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

Pyxis

vivatifosi wrote: »

In Bangkok I had to as for toilet tissue as the toilets where we were had a weird washing pipe attachment. Seemed a brilliant idea and much more hygienic. However I know what a klutz I am and didn't want to have to explain how I'd flooded the place trying to wash downstairs.

In the absence of an automatic drier, how do you dry yourself afterwards?

And what if the washing hasn't been ahem very effective? :eek:



But then, as you know, I'm madly in love with toilet rolls.

silvercar

The shangri-la hotel in the Shard has them in the bedrooms. You would need to spend 20 minutes reading the menu of showering/ jet options!

You can get fairly standard toilets with an additional shower attachment, though that may not assist with disclocated shoulders.

silvercar

And what if the washing hasn't been ahem very effective?

I guess you repeat until you feel clean.

In the absence of an automatic drier, how do you dry yourself afterwards?

Posh ones also have driers. I guess cheaper ones mean you get up and find a towel.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I guess you repeat until you feel clean.

But you can't tell.... so you'd end up poking about with a finger to check!!!

PasturesNew

I just got the ladder out, to remove the dud bulbs in the kitchen, so I can take one down the shop to get a match .... only I can't for the life of me work out how to get it out. Tried twisting, tried pulling, tried pushing... but, unless you know, there's a danger you'll break it!

They're small ... four on a wavy silver bar, no room to get fingers inside housing (probably a blessing else I'd have electrocuted myself).

I don't know what sort they are at all except "small spotlights on a bar with a pointy bit at the rear"...which doesn't help.

So I'm googling for a bit...

EDIT: Remembered from when silvercar told me how to do it last time, at my last place, about 5 years ago ... and I went back and twisted.... nothing... had another go and out it popped

WINNER! Just four bulbs to go and buy now, but I know where from (up the road).

I have washing drying, that I don't want to leave in case it rains ... but I'd also like to do a 35-40 mile round trip to pick up a TV unit for the living room (which I then would have to build). I've 3 pieces of small furniture to dispose of ... which I won't bother FBing as that's a dead loss..... and the grass needs cutting, but not right now as I'd like it to dry a bit first.

I'll "do none of that today" I just decided

EDIT: I then felt guilty ... so already loaded two bedside drawer units into the car and took them to the 2nd hand furniture section of the recycling centre.... need to think about whether I CBA to do the grass. I'll regret it if I don't...

SingleSue

Joe was being very brave last night. After looking at the cooker in his apartment since September but being too scared to use it, he decided he was going to cook himself some steak.

My day went something like this....

Did a telephone accompanying shop with him to buy steak and all additional bits and pieces. He decided against wedges as he was still a little eek about the oven, so went with microwave new potatoes but the faff in advising him which steak to buy was comic book like.

Fast forward a couple of hours and another phone call to ask how to prepare the steak before cooking.

Another hour or so and another phone call just confirming how to prepare the steak before cooking and getting stressed about using the cooker.

20 minutes before planned cooking time, another call to re re confirm prep for steak and to let me know he has abandoned the idea of using the cooker completely, it's just too scary on his own.

10 minutes after planned cooking time and another phone call. He is starting to cook (using the microwave he is still a little scared of and a Breville panini press - apparently they are good at doing other things too according to James). We then have more comic book experiences whilst he cooks the steak (on the panini press) including pictures sent to me via Facebook messenger to check progress.

After a few mini meltdowns along the way because the stress was getting too much, he finally sat down to eat his perfectly cooked medium rare steak with herb new potatoes (any other element would have been too much for him to handle, the potatoes were a meltdown just on their own!). I could then hang up the phone and relax.

He declared it amazing.

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

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I can relate to most of that Except I've never had/cooked steak, but (if you can bear it) any of those grill things works....

Maybe he'll rarely/never be able to use a cooker/hob ... it's been rare when I've been able to and still scared while using it.

Anything that you can get used to ..... is handy. Your own personal foibles about what you can/can't/daren't use will be a personal list. I nuke all my stuff, but, even then, I break it down. e.g. spuds are about 12-15 minutes, so I do it in three 4-minute blasts with a wait in between - and it worries me that the microwave is "hot" when I've finished. I also worry about the steam "making it blow up", so like to wipe it down every 4 minutes.

I just use my nuker, tabletop oven and slow cooker.

PasturesNew

Well, I cut the grass. Mower's still plugged in while I "have a little sweaty rest"... so I might still spot a bit I missed, although not overly bothered, so long as 95% of it is done that's a huge leap forward and I can live with the edges not being "competition perfect" (or even close). So long as most of it is done, that's a "job well done".

To do that last 5% bit, properly, it takes as long as the other 95% does as it's all the fiddle faddling around hand cutting with shears and edges and edging and stuff....

Cracking on a bit today .... nearly didn't. I'm so changeable

EDIT: Took the grass clippings to the tip .... I think I've earnt the afternoon off

Spotted the drawers still there that I'd dropped off earlier...so there wasn't a rush of people desiring to own them

ivyleaf

That must have been exhausting for you Sue, worth it in the end though and I bet it tasted even more amazing because he'd cooked it himself. That's great news about the OT, especailly the toilet.

Pyxis I haven't been to Monte Carlo but I have seen the revolving toilet seats in some French motorway services They certainly take you by surprise the first time you come across them!

vivatifosi

Who would have guessed that you could cook a steak with a panini press? You learn something new on the NPT every day. Well done Joe.