Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Doozergirl

The Nice People Thread. Writing the news before journalists since 2010 (ish?)

You were saying yesterday, Generali:
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/08/sexy-a-levels-2014/

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

You've heard Isaac singing, then....



When you read those lists, there are always words / phrases you've never or barely heard of such as "hench" for me, and others that seem to have been in regular use for ages; "Bank of Mum and Dad" for example.

That whole "superboomers" thing is half-witted, anyway.

My Dad said a while ago that when he was growing up, they weren't called boomers, but called "the bulge" as the large number of children born after the war worked their way up the demography diagrams. The adaptation of the baby boomer from American English came later, he says.

Surely someone aged 50, born in the mid 1960s, is too young?

I liked the word a comedian used on the telly last night. When he was asked if he was suprstitious, he replied that he was merely "stitious".i.e. f he broke a mirror he would feel compelled to ritualistically sweep up the broken glass so he wouldn't hurt his feet by stepping on it.

I've struggled to know what the limits of the baby boom were. It seems to have incredibly fluid boundaries.

neverdespairgirl

I thought the baby boom was supposed to be not long after the Second World War - say, 1945 to 1955 (at the latest). My parents are firmly within it.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

http://www.tesco.com/giftcard/branded-gift-cards.asp

Second block down - visa gift card.



Spent on anything where a store takes Visa cards.

"you'll earn 150 Clubcard points for every £50 spent in a single transaction on Branded Gift Cards"

So to get the 150 points you have to spend £50 in one transaction. So there's no benefit to buying a card and using it (say spending £10/week for the next 5 weeks) as that doesn't get you the 150 points.

And I couldn't spend it on filling up an empty tank because the Mr T fuel is 1-2p/litre more expensive than other local/closer petrol stations. There's almost nothing else in life that costs £50+ on a regular basis (where regular means 3-4x a year).

Or did I misunderstand and the transaction is the purchasing OF the card, not the spending from it?

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

That kitchen looks over-fitted. So many cupboards and nowhere to eat.

It's too small to eat in there... it's a kitchen. When I was growing up, eating in the kitchen is what poor people did

Picture 6 is the eating end of the exceedingly narrow kitchen.

bugslet

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

You've heard Isaac singing, then....

Surely someone aged 50, born in the mid 1960s, is too young?

As long as he doesn't want to be the new 1D, rely on the rest of his talents.

I'm a baby Baby Boomer, if you take it that Boomers end at 64. Or I could be a really old Gen Xer, like me, it's all a bit vague.

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

We were walking back from the park after walking the dog a few minutes ago and we heard thunder like the crack of doom. No rain yet or visible lightning so must have been a long way away and incredibly loud.

It might have been a mile away, straight up!

If the cloud is thick, would you have seen the lightning? I can't remember what proportion of lightning strikes the ground, but I'm fairly sure it's a small %age.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Are you interested?

I'm not really interested in it as a rental proposition. But Bugslet has sold it to me for capital appreciation. So, if she does not want it ....

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

It might have been a mile away, straight up!

If the cloud is thick, would you have seen the lightning? I can't remember what proportion of lightning strikes the ground, but I'm fairly sure it's a small %age.

I gather it varies with latitude. The closer to the equator the more lightning there is but also the more cloud-to-cloud compared with cloud-to-ground.

There weren't many clouds near us that seemed big and dark enough.

GDB2222

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

You've heard Isaac singing, then....



When you read those lists, there are always words / phrases you've never or barely heard of such as "hench" for me, and others that seem to have been in regular use for ages; "Bank of Mum and Dad" for example.



Nice one!

Now only GCSE results to go and that's your lot for another year.



That whole "superboomers" thing is half-witted, anyway.

My Dad said a while ago that when he was growing up, they weren't called boomers, but called "the bulge" as the large number of children born after the war worked their way up the demography diagrams. The adaptation of the baby boomer from American English came later, he says.

Surely someone aged 50, born in the mid 1960s, is too young?

I like the idea of a baby bulge.