Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

neverdespairgirl

Nikkster wrote: »

I went to the cabinet war rooms once, undercover ironically enough . Had never occurred to me to visit before them (prefer art and sciency museums really), but it was fascinating. A real sense of history. The little cafe was very nice too

I went on a GCSE school trip, and then to an evening legal party a couple of years ago, which was fun.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

I suspect today is not the right day to say that there is another country where your choice of food and culture would be immense.

Hehe. We were there just over a year ago for a friend's daughter's wedding. It's a 4 to 5 hour flight, plus lengthy check-in. We took a night flight last time, which was fine for DW, who sleeps anywhere. It's a fantastic talent she has. I can't sleep on a plane, unfortunately.

The friend emailed me this evening as follows:
"I was walking home from a folk- music concert at ten o'clock this evening, and the sirens went off.
I had not heard any news during the day. [I read the newspapers once a day, and that is it..]
I looked at my watch, and thought, 'hmmm, ten o'clock, is it a practice ? but it is ten at night, not in the morning, so what is it all about ???'
After the sirens stopped I heard two bangs.
I saw three people sheltering under an overhang of the local Yeshiva, and I went up to them, and I asked them if it was real, were the sirens real ? And they answered 'yes'. We had all heard the bangs. They up-dated me about the news. We waited for some minutes, some other youths joined us, and then I decided to continue to walk home.
My daughters phoned me before I got home, to ask if I was all right.

I went to our lovely downstairs neighbours for a chat about it all, [ apparently two bombs fell near Jerusalem, but not in the town ] and then went upstairs and had a double whisky. That helped a lot."

I've never been under fire, but it must be nerve-racking, even if it's not very accurate fire. Another friend reports that it's not so much the worry of being hit as the annoyance factor of having to run for the shelter ten times a day. He lives in Ashkelon, which is about 5 miles from Gaza, as the crow/missile flies.

I certainly hope the Israelis don't invade Gaza again. The whole situation is an awful mess on all sides.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

The reason they save loads of time is that they just grab dirt, grease, stains, etc and get rid. You rarely need to use cleaning stuff (very MSE, as well as reducing chemicals at home) and even hot water and cloth will clean a hob, for example.

Ah, OK, I'll give them a go. I just thought they were "just another cloth".



I generally don't have dirt, grease, stains etc .... and I've always had a squirt of anti-bac spray and some kitchen paper to get rid of them

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

Employability? Interest?

I took a humanities degree when DS arrived. Learned about all sorts of interesting stuff, but not as useful in an employment capacity as the science I'd studied before. I'm a fan of degrees that mix sciences and humanities, as my first degree went that way.

It has to be employability ... and the numbers might not stack up, but it's a possibility. I don't have the luxury of studying "something nice, for fun, because I am interested in it"..... it has to be based on return on investment of time really.

I don't even know what humanities is/are..... I'll have to Google that word.

My one A level is, unsurprisingly, Computer Science ... and from 1994.

PasturesNew

It's GT Day ..... don't cross anything, that might jinx it

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's GT Day ..... don't cross anything, that might jinx it

Ok nothing crossed:)

Although there is some pacing up and down, hands behind back, whilst sighing. Expectant father style.


Very excited for you.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's GT Day ..... don't cross anything, that might jinx it

Nothing crossed. It's happening! Will you disappear offline at home for a bit or are you maintaining contact with the mothership throughout?

Congratulations. I hope the G&T is ready for the GT.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

Will you disappear

Shouldn't, too much. Internet gets changed over tomorrow, so certainly on here today/tonight .....

Tomorrow morning I might be "absent" as I'll be busy .... but once I can get my laptop plugged in, BT willing, I'll be back before you know it. I'e a smartphone, but not tested signal there .... and I am so slow on it anyway that I usually don't use it for here.

vivatifosi

Morning Pastures, haven't crossed anything, but hope that the next few days go really well for you.

No more landlords, no more agents, no more intrusive inspections and finally a place to call your own. Not long now.

PasturesNew

I'd pretty much got most of the shower enclosure looking great ..... just had a shower this morning, wiped it down.... came away, got dressed. Just gone back in there and it looks pretty much the same as it did before I started all the cleaning

Definitely a job solely for after "the very last shower" ......!!

What a nuisance.