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Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper
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I have never been to Great Yarmouth. True story.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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lostinrates wrote: »I'm not even sure where it is
Go to East Anglia, find Norwich, head east to the coast in an almost straight line. It's 230-250 miles from your house, put it down as a "won't ever go/no need to go" place. It's got no special redeeming features.
There are nicer places close by on the same coast, lots of small coastal settlements with rock, chips, crab catching and sand.0 -
If you want to please the [STRIKE]mum[/STRIKE] parents, a toy with only one or two pieces. If you want to cause trouble, a toy with lots of pieces.
After watching them fight over most toys/things, my thinking is a tug of war rope.It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
Like where? I might have little choice other than to end up there.PasturesNew wrote: »
There are nicer places close by on the same coast, lots of small coastal settlements with rock, chips, crab catching and sand.
True story!It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Like where? I might have little choice other than to end up there.
True story!
Right - fact 1 is: You do NOT want to end up there. If you're in the area, you can visit it (once, for 2 hours), just to see, but then get the hell out of dodge....
Try anywhere else really. Most places along the coast are nice enough - all quiet and a bit dull for "action/activities", but Cromer's famous for its crabs, there's Hemsby, Southwold .... all quieter, cleaner.
Try the Visit Norfolk site, 21 things to see: http://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/inspire/Norfolk-great-sights.aspx
Depends really why you're there, how long for, who with, expectations .....
All of it's a "nice day out, ambling" ... but a whole week??
GDB will be able to advise - he's got a holiday gaff in the county.0 -
Sure, he never wanders off very far on his own in unknown places, luckily.
The next day he had lots of fun in rock pools at low tide.
I remember the first time we took Avatar Dog to a beach. He rushed about as usual, barking for us to throw his ball and then retrieving it, which made his mouth get sandy. Never mind, he thought, there's plenty of water here for me to drink... He was so confused that drinking didn't make the nasty thirst go away.
He loved swimming in fresh water, though. He'd retrieve sticks from a river for hours.A very short, to the point, message sent
Well done. Now go back to not thinking about him, just like you were before he texted you.In vehicle news, one of the 7.5 ton drivers has hit a bridge. Darn those moving bridges.....
The driver weighs 7.5 tons??? :eek:Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Of course.... if the Yarmouth trip is similar to a "lads weekend away, camping - just want beer, birds and loud times" then Yarmouth's ideal.0
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Today in my Y9 physics lesson we were studying the way in which people's ideas about the structure of the Solar System have developed over history. One student struggled to read the name "Ptolemy" in front of the class, provoking a discussion between me and another student, as follows:
Me (to first student): The P is silent. Like in pterodactyl.
Student B: Pterodactyl has a P????
Me: Yes.
Student B: No!!! Really???
Me: Yes, it's spelt like this. [Writes pterodactyl on the board]
Student B: I thought it was "terror" [makes pouncing movement with clawed hands] dactyl.
Me: It comes from two Greek words, pteron, meaning wing, and dactyl, meaning finger. [Writes pteron on the board in Greek characters]
Student B: Awwww, so it means wing-fingers. That is soooo cute.
Me: Yes. It had long thin fingers and webbed skin between them to make wings. You've come across pteron meaning wing before. Helix or helical means spiral, doesn't it. [Writes helico -- pteron on board]
Student C: Helicopter!!!
Me: Yes - spiral wing, because it goes round and round as it goes up [makes helicopter movements with hand] instead of just along [makes aeroplane motions with arms].
Student
How do you know all this Greek stuff?
Me: I have an O level in Greek.
Student What's an O level???
NB The ancient Greek for finger is dactulos, with the u (upsilon) regularly coming into English as a y, but I couldn't remember the ending for it, so I left it as dactyl.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
So, RP tells me that El Niño is active and this means than next jan to march is going to be very cold......any one interested in weather able to confirm this? I'm wondering whether to augment our store of soft wood with an order of hard wood for the wood burners primarily, but also deciding how much hay to buy, what to do about freezer buying for meat this summer/autumn.0
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