Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

So how tall? Tall enough for fir to lean out of the study window and pick a fresh olive?

Study is ground floor with very low cottage windows, it would be low enough, but too far away

LydiaJ

Just heard second instalment of money has arrived at my solicitor. Now got to wait for it to clear through their bank, travel by cheque to my house in the post, get taken to the bank and paid in, and clear through my bank, and then I can go and post on the mortgage free roll of honour and wait for the badger to give me one of those nifty little mortgage free badges.

Wonder what I should put as my "pearl of wisdom" about how I did it? Can't say I'd recommend having your kids' dad die so you can claim the life insurance, pension, and compensation. It's very beneficial financially but the other aspects of it are rather significant drawbacks.

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

Do white cars have more accidents in the snow?

I suspect most cars have more accidents in the snow!:D

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Just heard second instalment of money has arrived at my solicitor. Now got to wait for it to clear through their bank, travel by cheque to my house in the post, get taken to the bank and paid in, and clear through my bank, and then I can go and post on the mortgage free roll of honour and wait for the badger to give me one of those nifty little mortgage free badges.

Wonder what I should put as my "pearl of wisdom" about how I did it? Can't say I'd recommend having your kids' dad die so you can claim the life insurance, pension, and compensation. It's very beneficial financially but the other aspects of it are rather significant drawbacks.

That even in such dark times being mortgage free comes as a relief and gives you time you need to be the single parent you need to be. That an uninsured driver would have changed the game completely and that When people break laws or take risks they put lives I danger not just then but for years afterwards.

PasturesNew

grr... just in the middle of a major housework fail....

As there were a few bits on the floor, I decided to hoover them up. It struck me, yet again, that the hoover really isn't picking much up at all.... so I thought I'd open it to see what was in there.

Answer: not a lot. Putting it back together, I spotted some writing that said "lock, unlock" - in a bit I've never touched to date..... thought "what's this then?" gave it a slight twist and the whole lot dropped out onto the floor .... it was a hitherto unknown filter ... FULL of dust. I now have hoover dust all the way down my front .... and a huge pile of it on the floor.

But I can't hoover it up as I've got the bagless bit "jammed" in the wrong position for fitting back onto the hoover base.... so had to step away from it for a few minutes before giving it another go. (Need to "unlock/twist" that bit and move it round to the correct position... I need to get a sticker so I know which bits line up on that really.

Edit 1: Tried everything - it's jammed closed.... and it's plastic so you can't be too rough.

Edit 2: Still been tugging and twisting it in the garden ..... it's still jammed closed.

I'd not give two hoots if it weren't for the HUGE pile of hoover dust deposited right in the middle of the living room and being blown around by me moving/the wind.

Edit 3: Fixed it .... the b4st4rd. I've broken a tiny bit off the case though, just a tiny bit. It still works.... pile of dust hoovered up now.

I'm not cut out for housework or running a house really .... should have been born rich. Or maybe I should have just committed a huge crime and gone to prison to be looked after

Nikkster

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Yeah, most of the daytime programmes seem to be like that. <rolls eyes> I imagine it's so you can have it on while doing the housework and not miss anything if you leave the room for a few minutes. IYSWIM

Yeah, something like that. I was going to say something a rather a lot less nice!

ukmaggie45

PasturesNew wrote: »

In the right areas, butchers are "protected" to some degree because visitors/holidaymakers are more likely to follow all that stuff they see on the telly about using a good local butcher ... and when they're at home the butcher's closed before they've finished work (or run out) .... so it feels like a proper treat/holiday to have bought local sausages

Lots of folks here like to have barbies too. He does a really nice minted lamb fillet, which is a nice size for one, though my appetite is so small now OH usually gets the biggest one he can find and I just have a couple of bits off it. We planted a couple of small mint plants in a trough on the patio when we were here last, so plenty of mint for mint sauce. Yum! And we brought some of our lottie garlic with us, so slow roasted lamb fillet with garlic and rosemary (in herb pot) or lemon thyme (herb pot) and perhaps a lottie onion roasted as well... With home grown Kestrel spuds and yellow mange tout peas and gravy... Can't wait for tea time! Drool.

lostinrates wrote: »

I've been sent some I worked on sounds from gig on Friday, recorded live, haven't listened to it myself yet. Any one interested I might send a link

Yes please! Oh, and your new tree is lovely. :j

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nice looking beast there!! Very gnarly.

There are some trees I'd like in my garden. To buy them about 8-12' high would cost £300-600 each ... but I've spotted them in pots at 10" for £5. I know how fast they grow .... and know that within 5 years they'll look respectable and might be 4-5'

Be carful with bay if you're thinking of that. We planted one of those tiddler plants you get in garden centres in the hedge here about 10 years ago I think. We have to prune it at least twice a year now. In May OH pruned it into a 4ft x 4ft Borg Cube, as it seems determined to take over the universe! Or at least the hedge, followed by the patio and in no time it'd be burrowing under the caravan! :eek: It needs pruning again already! <rolls eyes> I think it really enjoyed the heat in July. We will never ever have to buy bay leaves for cooking again. :rotfl: We save the prunings sometimes and dry them out - smell lovely when you put them on the barbie bonfire.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nice looking beast there!! Very gnarly.

There are some trees I'd like in my garden. To buy them about 8-12' high would cost £300-600 each ... but I've spotted them in pots at 10" for £5. I know how fast they grow .... and know that within 5 years they'll look respectable and might be 4-5'

Pricey trees! We've planted a few trees. What I'm trying to concentrate on now are broad leaf evergreens. I love trees . A lot . Its easy to get distracted.

One of my favorites is out foxglove tree. Incredible thing, despite almost dying this year, it regrew from the base. We bought it at about 14 feet tall, and thirty quid. I also love our pink robinia, which I think was a bout 39 quid, but its really a nice shape tree now. Not huge but establishing its self.

We boougt a couple of gum trees and a holm oak most recently. The holm oak looks a bit grumpy.

Nikkster

Spirit wrote: »

Can you tell what the reckless spend was on?

My fish will be MSE...when I hung the washing out £15 fell out of a pocket .

Am thinking of driving down to a dock where fishing boats come in..a bit out of the way but would make more of an outing of it. Could try and lure Mr Spirit out to lunch.

Fairly determined that today is not spent on chores.

I think you've crossed a line there. Money Laundering is not MSE

I have some YS fish-free 'scampi' (never tried it before, expect I won't be rushing out to buy it again!) for dinner - assuming I make it that far today! It will be accompanied by some Sains Basics mushy peas.

Think I'm going to save The WonderBean for tomorrow. I noticed another bean that was on it's way (I'm guessing they grow quite quickly?). Definitely need to harvest the aubergines. Will think of some appropriate way of honouring them for tomorrow.

lir - LOVE the tree. It's beautiful.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Agreed. One day this week, someone bought a pub that they were converting into a house, they reckoned on spending less than I'm spending on my downstairs loo to do the kitchen, bathroom, move some load bearing walls around and add an en-suite.

That pub one's a re-run, some years old. But yes, if only we could all get quotes as cheap as this lot seem to!