Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

vivatifosi

There are lots if diabetics in my maternal line, but mum isn't one of them. My GG grandfather went blind from it, he was type 1. I've spoken to my parents about it. If we got diabetes, which would be type 2, we'd be tempted to do the diet.

Apparently you eat a v low calorie diet fior something like six months, it cures you completely. Although that requires lots of willpower, that must surely be better than a lifetime of medication and chronic disease.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

There are lots if diabetics in my maternal line, but mum isn't one of them. My GG grandfather went blind from it, he was type 1. I've spoken to my parents about it. If we got diabetes, which would be type 2, we'd be tempted to do the diet.

Apparently you eat a v low calorie diet fior something like six months, it cures you completely. Although that requires lots of willpower, that must surely be better than a lifetime of medication and chronic disease.

It's cruelly common disease. I read somewhere that people who've had liposuction have to be careful as once they've had subcutaneous fat removed for cosmetic reasons, if they ever put on weight again, they're much more at risk of it than the wider population (which is admittedly a poor choice of words).:o

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

It's boiling here today. This is ridiculous. It's going to be 39C this afternoon where I am. Thank goodness for air con and swimming pools. :P

I need to work out how to get people PPR'd.


Cold/white/frosty start here.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Battery man just phoned, they'll be here in about an hour and a half.

Take that as a hint to put the kettle on in an hour and twenty five.

PN wrote:

....Probably about the weight of 6-9 cans of coke.

But, I knew they came in silver and black.....

Silver and black is the diet version.

Loanranger

Interesting, PN.
What do NP think about offering drinks to people invited to the house? I think the population falls into one of two camps on this. Those who never offer a cuppa or whatever to workmen and so on and those who always do.
I am in latter camp. It builds a good rapport and a chance to get to know the stranger a little.
My OH is in the former camp.
I think it goes with the E or the I of your personality type. The E being Extravert and the I being Intravert, as in MBTI personality types.

michaels

DW refuses too and gets annoyed when I do - I think it is always worth offering as politeness costs nothing and you certainly aren't going to get a worse job for offering (unless your tea/coffee is really rank I guess....)

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

I think it's about personality and lifestyle as much as anything.

My lifestyle offers cheap/Ldl instant coffee and no milk. There are some mugs, none match. There's nowhere to put a random coffee-drinking stranger either.

I've also no wish to build any rapport with random strange men that call at the house. I have no 'people skills' and no small talk, indeed, they'd probably just be wishing to get away soonest.

Maybe bloke-to-bloke bonding's right up your street ... for me, a youngish lad from a tyre/battery garage, with grubby hands doesn't really have anything in common with a late middle aged small nervous woman with OCD issues about strangers and grime.

Indeed - he might be all smiling in front of me, but really be under pressure by his boss to get on with the next job/get back to the Depot soonest and might even be fearing the sack for his underperformance and time management.

I've bought a fast/quick "fit an item at your home" service, not a subscription to speed dating.

I think he was just grinning nervously because of the cheesy 70s music........and the production team standing around.....

Masomnia

michaels wrote: »

DW refuses too and gets annoyed when I do - I think it is always worth offering as politeness costs nothing and you certainly aren't going to get a worse job for offering (unless your tea/coffee is really rank I guess....)

My mum always offers tradesmen a drink, and I do too, so I suppose I get it from her.

I agree it just seems polite and like you say you're not going to get a worse job!

Masomnia

PasturesNew wrote: »

All done

He was in very greasy overalls.... wouldn't want to give him house space.

I would also say that my car's not in my drive. There are no driveways here, it's a communal car park area, so it doesn't look like you're snubbing people to not invite them in. Indeed, it'd seem a bit "awkward" like you were trying to pull them if you did invite them to the house.

Haha to be fair I think he would have got the wrong idea had you invited him in

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

I will just add.... the planned extension would enable me to offer services to random visiting men, such as battery man. The back door would lead into a tiled room containing only a sink/washing machine - and probably a table/chairs (for crafting) .... so I could just bring the kettle through to there ....and offer a hard chair and a black coffee, without inviting him into "my home".

I am nervous when anybody's in my space at all. Twitchy/jumpy and uncomfortable.

Always best to have an area that is easily hosed down if you start offering services to random visiting men