Not mentioning the T word at all

shelley_crow

It's been a dull and rainy day today, boo!

Picked up a bargain in Aldi earlier, bamboo knitting needles should have been £4, reduced to 39p a pair. Just need to learn to knit now.

EstherH

FLOWERTOTMUM: I think that is absolutely disgusting and there should be a right fuss made about that head. Especially now that the FA has backed the footballers wearing poppies. It's topical.

I was only saying to my hubbie last night how nice it was to see youngsters out selling the poppies these days.

Justamum

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I'm afraid I'm someone who has the TV on in the background all the time (but I do turn it off when visitors come round!).

I've always done it and TBH I hate being in the house by myself with no noise (I find it a bit creepy).

I can't stand having the tv on when nobody is watching it - or when it's on and the 'least worst' thing is being 'watched' (my parents are guilty of this!). I watch very little and the tv is off most of the time. However I do have the radio on constantly

Justamum

mmmsnow wrote: »

I have a PhD in Physics

I must bow to your supreme intelligence - I never understood physics and didn't even take it at o'level.

EstherH

We stopped having tv when we went digital in our area. We decided not to bother getting a digi box or upgrading, but we have kept out tv licence and watch the news sometimes on the computer. We watched the royal wedding but I don't think we have seen anything else live. Don't want to not be able to watch the news. But. Do sometimes think it is a waste of money to keep having the licence.

Esther x

mmmsnow

Justamum wrote: »

I must bow to your supreme intelligence - I never understood physics and didn't even take it at o'level.

I must add that I can't find a job in Physics so I'm re-qualifying in a more "hands-on" field. So no bowing, please

Blue_Elephant

flowertotmum wrote: »

Fern had her school photo done on tuesday..she does look sweet..i wasn't very happy though as they made her remove her poppy before hand..and refused to let her put it back on..had a word with head and he says we don't want to offend anyone..erm excuse me i am a person and so is my tot and you have offended us..but i suppose that doesn't matter does it,i can't say what i want but you get the jist..i had a right moan..especially about how the school has let our traditions slide in favour of other religions....i am not racist by the way..but it does bug me..how we can celebrate Diwali but not Harvest Festival...not allowed to wear poppies and no Happy Christmas anymore..its Happy fluffing Holidays...anyway moan over...sorry but it got to me..smarmy g*t he is..i'll make him stutter and stammer..like a politician can't give me a straight answer at all...
Right i have to go and get tea..its chilli and rice for grown ups..meatballs and rice for littlies..
love
ftm

What strikes me as quite odd about this is that during WW1 and WW2 India was still under British Rule, and as such Indian soldiers fought and died for Britain under the Union Flag, and formed one of the biggest Voluntary Armies in the world. Add the Ghurkas to that, and you'll find that a lot of the soldiers we are commemorating this week also celebrated Diwali. Maybe someone should teach this headmaster a thing or 2. As a British born lass from a Hindu family, I wear the poppy with pride, not only to remember those of the 2 world wars, but friends/relatives/acquaintances and complete strangers who are still fighting on our behalf.

*Takes a giant leap off her soapbox* :P

Edited to add - sorry for the OT - it just really gets on my nerves when politically correct do-gooders cause more harm than good. I know no "ethnic minority person" who has a problem with he poppy/Union flag/St' Georges Cross/Christmas or baas baa black sheep. The only folk with an issue with this are idiotic politicians/council workers who have nothing better to do with their time and can't see they are doing more harm than good.

They can't see that they are causing rifts in society and not cohesion. I live in the north west, and in my town, one year they put up the Christmas lights in November. The first lot of banners read "Happy Eid", the next lot read "Happy Diwali" and the lot after that read "Merry Christmas" All with the same lights. Now *that* I call multiculturalism. It was brilliant!

GreyQueen

Softstuff wrote: »

I recently started going again to the farmers market next door to us each Sunday, but only for a few select things. Thanks to the price rises in the supermarket, these things are now the same price or less at the farmers market (seasonal fruit and veg, happy eggs for only 70c more than smartprice eggs). Things like bread, baked goods etc are still dubiously highly priced.

That being said, I wondered myself about baking some items to sell on the market and not only would I have to register my kitchen and have it inspected at high cost, each week at market would cost me $80+ for a small stall. You'd have to be selling a heck of a lot to just break even. To put this in my perspective, when I was in England I managed to convince a landlord to rent me an entire large shop for less than that each week!

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possess.......(singing off-key as usual) I have brand-new socks.

And kid brother has brand new jeans and Uncle is going to have new socks for Crimble and it is all thanks to judicious use of the Mr T voucher exchange. All for only 2 quid of proper money plus vouchers. Go, me.

And, I went to the farmers' market and actually bought something. 20 kg of stone-ground wholemeal bread flour. Done in a windmill where there has been a mill of one sort or another for 1,000 years!

I'm totally made up. And I have the brochure and will go visit them in the summer and see milling happening in real time. The only downer is that I shall have to transport it home on the bus but as it is in 4 x 5 kg bags, I shall take one in the backpack and ask the folks to bring the rest the next time they're coming my way.

We spent about 5 hours with my Nan and about 3 of them struggling to re-tune the TV - something to do with the digi transmissions. What a PITA and I was soooo glad that as a TV-free-person I shall be spared such aggravation. After all, I have never needed to re-tune a library book, something for which I should give hourly thanks.

It's nice spending the weekend with the parents and with their moggies who are being very soppy as we haven't got the heating on and they need to cling to laps for comfort and survival..........

All this talk of knitting has made me itch to get my hands on some yarn. I have most sizes of needles at home but no unknitted stuff yet. Maybe I should see if I can pick something up at the boot fair tomorrow and have a play-around. I feel something like a hat or a scarf might be in order......

Have a great evening, y'all.

ETA Well said Blue Elephant. I think we should have as many celebrations as possible; show me a festival and I'll show you a smile. After all, Medieval Christian England has a coupla hundred saints' days (no working allowed and plenty of revelry) so perhaps we should hold out for country-wide observances of anything remotely festive from wherever it originates. Although a honkie-type Brit, I have a particular fondness for Diwali which is based on Indian colleagues bringing sweeties into our office. Shallow, moi?!

I've always been rather taken by the Japanese tradition of observing the blossoming of the cherry trees and would be severely-tempted to instigate various festivals of a botanical nature such as National Snowdrop Day, the Bluebell Festival and Best Leaf Day for the autumn colour. Obviously, these would have to be flexible festivities based as they are on natural phenomenon rather than the calendar, but we could work around that, couldn't we?

katieowl_2

GreyQueen wrote: »

Although a honkie-type Brit, I have a particular fondness for Diwali which is based on Indian colleagues bringing sweeties into our office. Shallow, moi?!

Dunno about shallow, but lets just put it like this...if I'd STAYED in Tooting where I started off my 'grown up' life, I'd have probably weighed about 24 stone by now...Indian sweeties AND the SAMOSA capital of London. Drool.

Kate

Justamum

mmmsnow wrote: »

I must add that I can't find a job in Physics so I'm re-qualifying in a more "hands-on" field. So no bowing, please

Mirrors fascinate me. If you have a mirror which is at shoulder height, then stand right up against the wall so your feet can't possibly be reflected in the mirror, how come when you look into the mirror, there are your feet reflected in it?! On second thoughts don't answer that because I won't understand and my head will explode! It's just magic, let's leave it at that :rotfl: