Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

SingleSue

Re youngest's results, we're not sure if it will have an impact on the course he wants to do at college, hopefully not and he got the ICT result he needed but we will find out on Tuesday.

Bearing in mind he has only been full time at school for 5 years, very part time during his primary school years, hospital admissions, illnesses and lack of support recently, he has done remarkably well.

Nikkster

SingleSue wrote: »

Rhe has done remarkably well.

Fantastically so. Please share my congratulations with him

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

What have I missed?

Generally has graciously finally accepted an offer made sometime ago, on michaels initiative, a np collection to fund a day off for rest and relaxation. Its not much if several of us chip in, so gen cannot feel that he has put anyone person out too badly. I think michaels worked it out before.

( Gen sick days for the year ran out, holiday is very short/ almost run out)

ukmaggie45

SingleSue wrote: »

B's, C ' s and D's. He just missed out on his maths by a couple of marks but got his English..so only one retake needed.

Oh that's great. :j I do hope that's OK for whatever he has planned? Maths is a b****r, will school give him any extra help for re-sit?

michaels wrote: »

Our DKs also seem to worry about giving things up, they really miss our old car and any suggestion that we might move house is terrifying... As is giving up old broken toys or grown out of clothes or shoes.

Just a word of warning - getting rid of old toys can be traumatic. We moved from Harrow to West Kirby just before my 13th birthday, right at the start of the summer hols. My Mum made me give all my dolls and cuddlies to the sister of my friend next door but one. I'm 65 now, _pale_ and to be honest I still miss them. :eek: My dollies - Joan, named after my cousin, a "Walkie Talky" doll. She only said Mama, and you had to lie her on her front then turn her over to get her to do that. Her walking wasn't much better! :rotfl: You had to kind of walk her along by tipping her from side to side. Then there was Dorothy, who must have been my Mum's doll, a deco haircut molded on a plaster head, hard arms and legs but a soft body. Archie Andrews, a mini ventriloquist puppet (used to be on the radio!). Betty, who had blue knitted clothes. Mummy Bear, given me by my Grandmother, Mum told her off for "spoiling" me. Peter Rabbit. Baby Teddy, practically bald and his nose chewed to a point. Thing was I spent the summer hols on my own as didn't know anybody in WK. Then when school started I was in the Third Form, and nobody except the teachers spoke to me for the whole of that first year there. I really could have done with my cuddlies then.

michaels wrote: »

Our kids do who can count the most minis on a trip or day. For some reasn fiat 500s also count.

We did car numbers - started with 1, then 2, 3, 4,etc. I think we did it for about 3 years, but which time I think we might have made it into the high 30s! Very much a long term game, with not much positive reinforcement! :rotfl:

Generali wrote: »

Pub cricket is my favourite for car journeys in the UK: 1 run for each limb in the name of a pub (e.g. Red Lion scores 4, Adams Arms scores 2, things like 'The Cricketers' or 'The Fox and Hounds' scores 6 as that's the maximum score), no limbs and you lose a wicket. Start with 3 wickets.

TBH it's hopeless on the motorway but it's great on country roads.

The other one we used to do as kids was collecting the alphabet, get an A reg, B reg, C reg etc. That was much easier in 1980 than today as the cars that were registered XXX 111A are mostly off the road.

I like your Pub Cricket idea. Think will have to teach that to the GSs when they're a bit older (and have learnt to count! ).

Spirit_2

fc123 wrote: »

quick log in to post this link for you
http://www.sofasofa.co.uk/sofas/belvedere-3-seater-sofa.html


I only found them as I was looking at velvet chesterfield styles but they do a very broad range over all price points.

Thanks for this link.

I like the look of the Hobbs range. We have been considering the JL (:o) Penryn sofas but are in paralysis about the sizes as we want three.

This could be an option..but I would have to go and try them out.

On the other hand it's les than £2K and we were the brave souls who bought a VW camper unseen, on the internet, from... New York.

GDB2222

Email from DW:
"unwise to eat choc chip cookie @ same time as removing white bath mat from washing machine + hanging it. kinda defeats the object of washing it"

bugslet

Just dashing by and missing every other post, but tell Lady GDB, the lack of wisdom is not concerning the choc chip cookie, but the purchase of a white bathmat. A visit to a home store could remedy the failing.

GDB2222

bugslet wrote: »

Just dashing by and missing every other post, but tell Lady GDB, the lack of wisdom is not concerning the choc chip cookie, but the purchase of a white bathmat. A visit to a home store could remedy the failing.

Umm, I bought the white bath mat. It was on special offer ....

PasturesNew

I hate the bit where you go into the bathroom and think "that mat wants a shake" .... so then you think of picking it up and running all the way downstairs and outside to the garden to shake it ..... and then you think "s0d it" and have to live with the guilt.

Actually, I'm not doing anything right now .... I'm off to shake my bathmat outside.

Edit: Job done.

GDB2222

Oh, and I also bought the chocolate cookies, so doubly at fault. Also I'm at fault because it looks like it might rain, so the bath mat may not get dry.