Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

vivatifosi

Sorry chewy...

No not that bit.

vivatifosi

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I'm thirties......

She's not old enough to drive legally yet, hence the airfield. No way would I let her out on the road, and if it was legal, not in a car like that.

Ah, that makes more sense.

As is always the way with kids these days... she looks much older.

Very pretty young lady and nice car!

CKhalvashi

Spirit wrote: »

Agree completely that the neighbours are more important than the emulsion..


So pleased for you...you can now move in and on.

Congrats from me, too!

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ah, that makes more sense.

As is always the way with kids these days... she looks much older.

Very pretty young lady and nice car!

Thanks, sorry, I've probably written in incomprehensible English for that, causing the confusion.

She's a 2000 baby, DD2 is 2002

SingleSue

Well the person who fixed my supposedly impossible to fix wheelchair back in January came out to fix my parent's leaky and blocked sink pipe today...dad was most impressed, cost the grand total of £25 (same as the repair to my wheelchair), the pipe is flowing better than it has for years as it is now flowing downwards rather than upwards (someone had put the main pipe to the drain on an incline instead of a decline!), the seal is superstrong at the bottom of the sink and no more bowl in the cupboard below to catch the drips (which had become a flow in the last few days).

So impressed were my parents that they have organised for him to come back to sort out their conservatory where some of the wood has rotted (£40 ish) and fit a new toilet (which my parents provide) and tile flooring in their downstairs loo (£100!)

The stuff this bloke does is amazing and he does a quality job but at prices people can afford, no surprise really that he has a jobs list as long as your arm and has had to take on staff just so he can grab a few short minutes with his children before they go to bed.

Nikkster

SingleSue wrote: »

sort out their conservatory where some of the wood has rotted (£40 ish)

I wish someone would fix the rotten wood in my conservatory for £40. I'm not expecting to find someone that cost effective!

PasturesNew

So, today's put me WELL behind.... so going out now to get the balance of the removing man's money .... NOT PACKED YET!!!! I need to get up early in the morning and do that

... knew I should have been doing it these last 2-3 days

ukmaggie45

Oh PN, was feeling so bad for you earlier , but much happier now that I know you have decent neighbours. :j Passed a Professional Oven Cleaner van this morning, have to say now that I'm thinking of getting one in! :eek: Maybe it'd be worth paying just this once for one? At least you'd know the oven and hob were clean enough to bear cooking with. So glad everything went through OK, even if house isn't as clean as you might wish. Last place we sold was my parent's flat, and we spent ages cleaning it before completion. We also left a bottle of Champagne for our buyers, though we might have left some last minute rubbish in the bin, it wasn't full by any means.

Today we went to the GrandTwins pre-school leavers assembly. The whole leavers "class" sang a nice song about friendship, which they also signed. Which I thought was a very nice touch. After that they all did a song each... mostly. There was a microphone for them to use, which they did with varying success! One little boy with dark curls and wearing a waistcoat was immensely confident, and sang as if he was born to it - star in the making there I think! On the whole it seemed to me that the girls were more confident than the boys, and also more capable of using the mike. GS2 came up first of our two, and he did actually try to sing, but we couldn't hear as he hadn't mastered the mike. GS1 was so bashful he did come to the front of the stage (there was one little boy who wasn't able to do that) but couldn't sing, he said he fell over and his knee hurt. His fall was several days ago, so I guess it was the only excuse he could think of. He did very well to actually sit on the stage though, and didn't cry or want his Mum till right at the end.

Afterwards we went back to their house, had a cuppa, and watched the kids playing with their birthday prezzie Pirate Treasure Island and Boat (PlayMobil). Had to leave soon after 2 as I was so knackered from all the noise after the assembly, plus I really foolishly overdid it at the allotment yesterday and then began pruning the roses and quince bush in front garden. Stupid stupid me!

Loads of road signs for the Open (golf) all over the Wirral. Even one saying Turn off your SatNav and follow the road signs! :rotfl:

neverdespairgirl

Many congrats, PN!

Generali wrote: »

The Tour de France is on over here and the race has hit North Eastern France, an area where large parts of WWI were fought.

Is it just me or is there something rather distasteful about comparing a cycling race with the deaths of millions of young men?

it's not just you, no. Yuck!

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Oh and ours did sort of clean as well, but not really. I find it odd that when your renting you have to get it "professionally cleaned" with carpets steam cleaned and curtains dry cleaned etc, but selling you just hand it over in whatever state you fancy with no recourse.

A friend of OH's lived in Switzerland for a few years, sent there by his employer. When you buy / sell a place there, a public health official comes round from the local council before you complete to check that you've cleaned it thoroughly enough!

neverdespairgirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

That's good PN. Much more important than whether the walls need painting etc. We have already spoken to our neighbours more than we ever did for the entire time we lived in London. Got some drinks this Sunday with the whole cul de sac, which is 8 houses. They'll probably all hate me but OH should be more popular.

When we bought out flat, in London as it is, 4 neighbours left notes welcoming us to the place, 3 of them accompanied by alcohol, and 1 by flowers. One of the alcohol offerings was from a very well-known DJ, too, who lives in the building. I'd never heard of him before we bought the flat, though! I'm terminally uncool.

vivatifosi wrote: »

Tonight's big question...

Argentina or Netherlands?

I want the Dutch to win. However last night I was supporting Brazil, so that may not be a great recommendation.

Argentina. I've just realised that (1) they are still in it and (2) they are my team from the Chambers sweepstake.

michaels

DD1s actual birthday today, the box of 2,000 loom bands got upset and all mixed up, DD was very upset so I have spent half an hour sorting out tiny elastic bands into different compartments by colour. Next half hour spent getting the remains of plastic milk bottle off the hob that DW had melted on to it.

Argentina for me, nice to have different types of teams in the finals (and that is what I predicted in the mega work competion). IN fact 0-0 and Argentina on penalties will get me maximum 11 points and with my Brazil prediction might take me from 16th to near the top of the leader board.