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niksat

smellyhubby wrote: »

I am James father/Judiths husband we have just discovered that James has posted some messages on this forum. I SINCERELY APOLOGISE for his posts, having seen some remarks bordering on offensive towards his mum on other MSE forums he reacted. His motives were well intentional and admirable for trying to defend his mum but his posts were ill conceived and unacceptable. I am at pains to write as his father but he deserved the responses he got, I have read though the responses and even though some were a little harsh I don't have a problem with them, I found the post telling him to go to bed mildly amusing and ironic as we have to do this most nights. He though having sent his initial post that would be the end of the matter but he was unaware of the consequences of which he now has learnt a valuable lesson.

When Judith agreed to participate for the film we were aware she was at risk of being criticised it comes with the territory of being on TV however it was not her intention to upset fellow coupon users. The film was meant to be a quirky light hearted somewhat surreal look at the extremes of frugal living not to be taken seriously. Reading through this thread it appears she is as popular with some MSE users as Clarkson was with Unison and it strikers last week. :rotfl:
Being a midwife, Judith has had to work with and overcome traumatic situations in the delivery suite, therefore putting everything into perspective she can cope with the criticisms aimed at her. Unfortunately there has been some offensive remarks on other threads but reading posts in this thread from angry and aggrieved users I appreciate that your remarks have been measured, constructive and civil.

For what is worth I would like to comment on 3 areas of the film that has attracted the most criticism the shop, the showers , the Fairtrade Lunch.

Permission from Tesco was required prior to filming and filming was carried with strict conditions and under supervision from Tesco management. Filming would have stopped had Tesco felt there was a gross misuse of vouchers and the film was further scrutinised by C4 lawyers regarding any potential perceived fraudulent/illegal activity.

We have solar panels with hot water supplied by solar energy living in Gravesend (hottest/sunniest place in UK - FACT) we normally have sufficient hot water for daily showers however on cloudy days there may be sufficient hot water - it makes perfect economic sense to wait an extra day rather then turn the heater on. I see no issue with this as a growing lad in the 70's/80's we had 2 baths a week as did most people I cannot see what the problem is. You can see that I have taken this matter really seriously with my user name.:rotfl:

Finally the Fairtrade Lunch this is Judiths event that she has ran every 6 weeks for 3 years. She works extremely hard on a completely voluntary basis from publishing, printing and distributing flyers, emails, letters: buying all the food/drink: ensuring all environment health regs are met: setting up displays: baking cakes and hosting the event. She is not paid a penny however she is fully entitled to cover the cost of the food/drinks. This is no different from every charity who operate from high street shops, offices, etc who cover their costs from income generated. The point of the lunch is its completely free people pay by donation only, in this instance alone Judith is entitled to a free lunch even if we had a set price Judith and the other volunteers would still be entitled to a free lunch. Again most charities allow their volunteers to have free drinks, biscuits, cakes, sandwiches, etc nothing unusual here. At the end of the film she had to demonstrate the £15 cost (amazing really to cover a lunch for over 60 people) and Nathan counted the profit to £232.92. After filming we increased the donation to £250, giving £125 to Tearfund & £125 to Fairtrade Foundation - this was not mentioned.

The overwhelming response to the programme from family, friends, colleagues, local people, local media, facebook, twitter and lots of MSE forum users has been very positive.

I will not be posting again but had to apologise for James and make the points above. Please respect my decision not to post again there is nothing more that I can add, those users who remain unconvinced by the film and angry at Judith will not have their opinions (which they are entitled) changed.

Kind Regards
Smellyhubby

i'm glad you've had positive response too, keep focussed on that, and the knowledge that none of you have done anything wrong. being on a tv programme does tend to invite people to try and find fault with you for some reason, we've experienced it too. the people that matter in your life will support you and stand up for you. tell judith that i wholeheartedly support her, her beliefs, values and actions are to be applauded - not derided.

BigChrisC

smellyhubby wrote: »

I am James father/Judiths husband we have just discovered that James has posted some messages on this forum. I SINCERELY APOLOGISE for his posts, having seen some remarks bordering on offensive towards his mum on other MSE forums he reacted. For what is worth I would like to comment on 3 areas of the film that has attracted the most criticism the shop, the showers , the Fairtrade Lunch.



The overwhelming response to the programme from family, friends, colleagues, local people, local media, facebook, twitter and lots of MSE forum users has been very positive.

I will not be posting again but had to apologise for James and make the points above. Please respect my decision not to post again there is nothing more that I can add, those users who remain unconvinced by the film and angry at Judith will not have their opinions (which they are entitled) changed.

Kind Regards
Smellyhubby

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I really didn't see anything your wife done to warrant any abuse, I saw the programme as you did as a light hearted, quirky look at money saving for entertainment and your wife came across as savvy articulate woman.

I can understand your Son getting upset also at his mum being abused and fair play to him for sticking up for her as any son would.

All the best!

LadyLeenie

toni_ wrote: »

thanks, thought that was the case but i saw the 25% off last night advertised on tv as lasting until tuesday so was abit unsure. I was going to let my cousin no today if it was working as she wanted to get some wine for christmas prezzies maybe i should tell her not to try it...

Morning DD1 and all :hello:

I have just got back from Mr T`s extra in N**wich city centre and I`m sure the 25% signs were still up.

I managed to get some Pukka pads,both blue and pink,plenty still on the shelve for others
Got your Daddy some underwear for his birthday today :bdaycake:
Not 4p`s from T`s but from M and S :rotfl::rotfl:

Love you loads today and even more tomorrow x x:kisses:

Mummy x x

andreavinne

LadyLeenie wrote: »

Morning DD1 and all :hello:

I have just got back from Mr T`s extra in N**wich city centre and I`m sure the 25% signs were still up.

I managed to get some Pukka pads,both blue and pink,plenty still on the shelve for others
Got your Daddy some underwear for his birthday today :bdaycake:
Not 4p`s from T`s but from M and S :rotfl::rotfl:

Love you loads today and even more tomorrow x x:kisses:

Mummy x x

Could u enligten me on pukka pads please? I have missed it when it was in prime,now cant find any info. Tia

kadison

Hi guys, off to London for a couple of days!

Just managed a quick (well not really, queues were terrible!) trip to Mr T's, got 20 bottles of comfort in 2 x 10 transactions, £5 for the lot, not bad!

Have a good couple of days everyone and see you Wednesday xx

LadyLeenie

andreavinne wrote: »

Could u enligten me on pukka pads please? I have missed it when it was in prime,now cant find any info. Tia

Pukka Pads Project Book
200 sheets A 4 size
BC ends 768
In my Mr T`s there is a sel for 56p,I think they have been a few pounds to buy before.
HTH

QPR10

czerniacha wrote: »

where are you?

and what are you up to???

a hotel?

did you go for a weekend date away with long haired handsome footballer?

or are you having a 3-day Tesco UK round trip? :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

have fun!

I'm in the Midlands, can't mention the name of the hotel I need to challenge their 100% guarantee policy what a lovely idea a weekend date with a long haired footballer, gosh you know me too well already !

Had a wander around Tesco Coventry saturday night as I realised i hadn't packed any socks, got back to car looked in my weekend bag, NO KNICKERS either :eek: back into Mr T's so I've been wearing very strange knickers all weekend. What sort of idiot forgets socks & knickers but packs 4 bras for a 2 day trip :rotfl:

Nice trip to Rangers Saturday afternoon in London spetd with a good friend, straight up to Cov & onto Brum yesterday to visit family & see Jedward in concert last night :j they were fab so funny & energetic best part for me was the song they had sung in their XFactor audition - Backstreet Boys I want it that way. In yer face Simon Cowell

May pop into an unamed Mr T later but I don't have time to read back I don't want alcohol.

toni_

LadyLeenie wrote: »

Morning DD1 and all :hello:

I have just got back from Mr T`s extra in N**wich city centre and I`m sure the 25% signs were still up.

I managed to get some Pukka pads,both blue and pink,plenty still on the shelve for others
Got your Daddy some underwear for his birthday today :bdaycake:
Not 4p`s from T`s but from M and S :rotfl::rotfl:

Love you loads today and even more tomorrow x x:kisses:

Mummy x x

hi mum tell lil bro we'll be round in an hour if he wants a lift in the city, i told cousin not to bother about trying the wine as i dont know if its working or not today and i didn't want it to cost her loads when she got to the checkout. Cya in a bit

czerniacha

candy222 wrote: »

I have a few questions first one is then why did she give the newspapers all the information regarding smarties etc and also you say that all her coupon activity was checked by channel 4 legal team but anyone who used the dove coupons knows that the way to get more coupons was to make up email addresses[ i am sure you could class this as missuse]just for the record i didnt get any dove but i do know about it.i think and it is just my opinion that your wife thought that like the lady in america she would get more tv work from this but it has backfired because a lot of negative comments have come from that programme regarding your wife.

what's wrong with smarties being in a newspaper? :cool:

and if 'making up' a few email addresses is her biggest crime then I'm really grateful she did what she did because if a hardcore MSEer would choose to do the film and show EVERYTHING we can be up to on here it would then cause the 3rd world war!!! :eek:
I for once have ca. 20 email addresses and if I need them for "a trick" then I use them... And for the record: I didn't get a single dove! :cool:

LadyLeenie

czerniacha wrote: »

what's wrong with smarties being in a newspaper? :cool:

and if 'making up' a few email addresses is her biggest crime then I'm really grateful she did what she did because if a hardcore MSEer would choose to do the film and show EVERYTHING we can be up to on here it would then cause the 3rd world war!!! :eek:
I for once have ca. 20 email addresses and if I need them for "a trick" then I use them... And for the record: I didn't get a single dove! :cool:

Snap, nor did I :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: