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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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PasturesNew wrote: »As houses get smaller and people live closer, suddenly you've 30 people in spitting distance instead of 4.... and they're all getting louder!
I'm on a plot that used to be gardens. In the 60s/70s this plot would've been two houses; In the 80s/90s this plot would've been four houses. Now it's 14, with about 30-35 people and 18 cars.... and that's repeated on the next plot.
Both "polite" and "urbane" come from words for city - polis in Greek and urbs in latin. The idea is that in order to get along with people when living cheek by jowl, you need a higher standard of behaviour than you can get away with if everyone's spaced apart in the countryside.One "grammar thing" that always irritates me is one seen in hospital wards, where there is a "NURSES STATION". Surely, surely, it should be "NURSES' STATION"?
OTOH, it's a "station" where there are nurses...so perhaps it's correct? *tears hair out in indecision*IMO it should be Nurses' Station, otherwise there is no connection between the two words.
Think about:
Teachers' room. A room where there are teachers, yes, but it is a room for teachers.
So, similarly, Nurses' Station is a station where there are Nurses, but it is a station specifically for Nurses, so it should be Nurses' Station.
This sort of decline really upsets me.:(
Another sad thing imo, is that adverbs are disappearing. Some of this is due to American influence, and some is due to laziness.
The thing is to consider what you would call it if there were only one. For example, there might be only one matron, and her room is called the matron's room, not the matron room. This helps to make it clear that when the station belongs to lots of nurses rather than one matron, a possessive form of the noun is similarly required, so I agree - it's "nurses' station".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.
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I do like the taste of some alcoholic drinks, but not the inebriation.
I have found some drinks that for me are alcohol substitutes; they still give me a buzzy taste, but without the inebriation, and without the calories as well.
Which ones?
I gave up all alcohol about 25ish years ago, when I realised I was old enough not to have to try to appear grown-up, so I no longer needed to pretend to like the taste. One of my nephews, OTOH, does like the taste but gave up because he says he doesn't like the person he becomes when he drinks.
Cornflour is definitely maize. Ordinary flour is usually listed in ingredients as wheat flour.Surely cornflour must come from corn aka maize? Otherwise it would be just flour?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.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Handyman came, which you probably guessed as I wasn't here moaning
He's cracking on with the work. He works 9-1, so will be here tomorrow too, which will be the painting jobs.
EDIT: And we're done for today. Made some essential progress... all the jobs I couldn't do alone. Just one job I can't do outstanding as he needs a particular size of socket to do something.... then the painting.
Good bloke.
The handyman came for 4 hours, did all the jobs you couldn't do on your own but now needs to come back for a sequel because he didn't have the right socket tool - I think i've seen that one I think....0 -
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I've joined a facebook page for a school I attended 72-74. Only being there 2 years you think nobody will remember you as the rest did the full sentence... but, instantly, up pops this girl who remembered me, she was in the year after me (so our paths only crossed for 1 year) - and she said I made the journey home bearable because she was bullied, except when I was there.
It was a tortuous journey. Bus from school into town, then loiter to get the next bus out to the vlllages - and she lived a further 3-4 miles out from me. She was very small and immaculate, with perfect/new uniform and little satchel .... so it's nice that I protected her from bullies just by being present
I've never bullied anybody; I don't have time for that nonsense. If everybody was being mean to her, that'd have automatically made me prefer to openly choose her over them just to "prove a point" to them that not everybody follows their lead.
If I recall correctly, she didn't have a dad - and her mum was a very staid "church going/God fearing, quiet woman" ... so "not the norm" and not the sort to be "popular by default".0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I've joined a facebook page for a school I attended 72-74. Only being there 2 years you think nobody will remember you as the rest did the full sentence... but, instantly, up pops this girl who remembered me, she was in the year after me (so our paths only crossed for 1 year) - and she said I made the journey home bearable because she was bullied, except when I was there.
It was a tortuous journey. Bus from school into town, then loiter to get the next bus out to the vlllages - and she lived a further 3-4 miles out from me. She was very small and immaculate, with perfect/new uniform and little satchel .... so it's nice that I protected her from bullies just by being present
I've never bullied anybody; I don't have time for that nonsense. If everybody was being mean to her, that'd have automatically made me prefer to openly choose her over them just to "prove a point" to them that not everybody follows their lead.
:T Well done teenage you!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.0 -
Perhaps Pastures could drop a leaflet to that effect through the Wally family door? :rotfl: :rotfl:;)Both "polite" and "urbane" come from words for city - polis in Greek and urbs in latin. The idea is that in order to get along with people when living cheek by jowl, you need a higher standard of behaviour than you can get away with if everyone's spaced apart in the countryside.
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Not proprietary alcohol-free beers etc. They all seem to be lager-type ones, and I don't like lager.Which ones?
I gave up all alcohol about 25ish years ago, when I realised I was old enough not to have to try to appear grown-up, so I no longer needed to pretend to like the taste. One of my nephews, OTOH, does like the taste but gave up because he says he doesn't like the person he becomes when he drinks.
Just ones I'v found which give me a taste buzz without the alcohol.
The best one so far is Purearth (sic) grapefruit-flavoured kefir water. It has a fizz, a nice sourish flavour, is full of probiotics and only 7 calories per 100ml.
I drink it on its own, or I mix it with Waitrose's ginger shot.
It works out expensive, especially with the ginger shots, but I'm going to have a bash at fermenting my own kefir grains, to see if I can come up with one as nice.
Have tried other kefir waters but they're not as nice.(I just lurve spiders!)
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I used to like Aqua Libre, haven't found another drink of the sort that I like as much. Like Lydia I am pretty much teetotal, however I will have the occasional glass of merlot (maybe once a year) and do make a pasta sauce with vodka, though the alcohol is cooked off. Haven't really drunk much since I met my teetotal husband in the early 1990s.
I wish there was a better choice of adult alcohol alternatives that didnt taste sweet and fruity like children's drinks and squashes though. Bottle Green elderflower and Shloer are my current go tos, but a wider variety would be good. Aqua Libra has been reborn as a brand, but not the same flavour.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.
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Whilst cornflour (as called in the UK) does indeed come from maize, it is not actually a true flour in that it is not the ground seeds of the corn. It is solely the starch extracted from the maize seeds, which do also contain gluten.
In other countries, what we call cornflour is called corn starch to differentiate it from their versions of corn flour, or corn meal, which are the whole seeds ground to differing degrees.
Flour itself is a generic term for "ground stuff", mainly seeds, but also other things. Apart from the more common wheat flour, there are such delights as acorn flour, chestnut flour, chickpea flour, hemp flour, potato flour and banana flour amongst many others.
I found out yesterday that if you have some out of date corn starch and some food colouring, you can make a coloured chalk substitute. So thanks for mentioning, I had read on a US website and not twigged this was something that I had in my cupboard.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.
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This has to be a Posh Alert ... except the words are peculiar to me, so I can't place it :.... Purearth (sic) grapefruit-flavoured kefir water. ... or I mix it with Waitrose's ginger shot.
It works out expensive, ..... I'm going to have a bash at fermenting my own kefir grains....
I'm sticking with my (expensive to me) Robinson's squash. Currently drinking "Fruit & Barley Tropical" for the first time (it's been in the fridge, unopened, for about a year). I bought it to "try new squashes, perchance to find a nice one" - but then squash got side-tracked by my "cheap fizzy pop", which has now run out (since yesterday) due to the CO2 shortage meaning I've not been able to buy any for the last 5 or so weeks.
I must say, the Fruit & Barley Tropical's a keeper - except it's no longer listed on their products page and no shops on mysupermarket have it - so maybe this will be my one and only bottle. Shame.... best Robinson's flavour ever!
Link to image: https://img.mysupermarket.co.uk/Live/Products_1000/0/044600.jpg?v=201704090730040
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