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

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Care do do one on the hush for me?

Willing to look/intrigued.

Heirhunters has been on the telly again this week - love to find out the various problems they encounter... and what people get up to.

I still haven't found my own grandfather though ... so I'm pretty rubbish at people it seems.

Objects .... can be tricky.

I did find a church in a "where is this building?" thread on a site once though. Not so hot on finding churches, they're too similar.

Pyxis

Strawberry dessert with balsamic vinegar?

Conrad

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes, it's how I spend way too much of my time
Love finding things... finding things out ... whether that's a simple "what is this?" that I bought at a car boot sale, or "missing people", or "what happened to the people next" when reading old newspapers.

Now does this extend to 'keeping an eye' on the close / road / street where you live, lol, twitching those nets?

PasturesNew

Cream is my bug bear.... when there's runny cream on stuff.

So often, food fads all incorporate the "latest fad" and then it's in everything. In recent years everything's been layered with, or baked in, bacon ... which I don't like.

Almonds too ... hate those. Marzipan's a no no.

I'm somebody who prefers food fairly plain, with few ingredients .... so there's less likelihood of disliking it based on 1-2 ingredients.

Pyxis

Conrad wrote: »

Now does this extend to 'keeping an eye' on the close / road / street where you live, lol, twitching those nets?

He's got you well sussed, eh Pastures?

PasturesNew

Conrad wrote: »

Now does this extend to 'keeping an eye' on the close / road / street where you live, lol, twitching those nets?

I run up and do a check every half an hour or so, or if I hear something out of the usual ...... see what they're all up to, who is in/out.

Keeps me fit. Better than a gym I bet, running up/down the stairs 50x a day.

I think I'd like to study the Psychology of People Movement Within Buildings/Spaces. I found out that there IS such a job - some people actually study the movement of people, in order to design buildings to make them easier for people to walk through/round, e.g. shopping centres.

I'd specialise in engineering anti-social behaviour out of street design. This doesn't appear to be a thing that's done outside of big Council estate re-designs though ....

Conrad

Pyxis wrote: »

Strawberry dessert with balsamic vinegar?

Like halved strawberries with cream or sumit, and a twirl of balsamic all over the plate. Seen it more than once, not for me.


I think u can tell when guests enjoy your nosh as they come back for second helping. We have a friend that thinks she cooks a mean Thai curry but everyone hates it and always asks for a small portion 'feeling full'.


I think lots of people think they cook a mean dish because someone once told them this in idle chatter, not really meaning it, lol.


Her Thai is what I call 'heated up ingredients', not actual proper cooking. She does not cook and brown things to impart flavour, she just combines them.


Oh I'm feelin !!!!!y today!

PasturesNew

Conrad wrote: »

We have a friend that thinks she cooks a mean Thai curry but everyone hates it and always asks for a small portion 'feeling full'.


I think lots of people think they cook a mean dish because someone once told them this in idle chatter, not really meaning it, lol.

Yes. Most people can't cook. There is strong evidence for this because there are multiple people on the telly in programmes like "Come Dine With Me" and even the breakfasts on "Four in a Bed" - and now the "Family Cook" show that's on where a whole family cooks.

In the main .... a lot of it is dire - and those people are people who think they're good enough to stand up and be counted.

The thing is: A bad meal you haven't had to cook is still better than one you've had to cook for yourself... in the most part.

If you've been fed, you can't say "That was rank" - you won't get invited again .... EVER.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Willing to look/intrigued.

Heirhunters has been on the telly again this week - love to find out the various problems they encounter... and what people get up to.

I still haven't found my own grandfather though ... so I'm pretty rubbish at people it seems.

Objects .... can be tricky.

I did find a church in a "where is this building?" thread on a site once though. Not so hot on finding churches, they're too similar.

Tell me what else you need I'll do what I can. It's not life changing as I say. Just to satisfy a curiosity.

PasturesNew

LIR - going to PM you in under 10 minutes.

It's true - link coming via PM. Year = 2003.