I have found with those firms that won't give you a time, they are sometimes willing to ask the driver to ring you on the day and tell you a rough time. It is so unrealistic in this day and age to expect someone to stay in all day. Times have changed!
Due to my policy of not advertising for the Supermarkets or anything else actually I have my own names for them. Tospots, S&M, More reasons Saint berry, Cohops, Waiters arose (throw off your ties to the skimpy meals in artisticly small piles on large blocks of wood) "oops" got carried away then. I was castigated once for using Tospots although it was a friend who had worked there for years told me the staff called it that at times. I do a history board locally and the cries for bringing back the shops of what was once a fine old market town are long and pleading. The same people shop out of town as parking is free they can park in front of where they need to shop and our local Tospots is a super one packed daily as it is all in one shop, the town is empty, nowhere near the shops to park and they charge. Now many people shop on line, my daughters included but moan about the town going down the river, well yes, town centres unused will become redundant and I for one will miss them and yet "a big yet" shopping at the supermarket at my age is a boon, plus the local village butcher and the farm shop all within a very short distance, so I am also guilty. Well that turned into a good old rant did it not. There is your answer Lyn we probably shop at the same places, where else is there and you got me ranting, not good for the blood pressure.
I don't suppose you remember the home and colonial, I used to love that shop, broken eggs, broken biscuits, choose what you wanted, and best of all, a box of tea cards that you could swap to make up your sets.
She must be 90 I hear you shout!!!
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Life is strange ,you have jogged a memory tea cards Lyons Gold label Tea in the days when tea making was an art form and not what it is now "boil water ,put in mug with a t-bag squeeze it add milk and sugar to taste ,no I don't drink tea just coffee and as it comes black , do you remember the cut outs that used to be on the back of corn flake boxes my Mam would collect all of them cut them out and pin them to the cupboard doors .
You don't have to use teabags and you don't have to use selfservice checkouts. I hate self service checkouts too and I make a point of not using them. There are too many people unemployed already so I do my bit to keep local jobs. I am an occassional drinker as in i can't recall the last occassion so I buy good coffee and good tea, and butter, For the small saving you get from instant coffee and margarine it's not worth bothering with, tastes revolting once your used to the real stuff. Food generally comes fresh or frozen or fresh then frozen. I over prepare veg and freeze the excess. Processed food is junk and you eat better and cheaper when you can prepare from natural ingredients. I'm in Ireland and here it costs to have your bins emptied so I don't bother any cans get washed out most packaging goes on my fire and helps keep me warm at night. Coffee grounds and tealeaves go into the soil. Every so often I take a trip to the recycling bins and recycle my bottles and cans. Blimey this is quite theraputic
Great, Blackest! I hope this isn't your last post here! I live in an old house where the fireplaces have been taken out (not my choice) and I often regret it when there is stuff to be recycled because it canot be burned. I do have a small incinerator in the garden but it smokes so much that I feel it is inconsiderate the the neighbours to use it too often.
well i live in a small country cottage nearest town is Buttevant about 5 miles away. Currently the garden is a bit boring mainly lawn and little else. I intend to change this
I lived in the UK for most of my life but found a better way of living here. Climate wise it varies between craggy island and warm sunny days weather is changable sometimes within an hour. Unfortunately Ireland is picking up bad habits from the UK such as water bills and council tax but even so a good place to be.
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I have found with those firms that won't give you a time, they are sometimes willing to ask the driver to ring you on the day and tell you a rough time. It is so unrealistic in this day and age to expect someone to stay in all day. Times have changed!
Due to my policy of not advertising for the Supermarkets or anything else actually I have my own names for them. Tospots, S&M, More reasons Saint berry, Cohops, Waiters arose (throw off your ties to the skimpy meals in artisticly small piles on large blocks of wood) "oops" got carried away then.
I was castigated once for using Tospots although it was a friend who had worked there for years told me the staff called it that at times.
I do a history board locally and the cries for bringing back the shops of what was once a fine old market town are long and pleading. The same people shop out of town as parking is free they can park in front of where they need to shop and our local Tospots is a super one packed daily as it is all in one shop, the town is empty, nowhere near the shops to park and they charge.
Now many people shop on line, my daughters included but moan about the town going down the river, well yes, town centres unused will become redundant and I for one will miss them and yet "a big yet" shopping at the supermarket at my age is a boon, plus the local village butcher and the farm shop all within a very short distance, so I am also guilty.
Well that turned into a good old rant did it not.
There is your answer Lyn we probably shop at the same places, where else is there and you got me ranting, not good for the blood pressure.
Frank.
She must be 90 I hear you shout!!!
Life is strange ,you have jogged a memory tea cards Lyons Gold label Tea in the days when tea making was an art form and not what it is now "boil water ,put in mug with a t-bag squeeze it add milk and sugar to taste ,no I don't drink tea just coffee and as it comes black , do you remember the cut outs that used to be on the back of corn flake boxes my Mam would collect all of them cut them out and pin them to the cupboard doors .
Derek
You don't have to use teabags and you don't have to use selfservice checkouts. I hate self service checkouts too and I make a point of not using them. There are too many people unemployed already so I do my bit to keep local jobs. I am an occassional drinker as in i can't recall the last occassion so I buy good coffee and good tea, and butter, For the small saving you get from instant coffee and margarine it's not worth bothering with, tastes revolting once your used to the real stuff. Food generally comes fresh or frozen or fresh then frozen. I over prepare veg and freeze the excess. Processed food is junk and you eat better and cheaper when you can prepare from natural ingredients. I'm in Ireland and here it costs to have your bins emptied so I don't bother any cans get washed out most packaging goes on my fire and helps keep me warm at night. Coffee grounds and tealeaves go into the soil. Every so often I take a trip to the recycling bins and recycle my bottles and cans. Blimey this is quite theraputic
Great, Blackest! I hope this isn't your last post here! I live in an old house where the fireplaces have been taken out (not my choice) and I often regret it when there is stuff to be recycled because it canot be burned. I do have a small incinerator in the garden but it smokes so much that I feel it is inconsiderate the the neighbours to use it too often.
Yes it is .what part of Ireland are you from.would you be able to put some details of who you are
Regards Derek
Blackest,early mornings ,that should have read something about yourself Sorry
Derek
well i live in a small country cottage nearest town is Buttevant about 5 miles away. Currently the garden is a bit boring mainly lawn and little else. I intend to change this
I lived in the UK for most of my life but found a better way of living here. Climate wise it varies between craggy island and warm sunny days weather is changable sometimes within an hour. Unfortunately Ireland is picking up bad habits from the UK such as water bills and council tax but even so a good place to be.