Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

kabayiri

LydiaJ wrote: »

You're a good pro-exercise influence on the thread, Gen. Just frequent enough to prevent complacency, without banging on about it incessantly and becoming irritating, especially with your "start small" and "even a little is beneficial" themes. Thanks.

So what should I do about a pedometer? Any ideas? I don't really want to spend as much as a Fitbit if I can help it, but ideally I'd like something that can tell the difference between walking, running, and going up stairs. (I do a LOT of stairs every day at work, and want any pedometer I try to give credit where I've earned it for stairs!) Is that possible without shelling out for a Fitbit???
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There is always this Lydia.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/moov-now-review

The Moov Now is a different concept. It doesn't have a display. Instead it talks to your smartphone.

I think it tries to become a life coach, coupled with the GPS and smartphone.

I'd get one but I haven't yet established whether it can use the Heart Rate Monitor built into my watch.

The whole wearable tech market is changing so quickly, it's not clear what will win out.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

We can nail that then. No. Never had a fancy ice cream, just your regular Walls, or cheap ice-cream from a supermarket) and what Mr Whippy dispensed from his van.

I don't buy ice cream for my freezer .... I don't tend to buy them while out either. Probably not had more than one spoon of ice cream for decades. Like it ...but there are 1000 other things I like and you can't eat everything (even if you try).

I don't imagine there is vanillin in Mr Whippy but I would guess that Unilever (Walls) are keen fans.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I used to get a TCO every Xmas, after I said I liked them once.... always the same/original one.

I used to get one every morning for Xmas when my parents realised it would shut me up until 7am. If only they'd realised that sending me to the pub on Xmas eve would keep me quiet until 9am they'd have had an easier Xmas!

kabayiri

Generali wrote: »

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I used to get one every morning for Xmas when my parents realised it would shut me up until 7am. If only they'd realised that sending me to the pub on Xmas eve would keep me quiet until 9am they'd have had an easier Xmas!

DW used to get a large box of Ferrero Rocher off her father every Xmas until his death.

She hadn't the heart to tell him she didn't really like them! :rotfl:

LydiaJ

kabayiri wrote: »

There is always this Lydia.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/moov-now-review

The Moov Now is a different concept. It doesn't have a display. Instead it talks to your smartphone.

I think it tries to become a life coach, coupled with the GPS and smartphone.

I'd get one but I haven't yet established whether it can use the Heart Rate Monitor built into my watch.

The whole wearable tech market is changing so quickly, it's not clear what will win out.

Thanks. It looks good, but I don't think I want it enough to spend £64 on it. If they come massively down in price over the next few years, I'll reconsider.

silvercar

Stava app on your phone for runs/ walks

Heart app on the phone monitors your steps.

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

Stava app on your phone for runs/ walks

Heart app on the phone monitors your steps.

Great if you are a "normal" person who can have their phone on them all the time. Mine stays safely in my desk while I am teaching - I'm not allowed to use it or let it make noises while I'm in the classroom, so I might as well not have it on me with the risk of forgetting to put it on silent (or back off silent again afterwards). So it wouldn't be able to measure how many times I go up all those stairs at work, or how many walking steps I clock up moving round the lab helping students with their experiments etc.

Doozergirl

We had our company Xmas do last night.

I am utterly hanging, still.

I dread to look at the company bank statement.

hjd

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's tax deductible though

Only up to £150 per head (if I remember it right)... and that amount has to cover all office parties in the year!

michaels

Doozergirl wrote: »

We had our company Xmas do last night.

I am utterly hanging, still.

I dread to look at the company bank statement.

That is extremely early, normally we don't even book ours until June.

Is the Chancellor going to do something extremely horrible to me on 16th March?

Doozergirl

Pending transactions of about £760 plus we did £85 on taxis. Eight of us. It could have been worse, I guess.