It isn`t tough for us. We are OS and we COPE

JenniO

kezlou wrote: »

He was furious at me chopping my hair on Thursday.

:eek::eek: I liked your hair Seriously, to be truly OS, I hope you did something useful with that hair you cut off! LOL :rotfl:

GreyQueen

ChocClare wrote: »

Well, I do know what you mean about nuclear power, and it's true that India is an emerging power.

However, having seen for myself the horrific level of poverty in India, I'd say we do need to be giving them aid. It may well be in a few years' time they'll be sending us aid, but there you go!!!

Oh, I am in entire agreement about the horrific poverty which is the lot of far too many Indians, outside of the elites and the growing urban middle class. I was basing my remarks on an interesting Radio 4 feature I heard, late last year. If memory serves, it pointed out that as well as receiving a substantial chunk of UK aid, India is itself an international aid donor.

I find it shocking that they wouldn't use their budgets to help their own desperate poor but want to big it up on the world stage by being a donor country themselves.

I'm far from being an uncaring person and have a long-standing relationship with Oxfam to support their projects, but what I do as a private person, helping a non-governmental agency with a small proportion of my net income, is my freely-entered-into-choice. If I decide that their goals are incompatible with my values, I can donate elsewhere. If the govt chooses to take our taxes and spend them overseas, I think it's legitimate to ask questions about the recipients. Perhaps some countries ought to have their funds re-routed to other countries?

It's a sensitive issue, isn't it?

GreyQueen

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Grey Queen I notice you just joined MSE a few weeks ago but your posting style is really familiar to me. Don't mean to be nosy but can I ask if you posted on Old Style with another name? Sorry to be nosy.

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Hello HariboJunkie and hello Mardatha (sorry M, just tried to do that multi-quote thing that some people manage but obviously have misunderstood how to do it, help me someone pleeze?!)

Sorry for the delay in repsonse by I only have limited hours dial up internet and am offline at home between 4pm and 2am.

I'm not someone else. I have my real name and my GreyQueen alias, and my family nickname which is "It" as it "What's It done now?!" Some people have also called me Hey You, but that's just rude, isn't it?

:(I'm gutted that my posting style apparently resembles someone else's as I'd been labouring under the fond delusion that I was unique. Who do I resemble, btw, I'm curious to know.

I started using the MSE site in general in late 2010 and only wandered into the forums in January this year, never been in forums before and thought, this is fun, I'll join in.

Am enjoying myself enormously and getting lots of good tips from all the lovely Old-Stylers and having a laugh down the Arms, too.

Keep in the good work, y'all.

ceridwen

Thanks for that GreyQueen - and what a shame (ie that your posting style apparently isnt unique;)).

Reet - back to yer Old Style thoughts - time for a nice walk later today and...errr...there just might (possibly) be a few more wild garlic plants coming up in the future at the place I have in mind to go for a walk in (totally unconnected with the fact that I've been out walking there obviously;):)). Too late for this years "crop" - but I'm guessing the seeds will stay there dormant till next year and then start "bursting forth":).

Fingers crossed that I see some "activity" soon for the coupla types of wild garlic I planted in various places in latter part of last year - I love my garlic I do..:D

kezlou

JenniO wrote: »

:eek::eek: I liked your hair Seriously, to be truly OS, I hope you did something useful with that hair you cut off! LOL :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:hmm quick quick what did i do em em lol . It went to the aid of the trainee hairdressers. There you go. Phew.

It was doing my head in, its not that short its bobish.well kind of. As my mate (the hairdresser) was washing it, her supervisor came over and wow you have the "most normal hair in the world, so rare to see" I was gutted, couldn't it have been bendy, wonky but no normal.

I'm planning on visiting a certain forest tomorrow, in the hunt for wild garlic. There's absolutely tons and the sights are amazing. North Yorks Moors fabulous.
Todays plan, getting rid of this blinding headachce:(

Justamum

kezlou wrote: »

It was doing my head in, its not that short its bobish.well kind of. As my mate (the hairdresser) was washing it, her supervisor came over and wow you have the "most normal hair in the world, so rare to see" I was gutted, couldn't it have been bendy, wonky but no normal.

Actually if you think about it, if 'normal' hair is so rare then it's not really normal is it? So your hair sounds pretty unique really

exlibris

Justamum wrote: »

Actually if you think about it, if 'normal' hair is so rare then it's not really normal is it? So your hair sounds pretty unique really

Does anyone know a single woman who is totally happy with her hair>

kitschy

exlibris wrote: »

Does anyone know a single woman who is totally happy with her hair>

I am!

ifonlyitwaseasier

soz i've been AWOL, this working malarky is tough i'm so knack'd by the time i get in i read to catch up and then go off to doze :P

Justamum wrote: »

Paying off the massive loan interest incurred by the previous government?

:mad::mad::mad: is all i have to say about that lot!!

JenniO wrote: »

HJ - that pic looked fantastic!

for anyone wondering what my larder looks like, this is a pic of it before a wall was built to cover it. It's long but it is now 6 feet wide and a false wall now separates it from my dining room.

I've never added a pic on MSE before but here it goes:

:happyhear:happyhear:happyhear:happyhear:happyhear wow i want!!!!!!!!! what a sensible OS way to store your dried goods and veg

exlibris wrote: »

Does anyone know a single woman who is totally happy with her hair>

i like mine but i never know what to do with it, tis poker straight and almost to my waist, normally wash and go or tie it up, lol any suggestions are welcome but bear in mind to keep a curl in it i go very OS and have to rag it!

Pitlanepiglet

Gosh this thread is quiet these days isn't it, I really miss the community spirit that we had

I struck a bit lucky yesterday, Dad has a buddy who is a part time farmer and the guy who knows everyone and ends up with all sorts of bits and pieces of food - often lots of fish, things like dogfish which many people don't want.

Dad was seeing him yesterday so gave him instructions to tell his buddy that if he got bits of food whether it was fishy, feathery or the fluffy bunny variety that I'd be pleased to take it off his hands. Dad came back with a tray of 30 eggs! His buddy has a buddy who gives them to him, they are either the mishapen and miscoloured ones or ones that are slightly cracked.

This week we shall be mainly eating eggs! The ones I've used have been lovely, big yellow yolks and much nicer than the cheap ones I buy from the supermarket.

We're hoping that OH has a job, he's been doing some voluntary work for a local business, trying to persuade them that they really do need to employ him and [fingers very firmly crossed] it may have worked. He's waiting to find out but we're hopeful.

Would be nice to see some more posting on the thread, I miss you all!