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Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Generali wrote: »
    I searched for nude Mary Janes and I think I've got some more ideas for ice breakers with any gynecologists you may meet.:eek:

    That's why i specified google shopping. :D

    ( have corrected typo that said opposite of what I wanted:o)

    Do you have safe search stuff on with kids in the house? Does that still come up?
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Wheezy wrote: »
    Oh em gee! El oh el!
    Garden party at jelly! I want to sit on a mushroom!

    While I couldn't sleep lady night I google imaged toadstool garden furniture.

    I also wondered if you could get one of those people who does chain saw woodcarving at the side of the road to do some and how much that might cost. I'd like it to weather, and I'd paint mine a very dark organic red.
  • Wheezy_2
    Wheezy_2 Posts: 1,879 Forumite
    michaels wrote: »
    I wear the same shoes every weekday for about 3 years until they wear out, weekends I wear the same trainers until they wear out.

    they live on a rack by the garage door, it fits about 25 pairs, we have another rack mounted on the inside of the understairs cupboard door with about 30 pairs on it. Then there are about 10-20 pairs in the bottom of each of 7 or 8 wardrobes, various boots in corners and scattered around the place, some piled up next to the utility room door and several sacks of grown out of shoes in the garage. I have a pair of shoes, a pair of trainers, a pair of leather boots and a pair of crocs.

    I forgot also quite a few pairs under various beds. Did I mention DW is a compulsive shopper and hoarder?

    I also wear my workday shoes day in day out until they collapse. Clarks black leather ones. Then I got a pair of Crocs, 2 pairs of trainers (Sketchers and Reebok), a pair of wellies, a pair of brown leather Seibel shoes who look a bit silly but are very bouncy and comfy :)....and that's it.
    About Mrs. Wheezy's collection I have no clue, apart from that there are loads and loads, but somehow at the start of a new season, she always seems to be lacking a decent pair for that particular season...
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Do you have safe search stuff on with kids in the house? Does that still come up?

    No I don't have safe search on. The kids are repulsed by anything like that anyway at present.

    The Boy just thinks anything to do with naked bodies outside the family is gross and The Girl has decided to adopt so she doesn't have to have sex. (I suspect this is a passing phase).

    The things the Generalissimos search for a very specific and will be apparent on the first couple of entries. They search more on You Tube than Google anyway.

    I'm undecided as to what to do once the kids start to search out pron on the computer. My instinct is to play dumb and let them so I can see what they're looking at and then nip anything nasty in the bud.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    edited 30 May 2015 at 5:58PM

    I also wondered if you could get one of those people who does chain saw woodcarving at the side of the road to do some and how much that might cost.

    They're often for sale at the roadside, ready done.... inside the van, or at the back, as they put their bigger/creative pieces at the front.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Generali wrote: »
    No I don't have safe search on. The kids are repulsed by anything like that anyway at present.

    The Boy just thinks anything to do with naked bodies outside the family is gross and The Girl has decided to adopt so she doesn't have to have sex. (I suspect this is a passing phase).

    The things the Generalissimos search for a very specific and will be apparent on the first couple of entries. They search more on You Tube than Google anyway.

    I'm undecided as to what to do once the kids start to search out pron on the computer. My instinct is to play dumb and let them so I can see what they're looking at and then nip anything nasty in the bud.


    My parents included in their sex education that it was smelly and made embarking noises and was messy. It put me off for a while. Later my mother said, why aren't you out having sex ( little did she know) and I thought of saying....because you said its smelly.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,782 Ambassador
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    Very sexy silvercar, But, bit rough on your menfolk. ;). Don't you wanna be a grandmother some day?

    I wouldn't want any of my "men" to father a child at the moment in time!

    I must have a conversation with the boys about that in the long term.
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    They're often for sale at the roadside, ready done.... inside the van, or at the back, as they put their bigger/creative pieces at the front.

    I drove past a 6' high carved bear at the roadside as I was driving south from Ilfracombe a few years back!

    How fun!

    I don't see those people round here :(.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    edited 28 May 2015 at 12:14PM
    How fun!

    I don't see those people round here :(.

    They're also sometimes seen at outside events, even down to car boot sales. I bet, for example, that your County Show would have somebody flogging them.

    Maybe you've not really seen them in lots of places because you've not really been looking.... like the pasta :)

    If you're aware/looking, you'll start to spot more.

    A random google brings up this fella: http://www.forestcrafts.co.uk/ - bit bl00dy pricey though! Bound to be loads more.... even worth searching within 10 miles of your house on ebay.

    Had a quick look, £15 each from some chap in Denbighshire - obviously too far away, but that's a price point to be aware of.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    They're also sometimes seen at outside events, even down to car boot sales. I bet, for example, that your County Show would have somebody flogging them.

    Maybe you've not really seen them in lots of places because you've not really been looking.... like the pasta :)

    If you're aware/looking, you'll start to spot more.

    A random google brings up this fella: http://www.forestcrafts.co.uk/ - bit bl00dy pricey though! Bound to be loads more.... even worth searching within 10 miles of your house on ebay.

    My county show costs more than I'm prepared to pay for garden furniture to visit :D but yes, there are always some there. Charging more than they would road side I imagine, to pay for selling there.
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