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Curmudgeons' Corner -blame it on the PITAs

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about using unwanted charity bags for rubbish.  On the rare occasion that I want to chuck out something that's still fit to wear/use I take it to one of the charity shops that I choose to support (they don't have the resources to put thousands of bags through people's doors).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The two little towns that I can use have put the rates up so much that there are almost only charity shops left. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    I feel a bit guilty if I use them for rubbish so they pile up and then I chuck them in the recycling bin. Stupid I know!
    We get some from people who make out they're a charity. There's a bit of small print on them which says that they make a donation to charity. Amount or percentage isn't mentioned.
    Trading standards had to have a big crack down on them around this way due to the lack of clarity of exactly how much actually went to charity.

    Can I use the 'Ask Alan' question to ask him why he won't admit that promoting plastic grass is unethical? :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @wild edges. You can have plastic grass up one end and decking down the other end. That used to be his favourite. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited February 2019
    I'm getting aeriated about the way that the word 'journey' is being used these days as in 'a learning journey'.
    It probably started when passengers became customers and all kinds of people, in addition to vampire slayers, became stakeholders.
    I hereby dub it beancounterspeak.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You can ask him about his funerrraal plan too. Do you get a valuable Parker pen or a digital radio or even £20 of BHS vouchers.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Don’t mention funeral plans, what a con they are! The government is currently looking into funeral directors prices. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I revoke my earlier grumpiness. The builder next door has offered to help rebuild my front step on Friday after I was telling him about the problems I was having with it. I've got the gear to fix it but I've been putting it off as it's a tricky job to do on my own. He's not even going to charge me. :o
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Definitely a ⭐️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    What about that emaciated woman chatting to the parsnip peddler?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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