Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

silvercar

Generali wrote: »

I just heard a very good MSE point that I don't think I'd considered before.

If a nice bottle of wine (whisky for HAMISH) was £20 in one shop and £30 in another a couple of minutes down the road we'd definitely go the extra couple of minutes. If someone charged us an extra tenner for a sandwich (fourteen bloody quid for a cheese and onion sandwich!?) we'd definitely have a word. However if we're spending twenty grand on a new car then we'd not consider argue the toss over ten quid yet in the round it is all exactly the same ten squids regardless of whether you spend it on a car, a house or a bag of crisps.

I've sealed car deals on the basis of "plus a full tank of petrol".

When anyone answers that it is small in relation to the deal, the response has to be that being the case the other side should give in.

silvercar

Jazee wrote: »

GDB2222 - it is possible that the crucifix was made for a local church for display at Easter only. Maybe ask at the local church if they want it.

There has got to be a joke in there somewhere. GDB hawking round local churches at Easter with an oversized crucifix.

vivatifosi

I don't know if anyone is looking for cheap dining furniture, but I bought a pair of faux Charles Eames chairs today at Aldi. These are the real ones:
https://www.vitra.com/en-gb/product/eames-plastic-chair
This is the fake from Aldi:
https://www.aldi.co.uk/pair-of-eiffel-chairs/p/070724039620200

Cheap copies normally run at £50, so £40 for two is excellent.

vivatifosi

I don't have a lot of that stuff and I definitely don't have room for a sideboard! I prefer a table without table cloth and with hard placemats as they are easier to keep clean. No napkin rings, I do have a set of napkins which I never use as I'd rather use paper ones. ETA.. and I don't have a Christmas anything.

chris_m

Generali wrote: »

“You can’t legislate against human stupidity,” he said this morning. “This is a tragedy but it was avoidable. There are warning signs everywhere up there.” Mr Entsch says Thornton Beach neighbours a creek where tourism operators run croc-spotting tours, and the women would have seen the plentiful warning signs throughout the Daintree region.

“You can only get there by ferry, and there are signs there saying watch out for the bloody crocodiles,” he said, “If you go in swimming at 10 o’clock at night, you’re going to get consumed.”

I feel sorry for the woman but if you go swimming with 20ft crocs then you are quite likely to come off second best.

But were the "plentiful warning signs" illuminated?

oldandhappy

I cannot ever get past the silliest joke when I hear that croc word....I'll have a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy...sorry NP

oldandhappy

one article in our free local living magazine was about stag beetles...males ok but the females it says do not have the antlers but more likely to give you a pinch if you pick here up...she is equipped with with powerful and sharp mandible-like clippers. We have loads of larvae/grubs in the compost heap and now having read the article they are rose Chafer beetles well they would have eventually been but the chickens love them...the stags are quite common here with all the dead wood and stumps and many old wood piles around so they have a good habitat...regards Dianne

silvercar

A little kid escapes from parents and climbs into the gorilla area of Cincinnati Zoo. Wardens kill gorilla to protect child.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36407643

Half of me says why weren't the parents watching their kid properly, the other half says that the animal enclosures should be child proof.

ukmaggie45

For any stargazers out there (or to be pedantic, planet gazers) tonight Mars is going to be closer to Earth than it has been for 11 years! :j :beer:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mars-close-approach-closest-to-earth-in-11-years-a7056721.html

It's hazing over quite fast here at the mo, so not sure I'll be able to see it. Oh well, that's always the case with interesting stuff in the sky - it's cloudy or rains so I don't get to see it!

oldandhappy

they should be people proof that proves it...they had no choice really and there actions would be what is expected of them in that situation....Very sad outcome.