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

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  • Pyxis
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    DW and I were on the winning team for the Quiz Supper last night. We didn't win it ourselves. That was done by a team member who had been a semi-finalist on MasterMind. She wrote down all the answers whilst the rest of us chatted. :D

    Sounds like you had a real struggle, there! :D

    What was the prize?
    If it was wine, I hope you let her have it! :rotfl:
    (I just lurve spiders!)
    INFJ(Turbulent).
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  • LydiaJ
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    edited 13 November 2017 at 5:11PM
    ivyleaf wrote: »
    Oh Lydia, poor Aged P! I hope he's all right (not to mention the person he was helping.) It's so good that he has somewhere warm and safe to go home to.
    My DD1 is a huge Dickens fan and shares the same birthday :)

    Thanks ivyleaf. He seemed fine when I phoned him last night just as he was getting into the taxi to go home. He told me that his friend had already gone home a little earlier, and seemed fine too, and then concluded, sadly, that he's got to get used to the idea that his days of helping old people are over. I told him there are lots of ways to be helpful, and he can still do all the things that don't require the helper to be steady on their feet.
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It's priceless. What you find is that life becomes an endless stream of calls, things to deal with and sort out ... and knowing there's a 24/7 team of everything you could possibly need on tap ... is priceless.

    Yes, I agree - priceless. I don't understand the current fad for building overpriced "retirement" flats that don't include this kind of support, but it seems that most of the ones that are springing up all over the place are so limited as to be pretty useless in that respect.
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    That's lucky! Mine had a volunteer driver bring him home from the H... at the entrance you turn right to go home, but the car turned left... and drove for 20 miles to the wrong town/address.... and my Aged P said NOTHING! Just sat there wondering where they were going until the driver stopped and expected him to get out. :)
    Oh no! Did he at least know not to get out and try to go into the wrong house? And was he able to tell the driver where to go instead, once they'd established that where they'd arrived wasn't right?
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • GDB2222
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    Pyxis wrote: »
    Sounds like you had a real struggle, there! :D

    What was the prize?
    If it was wine, I hope you let her have it! :rotfl:

    The prize was a chocolate lollipop. One each!
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Internet and phone down
    This is my mobile phone which is too small and tricky to use. Will be back but it has a fix time of 2 days

    We'll look out for you. Hope it gets fixed on time.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Morning Pastures! Good to see you have broadband this morning, long may it continue.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • Pyxis
    Pyxis Posts: 46,077 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Well, that didn't last long! It dropped again at 11.15am and only just got back on. Still not had a text to say it's fixed, so I could disappear again :)

    Mine's been throwing wobblies for ages, and occasionally it goes ape and I have to disconnect/reconnect the router. Last night it went ape but it was midnight and I couldn't be bothered. Still ape this morning, so have just done the unplug routine and it's back.

    I'm sure it's the router and I will have to ring the ISP, but when it's working I think " Oh, not today!"
    (I just lurve spiders!)
    INFJ(Turbulent).
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  • Pyxis
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    edited 15 November 2017 at 2:34PM
    Oo-er!




    Ghost town again!



    Reminds me of that cough 'song' from the ........60s? Was it? ...... 'Everyone's gone to the moon'.




    Edit...... yup! The cough 'song' was sung by Jonathon King, but I've discovered there were a couple of other versions, one by Nina Simone, which might be better, so I'll check it out ..........


    Goin' googlin'.........


    Edit....... cripes! The Nina Simone was terrible! Shrieks and singing flat! Weird!

    Another version by Chad and Jeremy was as banal and boring as the Jonathon King one.

    Well, that was a waste of a couple of minutes of my life! Especially as it resurrected memories of the creepy J. King and his proclivities. :(
    (I just lurve spiders!)
    INFJ(Turbulent).
    Her Greenliness Baroness Pyxis of the Alphabetty, Pinnacle of Peadom and Official Brainbox
    Founder Member: 'WIMPS ANONYMOUS' and 'VICTIMS of the RANDOM HEDGEHOG'
    I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
    I love :eek:



  • ivyleaf
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    Sue I was thinking of you and the boys earlier. How are you all? I hope your chest is getting better :)
  • Pyxis
    Pyxis Posts: 46,077 Forumite
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    Hurray! People! :)
    (I just lurve spiders!)
    INFJ(Turbulent).
    Her Greenliness Baroness Pyxis of the Alphabetty, Pinnacle of Peadom and Official Brainbox
    Founder Member: 'WIMPS ANONYMOUS' and 'VICTIMS of the RANDOM HEDGEHOG'
    I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
    I love :eek:



  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I've nothing to say, I just want to assure Pyxis that I've not gone to the moon.

    My Internet's been fine since yesterday - not a blip. No text yet telling me it's fixed and their deadline to fix it is at 5pm today. Maybe they just hold them in a batch in case they turn out to not be fixed.... sending out batch texts 10 minutes before the system defined deadline.

    If I'd not been sitting here, watching the router (which is on the armchair arm so I can monitor it full-time) I'd have still been wandering about waiting for the mythical text!
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