Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Generali

Hope you're all ok over there. It was a very placid late winter/early spring morning here. I've been pottering in the garden, trying to undo the damage that 6 months of neglect has done. Upuntil the last couple of weeks I've simply not been able to do stuff like that.

Even now, I'm completely whacked. Exhausted. Oh well. At least I'm on the mend.

Shepherds pie for dinner tonight. My special family recipe which has baked beans in it. Nom, nom. It's one of The Boy's favourites. The Girl has asked for my Special Chicken Pie with Yorkies and gravy on the side for her birthday dinner in a few weeks. She hasn't asked for pudding but when she does it'll be chocolate fondant: she bought me a cook book for Xmas a while back and the recipe is in there. She's very proud to have bought me a book with such a great recipe in it. She is also quite impressed that Daddy can cook a proper restaurant pudding!

Mrs Generali is watching the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony which she recorded.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's an easily targettable niche that gets your foot in the door .... so many people don't have a set of regular people for jobs - and, when you move in, it's little fiddly jobs and little quotes that you want.

Could be an idea for a Junior Doozer Co ..... Fiddly Farty Faffy Fixes to act as a funnel to feed into their bigger companies.

Typical - turned the PC on again ... and the soddin' thunder's started again. Might have to turn the PC off if it's close/overhead.

Oh... and here comes the rain again ... must have been in a lull for the last 10 minutes. Teeming down now!

It's interesting the correlation between turning the PC on and the thunder starting again. You may be onto something.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's an easily targettable niche that gets your foot in the door .... so many people don't have a set of regular people for jobs - and, when you move in, it's little fiddly jobs and little quotes that you want.

Could be an idea for a Junior Doozer Co ..... Fiddly Farty Faffy Fixes to act as a funnel to feed into their bigger companies.

Typical - turned the PC on again ... and the soddin' thunder's started again. Might have to turn the PC off if it's close/overhead.

Oh... and here comes the rain again ... must have been in a lull for the last 10 minutes. Teeming down now!

I like it a lot! There is at least one agent that does a moving in box with lightbulbs and stuff in it for new homeowners. We could probably get a flyer in there.

We have straight down rain. And a mental note to rearrange the new guttering in two places.

vivatifosi

I have a big rubber exterior doormat here. It works fine outdoors and doesn't blow away either, though mine does have a bit of shelter where it is positioned. They are easy to clean too, you just turn it sideways, bash it against the wall, all the stuff comes out then you put it down again. Much easier than bristles.

ETA, Tesco does really cheap doormats, about £3-5. I have a rubber one outdoors and another one just inside.

GDB2222

I thought its traditional for people who have just moved in to use a sheet of cardboard as a doormat? Or newspaper?

Maybe that varies in different parts of the country?

GDB2222

Overheard at the post office:

"This parcel is too heavy. You'll have to put more stamps on it."

"And this will make it lighter?"

vivatifosi

It's days like today that make me like the fact that I can drive to a supermarket with an underground car park and get in and out of the car without getting wet.

Pastures, I keep meaning to ask what the latest on the TV viewing is. Did you manage to get the aerial set up in a way that you can watch at least some channels all of the time?

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

I like it a lot! There is at least one agent that does a moving in box with lightbulbs and stuff in it for new homeowners. We could probably get a flyer in there.

We have straight down rain. And a mental note to rearrange the new guttering in two places.

I'd target agents with a commission promise.... "if they use our moving in little jobs service, then have a kitchen ordered, or building work ordered, within 12 months of completion date, you'll get a 1% commission paid once the balance has been settled in full by them." Just make it tight on how you measure/pay for the work, so there's transparency. A 1% commission is a typical commission paid to telephone canvassers at double glazing companies if somebody orders windows/conservatory after an appointment has been set.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have a big rubber exterior doormat here. It works fine outdoors and doesn't blow away either, though mine does have a bit of shelter where it is positioned. They are easy to clean too, you just turn it sideways, bash it against the wall, all the stuff comes out then you put it down again. Much easier than bristles.

ETA, Tesco does really cheap doormats, about £3-5. I have a rubber one outdoors and another one just inside.

I have/had a big rubber outdoor one - until yesterday. As it had been unused and I was trying to clear dry leaves, I was putting the leaves into a trug.... but no matter where I placed the trug the leaves were being whipped into a tornado swirl and whipping out again. I've found one tiny corner of the garden where that won't happen - and, to help prevent it, I plonked the mat on top to keep the leaves in...... I really need a lidded leaf bucket that's kept permanently outdoors as there's always 6-10 leaves floating around, so it's an ongoing job every 10 minutes if I let it be.....

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

I thought its traditional for people who have just moved in to use a sheet of cardboard as a doormat? Or newspaper?

Maybe that varies in different parts of the country?

Well, when you live alone, and the weather's been dry, it's not something you've had to think about. I take my shoes off when I step inside .... and I haven't been using the 'front' door at all.