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

Jackmydad

ivyleaf wrote: »

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:

We had some trouble getting ITV in the early 60s. Aerial I think. So we rarely watched ITV as it was pretty bad quality. I think we must have had a new aerial or something because I remember watching the last few episodes of Supercar, but never really had a chance to get into it.
I think I saw all of the Fireball XL5 episodes though. It was a big thing with most of us at school.
Had at least one annual as well. Wish I still had that.

PasturesNew

"The Empire" ... a phrase bandied about, blamed for everything that's wrong with "White British male" ..... but who knows what/where "The Empire" actually came from?

I watched this great, easy to follow, programme that laid it all out - how things started, what went wrong, who were the "other sides" ... and went through everything from "400 years ago some London merchants landed here...."

On iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b04b3njw Dan Snow (presented by somebody "of privilege" of course) Bit of the old Empire-style nepotism

It seems a lot of it was "it was us or the French, if we'd not done it the French would", plus a lot of "greedy rich b4st4rd" thinkings and doings in the middle years.... then they got too greedy ... and some people died ... etc - and finally The British bought out/took over the company that were doing it all, "to run it better"....

Well, I've not seen it all yet, need to watch it twice really.

But, watching it does mean that "The Empire" suddenly has a hitherto unknown meaning/understanding with dates attached to it and some details. Who did what, when, why.... that became "The Empire".

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

............................. A....i jar of coffee.
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You forgot to add.........."and replace it with the M&S one". :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

You forgot to add.........."and replace it with the M&S one". :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

LOL.

The reasons I hide the washing up liquid, too, are that it's unsightly ... and it's Lidl

Washing up liquid out on the side of the sink, while handy, never looks good though does it.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

LOL.

The reasons I hide the washing up liquid, too, are that it's unsightly ... and it's Lidl

Washing up liquid out on the side of the sink, while handy, never looks good though does it.

You could always knit a washing-up-liquid-bottle cosy.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

You could always knit a washing-up-liquid-bottle cosy.

Yeah, I'm full of tricks like that

I tried knitting teddy scarves when I was about 7-8, I'd cast the stitches on, slowly knit a few lines, count the stitches and it was always different to the number I'd cast on. I also had variable tension, so there'd be a baggy bit - then I'd get to a point where it was so tight I couldn't get the needle through, so had to pull it off the needles and unravel a row or two.

Sacked that off as a dud pretty quickly

Mum was the knitter in our house.

PasturesNew

The Wide Awake Club has just watched about 3 hours of telly ...

SingleSue

Eldest is off to pastures new (not the person!) in his job. Things haven't been quite as they were promised in the recruitment process and he feels like he has stagnated a little so he cast the net and hooked something straight away.

His partner will not be quite so pleased, she also started a job hunt but has not been as successful in it, applying for several jobs, had one interview but nothing coming of it. Eldest formerly applies for one and is put forward for others (recruitment agency), has his phone ringing off the hook, gets invited for an interview for the one he formally applied for and gets offered it within 24 hours.

He also applied for a lower down position in the company where he met all the requirements but the company then interviewed him for a position that was higher up the chain and where he didn't quite meet the experience level needed...with the subsequent uplift in salary.

To say he is chuffed is an understatement.

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

He also applied for a lower down position in the company where he met all the requirements but the company then interviewed him for a position that was higher up the chain and where he didn't quite meet the experience level needed...with the subsequent uplift in salary.

To say he is chuffed is an understatement.

I've experienced this on many occasions.

Too good for the job you went for; don't get the job they want you to go for, usually because of one tick box. Always a bizarre "why??" feeling left behind. And all you really wanted was "a job", "the job I went for"....

PasturesNew

I've been digging again ... thinking, digging.... my thing.

New term, similar to the last, but slightly different... seems to "fit" much better. Semantic Pragmatic Disorder.

Not understanding the context within which things are being said.
Wandering/going off at tangents.

... and other stuff.

To randomly grab one example/explanation, it includes "... despite including long sentences and exhibiting grammatically complex forms, their conversation is mistimed, tangential or inappropriate."

Another site says " the most basic characteristic of PLI (Pragmatic Language Impairment) is the individuals’ continued lack of understanding of the meaning of what other people are saying (semantic), they often become pathologically talkative. But they are often unable to conceive what is considered appropriate or offensive in social situations (pragmatic), and can frequently misunderstand and misinterpret what has been said, especially when jokes, stories or satire are involved. This in turn can lead to inappropriate feedback that appears to be off-topic, or an inability to understand and answer certain questions. "

SPD is more often aligned with Aspergers -v- the Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder.

I think this is the beast, in all honesty. SPD/Aspie. What a !!!!!! combo! Managing to excel at the worst traits.