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

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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    suki1964 wrote: »
    Yeah but it’s my sixth ppr so like what the hell :rotfl:

    LOL. I've had two "minor" bans before .... a long time ago. This one came "out of the blue". I was out Xmas shopping when I received a text asking if I was OK ... I had no idea :)

    I didn't let it get me down, but it was lonelier this year without you lot to chat to :)

    I've become "numbed" to the experience of being excluded/banished over many many years of it occurring in many guises... I kind of expect "nobody to like me" and to be "thrown out" everywhere I go to be honest. It's a revelation when I'm not!

    In real life, it usually takes people about 30 seconds to realise "no idea why - but she's not like us is she...." and they become disinterested in me ... and I usually shuffle off to a corner, then slide out the door never to return.
  • silvercar
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    In real life, it usually takes people about 30 seconds to realise "no idea why - but she's not like us is she...." and they become disinterested in me ... and I usually shuffle off to a corner, then slide out the door never to return.

    We've been interested in you for years!

    As for the excessive cleaning on your return, we are welcoming you back, not selling you the place!
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  • Pyxis
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    LOL.. you know nothing... beyond my "it's tidy", if there's somebody "judging" it I additionally have to:

    1/ Remove temporary pole/nets from patio doors, wind down the pole and tuck it away upstairs, fold the net and put it into a drawer.
    2/ Swap all the loo rolls for new/full ones.
    3/ Check/swap the kitchen towel for a new/full one (tucking the other one inside the bread bin).
    4/ Do all washing up, drying, putting away. Scrub/polish the sink/drainer and dry them; position the tap "just so"; dry and put away the plate drainer. Wipe down all the kitchen worktops.
    5/ All tea-towels either hidden or folded neatly. Remove/fold/hide old bathroom towel and replace with new/bright/unused one. Remove plastic rinsing tub from bath edge and tuck it in corner; adjust the toiletries on the bath edge/windowsill so they're tidy.
    6/ Toaster and toaster oven out of sight in cupboards.
    7/ Clean/wash/bleach loos, bath, sinks. Clean/wash/wipe all floors.
    8/ Check bedding as straight as they can be. Check curtains "positioned" how I'd like. Adjust kitchen blinds to be "how I want them"
    9/ Remove old towels and replace with unused/clean ones (kept tucked away).
    10/ Disassemble PC, tuck it all away, move the little table it's on; place little dish on table. Put the tiny stool (used for monitor height) and the laptray (used as a mousemat) away under the stairs
    11/ Ensure front gate's unlocked/unbolted
    12/ Shake/remove the grubby front door mat; shake the "for best" one that's underneath it (bought to look better than the grubby one). Roll/tuck the grubby mat away in the understairs cupboard.
    13/ Put the jar of coffee away in cupboard; turn the kettle round "the right way" and tuck it up the corner. Open all kitchen cupboard doors to ensure the contents look respectable/neat/tidy if opened.
    14/ Wipe down all the kitchen worktops.
    15/ Take any empty jars or household rubbish out with me (do a tiny tip run while out)
    16/ Move pouffe to correct position; hide "tobacco rolling tray" under the sofa. Unpeg the bit of string holding the window locking key and put the key/string/peg in a little bag.
    17/ Hide the butts pot that's in the garden (it's small, but I actually forgot to do this bit yesterday! It's in a plant pot so maybe overlooked).
    18/ Open all the doors "the correct amount".

    Go round checking all the above is still correct/I didn't overlook anything.

    Probably other stuff too ... and that's why I try to keep my house "one hour ready" - perpetually on top of all other housework so that if I were to get a call, I could do the above in one hour, get changed, brush my hair and leave :)

    Would you like a job? :D



    Welcome back, anyhow! :T


    I did grin at the thought of you upsetting everyone on Faceache, although from what I've heard, it's not hard to do that! :D
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  • GDB2222
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    ... brush my hair and leave :)

    I don't own a hairbrush.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,173 Forumite
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    LOL. I've had two "minor" bans before .... a long time ago. This one came "out of the blue". I was out Xmas shopping when I received a text asking if I was OK ... I had no idea :)

    I didn't let it get me down, but it was lonelier this year without you lot to chat to :)

    I've become "numbed" to the experience of being excluded/banished over many many years of it occurring in many guises... I kind of expect "nobody to like me" and to be "thrown out" everywhere I go to be honest. It's a revelation when I'm not!

    In real life, it usually takes people about 30 seconds to realise "no idea why - but she's not like us is she...." and they become disinterested in me ... and I usually shuffle off to a corner, then slide out the door never to return.

    Strange, I have met you irl and you definitely weren't the weirdest person in the room.....

    Lots of new stuff on rightmove over the last few weeks here - anything worth thinking about for you?
    I think....
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,805 Ambassador
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    I don't own a hairbrush.

    Do you have hair?
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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,390 Forumite
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Do you have hair?

    Some. :)
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
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    michaels wrote: »
    Strange, I have met you irl and you definitely weren't the weirdest person in the room.....
    But you can always say that when you're present :)
    michaels wrote: »
    Lots of new stuff on rightmove over the last few weeks here - anything worth thinking about for you?
    I can't afford to be there ...
    I have been wondering whether to go one county to the west... but I thought I'd stopped "running" .... so am not keen to cross the border since I've picked this county.

    It's so hard when you don't feel any sense of place :)
    I'd have liked to still be living in the house I was born in.... I do like continuity and stability, but I've never achieved it in any part of my life.
  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
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    LOL. I've had two "minor" bans before .... a long time ago. This one came "out of the blue". I was out Xmas shopping when I received a text asking if I was OK ... I had no idea :)

    I didn't let it get me down, but it was lonelier this year without you lot to chat to :)

    I've become "numbed" to the experience of being excluded/banished over many many years of it occurring in many guises... I kind of expect "nobody to like me" and to be "thrown out" everywhere I go to be honest. It's a revelation when I'm not!

    In real life, it usually takes people about 30 seconds to realise "no idea why - but she's not like us is she...." and they become disinterested in me ... and I usually shuffle off to a corner, then slide out the door never to return.

    DONT YOU EVER feel that way around us

    We love you, we love what you have to say and we miss you when you aren't with us

    I swear to god, I will come eat chips with you sometime


    You are well loved, well liked and well respected. don't let a wee blip make you feel any less xx
  • PasturesNew
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    Sleazy wrote: »
    Good to know that PN is back. The cause of her enforced holiday still seems to be here and is still a mystery to me, although for some reason the person respobsible ignores me completely. Will send her a message.
    I just assumed some idiot misunderstood conversational English language when placed in context.

    You mean there was a loon on the loose targetting people? How bizarre of them. How sad to go through life with your head bent like that.

    Who was it? And is there a "why?"?

    There was nothing gained by them. How small minded, feeble and ridiculous they are.
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