Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

lostinrates

While I know you'll despair of this Pastures I thought I'd link it for you just incase

https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/29-insanely-easy-healthy-meals-you-can-make-in-minutes/?utm_source=mfp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly20150504&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokv6rOZKXonjHpfsX64%2BQkW6%2B3h4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTsZiN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7DBLM153N8QXRTg

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Healthy eating for me is:
- Ketchup on my chips
- pineapple in a curry
- apple pie

And, reading through that list, that sounds like it'll be a list of "healthy stuff", it's nothing of the sort is it. I feel the word healthy is over-used in foodstuffs these days! Most of the stuff isn't healthy at all ..... e.g. a plate of chips..... a healthy plate of chips they'd stick 2 lettuce leaves on the side. That kind of doesn't work.

A lot of it is not great, But I thought might appeal......cake for one person in microwave etc.


I quite like the look of the peach smoothie for a meal in summer. ( not frozen for me though..)

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

If you hate yours .... is there some metallic paint you could daub in its general direction one day when the mood takes you?

EDIT: Looks like there is and it's shiney .... but it'd require further googling as this one's a spray .... and spraying while in-situ would take a lot of thought/masking of anything within a 12' radius. http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/rust-oleum-brilliant-silver---metallic-spray-paint---400ml-615031

£9.50 - cheaper than the fuel, knocker and a little man to fit it.

Or, get carried away and pimp your door: http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/craft-paints/rust-oleum-glitter-silver-paint---125ml-232536
£4.99

Door furniture isn't generally that expensive. I've replaced letterboxes etc a few times. If I can do it, anyone can.

I like the idea of a glittery front door!

lostinrates

https://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/craft-paints/rust-oleum-glitter-rainbow

Who wants silver when you can have RAINBOW

PasturesNew

I bet this is a cheaper way of night paving than buying stuff .... this and buckets of random stones.
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/decorating/craft-paints/rust-oleum-glow-in-the-dark-paint---125ml-232533

£8 for paint, £2 for parking .... cheaper than buying some ready made stones.

lostinrates

A couple of years ago started painting bits of the wreck's farmyard metal work with a metal colour than t's meant to be copper. Optimistically it might have been better being marketed as old gold. In reality is looks more like ragged cardboard. I'm hoping when I start on metal work next to brick it looks less.....odd.

vivatifosi

Doozergirl wrote: »

Door furniture isn't generally that expensive. I've replaced letterboxes etc a few times. If I can do it, anyone can.

I like the idea of a glittery front door!

I've got a lovely door, but it's one of those with the multipoint locking system built into the frame. It's really solid wood too. But replacing the lock alone is going to cost over £100, that's before we get into the cost of the plates, knockers, bells, hinges etc.

V tempting though.

The idea of painting the stuff in a paint that's white by day and glows green at night has a certain appeal though... I don't wish vengeance on my neighbours though and they would probably want to kill me if I did that. It's a smaller scale equivalent of painting your house in red and white stripes. We are heavily covenanted around here as to what we can and cannot do.

SingleSue

Happy Birthday Nikks.....and what a gorgeous looking door, much better than mine!

SingleSue

Josh's first time voting tomorrow and already he is hopelessly confused on what he has to do (the whole 'etiquette' and rules thing).

We've tried to explain simply and take him through the steps but with his memory, it is there for about 30 seconds and then gone again and the stress starts up again.....I can see him asking me what he has to do when he is in the booth and causing all sorts of problems :rotfl:

michaels

HPBD2U Niks