How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

bertiebots

Good luck Hester!!..............erm maybe I am being thick but do you mean to eat or to keep as pets/eggs etc?:o

ceridwen

kittie wrote: »

oh yes thanks all is fine, I deleted the post because I snapped at someone whose tone was abrasive to other posters and then I thought that made me like her/him, hence the deletion.

No problem..

My "thought for the day" was I deliberately HAVENT reported something clearly "naughty" a poster put up - I just ignored it and left it there and hoped everyone else read it too...................

Catbells

Was thinking of asking a few people in the street to do a car share trip to the shops every week. That means we'd all get to do a trip once a month. This is on account of the petrol prices. Has anyone else tried it. Would it work do you think?

ceridwen

Catbells wrote: »

Was thinking of asking a few people in the street to do a car share trip to the shops every week. That means we'd all get to do a trip once a month. This is on account of the petrol prices. Has anyone else tried it. Would it work do you think?

Good idea.

let us know how it goes.

bertiebots

Catbells wrote: »

Was thinking of asking a few people in the street to do a car share trip to the shops every week. That means we'd all get to do a trip once a month. This is on account of the petrol prices. Has anyone else tried it. Would it work do you think?

I think its a good idea if...everyone does their fair share, everyone can agree on where to go, how long its going to take and what contribution is going to be made to the cost. It could all get a bit tricky if these basic issues cannot be agreed upon and stuck at.

Its a shame we are all so busy these days, because I fear the biggest problem with ideas like this is time, and as we all know -sometimes things crop up during a busy day that could result in letting others down . Its not that people dont want to help each other..its just fitting everything in;)

lostinrates

Catbells wrote: »

Was thinking of asking a few people in the street to do a car share trip to the shops every week. That means we'd all get to do a trip once a month. This is on account of the petrol prices. Has anyone else tried it. Would it work do you think?

Depends on the shoppers. I know people who cn fill a car boot by themselves weekly. I big shop rarely but when I do I buy LOTS. Could share with n other... back seat for someone's shopping a boot for the other person's, but not with say, three others. Especially when there is a good special offer on the big packets of loo roll!:o

I also tend to use those trips to do other stuff on the way...popping into other shops.

worth a try, but choose your shopping companions with these things in mind:)

ceridwen

Well - when it comes to "letting people down" - we have two big advantages these days:
- mobile phones
- email

Back when I was younger the chances of an arrangement "breaking down" without notice were much higher (as peeps didnt have these two facilities we have nowadays and quite a few still didnt even have landline phones).

For some years now I've operated on the basis of "No-one will ever break an arrangement with me without giving me advance warning ever again - bar death or disaster." My reason for thinking that is that I know there is always at least one way available to let me know in time that the arrangement won't happen after all - and so (bar accident or unexpected major illness) I've known an unexplained let-down was an indication of the character of the person concerned and should give me cause for reflection about them...

So - I think the arrangement should work out fine as long as everyone makes sure they have their mobile phones on them just in case of "death or disaster". Its probably as well to have some sort of Reliability Rule (a sorta "Three strikes and you're out" type rule) in case of people proving unreliable without very good reason/explanation/apology.

Hardup_Hester

BertieBots, I want them for the eggs, I've been assured you don't need very many to keep a good supply of eggs coming.

flowertotmum

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

BertieBots, I want them for the eggs, I've been assured you don't need very many to keep a good supply of eggs coming.

Hi hester..would you let know how you get on with them..i would love some ..but hubby digging heels in..thing is i know quite a few folks who would love to buy the eggs off me..or swap for them..
thanks
ftm
P.s..thats if your lovely hubby relents..good luck girl..
ftm

kitschy

Phew - got a lot of catching up to do!

Went to visit OH today (he lives on the IOW), and we've decided definitely to make the island our home. I had 90% decided, but he spent the day driving me about, making sure I could see they had "real" shops (see how he knows which buttons to push!), showing me the villages he likes, and then taking me up to the downs, which clinched it. Complete silence, miles of uninterrupted countryside in one direction, and the sea in the other. So now, I need to find a job! But I'll be able to join in with all the wood and oil talk!

Also required is a massive declutter operation and saving every penny we can

Very excited - second time around for both of us so have been a bit cautious, but secretly doing teenage tummy flips