Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

On the coffee topic, we have various types ranging from cheap as chips percolators to eye-wateringly expensive espresso machines, all sitting in a cupboard gathering dust.

The Alessi Moka Pot we bought a couple of years ago has been used every day since.

Absolutely brilliant piece of kit and makes coffee exactly the way I like it.

But I do hear good things about the Aeropress. It's on the list to try.

vivatifosi

Re coffee pods... I have a pod machine. I have coffee at home on the weekends, DH doesn't touch the stuff, so for occasional use they are fine. Poss more expensive, but keep longer, don't open a pack then worry about having to use it all (space in fridge is at a premium, def no room for coffee). We also have pods at work... cheaper than popping out to buy a cup, nicer than instant.

Regarding bar soap... haven't bought a bar of soap since I moved here... liquid soap/shower gel all the way. Bar soap is gross.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I remember years ago when mum started buying Shield soap. Oh that was SOOOOO luxurious compared to the plain soap we'd had before.

So exciting, so exotic. Colour AND smell.

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In ye olden days, mum bought Pears or Imperial Leather for us, but my dad preferred coal tar. The smell is still ingrained in my mind. Horrible stuff, why would anyone want to smell like a disinfected doorstep?

Generali

A girl at my school was Miss Pears Soap.

hjd

I don't drink coffee. DH has a bean to cup machine. I drink tea but has to be made in a teapot; definitely not a bag in a mug.
Liquid soap (and shower gel) all the way - but I buy refill packs. DH prefers bar soap.
How about loo roll? My father always insisted on Izal. We must have been the only people buying it towards the end..

Doozergirl

kabayiri wrote: »

The worst is some of this Lush soap.

There is some black 'slab' stuff in the ensuite. I don't know whether to wash with it or eat it - it certainly smells edible!

I remembered this morning, DD was given some mini bath bombs for Xmas a couple of years ago.

Doozer though they were sweets and ate one. Or attempted to. What hilarity!

Generali

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

On the coffee topic, we have various types ranging from cheap as chips percolators to eye-wateringly expensive espresso machines, all sitting in a cupboard gathering dust.

The Alessi Moka Pot we bought a couple of years ago has been used every day since.

Absolutely brilliant piece of kit and makes coffee exactly the way I like it.

But I do hear good things about the Aeropress. It's on the list to try.

I've got two of these suckers at home, in different sizes:



I go through coffee drinking phases. I won't have it for ages and then will have it every day for a month. I'm in a yes coffee phase.

I gave up caffeine (except chocolate) for over a year. I'm back on it but I might stop again. TBH, these days I have so little that it isn't really worth quitting. One thing that quitting did do was get rid of my anxiety too. Starting again doesn't seem to have brought it back which is interesting.

Thinking about it I'm quite annoyed. I was given SSRIs for anxiety when all I needed to do was quit caffeine. I'm annoyed because the doc could have at least suggested it. SSRIs are quite unpleasant to take or at least are for me.

Old Ma Generali is back in town with her beau. We took two ferries to Manly to have an ice cream and two ferries back. It took 6 hours! Should have taken 4. Still it was nice day and unexpectedly lovely weather.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

A girl at my school was Miss Pears Soap.

They also make an encyclopedia that might just e one of the most useful books in the world.

Anyhoo, solid soap bars belong in the past alongside Izal loo paper.

michaels

Perhaps you just need something so when it flaps down it doesn't make a noise?

ivyleaf

Our letterbox rattles when it's windy. A couple of lumps of Blu-tack on the underside of the flap sorts it out.

In the past I have stuck the flap down with gaffa tape, but that confuses the postman as he doesn't know whether it's all right to peel it off to put the mail through the flap.