Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5487920

NP may wish to vote on this. Better get in quickly, before the mods censor it!

It's the way MSE operates. Anything troublesome and they are take the line of least resistance.

A company complains and they pull the post, user reports another user and they PPR them.

Doozergirl

Pyxis wrote: »

Puddle Windermere!

(Pedant alert )

It would be Winderpuddle.

'Mere' is the description of the body of water.

Great name, Winderpuddle.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Puddle Windermere!

Heathen - it's just Windermere, not Lake Windermere

There is only one Lake in the Lake District, Bassenthwaite Lake - all the others are Waters, Meres or Tarns, e.g. Windermere, Coniston Water, Yew Tree Tarn.

If anyone's interested, I've got a project to photograph them all - around 25 still to go IIRC;
http://www.f22.org.uk/lakes/index.htm

chris_m

Still, as to today's plans, I'm gradually shifting furniture around. Having been in the new place for a few months, I've decided to swap my den and my bedroom around since I don't really need the larger room as the bedroom so it'd be better utilised as the den.

Grand Prix qualifying highlights to watch tonight, whilst consuming some of the liver & bacon casserole that's currently bubbling away in the slow cooker.

In addition, I ought to make a start on better netting for the raspberries. I've chucked some nets over them for now to keep the birds off but I think some wooden frames lined with netting will make harvesting easier - just take a frame out, pick the fruit, then put the frame back.
It looks like I'll get a good crop too

That's on top of the strawberries which are also doing very nicely - picked a pound and a half this morning and I must have already had at least four pounds in the last ten days. Luckily I had friends staying over this week to help me eat them

Pyxis

Doozergirl wrote: »

(Pedant alert )

It would be Winderpuddle.

'Mere' is the description of the body of water.

Great name, Winderpuddle.

chris_m wrote: »

Heathen - it's just Windermere, not Lake Windermere

There is only one Lake in the Lake District, Bassenthwaite Lake - all the others are Waters, Meres or Tarns, e.g. Windermere, Coniston Water, Yew Tree Tarn.

:think:
Like River Avon!



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chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

:think:
Like River Avon!
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Hehe, the classic geographic tautology.

There's a village in North Cumbria called Torpenhow, pronounced Trapenna in the Cumbrian dialect. Some people aren't satisfied with just a triple tautology in the name so call a nearby small rise Torpenhow Hill :rotfl:

Yorkie1

Hmm, plans for today included getting off my backside to do some gardening. Unfortunately it's just started drizzling so obviously that plan is a complete non-starter ... !!! :cool:

Might just have to have another cup of tea instead :beer:

silvercar

GDB, Have you flown ever? Any opinion whether train or plane is preferable?

DS1 flew for a work trip from London City and said the journey was pleasant enough.

chris_m

Mind you, naming things isn't always very imaginative up here.
Near me there are two villages imaginatively named The Green and The Hill.

As I quickly found when I started my Lakes Project, the lack of imagination continues - we have three Blea Tarns, a Bleaberry Water and a Blea Water, two Red Tarns, two Angle Tarns, two Launchy Tarns and two Stickle Tarns.

The best named one I've been to yet was Dry Tarn - yep, it was bone dry

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Hehe, the classic geographic tautology.

There's a village in North Cumbria called Torpenhow, pronounced Trapenna in the Cumbrian dialect. Some people aren't satisfied with just a triple tautology in the name so call a nearby small rise Torpenhow Hill :rotfl:

So there's a historical precedent then?
It's not just me?