Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

oldandhappy

Yes, really rotten news, O&H
Let's hope that when she gets more info, that something effective can be done, and soon.
Is it related to the breast cancer, or is it a separate issue?

interesting about the spaghetti........

would think so seeing it was so aggressive to start with.......was almost inoperable as close to chest

zagubov

Sorry to hear about the bad news O&H.

Sue, we've used Millk and More for the last eleven years (just for milk but could have expanded it to groceries). It's not as MSE as shopping at Lidl but we like the convenience. If I went to the corner shop for groceries I'd come back with shedloads of stuff.

There's times when I need to remember that economy's our servant not our God.

Pyxis

I'd never heard of Milk and More, so googled it and was gratified to see it was the good old milkman! I really miss the sound of the electric float in the pre-dawn hours.

It might come in really handy at some stage! I don't drink milk, but if I have guests who do, it might save me having to dash out to get milk etc., especially as you can order up to 9pm for next day delivery!

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

am intrigued as to why you bought 15eggs and not 6. I assume they're dearer per egg to buy them in sixes, but if it means you'd eat them without having to get sick of them it might be worth it.

It's all about the price for me. By skimping on the basics I can treat myself to the lovely things like little cheesecakes and muffins ... and jelly sweeties.

15 for £1.

Pyxis wrote: »

I get watercress, which is a right fad to wash, as all the little leaves float about and stick to your fingers.

I'd use a plastic sieve - and hold a plastic plate on top and swoosh it all about in a bowl of water. Lift/drain.... shake. Then to get them out you turn it upside down and tap the sieve on the side of the dish you want them in.

Pyxis wrote: »

Hate scrubbing potatoes too, but have to as I always leave the skins on.

If you've got spare cash (having organic veg boxes tells me you do) you can get "gloves" that allegedly peel/scrape potatoes etc just by you wearing the gloves and rubbing the veg between your hands.

I use one of those green brillo/sponge dish cleaners for spuds. I keep one just for scrubbing spuds.

PasturesNew

Think I'm onto something with the tree. There was a dead end. Everybody seems to have the same dead end. I think I just spotted something that might add up to the answer.

There were people with our name in a village. Then they were gone. Then "ours" turned up in another village 100 years later or so.

I have a woman on the tree (1710-1781) who married into the family - she was the dead end. I've spotted a couple of people leaving her a few quid in the 1730s. They both describe her as a cousin. They both spell her last name wrongly - but it's 'obvious' they mean "us lot".

So, I am now trying to fit two separate family trees together so that I can extract, from the middle somewhere, where this woman comes from.

The "well known/everybody knows" tree (my aunt's fault) is "the tree" and everybody leaves it at that, but I 'know' the parish record when she married just spelt it wrongly .... and I'm onto that. I really am.

Anyway .... she comes from the village where everybody disappeared - and her family and all the people with the wills were all sea captains. There's even one who was a captain on that really famous ship (that I can't remember the name of) .... so, I figure ... maybe "our lot" got on a boat and went somewhere.

Trouble is if I look for that as an idea, my shortlist is already: Cork/Ireland, Isle of Wight, Ramsgate/Kent ... and bl00dy Canada.

But I "feel it in my bones" that I'm right about this woman, her wrong name spellings and the link to the old village and, possibly, the real reason they "disappeared".

The name changes would be similar to:

Freda Gurth married Chappy Ligg (my fake family)

Freda Legs was left money - and several other cousins in the same will were called Garth.
Freda Logs was left money - and several other cousins in the same will were called Garth.

So I put it to the people that Freda Gurth will turn out to be Freda Garth ... and Legs/Legs = Ligg.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's all about the price for me. By skimping on the basics I can treat myself to the lovely things like little cheesecakes and muffins ... and jelly sweeties.
What's the price differential between 15 and 6 eggs, per egg, out of interest?


I'd use a plastic sieve - and hold a plastic plate on top and swoosh it all about in a bowl of water. Lift/drain.... shake. Then to get them out you turn it upside down and tap the sieve on the side of the dish you want them in.
That's a good idea, but it might need three rinses instead of two.....you can't be too careful with watercress.

If you've got spare cash (having organic veg boxes tells me you do) you can get "gloves" that allegedly peel/scrape potatoes etc just by you wearing the gloves and rubbing the veg between your hands.

I use one of those green brillo/sponge dish cleaners for spuds. I keep one just for scrubbing spuds.

Hahahahaha! Classic mistake! It's a question of personal priorities! I choose to buy organic boxes, for a number of reasons, but I buy most of my tops and bits and bobs in Charity Shops! I spend nothing on make-up, (being so devastingly beautiful already, ), but I don't begrudge the convenience of paying to use a central, if more expensive car park, for instance.

Horse for courses.



Ps. I tried those glove things.......didn't work. I have a potato scrubber; I just hate doing it!

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

I choose to buy organic boxes, for a number of reasons, but I buy most of my tops and bits and bobs in Charity Shops! I spend nothing on make-up, (being so devastingly beautiful already, ), but I don't begrudge the convenience of paying to use a central, if more expensive car park, for instance.

For me, in my life, I also do without another 101 things others might consider "normal".

I buy all my clothes at the Charity shops (although that's difficult as I'm short and an odd shape)... so it's rare anything would fit me at all. I have few clothes - not much fits, nothing matches.

I don't spend on makeup at all - nobody's looking at me.

I also don't have my hair cut.

I begrudge paying for parking and so rarely leave the house if I have to pay for parking .... and I'd never use an expensive car park for any reason. Except, I did "get caught a bit" the other day. I paid £5 for 4 hours at a beach car park - because I was driving and the other person provided the BBQ and all the food, so (while it hurt) ... I did get a lot of joy from that overspend on parking.

For me: 15 eggs and a 36p loaf, instead of posh eggs and a branded loaf = I can buy a bag of jelly sweeties (59p) and a couple of cans of Pepsi

PasturesNew

Freeview channel 41, new series of Mystery Diners just started.

Food business owner has business problems, so they rig up cameras to see what the staff really get up to. Then they catch somebody doing something they shouldn't, they're approached and sacked.

In this one: he says people are being held in his attic against their will + people are being invited to hang out in the attic - because there are ghost stories. He thinks the ghost stories have got out of control and it's causing the staff to take people to the haunted room instead of doing their jobs.

At the start, they rigged up the microphones and the chap played the initial test tape back to the owner - and there was a sound track on it saying "go away" - a ghost.

Pyxis

What's a posh egg?

Is it the one with a little lion wearing a crown?





Edit...... Or this?........

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

What's a posh egg?

It's one where somebody gets to choose eggs/quantity/type without regard for cost whatsoever

Anybody who picks up 6 eggs and reads the box for the type without looking at the price/egg and comparing their options (even walking away if the price isn't right) ..... is buying a posh egg.