A social revolution?

clobber_2

Oh fabulous. It's my 101st birthday next week. Bring wine.

hethmar

Conrad wrote: »

30 years after the death of Christ a prominent Church elder wrote something along the lines of this;

"Christmas has become a vulgar materialistic exuse for people to gorge and indulge, we need to get back to the founding principles"

Nope sorry, not 30 years after Christ - Christ was born sometime in September anyway (remember those shepherds on hill tops with sheep? The sheep were always safely back in their sheds by the time it got too cold in October up there )He also told his disciples not to celebrate his birth. So I think you have got the dates in a twist there, more like 300 years ago I should think.

hethmar

Cleaver wrote: »

I only sleep with with women 22 and over with palindromic ages.

Forget about Clobber, Ill only be 55 - forget about the wine too, I dont need that encouragement at my age

Cleaver

clobber wrote: »

Oh fabulous. It's my 101st birthday next week. Bring wine.

Wonderful. Do you not think lubricant will prove more essential than wine?

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mizzbiz wrote: »

It's thanks to that mentality that we've managed to do our house up with top notch stuff from ebay, for a fraction of the price but with all the quality. e.g. we got a solid Teak coffee table, which the owners will have paid £3-400 from John Lewis for £6.50. Got an Indian Sheesham Wood unit (again £3-400 from Next) for £20 and a solid hardwood bookcase (huge) for £10. A Brosely fire (£550) for £80. The list goes on. Our house is beautiful and it's all stuff we wanted but would never have paid the asking price for.

We're now on the hunt for a nice sofa in a similar way. Go DFS Sales - means more nearly new sofas on ebay!

If only Ebay sold houses:rotfl:

hethmar

And did they ship those items mizzbiz?

mewbie_2

Supercharge_Me wrote: »

If only Ebay sold houses:rotfl:

They will...

hethmar

You are probably right there mewb

noh

Supercharge_Me wrote: »

If only Ebay sold houses:rotfl:

They do. Look under "Residential Property"

Grade_A_Reject

Some excellent posts on here especially #21 and #39.

I'm not sure if this counts a part of a "social revolution" but I'd like to see social lending take off. People will, for whatever reason, always need to borrow money. Others, pensioners for instance, rely on interest on savings for income. It amazes and depresses me to see people on the DFW board here crumbling under the burden of 30%+ interest rates imposed by credit card companies on their debts while at the same time folk on the savings and investments board are jumping through hoops to try and secure 4% credit interest on savings now that base rate has dropped. In the middle sit the banks happily creaming off the diffference. I know that Zopa and also credit unions exist so why do the banks still have such a stranglehold on the money markets?