The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

vivatifosi wrote: »

Oooh, did they get you bad? I hope you aren't in pain. You need...

Long trousers, long socks, long sleeved top tucked into gloves, glasses (well you do if like mine they are taller than you).

I need to do mine. I was looking for an alternative to strimming, perhaps something like a sickle. Any ideas team?

Was it here that I read that they contain formic acid, the same as ant stings.

Dunno, but it is now!..........

" The chemicals found in the stinging hairs of nettle responsible for the pharmacological effects of the plant are histamine, acetylcholine, various leukotrienes and formic acid, the same agent found in bee venom. When these chemicals penetrate the skin after contact with the plant, the local allergic reaction is referred to as urticaria."

And of course, young nettles make very good salads. (Young enough for the stings not to have developed).




Don't forget the good old dock leaf!

Treatments for nettle stings:-

" One immediate solution is to apply the juice of the leaves of certain plants that may be neighboring the nettle, such as broad leaf plantain or dock leaf.

Alternatively, applying the spores from the underside of the fern is supposed to stop the burn and itch. If botanical identification is not your forte, try spreading mud over the area instead.

Other topical remedies include a paste of baking soda and water, calamine lotion and milk of magnesia.

Remedies that act as histamine antagonists, or antihistamines may help to counter nettle stings. Internally, antihistamine medications block histamine from binding to histamine receptors in mast cells in the skin, which prevents an inflammatory reaction from the immune system.
Topical corticosteroid preparations such as hydrocortisone creams or sprays are available over-the-counter or by prescription."

vivatifosi

Apologies, where are my manners... hello Seven Day Weekend and welcome to the NPT. Good to see you at the gentle snug that is the NPT as opposed to the Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting nightclub that is DT.

Yours, viva (yes to marmite, no to mushrooms), Inner Herts

seven-day-weekend

Pyxis wrote: »

Hahahahahahahha! I really have got to laugh!

I've been watching re-runs of Midsomer Murders. Some I'd seen before, but a lot I hadn't. The ways and means of the murders being commited are very inventive, but the latest one, when I read the plot summary on the TV guide, just made me burst out laughing!

And I quote;-

"When farmer Martin Strickland is covered in truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads to restaurant Wyvern House and its tyrannical chef".


:rotfl:

Firstly, what a waste of good truffle oil, and secondly, the vision of a wild boar thinking that all its truffly dreams had come true! :rotfl:

I do love this series!

I remember watching one where two ladies were taking tea in a very refined and genteel drawing room, when a body fell past the window.

They carried on taking tea

As you do :rotfl:

zagubov

Pyxis wrote: »

Hahahahahahahha! I really have got to laugh!

I've been watching re-runs of Midsomer Murders. Some I'd seen before, but a lot I hadn't. The ways and means of the murders being commited are very inventive, but the latest one, when I read the plot summary on the TV guide, just made me burst out laughing!

And I quote;-

"When farmer Martin Strickland is covered in truffle oil and mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads to restaurant Wyvern House and its tyrannical chef".


:rotfl:

Firstly, what a waste of good truffle oil, and secondly, the vision of a wild boar thinking that all its truffly dreams had come true! :rotfl:

I do love this series!

Is that the series where the local murder rater is close to totality and natural death is what they read about in fiction.:eek:

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Can I be a Nice Person? I think I am usually Nice. I live in Outer Herts x

Good to see you in our sanctuary, seven-day-weekend! Older than rocks, indifferent to marmite, love mushrooms, live in southern fringe of Outer Herts.

The only rules I've detected are that -all discourse and criticism is calm, sedate. good-natured and good-humoured and we don't harrass or bully anybody.

Yeah I know that's probably a general forum rule but we're a seriously disparate and diverse bunch of townies/ countryfolk/ suburbanites English/Scottish/Welsh who're trying to get on and succeeding very well.

You certainly don't have to thank every post but I've noticed on average that most posters thank most posts to show they've read them. It's not necessary to reply to every post you read. Some people return at regular intervals and others more rarely.
Occasional posters that turn up with Haley's comet are just as welcome as regulars.

We can post on serious things but maybe more often post on topics that seem trivial to outsiders but we're well-chilled about it and that seems to be the way we like it.
Welcome!

Pyxis

zagubov wrote: »

Is that the series where the local murder rater is close to totality and natural death is what they read about in fiction.:eek:

Yes!


The only rules I've detected are that -all discourse and criticism is calm, a)sedate. good-natured and good-humoured and we don't harrass or bully anybody.


Occasional posters that turn up with b)Haley's comet are just as welcome as regulars.

a) Oops!
No-one ever mentioned that bit to me!

Ok, I shall emulate Lady Bracknell from now on.


b) Perhaps it was the eclipse that brought returners in this time?
(Not many, due to it having been only a nibble-at-the-edge eclipse over here).



Ps. I'm a bit rock-like too, but perhaps more sedimentary than igneous.
(In my head, anyway!).

Outer Herts but south of Watford and north of The Lizard, west of Margate and East of Penzance!

silvercar

Outer Herts but south of Watford and north of The Lizard, west of Margate and East of Penzance!

My geography isn't that good, but I'm sure all that applies to me in inner herts.

Welcome 7DW, 53 yr old here - lives with hubby of nearly 31 yrs (marriage rather than age) 2 boys in their 20s have flown the nest far too soon.

SingleSue

Oh I forgot to say I am very outer Herts...north east (ish) of London and south of Norwich.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

My geography isn't that good, but I'm sure all that applies to me in inner herts.

Ok, south of Edgware then!

silvercar wrote: »

lives with hubby of nearly 31 yrs marriage rather than age) .

Now I'm really disappointed!

chris_m

SingleSue wrote: »

Oh I forgot to say I am very outer Herts...north east (ish) of London and south of Norwich.

If we're going to be that specific I'm just outside EXTREMELY outer outer Herts.

We prefer to call it Cumbria though or, to use the "proper" county name, Cumberland - and, yes, I do like the sausages :rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

I am quite a way from Inner Herts too, being in the West Midlands.