Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

What did you do with the cut off ends?

we must be told!

Dabbed a bit of marg on them and scoffed them while waiting for the toast to be done.

zagubov

When I went to uni 40 years ago, the only cooking devices were small single ring cookers in the utility rooms. I mean there was an electric ring you could put a suacepan on, and underneath it was a small tray that could hold not much more than one slice of bread for toasting. Everyone seemed to live on beans on toast, cheese on toast, or even just buttered toast.
I've never seen them in recent times (microwaves were starting to come on soon afterwards). Don't even know what they were properly called.

Happy St George's Day to all English NPs! :beer:

ivyleaf

PasturesNew Passover is a Jewish festival rather than a Christian one

silvercar I love the fruit salad idea

Happy Passover to all celebrating - I think it lasts three days so i'm not too late?

ETA Oh yes, Happy St George's Day!

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

When I went to uni 40 years ago, the only cooking devices were small single ring cookers in the utility rooms. I mean there was an electric ring you could put a suacepan on, and underneath it was a small tray that could hold not much more than one slice of bread for toasting. Everyone seemed to live on beans on toast, cheese on toast, or even just buttered toast.
I've never seen them in recent times (microwaves were starting to come on soon afterwards). Don't even know what they were properly called.

Ah, the days before Pot Noodles! You can see why they were so popular now can't you. What's not to like, with a choice of curry, chicken/sweetcorn, beef/tomato

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah, the days before Pot Noodles! You can see why they were so popular now can't you. What's not to like, with a choice of curry, chicken/sweetcorn, beef/tomato

When I started my first full-time job, ~35 years ago, I had a curry pot noodle for lunch every day. On the cycle ride in I discovered a shop that sold Samosas (potato/pea pyramid shaped in a thin pastry) .... sold cold they were really quite cheap so I got into the habit of picking one up on my way into work. It was probably 30p (on a salary of £184/month takehome).

Since then I've always intended to make some of those for myself.... I do love the taste. These ones were quite large/chunky, not the thin samosas you often see in supermarket multi packs now. Bigguns.

I didn't discover pot noodles till I gave up smoking. My sense of taste returned so quickly I found everything delicious, even that.

I'd recommend everybody that gives up smoking to get carrot sticks or something non-fattening to chew on, immediately they stop.

Generali

I just watched Gravity on Netflix with Mrs Generali.

Spoiler Alert! For a while it looked like the bad guys were going to win but the hero won through in the end.

michaels

looked at a potential btl today. stamp duty is nearly first two years rent!

Generali

michaels wrote: »

looked at a potential btl today. stamp duty is nearly first two years rent!

FWIW I think that the Government has made it pretty clear what it thinks of BTL and whether it wants it to continue as a worthwhile investment.

Even if there is a profit to be turned today it'll likely be snuffed out tomorrow.

Getting nippy over here, we had the heating on this evening (I say 'heating' but I actually mean we had the air con blow out hot air). We're looking at moving to Canberra where it is properly cold in winter with frost and everything. They seem to build the houses better to withstand the climate there though; in Sydney we effectively live in big tents.

michaels

DW is not hr tax payer which helps and you can lock in super cheap finance.

Is the move compatible with your current job?

Generali

michaels wrote: »

DW is not hr tax payer which helps and you can lock in super cheap finance.

Is the move compatible with your current job?

I'd still be wary. The Government seems to want to kill BTL and I'd be wary to fight it, especially at current yields. How do the numbers stack up with base rates at 5% and BTL mortgages at 6.5-7%, even with 5 years of rent inflation?

I'll have to commute weekly to Sydney. It's about a 3 hour drive from Canberra to Sydney so I'd drive down on Sunday evening or Monday morning and drive back up on Wednesday and then work from home. That would work just fine.

The boss seems quite annoyed with me for taking a holiday (imagine!) so perhaps I'll be looking for something up there at some point. It'd be a shame because I enjoy what I do but I don't want to work where I'm not appreciated.

There wouldn't be huge amounts of work for me in Canberra but I only need one job and my skill set is unusual and in increasing demand.