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

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Depends.... they were "quite big", maybe "Dallas/big style" in the 1980s

It might be the material equivalent of .... a giant meringue!

DD just got married in one of those, so there's possibly still a market.

Goodness only knows why, but apparently wedding days have to be special. Bah! Humbug!

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Goodness only knows why, but apparently wedding days have to be special. Bah! Humbug!

I'm with you on that one

I remember, as a small child, saying I didn't want to get married as I "didn't want to be looked at". I don't like being seen/looked at.... in any place/situation... I've since/recently found that "not liking being looked at" is frequently found "on the spectrum".

I even scuttle out to do my front-of-house gardening mostly between 4am and 6am so I am "not looked at/seen".

Pyxis

Just noticed a couple of programmes that some NPs might be interested in this week.

Both on Thursday night, BBC4, running one after the other:

9pm The Secret Life of Landfill.

The history of rubbish, and exploring and testing parts of one of our biggest landfill sites. "Sounds like an awful 'Generation Game' conveyor belt: pill packaging.....digital watch.....charcoal briquette....."
Plus three other historic digs to "chart the evolution of our throwaway society and whether today's rubbish will have any value for tomorrow's world".

Followed by...
10.30pm Filthy Cities

A three-part series (repeated). The first explores mediaeval London, using CGI to show streets as they were 700years ago.
Eg, shoes with high wooden platforms to lift the wearer above the filth underfoot.



Both sound fascinating! :cool:

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm with you on that one

I remember, as a small child, saying I didn't want to get married as I "didn't want to be looked at". I don't like being seen/looked at.... in any place/situation... I've since/recently found that "not liking being looked at" is frequently found "on the spectrum".

I even scuttle out to do my front-of-house gardening mostly between 4am and 6am so I am "not looked at/seen".

I used to be like that, until I started to do some AmDram, and then gradually stopped minding, and discovered ways of overcoming that feeling of eyes boring into you.

One of the most interesting occasions fairly recently was being in front of an audience with just two other people, and because of the style of the venue and where the lights were, you could not see a single member of the audience, not even anyone shadowy in the front row, which you usually can.

That was weirderoonie, because it felt as if you were playing to an empty room, yet you knew there were people only several feet away, hanging on your every word and gesture!
A bit :eek:, but an interesting experience!

Jackmydad

Pyxis wrote: »

Just noticed a couple of programmes that some NPs might be interested in this week.

Both on Thursday night, BBC4, running one after the other:

9pm The Secret Life of Landfill.

The history of rubbish, and exploring and testing parts of one of our biggest landfill sites. "Sounds like an awful 'Generation Game' conveyor belt: pill packaging.....digital watch.....charcoal briquette....."
Plus three other historic digs to "chart the evolution of our throwaway society and whether today's rubbish will have any value for tomorrow's world".

Followed by...
10.30pm Filthy Cities

A three-part series (repeated). The first explores mediaeval London, using CGI to show streets as they were 700years ago.
Eg, shoes with high wooden platforms to lift the wearer above the filth underfoot.



Both sound fascinating! :cool:

Pattens the overshoes were called IIRC.

This reminded me of a story going around in the 1980s, that when the "Rootes Group" (Sunbeam, Hillman, etc cars) closed, all their spares stock was sent to landfill.
I wonder what's buried in these places!

PasturesNew

Things I don't want to have to do in order to leave my house, just to go to the car, or to drive away or to arrive back:

1/ Say "hello" to FunnyGirl every time because she's out there...

Then she asks "how are you?" and you go "OK" and scuttle off....

EVERY ..... FARQING ...... TIME ........
EVERY .... FARQING ..... TIME ......
EVERY .......

I went to get a couple of bags of slate to toss in the general direction of some weed membrane I've yet to put down ... just a 1' wide x 4' long strip really ... and another bit .... and the rest will go "somewhere else" that I think I've worked out where.



Never did it for myself as I had other plans, but this is all part of the "tidy up/make presentable" work... two bags, (£14) (probably about 25Kg per bag). To go in front of the fencing bits (£12) .... so £26 to make a bit viewers probably won't see look "presentable", but also I plan to toss the remainder close to the front door, where it will be seen, making that "manky looking bit of rough scrubland" look planned and thought about.

I've left/returned twice today .... so had to say "Hello" bl00dy FOUR times. Not going out again.... not.

Trapped in my house by a 7 year old.....

Pyxis

Jackmydad wrote: »

Pattens the overshoes were called IIRC.
It reminded me of a story going around in the 1980s, that when the "Rootes Group" (Sunbeam, Hillman, etc cars) closed, all their spares stock was sent to landfill.
I wonder what's buried in these places!

Watch the prog and find out!



One thing I've noticed is that there is less and less good stuff available to buy at the local tip, than there used to be.

In the past I often came back with more stuff than I took!

I suppose one of the reasons is eBay, and Freegle/Freecycle, making it easier to get rid of stuff you might otherwise dump, as well as all the Charity shops etc.
I think another reason might be that the tip owners may sell a license to dealers to cream off anything that might have a profit in it, so there is less left on site for the public to pick over.

It's still good for random wood and melamine pieces, doors and baths/basins though! And small items of old flatpack furniture!

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Things I don't want to have to do in order to leave my house, just to go to the car, or to drive away or to arrive back:

1/ Say "hello" to FunnyGirl every time because she's out there...

Then she asks "how are you?" and you go "OK" and scuttle off....

EVERY ..... FARQING ...... TIME ........
EVERY .... FARQING ..... TIME ......
EVERY .......


I've left/returned twice today .... so had to say "Hello" bl00dy FOUR times. Not going out again.... not.

Trapped in my house by a 7 year old.....

It could be worse...... it could be a very angry squirrel!

Jackmydad

TBH I'd just ignore the kid.
I don't like being rude to anyone, but there are limits.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

I think another reason might be that the tip owners may sell a license to dealers to cream off anything that might have a profit in it, so there is less left on site for the public to pick over.

Round my way, a couple of years ago I was told how the system works. I bought a tiny chest of drawers from a man who'd recently started working as a removals man - and often people say "you can have that" - so he flogs bits and bobs on ebay.

He told me that all the tips cream off the good stuff and it all goes to one particular tip and on Saturdays there's a "sale of goods" (not advertised) ... where "the interested trade" can get in to get any "good stuff". He told me where it is.... I'd go except I'm not THAT interested and it is about 10-12 miles or so to that location.

My tip has a corner .... everything's left outside though, so when it rains it gets wet... every time I go to the tip I either pull over alongside that corner, or drive very very slowly past it .... it's usually really cr4ppy cr4ppy stuff.