Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

CKhalvashi

vivatifosi wrote: »

Sorry for the clunky edit, on tablet at moment so not as easy as on laptop.

I am a great fan of letting a country decide what to do without external pressure. I think scenario 1 sounds logical too though, not that it is a country I know much about. In terms of the EU, wouldn't getting in take forever? Surely the EU also knows that accepting Georgia would really annoy Russia.

Also, although this goes unsaid, allowing all these countries into the EU and then expecting them over time to adopt the Euro can't be good for the currency either. If the Euro has problems now, imagine it further down the line with Macedonia, Serbia and Moldova using it. The latter two have a,vastly lower GDP per capita than the eurozone, how far do you stretch the experiment?

I am on iPad too, so am not even going to try to edit the quote

The issue is that the country is not economically stable enough now, and with close to 50% true unemployment, is nowhere near ready to even think about the EU.

The comments that was put to me was that the country could have developed a lot further if people had spent their money from USSR on things other than Mercedes in the 90s. It was said when I was small that Georgia ended up with nearly all the cars brought in by Western diplomats, and the issue brought up by the Georgian government in the last presidency (2004 to 2013) was that government debt (pAid off by Russia in 1997) was the reason the government hadn't done more to help its citizens.

Most of the marketing of the country has been through private businesses, and something I never understood is where the had huge DID has gone, as its certainly not something I've seen much of, either in the form of employment (remember that 25% of the money in the country is from remittance payments) or structural investment.

The official word is that the EU have offered €130m over 5 years, and with the current situation with Russia, I'm viewing it largely as a "we'll pay you to gain support for EU within the country", rather than the government looking at where it's come from, acting on where other countries got it right, and staying put on joining any international organisation for the moment...The country doesn't need liberal trade, it needs people in power that are going to do something useful....

Just my POV though

ETA: FDI not did

ukmaggie45

tomterm8 wrote: »

I was told not to use a straw because you don't want a high 'negative pressure' in your mouth after extraction. Whatever that means... (I think it means you don't want to suck out the clot)

Gosh, I wouldn't have thought using a straw would create a high negative pressure, in fact it would never have occurred to me! But I will deffo bear this in mind next time I have a tooth out - likely to be sooner rather than later I'm afraid.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Those leaves get everywhere - and there's a strange (and almost persistent) draught round the side of the house that whips them up into a swirling mass right in front of the patio doors, then dumps them one by one into the living room.

I see GDB has made a suggestion already. I wonder if you could plant a bush in the ground rather than a pot to block the draught? Hydrangeas are quite pretty, and have plenty of leaf in summer to break the worst of the wind. We used to get a howling gale blowing straight down the caravan patio through a gap between the shed and the hedge. We planted a load of different bushes there, but the one that seems to be most effective is the hydrangea. It's quite a shady spot, but it seems happy there. And it has really gorgeous blue flowers. :j (of course the colour of the flowers depends on the acidity of the soil, so you might have to put up with pink flowers).

Generali wrote: »

Nope. Nobody hurt (except I almost dropped my meat cleaver on my stockinged foot during the cleaning up which would have done a bit of damage!). It made a hell of a mess though.

Phew, relieved no person damaged.

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

So we looked at the house.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-47341544.html?premiumA=true

DG (or anyone else) think we could knock down the garage to the N and use it as access for a second detached property to the S and W of the existing with the plot split N/S into two?

If you want to split the plot N/S and put a second property on the W half, then it would be better if possible to leave the access to the existing house as it is, and put in access to the new house from the road behind (Merryfields). No idea whether you'd get PP for that, though.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Do you remember what colour Spirit was wearing? Or LIR? Or me? Or Kermie?

You were wearing purple. It was a dress very suitable for quickly and unfussily meeting the needs of a small dependent infant.

LiR had a sparkly bolero and black bejewelled dress, and Pastures had a summery cotton blouse.

Kermie had a variety of outfits on.

CKhalvashi

If anyone fancies an NP meet, PM me (it's Herts, and on 2nd Sunday in September)

It's the same charity event as last year

michaels

LydiaJ wrote: »

If you want to split the plot N/S and put a second property on the W half, then it would be better if possible to leave the access to the existing house as it is, and put in access to the new house from the road behind (Merryfields). No idea whether you'd get PP for that, though.

That is an interesting thought, I wonder if Merryfields has been adopted by the LA.

PasturesNew

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

I wonder if you could plant a bush in the ground rather than a pot to block the draught?

We're talking a strip 10' wide .... and there are other issues down that side too that need resolving, so I need to put everything into the pot of things to do and come up with an affordable, sensible, solution that solves all the problems using just one portion of "little man manpower days". It'll be next year now.

Solutions range from moving the fence, to building (with PP needed) an entire new porch, and/or porch/utility. Then whatever this corner needs would be another little job.

If it were simply a case of buying a couple of cubed planters I'd do that.... if they aren't cubed the leaves would get through the gaps.... and, realistically, they'd need to go right the way across ... and be taller.

Next year.... I'll have come up with something that works.

Who knows... I might even go on a drystone walling course.... and build a small wall, finished on one side with render and shells

michaels

Is it definitely a case of planning permission needed, not permitted development?

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've just brushed the house down ... on the outside. Got rid of the spiders webs and the dried oak leaves entangled in them, moved the exterior door mat and brushed away the dried oak leaves.

Those leaves get everywhere - and there's a strange (and almost persistent) draught round the side of the house that whips them up into a swirling mass right in front of the patio doors, then dumps them one by one into the living room.

During June/early July we have a mass of roses around the door.And a mess of rose petals walked through the hall. We just live with it as it is too much.

On a slightly blowy day it is like someone is throwing confetti.

Our neihbour is OCD..has lived here for 40 years but sweeps leaves incessantly. To take account of their increasing age (mid 60s) they have chopped down lots of trees in recent years and bought a leaf blower. Mad.
We think McCarthy & Stone beckon.

CKhalvashi

michaels wrote: »

Is it definitely a case of planning permission needed, not permitted development?

Speak o planning, but I think so