I do use charity shops, josusa, but only for giving. I am married to a hoarder and, if things were left to him, we should be knee deep in stuff.
I let him collect on the understanding that he lets me give away.
Don’t they say that it is better to give than to receive? 😁
I don't know what "they" say, but Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35) We do both with charity shops. You save money compared with buying new, you keep stuff out of landfill, and you help a good cause - winwinwin, what's not to like? My mum volunteered in a charity shop from her retirement at 65 until she got too feeble and dim-sighted at nearly 90. I also give away stuff on Freecycle, where you can get rid of the sort of things charity shops don't want, such as upholstered furniture without a fire certificate.
It looks like our local charity shop has closed completely, the premises were stripped this morning. Pity, because there was parking right opposite so you could drop off big bags of stuff and bulky items. I took so much stuff down when we cleared my Mum's house (she had four wardrobes full of clothes), they gave me free pic of anything I fancied in there.
Love charity shops and junk shops and flea markets and local sales and swaps sites. There are some good finds to be had for upcycling.
RTBC - all the chooks are now growing new feathers so will have warm tums and bums when winter comes and 2 have started using their perch. The rest still like to cosy up in the nesting boxes. They come running when I appear now instead of running to hide.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
My long-awaited crocus, daffodil and narcissus bulbs arrived today. I thought I'd ordered them many weeks ago, and it was late October when I discovered I hadn't. Then they took two weeks to be despatched. I spent a happy hour or so planting them in four big pots. I was very glad I did it straight away, because a few hours later I tripped on the stairs and sprained my ankle, so if I'd put it off until tomorrow, I'd have been up the creek without a paddle. As it is, the job's done and I get out of doing the weekly SM run tomorrow. I have taken to using a walking stick for the first time in my life.
My first daffodil has just poked its head out of the ground. Bit early. This mild weather is going to bring them all up early at this rate. I cant remember such a mild October and November like this year.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
A big new charity shop opened where our local co-op used to be just a couple of days before the latest shutdown. Very unfortunate timing to say the least. Nice to see it's for a local organisation rather than the big nationals, many of whom seem to sell more brand new goods than donated.
Ouch @josusa47 ... poor you! I discovered the delights of a sturdy walking stick after breaking my foot a couple of years ago (initially I thought that was a sprain too!😨). I bought myself a sturdy hazel ‘knob-stick’ so it doesn’t look ‘medical’ and although I rarely use it now my foot is better it’s always in the far as it’s great over really rough ground (I’ve a dodgy knee) or even in towns with narrow cobbled streets and lots of tourists like in Cornwall.
I find that if you have a stick people are more willing to go around you rather than expect you to leap out of their way ... not always of course, but more often than not 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I don't know what "they" say, but Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35) We do both with charity shops. You save money compared with buying new, you keep stuff out of landfill, and you help a good cause - winwinwin, what's not to like? My mum volunteered in a charity shop from her retirement at 65 until she got too feeble and dim-sighted at nearly 90. I also give away stuff on Freecycle, where you can get rid of the sort of things charity shops don't want, such as upholstered furniture without a fire certificate.
RTBC - all the chooks are now growing new feathers so will have warm tums and bums when winter comes and 2 have started using their perch. The rest still like to cosy up in the nesting boxes. They come running when I appear now instead of running to hide.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I find that if you have a stick people are more willing to go around you rather than expect you to leap out of their way ... not always of course, but
more often than not 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.