Love that LauraRoslin, going to borrow that! I was annoyed by an R**CA doorstep chugger who started with the cute furry animals bit, just emotional blackmail. Told him I'd rather help people so N**CC would be getting the money.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
One of the advantages of living a mile down a private track. Very few people with a map or sat nav can find us without being talked in - we don't get cold callers. We've had JW's turn up once in the nearly ten years we've been here. I think the news he'd have to walk a mile back to the road and then another 2 miles just to reach the next door neighbour may have tested his faith somewhat.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We live opposite a fork in the road - a convenient drop off point for people with a ticket to heaven . They come in battalions and pairs. That being said, there are many lonely people who would welcome human contact in whatever form.
It takes a great deal of effort to cold call here as like you RG I live in the sticks. They work in pairs. One drives and one jumps out. OH had a cold caller a couple of weeks ago and we nearly fainted. His makes my place look positively urban. Luckily he didn't call during the day...OH, knowing his place is really secluded, isn't a big fan of clothes!!!
I have a very private rear garden, I have been known to go out to the(rear) garage door to get spare milk out of the spare fridge, without a lot of clothes on.... and then the chinook going to the local barracks flies over.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
That being said, there are many lonely people who would welcome human contact in whatever form.
OH had a cold caller a couple of weeks ago and we nearly fainted. His makes my place look positively urban. Luckily he didn't call during the day...OH, knowing his place is really secluded, isn't a big fan of clothes!!!