, and now I go to open mikes and scare myself witless performing to strangers. Parenthood is not a terminal condition.

PasturesNew

lemonjelly wrote: »

My response to the bold bit would usually be "so what?"

While we don't want to keep up with the Joneses... it's also important to never be "The Road Peasant"

lostinrates

Lydia,yes,will email later. On dh's computer) ( macputer ran out of battery, just like I feel!) !