Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

Totally agree. I found a Chester Barrie suit I bought about 30 years ago at the back of my wardrobe, and I more or less fit in it! The most expensive suit I ever owned. But it could do with a good clean.

Mulberries are fabulous. http://www.blakeneymanor.co.uk/ This is the un-posh hotel in Blakeney. You can stop for a drink and feast on mulberries in their garden as nobody ever picks them. They also have figs that just drop to the ground.

lostinrates wrote: »

Angela merkel , women's hour tells me, is being criticised for wearing an outfit she wore 18 years ago.

Surely it should be celebrated that she fits in it, is not stupid enough to throw things away, and recognises style cycles. I haven't seen the outfit, it might be awful, but.....why shouldn't she?

Just imagine the newsworthiness of an article saying a gentleman was wearing the suit he wore 18 years ago.

silvercar

I have found the first "red" item to provide colour to my loo:

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Your purchase will support the work of our six charity partners. The significance of the vital work that these charities provide is especially poignant as we mark the centenary of the First World War and remember all those who lived and fought during this time.

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Constable of the Tower of London

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Spirit_2

Generali wrote: »

In summer I go up to the park near work and snooze under the fig tree. (I don't think the figs are edible as they're tiny).

I don't get this thing for criticising women for wearing the same thing twice. The crazy thing is it's normally junior journos writing those pieces who:

1. Can barely afford to pay rent let alone wear clothes once
2. Can only dream of ever achieving a job that is anything like Chancellor of Germany, one of the top 10 political roles in the world.
?

Many years ago whilst a very new mum, I was attending a wedding, OH was best man. The occassion warranted a trip to London to buy an outfit .

In Dickens and Jones on the Designer floor an extremely condescending assistant was doing her best to make me feel inferior as I tried on a dress I liked which cost several hundred pounds. I decided to buy the dress..her attitude towards me changed suddenly I warranted better service.

I asked if I could try on hats and a hat department assistant brought a selection. The 'hat' lady was fine, I chose a hat . As I went to pay I insisted I go to the 'hat department' to pay and the total sale (and commission) credited to there .

The finale was that this was in the days of cheque gaurantee cards being limited to £250. I needed further ID with my cheque..all I had on me was my newly arrived Family Allowance (aka Child Benefit) book. The hat department people laughed with me, not at me.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

From what I've seen of her .... it's not much of a celebration. Isn't she hefty, so, should have been less hefty 18 years ago?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Spirit_2

Generali wrote: »

This is a private sector job so the criteria are whatever the hiring manager sees fit within the laws around discrimination of course.



I think that my current manager is extremely embarrassed about the whole thing and really doesn't like having been put into the position of not re-hiring me. I am a really good reader of people and I can see (I think) that she is doing all sorts of completely uncharacteristic things for the good of me rather than the company (rather not go into details but take it from me, there are 2 big things).

She is also encouraging me to apply for jobs and to stay in the company.



I have already spoken to the woman who runs the department. She's based in Melbourne so I've never met her but I have done a ton of work with her department. I did a favour for one of her direct reports today which has really helped him out. It also underscores one of the big strengths I have which nobody else in her department has.

My 'personal brand' at work is very strong because, unlike almost everyone else in my sort of role, I am unfailingly polite and courteous to those who I rely on to provide services for me.

Strangely, I don't feel that having been effectively sacked has had any sort of impact on my ability to get a job internally, stupid as that sounds.

That sounds very encouraging and your personal confidence justified.

"Belt and braces".

Nikkster

Spirit wrote: »

Why do you need to dry knickers on it?

Better than wearing damp knickers!

GDB2222

Did I hear that India are 8 for 4???

PasturesNew

Well, nearly there with the drawers. "Built" the two sides, then found I was short by a few bits, inspected the tiny diagram again and realised I'd put 4 black pieces in the wrong place. Corrected that.

Checked - everything done, all runners pointing the same way. Job's a good un.

Fitted the sides to the bottom, slotted in the back, fitted the top ... tightened up all the fixings .... lovely. Now for the drawers.... fitted the handles, went to fit the first one ... uh-ho. . . something's not right here.....

I've realised (a bit late) that I had my eye on "the back" to make sure that the back was in the correct place, so the backing board would fit into the slots...... but I didn't have my eye on the 2nd ball: the fact that the top two drawers have a different fitting and that's why the black things should have been at the top, not the bottom.

So I've now got a drawers unit that needs to come apart again. And I need to work out in my head the easiest pieces to swap so that when I put it back together it's right ..... although thinking it through, there is no easy way - have to take all the panels apart and re-jig them.

It'll be done soon ..... and right. Then filled with socks and knickers and stuff.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Did I hear that India are 8 for 4???

You did. Broad and Anderson have taken 2 each.

Now 15/4 and the ball is only in its 9th over so another 6 overs at least of it really seaming around.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, knickers, bras anything underwear ish that I have hand washed can go on a towel rail near or above a rad. Its easier to hand wash that sort of stuff as you peel it off I think. Though I do have a hand wash setting on washing machine I use now more readily.

I was seeing it more as an alternative to potpourri...

Generali wrote: »

I've never had either in France: muls in Aus and b berries in England only.

You can scavenge for b berries here, I just haven't yet. Generally it's inadvisable to stick bits of body into bushes in Aus!

Same the world over, steer clear of unknown bushes with important body parts is one of my life lessons learned.

Generali wrote: »

Ok, more powerful politicians than the German Chancellor in no particular order:

1. POTUS
2. US Secretary of State
3. Chairman of the Fed
4. Russian President
5. Chinese premier
[STRIKE]6. Lord Protector, Beloved Leader, Field Marshall Sir Generali of Generali[/STRIKE]
7. British PM (British PM has much more centralised power in his/her hands and is highly unlikely to be running a coalition Government)
8. French President perhaps (???? 7 year reign, lots of central powers, has to put up with French unions and politicians)

Not sure about the sec state and given the Germans dictate euro area policy I disagree re uk and France too - plus I think the French term is 5 years now.