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Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper
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What, like some kind of... escort?!
That's the only explanation of why he thinks it's a business proposition. However, it's not the meal that earns the bucks. It's the extras afterwards, and I'm not sure that his Mrs will approve. So, it's actually a lousy business plan.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Maybe I'm just thick skinned but I just haven't experienced it.
It's probably in part because many times it's been in places where they are used to dealing with people on business and so dining alone, if not the norm, is common.
I too have read stories that say that single people aren't welcomed into restaurants. I spent years in catering and I would always treat a single person with exactly the same kindness and respect as a couple and a group. In fact a single person would probably get a little more attention from me as someone by themselves in that situation often seems to like a bit of a chat.
Gen, you walk in confidently: "I'm a banker, so give me your best table, and bring your best champagne whilst I decide which of the most expensive delicacies on the menu to order." You don't actually need to say that in order to give the impression that they can make some decent money out of you. I'm just not sure that PN can pull it off. Of course, they only find out later that you're a MSE skinflint, Gen.
I wandered into Chopstix in North Finchley, intrigued by the notion of an all you can eat buffet for £5. It was truly awful. But you could eat lots of awful food, well within PN's budget.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Was a genius idea. Bought the extension lead, brought it home and realised that there is no gap large enough between machine and worktop or machine and side wall for the plug and extension bar. Even if I could plug into the socket outside of the gap, there is no room to position the extension lead, unless I let it hang at the back. It gets damp at the back because the drier air vent goes accross that wall, so don't really want it left there.
Hmm. Open up the bottom of a large freezer bag so open at both ends, stick extension cord in bag then use heavy duty electrical tape both ends to the wire at either end so extension bar in airtight bag? Can't see any reason that having a sealed bag around the extension block would be a hazard although depends how hot the extension block gets I suppose.
Otherwise I suppose if the worktop is made of chipboard or similar then you could just take the worktop off and use a round file to file a hole into the edge that goes flush to the wall for the wire, then plug machine in and replace worktop.
Might make a mess though and a pain if you ever want to unplug it!0 -
.... intrigued by the notion of an all you can eat buffet for £5. It was truly awful. But you could eat lots of awful food, well within PN's budget.
Yes, that's up my street!
I've never "eaten well, eaten good food, fine dined, etc.....". I've only ever eaten 60s/70s style food and a few indian/chinese takeaways ... so my bar is set low. Having said that, even I've come across some awful food out there!
I'd give it a go at £5....
Last "all you can eat" I did was a Toby (had to look it up, I can never remember which is what). I was really looking forward to it. It's where Nikkster and I breakfasted when she visited... although I found it fine, there were a couple of breakfast items I wish had been present....
So, with the option of going for the evening dinner, I went. Yorkshires dire. Lots of other stuff dire. Some veg tasted of washing up liquid. Won't go to that one again!
I had my first "dinner that's not served on a plate" about a fortnight ago. How bizarre. Saw some really bizarre food served to others round the table.... not sure what they'd ordered, but one starter looked like a shallow/wide bowl of orange soup with a single/small potato ball in the middle.
What's that all about? Why don't places serve proper food any more? ON PLATES!!
I had fish/chips. Served on a roofing slate, there was a strip of chip bag paper, with some chips on that and the fish on top. There were some pea fritters and then a gross smear of pea green slime.
I HATE that smear thing..... it's vile, vile to think about it, vile to see it.
Stop smearing food on my slate.... and put the food on a proper plate dammit!
EDIT: Just looked it up, maybe it was "CRAB BISQUE £6.50
Rich brandied crab bisque, crab gougere, chive oil and fresh cut chives"
But it looked like a solitary/small potato ball in a soup.
I could never have ordered that. I like crab .... but have no idea what bisque is, or gougere, or what chive oil tastes like - and would have no idea what to expect when it turned up. I just had a main course.... of things I knew I'd recognise and like.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Served on a roofing slate
I can well imagine! Complete nonsense, but these places apparently have to appear trendy. I had a cheese ploughman's once that arrived on a bit of slate. Presumably, to help justify the pub charging £13 for it!No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Was a genius idea. Bought the extension lead, brought it home and realised that there is no gap large enough between machine and worktop or machine and side wall for the plug and extension bar. Even if I could plug into the socket outside of the gap, there is no room to position the extension lead, unless I let it hang at the back. It gets damp at the back because the drier air vent goes accross that wall, so don't really want it left there.
The usual way this is done is to have the plug for the machine in the next unit along. You can make a decent size hole for the plug in the side wall of the unit, as that will be hidden. Then run the extension lead into that unit and plug the appliance in. Better still, have a power point professionally installed in that unit.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Lydia, that sounds really promising , she sounds like the perfect tutor.:)
Thanks for the encouragement, bugs. I am hoping for good things.
Been downloading past papers for the GCSE that I'm home educating him today. (NP may or may not remember that one of his options got cancelled by his school because of lack of uptake, and there wasn't anything else suitable for him to do, so I'm teaching him just one GCSE.) There's a gap between the recent ones on the AQA website and the older ones on a third party archive website. Anybody know where I can get pdfs of the "paper 3" of each of the separate science GCSEs for June 2011 to Jan 2013?The usual way this is done is to have the plug for the machine in the next unit along. You can make a decent size hole for the plug in the side wall of the unit, as that will be hidden. Then run the extension lead into that unit and plug the appliance in. Better still, have a power point professionally installed in that unit.
My dishwasher is like that. The cable goes through to the unit under the hob, and it plugs in there.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 -
The link below seems to have some physics ones - change the heading to get 2011/2. Hope this is what you want.Thanks for the encouragement, bugs. I am hoping for good things.
Been downloading past papers for the GCSE that I'm home educating him today. (NP may or may not remember that one of his options got cancelled by his school because of lack of uptake, and there wasn't anything else suitable for him to do, so I'm teaching him just one GCSE.) There's a gap between the recent ones on the AQA website and the older ones on a third party archive website. Anybody know where I can get pdfs of the "paper 3" of each of the separate science GCSEs for June 2011 to Jan 2013?
http://www.egsphysics.co.uk/files/gcse_past_papers/2013/January%202013/
Anything suitable here?
http://www.fastpastpapers.com/page26.html0 -
I hope you don't mean that dinner with me would be a dubious pleasure...I'm a single female eating in cheap and expensive places and I've never been turned down. However, I would avoid Friday and Saturday if I was in my home area, work IIRC, I have always eaten out Mon- Fri. It doesn't bother me doing it, but I eat out alone enough with work to not want to do it for dubious pleasure. Meals out are social occasions for me and it's the company that makes or breaks it.
Is that when you ask to take some home with you cos there is more than you can eat in one sitting?PasturesNew wrote: »Dinner Dogging?
I think to meet regs you are also supposed to be able to isolate the socket with a neon switch that is above the worktop.The usual way this is done is to have the plug for the machine in the next unit along. You can make a decent size hole for the plug in the side wall of the unit, as that will be hidden. Then run the extension lead into that unit and plug the appliance in. Better still, have a power point professionally installed in that unit.I think....0 -
The usual way this is done is to have the plug for the machine in the next unit along. You can make a decent size hole for the plug in the side wall of the unit, as that will be hidden. Then run the extension lead into that unit and plug the appliance in. Better still, have a power point professionally installed in that unit.
This is in a badly designed utility room. Next unit houses a boiler. No separate power pointing it. Potentially could put the extension lead in there and feed its lead back and up through the little hole.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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