Well, blow me!

[Two_Sheds]

Hey JT, its not a depressing thread, its a mass debate, and everyone enjoys those ;-)

[johnty greentoes]

Thatcher's dead, long live Thatcher, huh?
I feel obliged to vote, yet there's nothing to vote for...?
Thank....something... for the allotment!

Digging is the answer - what is freecycling btw?

[NOG]

1930s Germany here we come - .

Lets hope so I look great in black, and I love knee lenght boots..

[johnty greentoes]

Lets hope so I look great in black, and I love knee lenght boots..

So I've heard...

[Two_Sheds]

Lets hope so I look great in black, and I love knee lenght boots..

Yeah you do, we Googled ya!

[NOG]

Thats why I took up gardenng.....I am going to anex the next plot soon for some living space.

[johnty greentoes]

Thats why I took up gardenng.....I am going to anex the next plot soon for some living space.

Now don't get going on the Poles theme...

[NOG]

Arrr but is it a Pole, Rod or Pearch.

[madderbat]

Digging is the answer - what is freecycling btw?

Freecycle is a wonderful way out of the capitalist rat race. People give things away to those who want them, and get things they request (sometimes).
It's a great way of getting rid of anything you don't need any more, pass it on, spread it around. check it out here: http://uk.freecycle.org/

[johnty greentoes]

Freecycle is a wonderful way out of the capitalist rat race. People give things away to those who want them, and get things they request (sometimes).
It's a great way of getting rid of anything you don't need any more, pass it on, spread it around. check it out here: http://uk.freecycle.org/

I remember dipping my toes into this once ... got totally confused with the need to do everything via yahoo (which seemed to contradict the antcapitalist slant) and then having to have every message passed through a moderator that I never seemed to hear from.

Maybe it was just hullfreecycle.

[Two_Sheds]

or a Pole, or a Lithuanian?

(the locals round here don't care, they're all ruddy foreigners, too good-looking for their own darn good, stealing our women-folk an all)

[johnty greentoes]

or a Pole, or a Lithuanian?

(the locals round here don't care, they're all ruddy foreigners, too good-looking for their own darn good, stealing our women-folk an all)

...come over here eating all our hedgehogs...

[Two_Sheds]

...come over here eating all our hedgehogs...

Armadillos! Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside!

[madderbat]

You do need a yahoo identity to join, but I get offers and requests sent to my personal e-mail address, so I don't have to log onto Yahoo if I don't want to (do have a flickr account though, as I love seeing the photos).

Would just like to throw in three happence of thought about the detrioration of our marvellous society. It seems to me, and I repeat, that so many hamsters are so busy running fast on the wheel of production to get money to buy stuff blah, blah, blah....

Children are no longer seen as our future, something to be nurtured and cherished, and enjoyed, but are seen as a bloody nuisance to be parked in front of the tv with a box meal when they come home from 'daycare' - school, nursery or after school club, or having been ferried from activity to activity.

There is little interaction between adults and children these days and we are all encouraged to avoid 'talking to strangers' 'being out on our own' 'chastising anybody'. Children are rarely allowed to 'be silly' or even play any more.

What is happening to the world I grew up in and even the world I raised my son in 20 years ago?

[Two_Sheds]

There is little interaction between adults and children these days and we are all encouraged to avoid 'talking to strangers' 'being out on our own' 'chastising anybody'. Children are rarely allowed to 'be silly' or even play any more. What is happening to the world I grew up in and even the world I raised my son in 20 years ago?

Compensation Culture, that's what. The world (or at least the UK) is run by lawyers, and people trying to make an easy buck (to pay that ruddy mortgage...)