It was getting tough in 2006 and the workhouse still threatens us in 2011

Hobsons_Choice

Quote: It looks as though the earth is cooling and we are in for some rough weather for the next 20+ years,

Oh 'eck. I've just turned 70 and I'm never going to see a lovely sunny English day again?
Pass the painkillers!

SDG31000

Morning everyone
I had no idea I would start a debate with the comment about plastic bags. Personally I try to avoid them, but sometimes it's not possible. Another thing to consider is that the alternatives to plastic come with their own problems. Sisal is used to make bags and huge areas of what were once tropical forest are now turned over to it's production. It's a big problem in places like Madagascar. So sometimes things aren't as black and white as we would like them to be and choices have to be weighed up.

smileyt_2

kittie wrote: »

I have been reading about piers corbyn and I tend to agree with much of what he is saying. He is hyper clever and passionate about solar activity and the resulting weather, having started to study it at 15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O76GO02LtlU

It looks as though the earth is cooling and we are in for some rough weather for the next 20+ years, making me think that long term survival stratagies have to come into the picture. The positive is that we are designed to be adaptive ie our bodies, when well, can cope with changes and the younger ones can cope better than the older ones, it is the cycle of life. I am going to ponder on this one for a while

:eek::eek: Best get cracking with the winter prep then.

I am playing with my new dehydrator Yesterday Ginnyknit came round and brought me some blackberries, plums and apples she had foraged. The plums and blackberries are in the dehydrator and I haven't decided yet whether to eat the apples now or dehydrate them. I also bought two bags of whoopsied leeks yesterday at Asda and they have been dehydrated and are cooling now. The house smells of leeks so I will have to open all the windows later as my Dad is coming tomorrow and he hates the smell. I also bought whoopsied peppers and organic french beans so they have been prepped and are in the freezer. I feel like a proper OS-er now :rotfl:Ginnyknit and I also went to the local aladdin's cave charity shop where I got a small bathroom cupboard for £8, bargain!

Hope everyone is OK today. Sun is shining here so I'm off out for a bit; got to make the most of it whilst we have it!

scottishminnie

[QUOT next time I went in, I needed quite a lot of fruit and veg for school so as I paid I removed all the packaging and handed it over to the cashier and said that I didn't want it and could they pass it on to customer services. In my defense I had had a very bad day:o
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That made me smile - and reminded me of one of my last full shopping trips to Mr T a few years bag. I carry my recyclable bags in the boot but didn't have me own car that day. Anyway the shop was heaving and I was buying lots (for a party I think). I had all my shopping on the conveyor belt and as the sourpuss sales assistant started to put it through I asked for some bags. She snapped "we ask you to bring your own" to which I replied "well today I forgot." She then shouted across a couple of tills to another operator "can you pass me a pile of noddy bags?" I almost hauled her across the conveyor belt as I told her where she could put her "noddy" bags and the £100+ worth of shopping. I then walked out and left it.

I needed the food though so off I went to Mr A - that was the last time I did a proper shop in Mr T's. I should have gone to customer services and demanded to speak to a manager but there is no way my temper would have held out so it's maybe just as well I didn't.

Cost Mr T a lot of money over the years since, and probably saved me a fortune.

SDG31000

Grrrrrrrrrrr........... :mad: * "£$%^&*()(*&^%$$(*&*()*&^%$£" *

I've just cleaned my new oven and I'm not a happy little homemaker. I used a metal scourer and didn't scrub hard enough to remove the dirt/grease spots, but apparently that was enough to take off bits of the supposedly "easy clean" oven lining. I then found the instruction booklet that DH had helpfully filed away. The cleaning instructions state that you are meant to clean the oven after every use, waiting until it is completely cold and not to use anything abrasive or stronger than a mild cleaning solution on it. So how in heck am I meant to get the sodding thing clean????

I'd take it back as I've only had it 6 days and the thermostat is 20C off, but chances are I've now lost my right to do that as I didn't follow the cleaning instructions. Does anyone think that I've got a case to return it?

*goes and swears at the stupid thing*

Reverbe

Hippeechiq wrote: »

I registered with them for similar reasons about 5 years back, and although it takes a few weeks to become fully effective, it does work. I believe if any company still contacts you without your permission, you can report them to BT and they receive a hefty fine.

I did have one unsolicited call a month or so back and so told the company that I was regd with TPS and that if they called again I would be reporting them, and they apologised and said that they would make a note on "their list" that I am TPS regd. Not had any since

Doesnt always work Hippie. I am with all the preference services and we still get calls and saying you are with TPS and will report them doesnt do a durn thang..

THIRZAH

I try not to use plastic bags but am not sure if paper ones are ideal for some things. A woman got on the bus in front of me carrying a paper Primark carrier bag. It was raining and the bag distigrated in the middle of the aisle causing chaos as she was trying to pick her stuff up and people were still trying to get on the bus

redlady_1

Oh bloody hell!!!! I have a very expensive watch which I bought when I had money and never leaves my arm (before I had the house). I noticed this morning that there was some damage to the face so off I went into town at lunchtime. It seems I have given it a big crack and have broken the face. The bezel seems ok as hopefully are the diamonds but I am looking at a MINIMUM of £500 to have it repaired!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

They are going to ring me with a proper quote when they start taking it apart.

Back to gruel for me then. Good job ebay have free listing this weekend. :rotfl:

rachbc

Reverbe wrote: »

Doesnt always work Hippie. I am with all the preference services and we still get calls and saying you are with TPS and will report them doesnt do a durn thang..

You do actually have to report them for anything to happen though - just threatening it won't achieve anything

Rosanna79

Have had to speed read these last 6 pages as our internet has disappeared for someobscure reason. So am having to use our local 'Link' IT facilities and it's just not the same as at home!!

Why kids think it OK to screech out loud in what is in fact the local library is beyond me but at least I've been able to catch up.. in the interim OH is spending hours on the phone to Orange, an overseas call centre I believe to reinstate our Internet and in the meantime we're seriously considering changing to a Broadband/ Phone cable package form Virgin, our friend has recommended. Seems they get 20 megawotsits/minute when the max in North Lincs otherwise is 1.5!!!... Anyway I just want to be able to read the forum every day ... Not much to ask is is and it's just NOT the same on a smartphone...

We've only had 2 gas cookers in our whole married life of 32 years , both Cannons and both with eye level grill, 4 rings and a hob. Not very fashionable I know but suits our needs. The first one lasted 22 years and this slightly narrower second one fitted exactly in the cooker space in our new house when we moved in .

As for plastic bags Oh uses all the charity ones for bin bags and we keep our own for shopping. Only trouble with paper is that they disintegrate whn it rains!! Gotta go session almost ended