Nice People 13: Nice Save

Nikkster

I'm having a 'why did I buy a house?/ why did I buy a house that needs doing up' day.

Made initial enquiries about fencing for the front garden. Think I might have to sell a limb. And that doesn't even include getting shot of the crummy wall that is currently there.

Gah.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe you're asking for the fencing you want - instead of asking what fencing you can afford. Once you know what you can afford, you pick the least offensive to you.

It is tough - and you get quoted the "single woman/living alone" price, or the sucker's price at 3x what others would get asked.

Round here we call it post code pricing.

Tradesmen seem to drive over the bridge connecting our area to rest of the town and triple the price.

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

I have made dhal todY, but forgot to do it in the slow cooker. Haven't yet remembered to turn on the new vent in the kitchen. Everything smells of spice through the house.



I'm tired too but don't know when to get a nap in. Not dark enough to put birds in yet, so loitering in hope I'll have time for a good nap after that.

I knew I had my timings all wrong today. I am dropping now, absolutely dropping. Fir is going to have to perform some kind of miracle to keep me awake for any length of time once he's home. I reckon I'll drive to the station and climb into the passenger seat and nod off.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe you're asking for the fencing you want - instead of asking what fencing you can afford. Once you know what you can afford, you pick the least offensive to you.

It is tough - and you get quoted the "single woman/living alone" price, or the sucker's price at 3x what others would get asked.

Oh yes, today was just the start of the pricing up so I'm definitely at the point of asking for what I want. Unfortunately I don't think that is going to be the expensive bit (that'll be the labour and getting rid of the old wall) which would be pretty much the same whatever fencing I went for.

Not had the 'single woman' premium yet, as they don't know I'm single. They might not know I'm female yet either as they got my name wrong (road name as surname) - it was online.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I knew I had my timings all wrong today. I am dropping now, absolutely dropping. Fir is going to have to perform some kind of miracle to keep me awake for any length of time once he's home. I reckon I'll drive to the station and climb into the passenger seat and nod off.

My fear is always that I will nod off whilst driving.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

My fear is always that I will nod off whilst driving.

No, I won't drive when I feel like that. He gets a taxi.

I'm really ( despite how I drove you back to the station) respectful of other road users and consider driving a privilege not a right. I won't do it if I feel at risk of being unsafe. So of I feel 'eye-ey' or anything. Every eye clinic and neaurology appt etc I've double checked about my driving licence because while it will make life harder for me with out it, I'm aware that my wants don't come first in that decision.


I used to ( for about nine months ) do a very long commute (over two hours) in a very old car on about four hours sleep. It was NOT safe and in retrospect I am angry with myself and those around me who said nothing. I remember at times, thinking ' maybe if I just close one eye they'll stop stinging.....' :mad: Burning the candles at both ends risked other people as well as myself. Not proud of that at all.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Oh yes, today was just the start of the pricing up so I'm definitely at the point of asking for what I want. Unfortunately I don't think that is going to be the expensive bit (that'll be the labour and getting rid of the old wall) which would be pretty much the same whatever fencing I went for.

Not had the 'single woman' premium yet, as they don't know I'm single. They might not know I'm female yet either as they got my name wrong (road name as surname) - it was online.

How much more to repair the wall?

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

How much more to repair the wall?

Yes - I remember you saying you liked the wall

Not sure, but I'll definitely be finding out now!

Edit: actually the builder who's not managed to send me a quote (lost in the post twice...) was going to include that in the quote. Before it fell down, but I don't think that would make much of a difference to the price tbh. Saves them taking that bit down to put it back up again

Nikkster

GDB2222 wrote: »

My fear is always that I will nod off whilst driving.

DQWD:

My dad did that

After a night shift.

Thankfully he only broke his arm and no-one else was hurt. Made him reassess how much he was working though (6/7 nights per week) which was a very good thing.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

We just buy ready-to-eat avocados at the supermarket. I choose carefully - give them a squeeze.

For milk, I reach to the back of the shelf, to get the latest possible sell-by date. For avocados and mangos, I look for the earliest sell-by date.

Mangos are the easiest fruit to buy. Give them a big sniff and they should smell strongly of mango. If they don't they're not ripe.

The best mangos I've found in the UK have been Alfonso mangos from India sold in really crappy convenience stores in south London. They are in season in September. We get awesome mangos in Australia in the run up to Xmas.