Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

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.

Don't forget chips. I've got a chip experiment in a bit .... I will be microwaving oven chips from Lidl. Now, as I see it, when you put oven chips in an oven it does just two things: warms/cooks them, makes them brown/crispy.

On the basis I am prepared to forgo the brown/crispy bit .... I bet they nuke up a treat.

I will get round to cleaning the oven/shelves .... and daring to turn it on at some point .... just not today.

As for the gas hob ..... er .... never used a gas hob in my life, so turning that on will take me a little longer to get round to.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

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.

Tricky .... do you need a badge?

I'd not want a ticky tacky badge. It's just a forum - you're better than that.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Don't forget chips.

Dunno. Will see what I feel like. I've been eating rather a lot recently so it would probably be a good idea to skip the chips. But the way today's going I'll probably get some chips from the chippie (no oven...) and open a beer to wash it all down with!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Tricky .... do you need a badge?

I'd not want a ticky tacky badge. It's just a forum - you're better than that.

Pfft, my badge has changed my life. Its like a blue peter badge, people bow and scrape and you get free entry into the zoo and stuff.

PasturesNew

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

Be careful with bay if you're thinking of that.

No. Cordyline australis.

No pruning ever required, as such - just once it gets big enough the lower leaves dry out and hang down - just tug them and they come away, exposing the raw trunk, that then hardens and creates a longer trunk... and up it goes.

I plan to put it in a big tub to limit its growth too.... don't want 20' ones looming about.

CKhalvashi

Ah, so glad to be back!

Need to pop into London proper, and I'll catch up on the NPT.

Viva, can I have that link please?

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pfft, my badge has changed my life. Its like a blue peter badge, people bow and scrape and you get free entry into the zoo and stuff.

Until you said you had a badge, I'd never looked/seen it.

I'm not big on badges, clubs, memberships and creating arbitrary online community feelings of "belonging" to secure people on email lists.

That's kinda why I'm not big on social (engineering) sharing sites.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

I'll probably get some chips from the chippie (no oven...)

Years ago (8-10) the Coop used to sell bags of microwave chips that were really, really good - they weren't the usual dry/stick like things you get in a tiny box.... they were simply a bag of regular looking chips, 750-1000g.

I bet my frozen Lidl chips nuke up a treat..... the chippy chips here are good, but there's always a big queue, you get a LOT, they cost £1.50, the shop shuts quite early.

My 59p chips don't have those issues and for 59p (three HUGE portions) it was worth a try. I wasn't thinking when I randomly bought them .... I just thought of it as I was passing and dipped into the freezer and grabbed a bag. Wasn't part of any decent food plan I had going on ....

I'm totally spontaneous

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

... lean out of the study window and pick a fresh olive?

Hands up any NPs who knew the photo showed an olive tree! I had no idea. I saw "tree, nice looking".

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

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.

I think actually what people should learn from my story is the importance of having adequate life insurance.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Tricky .... do you need a badge?

I'd not want a ticky tacky badge. It's just a forum - you're better than that.

What I want is to pay off what I owe and so stop paying interest and start earning it instead. The badge is just a bit of fun.