Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

He's a barrister - what exactly were you expecting? Shy, retiring, wallflower like?

British, sombre, commanding respect from the way he carried himself. A feeling of somebody who knows their stuff and who has dispensed the correct judgement.

Somebody that gives you the inner glow that the justice system is fair, works - and is in the hands of people we can respect.

I guess I'm naive.... but then I've never (knowingly) met a barrister.


... er ...are you one? Are they "everybody that wears a wig?"

PasturesNew

Re halls etc.... if I were planning the system I'd have all students in some form of halls/organised accommodation.... with varying levels of "independence". Your home environment is important and you need to feel "safe" and fairly treated .... something that a lot of private landlords aren't doing.

Unis should have built/bought student houses, kept to a good standard, which could have been put into the hands of a (separate) accommodation office, making profits/charging "fair student rent" - after all, the money's there as students are paying private landlords, who aren't doing it for charity.

LydiaJ

chewmylegoff wrote: »

GDB (I think) wins the remote dishwasher maintenance prize (sorry, I don't think MSE has a badge for that). On closer inspection there was quite a bit of crud (mostly limescale I think) around the seal. I've cleaned that all off and seems to have resolved the leak.

zagubov wrote: »

Got some good news, though. DS got a GCSE re-marked and went up a grade. Which means he's just got one to retake, so can start a full-time level 3 course tomorrow, instead of a worrying mix of level 2/level 3 stuff. :beer:

:j

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yeah, I hate those types..... all noise and nothing else.

Bizarrely, many tout it as a good trait!! Even employers want that sort .... which is probably why a lot of workers drive me mad - because they're loud and useless

"Empty vessels make the most noise" as my Granny would put it.

PasturesNew wrote: »

British, sombre, commanding respect from the way he carried himself. A feeling of somebody who knows their stuff and who has dispensed the correct judgement.

Somebody that gives you the inner glow that the justice system is fair, works - and is in the hands of people we can respect.

I guess I'm naive.... but then I've never (knowingly) met a barrister.


... er ...are you one? Are they "everybody that wears a wig?"

Yup. I am, and they are. Rob's British, though. Definitely.

So you've met two - me and OH. My Dad's one as well, and my brother did the training, but decided against the career. I'm surrounded!

InvestInPoker

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm suspicious of the word "bubbly". It usually means, "empty-headed and very noisy".

Haha so true, wish I could "thank" that comment another 100 times.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

Happy belated Fathers Day gen.

I suggest you try to teach the kids better traditional swearwords.
If the filter here doesn't censor them teach them - I'd recommend
Marry! I'faith! 'Sblood! 'Sbody! 'sheart! Egad! Try John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor if you need more.

Tell them they're proper British swearwords and they're the only ones they should use. It's the apostrophe at the start that makes them especially bad. :eek:

Cheers Zag.

A good mate of mine swears quite fluently in Norwegian. I don't think he has much Norwegian beyond being able to say some curiously vile things in it!

Marry is a swear word! :rotfl:

Generali

It's The Girl's birthday tomorrow (9/11!) . She wants Boy Lego. Happy to oblige.

Generali

Spirit wrote: »

Thank you. Reading on phone is tricky. Had MRI today will officially e a psychiatrist as I am acutely depressed. Armis is ow described as severe. Good news I walked a few steps on my. Own.thinking of hoewgensemoyers treated him. My pay will be 6 months full then 6ia months half. Had a visit from boss a textt and a card from CEO despiteherbeingatthe eyeofa media storm. Colleagues bringing in in dinner tonight and wheniwasadmitted acolleaguerushed over tosuppportmy daughter

Hopefully the depression will pass. I got pretty messed up for a bit when I had cancer. It passed.

It sounds like you are making some good progress which is.........good. LIR now officially has the second worst typing on here, for now at least .

I'm sitting here on a park bench outside the old Government House in Sydney in a suit amd shirt. People keep nodding to me as if I'm some sort of official. It is very tempting to ask people to take their shoes off or something else non-harmful but just a bit silly. The Spring weather is lovely today. Warm and sunny. I love this time of year, before it gets too hot.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Don't forget Cornwall.

Urban Lancashire and Yorkshire with a couple of exceptions too perhaps.

InvestInPoker

GDB2222 wrote: »

Don't forget Cornwall.

Cornwall is my favourite part of the UK and I go there every year. They definitely feel a bit like some in Scotland do with regard to Westminster etc. Only have to be there for a while to note the high amount of Cornish flags around compared to England/Union Jacks.