Nice People 13: Nice Save

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

.... decided to eat a bag of flour from the side, walk it everywhere and vomit in the hall.

I have called Doozer and gone back to bed.

Sounds like you're still able to make good management judgements.

Nikkster

Doozergirl wrote: »

I have called Doozer and gone back to bed.

Yesterday I was very grateful to be a law unto myself - no OH, no kids, no appointments.

I've always thought I'd be good at hibernating - yesterday has done nothing to convince me otherwise.

Have you asked DD to help re-clean the kitchen? Hope Doozer is back asap. I'm sure you'll all have the house looking lovely by the time the viewers arrive.

lostinrates

Well, I'm glad I have nice people coming for lunch not nasty ones. I have a cake stuck in its tin and got distracted while hand crunching up some nuts and um......they got very crunched up.


Sigh.

Edit: The boss got my cake out! Yay! Not had problem with that tin before

vivatifosi

GDB2222 wrote: »

My current argument is with the local council, which has outsourced the council tax department. They have decided to charge me council tax on a property I don't own. When I queried this, they said that I needed to prove that I don't own it, which is quite hard to do. In any case, the whole attitude is oppressive. What's even dafter is that I know who does own it, namely the council. You would think this could easily be sorted out, but no. So far, it has reached the third stage of the council's complaints procedure, and it's conceivably going to the ombudsman.

Several years ago I took my local council to the Local Goverment Ombudsman and won... twice.

They were sending out binmen to the flats near where I live to empty those big metal bins. They did it two or three times a week at between 4am and 6am, but because they couldn't get into the flats proper due to a low entry, they'd do it outside of my bedroom window. Every time they did it I called them up and denied it was them as they didn't start work until 6.30. So I'd go and photograph them and they still did it. Then deny it all over again. The Ombudsman was hugely supportive and found in my favour, awarding me a small amount of compensation. They told the council to change its practices.

Unfortunately they ignored the Ombudsman and carried on doing it, still denying it was them (in spite of the council's livery being on the vehicle). So the ombudsman found again in my favour and doubled the award. They told the council that they would continue to do this until they sorted themselves out, which they did. I didn't want the money and never cashed the first cheque but by the time of the second award I was so annoyed that I did. Idiots.

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

My current argument is with the local council, which has outsourced the council tax department. They have decided to charge me council tax on a property I don't own. When I queried this, they said that I needed to prove that I don't own it, which is quite hard to do. In any case, the whole attitude is oppressive. What's even dafter is that I know who does own it, namely the council. You would think this could easily be sorted out, but no. So far, it has reached the third stage of the council's complaints procedure, and it's conceivably going to the ombudsman.

Is the silver lining to this cloud that you could claim ownership?

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

Why thank you. It was wonderful. I did think of you too, as Toploader was the team up music, and IIRC you can't stand Dancing In The Moonlight,so I wondered what you would have thought.

I do have a very strong disliking of that song. One of the few songs that will get me off a dancefloor. I'd have coped somehow though. Pleased you and Dr. Tifosi enjoyed your Strictly experience

That is amazing that you found your rock again too. Like you said, I can't believe it didn't e.g. get caught in someone's shoe.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I think if sweet detection were a scale where neutral was about 5 lots of us are sitting at so we here between 6- 9, wanting sweeter food and seeing it as normal, not sweet.

I always think of my self as a sweet toothed person tbh, but not in comparison with others, so I have adjusted how I describe that. I love things like nut or seed brittle. Would not want to eat them weekly.

I agree. I think of myself as somebody who likes sweet things (chocolate, biscuits, cakes, puddings, etc) but doesn't like them to be too sweet. There's a flapjack that people at work like a lot that I find far too sickly and never eat.

My current problem is finding an appropriate grab-and-go breakfast. I know skipping breakfast is a bad idea. I am also realistic about the minuscule probability of getting myself up in the morning, and DD as well, in time for us to eat breakfast properly before leaving the house. We have tried those "breakfast biscuits" that are supposed to give you the same content as porridge, but without the bowl and spoon experience, we can eat them on the short drive to her school. I've yet to find a brand that's not far far too sweet IMO - either taste-wise or in terms of the kind of nutritional content I think is suitable for a breakfast that I'm only eating because I think I ought to - I don't feel hungry until later in the morning.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Generali wrote: »

I suspect that your tolerance for idiots is declining.

Yes very much so.

I'm also finding it increasingly difficult to hide.

Which is a bit of a problem...

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

...grab-and-go breakfast....

If I ever thought I wanted that, then I'd start by thinking of: bananas, plain cereal in a plastic/lidded pot (I don't eat cereal with sugar/milk often), I'd make/eat some form of cereal bars, of which there are 1000 recipes online.

Or, if you want to "go a bit mad", then why not bake some scotch eggs, covered in something less calorific than breadcrumbs. e.g. you can coat them, instead, with semolina, or polenta, or even cornflakes. That'd give you "sausage and egg".

Spirit_2

vivatifosi wrote: »

Why thank you. It was wonderful. I did think of you too, as Toploader was the team up music, and IIRC you can't stand Dancing In The Moonlight,so I wondered what you would have thought.

The cold weather made my rosacea flare up. Hopefully nobody will see me on telly as my face looks like a map of the Empire with plenty of pink bits.

Today I had a stroke of exceptional good luck and did thank God for looking after me. I did not notice it at the time, but while standing in the queue for Strictly, I managed to lose a diamond from my engagement ring. I didn't notice that his until this evening, while in the tv studio. This is not a big diamond.. Just a shoulder accent rather than a main stone, less than 1/5th of a carat. Yet walking back on a path, in the dark, in the frost, I looked down and there it was. I've walked a good 3-4 miles today and it could have fallen out anywhere. I could have looked in the right place and missed it, it's teeny after all. It could have got caught up in someone's shoe.. there were at least 300 people behind us. But no, there it was, in the dark, winking at me. Amazing.

Pleased foryou on all fronts. the diamond find must be karma