Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

SingleSue

GDB2222 wrote: »

Would you drive him there with all his gear the first time he goes? After that, would it be public transport?

At start and end of year he would be driven, the rest would hopefully be done by train but it does all depend on his confidence.

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

At start and end of year he would be driven, the rest would hopefully be done by train but it does all depend on his confidence.

Won't his uni mates offer lifts for a share of the petrol?

I had a fear of students driving each other on the motorways. So much so that I would offer to pay for their train tickets rather than them go by car.

My friend lost her sister in a car crash when she drove back to university and never got there, hence my fear. I realise the odds are small, but it explains my fear.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

By the way, Sainsbury's do some plain white plates etc, and glasses that are very reasonable.

It's not that I can't buy one cheapish - I was looking in Asda. They have single glasses at 50p and plates at about £2...

The trouble is, I am looking for "just the right one", on a budget.

I've got something I can eat my dinner off, as I do already own four plates and one big serving bowl.

I guess I really wanted to see a vast array of choice, in order to nail down exactly what it is I'm looking for... rather than choosing from what's in one/the first shop I look in.

Also, while I'd like a simple white plate .... there's something inside me that's also screaming "GET A SANTA PLATE!!! GET A SANTA PLATE!!" ...

Re turkeys without legs.... you could spend a day sourcing/contacting every supplier of that type of bird and asking them specifically "what do you do with his legs then?" Maybe if you asked them all a few would say "I can save you one, I just usually send them off elsewhere as nobody buys just legs".

PasturesNew

I have to pop out ... for all my list making and organisation, I've run out of baccy & papers

I'll go now... it should be quiet. It's not far, just a mile round trip, taking in two shops. Second one simply because I'm passing and they might have some crumpets or rolls reduced.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

I'm a good girl, I am.

Translated as "boring chicken" :p:p

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

Re turkeys without legs....

There's an idea - it'd make 'em a darned sight easier to catch :rotfl:

Pyxis

SingleSue wrote: »

At start and end of year he would be driven, the rest would hopefully be done by train but it does all depend on his confidence.

Would you be able to do at least one dry run with him on the train? I know that will incur the not inconsiderable cost of the train tickets, though.

When I was a teenager, I found any travel to a strange place by train or bus was a source of anxiety if I were on my own. Trains were a bit better, as you knew what order the stations would come in, so you knew when to get off.

Buses were worse, because you didn't really know where the stops were, or whether they were request stops or stop stops.

The glory that is Google Earth today does allow any journey to actually be viewed for real before you do it! I can work out what the road lanes and junctions look like, whether they are one-way, where the carpark entrances are, etc.
If I were travelling by bus, I could even look to see where the bus stops are, and look for landmarks.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Translated as "boring chicken" :p:p

I never eat chicken, whether boring or scintillatingly exciting!









GDB...What's Alexa been doing with the toaster and the kettle? :eek:

SingleSue

silvercar wrote: »

Won't his uni mates offer lifts for a share of the petrol?

I had a fear of students driving each other on the motorways. So much so that I would offer to pay for their train tickets rather than them go by car.

My friend lost her sister in a car crash when she drove back to university and never got there, hence my fear. I realise the odds are small, but it explains my fear.

I suppose it will depend on if he finds someone from this area.

I'm the same, youngest has now got friends with cars and he couldn't understand why I was so eek about him getting lifts home from college....until both friends crashed their cars (not with him in the car I hasten to add)

GDB2222

SingleSue wrote: »

At start and end of year he would be driven, the rest would hopefully be done by train but it does all depend on his confidence.

It's two or three hours to Lincoln, I guess. Can you manage that? Presumably, you have to return the same day?

And 90 mins more to York.