Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

kabayiri

Scrap yard for parts? I'd be lucky

They only sold a few thousand of this 4 wheel drive thingy. It's not a bad car, it's just bigger cars are dearer I suppose.

lemonjelly

LydiaJ wrote: »

I have a clematis that climbs up my garden fence. I love it.



Congratulations (in advance)!

Trying to work out exactly where to plant it now.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Cucumber sandwiches on flabby white bread, crusts cut off. Love them!

Smoked salmon on brown, with horseradish sauce.

Four cakes is crazily OTT.

I would tend to pass on the scones, though. Unless they have sultanas in.

Blasphemy!

lostinrates wrote: »

But if it were your first ever English tea?


Nobody eats four cakes. There just has to be a suitable choice. Just like at dinner parties, you have to offer three puddings though nobody...well, er, yeah, alright, some people do have more than one pudding. But they shouldn't

Unfortunately, some people I know ( ) do...:o

lemonjelly

Doozergirl wrote: »

You mean we don't have to go to the Beefeater?!

Unless that's a personal fave? :rotfl:

Think I'd rather go somewhere with a nicer view...

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

Afternoon tea's very middle class. I'd settle for a bag of 5 doughnuts for £1 from a supermarket and a drink from the cold cabinet for about 75p. Pack of sandwiches, £1 .... £2.75 and park up in the corner of the supermarket car park

Posh alert!

I wouldn't pay £1 for 5 donuts. Asda are usually about 65p. Yesterday I got 2 bags from co-op for £1. Shared with some extremely grateful nephews!

lemonjelly

GDB2222 wrote: »

They do, but then it turns out that they can't move the stuff. I put quite a lot of stuff on 3cycle. One chap collected for his secondhand shop. Another picked up some good quality furniture but forgot one of the drawers. He never got back to me about that, so I assume he just wanted firewood. I put some flat pack shelves on, and then found myself spending ages dismantling them, so that someone who promised to bring a van could actually get them in the back of her hatchback.

This stuff can't be dismantled, so anybody taking it needs a large van, which as PN knows costs £50 ish. Plus it won't fit up the stairs.

I'm throwing away a pine bed frame that's in good nick and easy to dismantle, but it's a non standard size. Halfway between single and double.

A set of upholstered dining chairs with arms that the charity shop just sniffed at. Not my taste, or we'd have them in place of our kitchen chairs. They are in much better nick then our chairs.

And so on. There is just an endless list of not very convincing reasons why nobody seems to want this stuff. They might take it if we delivered, but there's a limit...

I feel your pain. I abhor waste, and if you weren't so far away, I'd have been round like a shot, as I'm sure there's an item or 2 you may have that I'd need, having just moved in.

Much respect to the 2 posters who have also mentioned how much they hate waste.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I like a doughnut, but when one costs 60p or a bag of 5 costs a few pence more I feel ripped off at spending £0.60 on one ... so I walk away from the stand.

But, 1-2x a year max, I have been known to spot a bag of doughnuts reduced and slide them into my basket. I then eat them over 2-3 days.

This is part of the obesity problem... it'd be easy for somebody to turn a "one doughnut, occasionally" into a standard item in the basket, with a bag of 5, simply because [a] they're 'better value' in a bag of 5 they're so grabbable on the shelf and so cheap! They'd be an item many would turn into a weekly (or more/everytime) item.

I'm careful that treats are that: a treat is a once a year treat....and not turned into a weekly grocery item, with me telling myself that I deserve 40 treats/week.

An indian takeaway is a treat to me - I think I've had one since I moved in here 10 months ago! Chips from the chippy are a treat and I think I've had those twice in 10 months (even though it's just over the road and good value and they're really good ones).

I think it is fair enough to have a takeaway once a month. You're entitled to a bit of fun & enjoyment.
I say this, having probably had about 6 takeaways in a year - watching the pennies. 2-3 KFC's (I love KFC!), and a couple of chippy's (but usually on the way home from a concert/theatre/comedian).

kabayiri

I'm with the KFC liking, even tho its not that good for us.

I had a Maccy D's with the kids after last weekends run, and to be honest it was a fiver of blandness!

vivatifosi

kabayiri wrote: »

Just back from the garage. Apparently, I need a new suspension joint/strut thing. Nothing is ever a few tenners now either. Hundreds more like

Could this be worth a second opinion kabayiri? A new suspension arm for my car plus 1 hour service is £85... other suspension parts are of course available and could cost more but thought I'd sling it into the mix in case it could be useful. My car is probably more common.

michaels

Dealer prices an arm on my car is probably 300 quid (plus VAT). Eurocarparts price plus independent labour probably 130 - Viva you are cheap

vivatifosi

The part I needed was £35, plus 1 hours servicing at £50. I've had a few suspension bits fitted and none of them have been particularly expensive. I am sure it all adds up mind.

In this instance, I like being called cheap

kabayiri

vivatifosi wrote: »

Could this be worth a second opinion kabayiri? A new suspension arm for my car plus 1 hour service is £85... other suspension parts are of course available and could cost more but thought I'd sling it into the mix in case it could be useful. My car is probably more common.

It's basically a Mitsubishi 4 wheel drive thing. I know the baseline price because the other side had to be done 18 months back.

Cunningly, DW "flogged" me the car before she had to stump up.

I'll get her back Just wait until she sees the price of her run-flat tyres on her new car. Will I be sympathetic? Hell no