Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

hjd

vivatifosi wrote: »

First world problems...

I quite like the two pod cappuccinos that my coffee machine makes but they are expensive.

So I have bought a milk warmer and brother from Aldi and it is absolutely brilliant. Cappuccino tastes better, cost is lower. Win/win.

Very much looking forward to my breakfast this morning.

I've already got four brothers. Do Aldi have any sisters?

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

So the brother you bought makes the coffee while you warm the milk. Sounds like a good way of dividing labour to make a tasty yet efficient morning coffee.

I hate my tablet. I type what I want to type and it randomly changes it. I just tried to type Grrrr... and what came out instead was there... I should go back to using my laptop more, it is less impudent.

hjd

PasturesNew wrote: »

Decided to look at another of the brothers on the tree (13 children, lots of brothers). Nice fresh start, fresh set of eyes.

Not only did this one marry a Mary Ann .... but she died and he remarried, to a Mary Ann!

I'm cursed by all the Mary Anns. Their mum was called Mary Ann.... do you think they all had mother fixations???

Distinct lack of imagination - or maybe that was the name they could spell/write/recognise?
I always found it a bit strange that parents, when one sibling died, then called the next one of that gender the same name...

GDB2222

vivatifosi wrote: »

I hate my tablet. I type what I want to type and it randomly changes it. I just tried to type Grrrr... and what came out instead was there... I should go back to using my laptop more, it is less impudent.

I can turn off autocorrect in settings on my tablet. Maybe yours is different?

I've got a stinking cold. Hope you don't catch it.

vivatifosi

GDB2222 wrote: »

I can turn off autocorrect in settings on my tablet. Maybe yours is different?

I've got a stinking cold. Hope you don't catch it.

I should look into it as it is getting more and more annoying. It just has such a limited vocabulary. Worse, the vocab it does have is so American. For example, every time I type etc, it changes it to Tec. Although Tec is a common short form in the US, I would wager that here etc is more common, plus most shorten technical to tech, not tec.

Thanks for the suggestion. Hope your cold gets better soon.

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Help ... I'm in an abusive relationship.

New Chef Minimus is a "feeder" ... one that feeds somebody up until they are so large they explode.

Minimus just cooked some part-baked baguettes! They're so nice when hot

Honeymoon period. It'll stop.

oldandhappy

PasturesNew wrote: »

Decided to look at another of the brothers on the tree (13 children, lots of brothers). Nice fresh start, fresh set of eyes.

Not only did this one marry a Mary Ann .... but she died and he remarried, to a Mary Ann!

I'm cursed by all the Mary Anns. Their mum was called Mary Ann.... do you think they all had mother fixations???

Hi there Pasturesnew...I have been doing my Husbands family tree since moving over here...Loads of mary ann's also...gets so confusing...I decided to trace his because it is more interesting with his way past grandfather being famous wallpaper maker to the rich....Buckingham Palace still have some although they have been talking recently of redecorating...but there is some in one of the London Museums still. Was better a few months finding a contact in New Zealand but she has been quite ill so not doing anything much lately....regards Dianne Woollams

silvercar

Get in the car for 150 mile journey and the satnav/ radio/ camera/ bluetooth unit is dead!

So I have a journey alone with no radio for company, no directions, no phone. No map in the car.

I know the route, but it is weird driving and not knowing if the M25 is 20 miles away or 2 and having nothing to re-route you away from traffic.

PasturesNew

oldandhappy wrote: »

... because it is more interesting ...

I'm doing mine to try to FIND somebody interesting
Not managed it yet. They're all run of the mill common types who didn't murder anybody at all, nor ever get to be famous for anything at all

It's nice to see others posting here. Welcome.

The others will now ask you about mushrooms.

michaels

oldandhappy wrote: »

Hi there Pasturesnew...I have been doing my Husbands family tree since moving over here...Loads of mary ann's also...gets so confusing...I decided to trace his because it is more interesting with his way past grandfather being famous wallpaper maker to the rich....Buckingham Palace still have some although they have been talking recently of redecorating...but there is some in one of the London Museums still. Was better a few months finding a contact in New Zealand but she has been quite ill so not doing anything much lately....regards Dianne Woollams

Hi O&H. Thanks for your comments and please feel free to stay and chat if the mood takes you.

silvercar wrote: »

Get in the car for 150 mile journey and the satnav/ radio/ camera/ bluetooth unit is dead!

So I have a journey alone with no radio for company, no directions, no phone. No map in the car.

I know the route, but it is weird driving and not knowing if the M25 is 20 miles away or 2 and having nothing to re-route you away from traffic.

We have Nissan satnav camera unit too, luckily not the remote carwings which it turns out can be hacked just by trying random vin numbers.