Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

silvercar

Praise for Apple.

3 yr old ipad 2 suddenly can't get on wifi. Take it to an apple store and they confirm. Guy says I can have a repair that will actually be a new one for £199. Then say that as I bought it from them (MSE deal that identified apple were selling new ipads as refurbs when the next model came out), they will replace for free as it is covered by the sale of goods act for 6 yrs!

Doozergirl

We'll see what Apple say tomorrow when the previously working iphone 6 with a smashed screen (not warrantied) is presented to them as not charging (unrelated!). There are five phones and two ipads in this house.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

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.

The start of an el nino pattern has been identified. It will mean fewer hurricanes, wetter weather in Western USA and a harsher winter here

Heard this on tv about week ago.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I have been to Great Yarmouth. I'm sure it was nice once but it is pretty ropey now. It is like someone took Blackpool and tried to make it more like Cleethorpes by removing any redeeming features and replacing them with the worst bits of Grimsby.

This doesn't help at all.

I wonder if this is similar:

I want to wear a skirt on Saturday, not the pencil skirt but maybe a tulip skirt, because I think a fish tail might be a little ott don't you think? Unless you think its more casual and an a line or a straight with a cute detail might be better?

michaels

vivatifosi wrote: »

The start of an el nino pattern has been identified. It will mean fewer hurricanes, wetter weather in Western USA and a harsher winter here

Heard this on tv about week ago.

I'm not sure the correlation between el nino and cold UK winters is particularly strong.

However let us hope that it does indeed break the drought in the SW USA as otherwise we are all going to pay with higher food prices.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

.... otherwise we are all going to pay with higher food prices.

And those will be the lucky ones that can still afford to eat after having the heating up more in the winter

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

This doesn't help at all.

I wonder if this is similar:

I want to wear a skirt on Saturday, not the pencil skirt but maybe a tulip skirt, because I think a fish tail might be a little ott don't you think? Unless you think its more casual and an a line or a straight with a cute detail might be better?

No...it's more like you want to wear a skirt but find yourself dressed in a potato sack and scavenging for scraps on an enormous mound of household waste.

SingleSue

mystic_trev wrote: »

Grim! Go down the road to Southwold.

Or go a little further and go to Felixstowe.

Yarmouth is ok, bit too commercialised for my liking although Gorleston just 2 miles down the road is quite nice with a lovely beach.

Wasn't impressed with Southwold or if anyone else suggests it, Walton on the Naze.

SingleSue

Doozergirl wrote: »

I have never been to Great Yarmouth. True story.

I go to near Great Yarmouth every year....we only visit Yamouth for the cinema and a cream tea, alas the place where we always got our cream tea shut down over the winter.

purch

silvercar wrote: »

3 yr old ipad 2 suddenly can't get on wifi. Take it to an apple store and they confirm. Guy says.......

You found someone in an Apple store who recognised a 3 year old product :eek: