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

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Probably a good idea to put your Private sign back up. That's bound to help, and there's no excuse at all, then.

I binned it .... need to make a new one, but with a different design

ivyleaf

zagubov wrote: »

I remember that! It was a colossal spaceship but you only ever seemed to see one room. Which was the opposite of other TV spaceships of its day ships like the Jupiter 2 which had far too many rooms for its size.

* Admits to having had a crush on Steve Zodiac.

*Yes, I know he was a puppet. But I was only seven.

Jackmydad

ivyleaf wrote: »

* Admits to having had a crush on Steve Zodiac.

*Yes, I know he was a puppet. But I was only seven.

Similar crush on "Venus"
I was seven as well.

Jackmydad

^ Joys of house selling! :mad:

Pyxis

Pastures, was it the mobile they rang?

Terrible nuisance, that. It probably rang while you were outside checking a smear on the window.

Please don't wear yourself out going to such lengths to clean the house. Unless the windows are obviously dirty, people simply won't notice, you know.
Similarly, a tidy house is good, with no obvious dirt or mess, but again, people just won't notice the odd crumb on the carpet, certainly not on a first viewing.

Might be an idea to slip the phone into a pocket when a viewing is expected, otherwise it's bound to ring downstairs when you're upstairs 'busy' in the loo! :rotfl: :eek:


Just a thought...... if it was the landline that rang/didn't ring..... how many extensions do you have? It might be to do with the REN number of the line. I have four extensions, and I've noticed that one or other of them doesn't start ringing at the same time as the others. It doesn't matter if the house is quiet, as I hear the others ring first.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Pastures, was it the mobile they rang?

No, my home phone. They didn't try the mobile, nor did they text it.

Pyxis wrote: »

Terrible nuisance, that. It probably rang while you were outside checking a smear on the window.

LOL .... or vaucuuming upstairs... although I'm sure I'd hear it even so.

The only other time I "left the house" was to carry a trug of grass cuttings to the car and walk back, so still "in earshot" enough to have heard it.

Pyxis wrote: »

Please don't wear yourself out going to such lengths to clean the house. Unless the windows are obviously dirty, people simply won't notice, you know.
Similarly, a tidy house is good, with no obvious dirt or mess, but again, people just won't notice the odd crumb on the carpet, certainly not on a first viewing.

You don't know what people will spot/focus on ... I know it's all a blur, so I just try to minimise the opportunity for most things to not stand out.

Pyxis wrote: »

Might be an idea to slip the phone into a pocket when a viewing is expected, otherwise it's bound to ring downstairs when you're upstairs 'busy' in the loo!

I don't have to answer the phone, them cancelling isn't critical, just important. Just hearing it ring and missing it would cause me to do 1471 and call them back.

Pyxis wrote: »

Just a thought...... if it was the landline that rang/didn't ring..... how many extensions do you have? It might be to do with the REN number of the line. I have four extensions, and I've noticed that one or other of them doesn't start ringing at the same time as the others. It doesn't matter if the house is quiet, as I hear the others ring first.

No extensions. One phone, in the wall. Nothing more complex.

I did phone it from my mobile; I heard a half ring on the mobile, then a full ring on the mobile just as the home phone started ringing.

Bottom line is: They had over 3.5 hours to phone again, for something "important" and they didn't.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

You don't know what people will spot/focus on ... I know it's all a blur, so I just try to minimise the opportunity for most things to not stand out.

True, but nobody is not going to buy a house because a window is a bit smeary, or because there are a few specks on a carpet. :A

Pyxis

Strange, you'd think things would have started picking up again, now Spring is here, especially with all the sunshine there's been lately.

ivyleaf

Jackmydad wrote: »

Similar crush on "Venus"
I was seven as well.

Thanks Jack, that makes me feel better

ETA I also remember an earnest conversation with the boy I sat next to in class that year as to whether Steve Zodiac or Mike Mercury was better :rotfl:

PasturesNew

I've wanted a rug for ages, but it had to be "the right one" as rugs are very expensive, so I couldn't just get "a rug".

I do have "a rug" upstairs, rolled up, because it's HUGE and too big for this room (door wouldn't open and it'd have to go under a couple of bits of furniture which then creates a cleaning/vacuuming faff....

So, I decided to just knock one up. I used to do rug making about 50 years ago, never finished one, of course.... but I had an idea of how to knock up a quick rug. First though, to give it a quick test re speed, I thought I'd just pop into £land as they have wool. Looked at their website and there it is, picked my two colours and trotted off.... got there and... neither colour in stock. So I'm home now with "two wrong/any coloured wool" just to see if I CBA to actually knock up 3 new rugs

I've also got something to substitute for the canvas ..... rugs in a hurry are us

EDIT: Ah, need better scissors... got some somewhere.... wonder where. "Packed" is the answer. I'll take a rest now then.