Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, obviously nobody eats a whole 10" pizza in one sitting,

Pyxis wrote: »

Umm...........

Tut tut - I thought I was the only one :rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Tut tut - I thought I was the only one :rotfl:

Well, assuming we're talking 10" diameter, not 10" radius! :rotfl:

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Well, assuming we're talking 10" diameter, not 10" radius! :rotfl:

True - and definitely NOT 10" thickness!!!! :rotfl:

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Generali wrote: »

@HAMISH, two things:

1. I'm done with the silly capitals!

Thank God.... My eyes were burning.

2. Is 'loon' slang for 'boy' in Aberdeen?

Yes.

Although technically it's actually a regional dialect, doric, rather than the informal colloquialisms that you'd associate with slang.

Quine would be the same for a girl.

A common greeting in doric would be 'fit like, loon', or 'fit like, quine'.

Pyxis

Aha! There's a poster called Torry Quine! (But her OH isn't called Torry Loon! :rotfl:)




Have often wondered about this dialect, Doric.

I thought that was a style of ancient Greek temple?



Edit....Have just read your link, which explaineth all! :rotfl:

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought "raining.... I'll pop to Sainsbobs for a mooch around". Big mistake. I forgot the tourist factor. It's peeing down, tourists are all driving round in their cars, desperately seeking something to do/anywhere to go, with no idea where they're going.... so it was jammed out there!

I went anyway ... Sainsburys JAMMED with people.

I spent way too much - which is bizarre as I was struggling to find any "food" in there. It's all shelf after shelf after shelf of branded ready meals and instant solutions.

I did get a pizza for tea though Well, obviously nobody eats a whole 10" pizza in one sitting, so it's 2-3 meals depending how piggy I feel at the point when I open the wrapper and wave the knife at it. Usually £2.20, they're £1.80 at the moment.

I was looking for Dream Topping/similar. None .... but there were probably a gazillion flavours of olives.

I shuffled down the pasta aisle as I'd finished the end of my macaroni, so wanted to stock up .... got 1Kg (that's 1-2 years' worth).... and I also picked up a bag of conchiglietti. I figure that'll go better in salads than regular sized pasta.

Freezer aisles were very disappointing. Lots of things in there, but nothing that I really wanted - and the prices are high. Too much choice = information overload, so I can never actually "see" what's there as my brain melts.

Came away with a 1Kg bag of basics Sainsbobs frozen chopped veg.

I also bought a packet of jelly, the cubes, black cherry. What I really wanted was the sachets of no sugar added jelly, but I felt they were overpriced at 70p. That's been on my shopping list for months, don't always remember to look for it when I go in shops though. Low importance, just a "nice to have" shoved in the cupboard. The packet of cubes I bought will probably loiter in the cupboard for another year before I get round to doing something with it.... unless I whip up a black forest trifle.... which can only happen when I find some Dream Topping somewhere.

Spent £5 in all.

If you can't get dream topping, could you make do with whipped cream?

I can't get over how cosmopolitan everybody is these days. "conchiglietti" - I'd never heard of them, but they seem to be little pasta shells. Is that right?

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

If you can't get dream topping, could you make do with whipped cream?

I can't get over how cosmopolitan everybody is these days. "conchiglietti" - I'd never heard of them, but they seem to be little pasta shells. Is that right?

Yes. That is, conchigliette. Conchiglia means shell, and etta is the diminutive and the e ending is the feminine plural.

vivatifosi

Saw this on the non-forum bits of MSE. It's about getting a refund on your TV licence if you are a student and come home for the holidays. Thought there are a few NP with family away that may benefit (if they don't already know, that is):

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/protect/2016/05/students-can-bag-themselves-some-summer-spending-money-with-36-tv-licence-refund?_ga=1.198002287.1988269722.1358598094

oldandhappy

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

So the neighbours have now moved onto singing...

Whatever it is seems to end up with a very loud "Woooo" at the end of every chorus.

I'm torn between having a few more drinks and joining in with the singing, and knocking on their door with some stern words and a bad attitude.

Mrs McT seems to be firmly against the latter option and has just poured me a large one.... Wise woman.

Just rarely I lose it completely and this 'rare' occasion was end of garden neighbours with a live band in the garden all day celebrations of something..full speakers to make the whole area vibrate...well I was in our Hot tub relaxing or actually thought it highly unlikely but something I/we would do around 6.00pm ish normally so I/we did anyway.....say about 10 mins and I did not actually think just went into a AUTO MODE... I got out the tub picked up the hose that was near took it up to the end of the garden where the action was and sprayed over the 'noise' lucky there was a little screaming but mainly laughter... alco drinks had definitely taken hold by this time so I escaped without any backlash....only they did never speak again after that...there loss....the previous incident was many years before for the records...NP

GDB2222

oldandhappy wrote: »

Just rarely I lose it completely and this 'rare' occasion was end of garden neighbours with a live band in the garden all day celebrations of something..full speakers to make the whole area vibrate...well I was in our Hot tub relaxing or actually thought it highly unlikely but something I/we would do around 6.00pm ish normally so I/we did anyway.....say about 10 mins and I did not actually think just went into a AUTO MODE... I got out the tub picked up the hose that was near took it up to the end of the garden where the action was and sprayed over the 'noise' lucky there was a little screaming but mainly laughter... alco drinks had definitely taken hold by this time so I escaped without any backlash....only they did never speak again after that...there loss....the previous incident was many years before for the records...NP

The screaming wasn't people being electrocuted, when you sprayed water all over the electrics?