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chopper 
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 Posted: November 25 2008 at 07:17 |
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Are they asking you to do anything in particular, Lee? Desecrate churches, perhaps? |
Probably things like
"visit the Russian hills"
"pick a plant growing near a marsh"
"capture it and bring it home"
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 07:22 |
It's behind you!
Is it just me or does that chap look like Robert Wyatt? 
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 07:29 |
i see lots of these at Kew - when you walk past you can hear them chanting....
"Heracleum Mantegazzianni..." 
....no they don't really i'm just being silly.... 
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Dean
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 07:31 |
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I don't know Jim, is it you? doesn't look like you. I've seen them there Giant Hogweed things growing in the Hannah Peschar sculpture garden in Surrey.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 08:33 |
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We generally see them when Vicky Neil and I go on canal boats; very common around canal banks
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 08:56 |
Well that's it folks! Get your CDs now whilst you can before we get so overtaxed next year trying to pay off this stupid policy of the government. Why this money hasn't been put into injecting British manufacturing industries I have no idea. All this will do is put money into shops and foreign industries (typically Far East and tourist destinations). The big high street chains don't deserve it cos all they have done is fuel the massive debt ridden society we have and are crying foul when they have a down turn in spending.
Some how this doesn't seem quite right - prudent is a word used a while ago by someone, now just who was that? Hmmmm
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chopper
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 10:22 |
I'm more concerned about the possible closure of Woolies. Charity shops aside (and there are loads of these in Hornchurch), Woolies is the only shop that sells CDs, books, toys and DIY stuff. Even though it only stocks the Top 30 CDs and cheap Tom Jones compilations and only stocks books if they're by Jordan, at least it's something. Our last DIY shop closed a couple of years ago. If I need a screw (go for it Jim  ) or a part for the car, I have to drive to B&Q/Halfords which are several miles away.
Never mind, we do have 2 shops (within 4 doors of each other) that sell granite worktops for kitchens. 
Edited by chopper - November 25 2008 at 10:23
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 10:53 |
I wouldn't hold your breath, Alan - Woolies had their shares suspended briefly last week & if you check out the financial pages, you can now buy the whole chain for the price of a screw (back to you, m'man  )
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 11:41 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 12:02 |
.... shops...?
are those the things set out along the high street with stuff in the windows?
haven't been in one of those for ages, buy all my stuff in cyberspace 
....maybe i'm to blame for the drop in high st. sales, though as i worked in retail for 12 years (Christmas was 2 days off, new year sales were a nightmare) can you blame me for avoiding department stores? 
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 12:07 |
chopper wrote:
If I need a screw (go for it Jim ) or a part for the car, I have to drive to B&Q/Halfords which are several miles away.
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Oh no! Driving someplace several miles away....simply can't conceive of it! (sorry Alan had to be cheeky, here's a few and a  )
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 14:42 |
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 15:01 |
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Well, this morning I walked to one of our local supermarkets (Harris Teeter, which I love with a passion), some 15-20 minutes down the road from us. Walking there was not a problem, while walking back home was - I was laden with five bags of shopping, which included stuff like cans and a bottle of cranberry juice, and the last stretch of the road is somewhat uphill. Luckily I am in very good shape, and I am sure such exercise will help me keep that way. The area where we live is surrounded with stores of every description, which is a definite advantage, since I don't drive (never have) and I'd rather avoid doing so if I can help it.
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 15:35 |
i did go to B&Q once, but took 3 days to find my way out... 
Raff - you are supposed to shop at the "Mall" in your "station wagon/pickup truck" now - get a license ma'am!
Edited by mystic fred - November 25 2008 at 15:40
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chopper
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 16:20 |
Jim Garten wrote:
I wouldn't hold your breath, Alan - Woolies had their shares suspended briefly last week & if you check out the financial pages, you can now buy the whole chain for the price of a screw (back to you, m'man ) |
I was tempted. "I'd like half a pound of pick'n'mix and your entire chain of shops please". "Certainly sir, that'll be £1 and we'll throw the sweeties in for nothing". Slight problem with the several million quids worth of debt though.
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 00:38 |
Woolies, the last bastion of the traditional British high street, suspended by their short and.....woolies...
lots of happy childhood memories of the Wonder of Woolies...the saturday afternoon stink bomb.....nicking sweets...those crappy photo albums...the top ten singles ("have you got XXX by XXX..?" "no- is it in the charts?" "well if you don't stock it, it won't get in the charts, will it..?) ...... the cheap LP's of hits-that-really-didn't-sound-like-the-artists-at-all....
the end of civilisation as we know it...
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 02:09 |
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I had a Saturday job at Woolies, cushiest job I ever had and girls outnumbered the boys by some considerable margin ... bliss.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 02:38 |
Hmmm - looks like they've now voluntarily suspended share trading... not looking good for them; as you say, Steve: the end of British civilisation as we know it.
Back in the early 1970's we had one of their huge flagship 'Woolco' stores in Hatfield & as a child I loved it if mum & dad said we were going there on a Saturday, as they had a car-park on the roof - how cool was that?
We were deprived of entertainment in Potters Bar...
chopper wrote:
"I'd like half a pound of pick'n'mix, one screw, and your entire chain of shops please".
"Certainly sir, that'll be £1 and we'll throw the sweeties and a screw in for nothing". |
Of course, customers taking up retail time by frequently visiting to purchase a single item of wood based fixing hardware doesn't help their cause - if you take up 1 minute of time for an assistant on £5 per hour, you've cost Woolworths £0.0834 to sell an item worth £0.05 (and that's before you've asked them whether they have the new Pendragon album in stock, thereby causing a 15 second pause prior to the poor assistant's brain imploding - a collosal further loss of £0.51) - a net loss of £0.0334... every time.
Satisfied, Alan? Hmmm? 
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 04:27 |
There used to be a shop near us oop North where you could buy bike spares, DIY stuff (screws sold loose and not in blister packs - the kids today don't believe me), elements for electric kettles last manufactured in the 1930s, duck eggs, a 3/8" Gripley, and the shopkeeper wore one of those brown overalls with blue marks over the breast ;pocket where he'd tried to put his biro away and missed.
B & Q? Pah!
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when you just need one screw (leave it Jim) and you haven't got the right one. 