Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I reheat rice all the time. I just cool it well and straight in the fridge in a plastic box. Even those pouches say "once opened eat within 3 days", so I put half into a plastic box and have that the next day.





My take on supermarket curries is - I have never tasted one that tasted like an indian takeaway - and, £/100g I'm sure the indian gives better value for money.

Indian takeaway doesn't taste like my mum's curries either though! I usually find them on the oily side, and overpriced. That's not to say that I don't really enjoy going out for a curry and a beer. I definitely do!

When I buy supermarket curries, 9/10 times they are yellow-stickered. Which helps the £/100g aspect.

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

When I buy supermarket curries, 9/10 times they are yellow-stickered. Which helps the £/100g aspect.

I very, very, very, very, very ... rarely see any YS worth having. Most, say £3, curries are down to £2.80.... there's rarely any curries/spicy stuff reduced at all - and most reduced things are by 20-30p. It's definitely luck/regional/location. I was in the Coop the other day and I think they might yield some results - but it's not worth driving and parking (total cost £1.50) just to look.

ukmaggie45

PasturesNew wrote: »

Anybody want to play "guess the mushroom"?

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I hauled out our fungus book, but all I can say is it looks like a boletus of some variety. Pores rather than gills. But despite the book being heavily illustrated I can't find one that looks like your one. What trees are growing (or grew) in the area? Apparently most boletuses (boleti?) are associated with specific trees.

Sorry not much help am I!

Oh, the majority are edible! "but care must be taken with any species with red or orange pores". Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe by Roger Phillips.

PasturesNew

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

I hauled out our fungus book, but all I can say is it looks like a boletus of some variety. Pores rather than gills. But despite the book being heavily illustrated I can't find one that looks like your one. What trees are growing (or grew) in the area? Apparently most boletuses (boleti?) are associated with specific trees.

Sorry not much help am I!

Oh, the majority are edible! "but care must be taken with any species with red or orange pores". Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe by Roger Phillips.

It's by the fence, in the grass, in the side garden. There is only one tree anywhere near .... an oak, about 20' away.

I'm not eating it! I don't like mushrooms.... I'd never dare eat a random mushroom that "looks a bit safe" .... the one next to it's already had its top nibbled off (by birds?)

You've been most helpful so far
No other bugg4hs bothered

In real life, the top is light brown/fawn - and has the look of "tiger bread"

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

He can fix car!!!!!!!,!!!

Did he mumble any words that might be clues as to what the problem is?

Nikkster

[QUOTE=PasturesNew;66458659the one next to it's already had its top nibbled off (by birds?)

You've been most helpful so far
No other bugg4hs bothered

[/QUOTE]

Ok - I'll have a go...

Any dead birdies/ other creatures nearby?

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well ... there's a nuisance. Kettle's not working. It's one where you flick the switch and the light comes on. When I flick the switch the light flashes on but goes off straight away. Tried it several times, no different. Checked the main fusebox (mad, but I did anyway), nothing's tripped. Not sure whether to try the kettle in another socket.

If the light's on/off then it must be a kettle and not a socket/electrics issue. It's a £10/cheap kettle. I bought it for mum as it's considerably smaller/lighter than her previous one.... then it was one of the random things I kept from clearing the house. So, probably tomorrow it's new kettle buying time.

Let it cool down and try again.

If you go for another one, get one that is quiet - nothing worse than a noisy kettle.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Did he mumble any words that might be clues as to what the problem is?

'What the bloody hell have you done to this? Didn't know it was possible to do this, but, quick to replace at least'

lostinrates

Exhausted from fretting. Delighted to have house to self. Fighting to stay awake for dogs.

Temperature tonight is perfect. Everything feels really beautiful. I can just catch occasional very, very feint scent of smoke, so a few people in valley have lit fires tonight, plus smell of earth and plants ....not autumnal yet like fallen leaves and mushrooms and toffee apples, but certainly richer, darker scents starting.

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

I dry mine straight or it goes a bit wavy but not proper waves, a "not quite anything" mess.

Mine is straight. If left to dry naturally it ends up completely flat. The hairdresser does it by drying it while brushing it from underneath with a round brush, which gives it body in one sort of way, while if I bother to blow it dry I do it with my head upside down, which gives it a bit of body in a different sort of way. Often for work I set off with it wet and blow dry it en route by directing the car's hot air heater at it, ruffling it with my fingers at each set of traffic lights. This does not produce as good a result as using a hair dryer, but it is better than completely flat.

lostinrates wrote: »

Its scaring me. . I'm panicking. I have to get to hospital day after tomorrow, and I'm back in that how the hell do I get there situation. RP going away tomorrow in that car.

Sending hugs.

GDB2222 wrote: »

With due respect, you need to calm down and think productively.

Landscaper – ask him to bring up a pint of milk for his tea next time he comes, and say you will reimburse him.

Would it be an embarrassment to ask him to pick up razorblades at the same time?

Car – it will be even more of a catastrophe if this problem occurs whilst you are away from home. So, you need a decent breakdown service – not the one that MichaelS used. Whilst not by any means the most cost-effective, the AA and the RAC both use their own networks of vans. I would suggest that for you in particular this would be a luxury worth paying for.

when do you need to get to hospital? Wednesday?

Agree with GDB. I like the security of a "proper" breakdown service because as a single parent I find reliability and security important. I think with your health and you animals and your situation (RP not always there, fir not always there) GDB has a good point.