Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

no doubt straight into the council's coffers

I recycle absolutely nothing at all. It all goes in the same sacks and bins. I also do not put any correspondence in with the rubbish. If the council wants to recycle then it is up to them. If they want to separate bottles, cardboard etc from other waste then they can do that as well. As far as I am concerned it is all what we pay rates for.

Hays,

When you put your waste out, stand by it until collection time.

You never know your household might be lucky!

hays - in that case you're a slob! ..... you deserve to be fined ....
it takes minimal effort to put the right stuff in the right bin, and it's actually for a very good reason - always assuming the stuff is actually recycled and not just sent to landfill

Manuel.

Now then.

You don't have to be too honest about hays!

i didn't want to hurt his feelings :-)

That would be very difficult.

We know!

No sense, no feelings.

so HAYS has now told the bb that he is a slob is family are scum filthy humans the lowest form of scum live like rats .

to post what he has posted about sums the scum up

I always thought him a tory mole.

Thumbs up for the honesty of Belfast after tourist's lost £7,000 is handed in
By Adrian Rutherford
PUBLISHED
22/07/2015

A Chinese tourist who lost his entire holiday savings of almost £7,000 has praised a Good Samaritan who handed it over to the police.

Bin Zhou misplaced his bag containing the cash after returning from a visit to the Giant’s Causeway on Monday.

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The money was to cover a month-long holiday for Mr Zhou, his partner and child.

Without it — and having not brought a credit card — the family was left with just £5 in loose change.

However, after contacting police they were informed the cash had been found.

It was discovered by security staff at premises in the High Street area of Belfast.

Mr Zhou, who’s visiting Northern Ireland for the first time, said he was impressed by its people and was very grateful to everyone who helped find his money.

“I think Northern Ireland is a beautiful place and the people are very kind-hearted and honest,” he told the Belfast Telegraph.

Mr Zhou, who is from Pingxiang in China’s Jiangxi province, arrived on Sunday with his partner Li Taoye and young son Xiao Yu.

They are spending three days in Northern Ireland before travelling to the Republic and then on to Britain.

They plan to spend a month travelling in the UK and Ireland.

Mr Zhou brought £4,100 and €3,500 (about £2,450) to pay for the holiday.

However, disaster struck on Sunday when he misplaced a bag containing all the cash.

“We went to the Giant’s Causeway for a day tour,” he said.

“When we came back I went to the shop to buy some items. I realised my bag was lost.”

Mr Zhou contacted the tour company, but there was no sign of his bag when he returned with staff to check the bus.

After going back to his hotel in Belfast he asked the receptionist to contact police.

Several hours later he attended the station and was told his bag had been recovered — along with all of the money.

“They gave me the lost bag and I counted the cash. I had not lost any,” Mr Zhou added.

“I was very worried. We had no credit cards, we only had cash.

“We only had some small coins, not much over £5.”

He said he was very relieved and grateful to the people who helped find his money.

“I’ve no idea about where the money was lost — maybe on the bus, maybe on the road,” he added.

“I’m very, very thankful.

“The people of Northern Ireland are very honest and warm-hearted.”

PSNI Chief Inspector Robert Murdie said: “Shortly after 8pm on Monday police received a call from security staff at premises in the High Street area of Belfast advising they had found a bag containing a large sum of money.

“Police recovered the bag and took it to Musgrave police station for safekeeping.

“Police received a call from a member of the public later in the evening reporting he had lost his bag containing a large amount of money somewhere in Belfast.

“Police advised the caller that his bag had been recovered and, after confirming his identity, were happy to be able to reunite him with his property.”

Mr Zhou said that, thanks to the people who found his money, he now intends to enjoy the rest of his holiday.

Good job he didn't go to Greece , but what a plank .

perhaps no one stole it lest it turned out to be a bomb!

" If people want to buy something these days they look on eBay first. It's like the old Yellow Pages." Les Bailey, of PF Jones (No 8. below)

THE LIST OF THE TOP 30 EBAY SELLERS ACCORDING TO SALES LAST MONTH
Source: Terapeak

1) universalgadgets01 - Electronics and gadgets - £1,477,644.63

2) Babz - Electronics and consumables - £1,427,534.13

3) estocks - Entertainment and electronics - £995,558.10

4) thinkprice - Everything - £633,881.03

5) bargain-bonanza - Everything - £549,845.31

6) worldofbooks08 - Books - £547,916.04

7) lmelctrical - Electrical - £539,310.72

8) p.fjones - Car parts and spars - £279,666.84

9) angling-warehouse - Fishing and outdoors - £251,525.26

10) aceparts-uk - Car parts and spares - £209,132.98

11) cheapest-electrical - Electronic goods - £198,900.76

12) hezhl2011 - Fashion - £179,090.66

13) stella-comm - Fancy dress and toys - £177,322.45

14) vladon-furniture - Furniture - £166,899.68

15) madaboutcostumes - Fancy dress - £164,258.23

16) bamford-trading - Electronics and gadgets - £164,011.92

17) lcd-wall-brackets - TV accessories - £162,049.02

18) ghostbikes-uk - Motorcycle accessories - £156,216.13

19) fancy-dress-discount-store - Fancy dress - £143,625.15

20) cramptonandmoore - Electronics and gadgets - £141,869.62

21) - Fashion - £125,488.09

22) paulsanglingsupplies - Fishing and outdoors - £123,905.87

23) qfished - Fishing - £121,882.00

24) pitbikedirect - Motorcycles - £115,512.56

25) bedroom-furniture-direct - £114,578.05

26) belle-lingerie - Lingerie - £111,825.54

27) prestige.fitness.direct - Gym and fitness equipment - £110,570.04

28) ukawesomestuff928 - Fashion - £107,563.16

29) home-un-leisure - Fishing - £99,638.30

30) grt104 - Bikes - £97,460.17

More on this, from a very interesting Mail article at: eBay 'Top 30' Rich List

I have bought things from at least 4 of traders above. I rarely buy anything from real shops, certainly not books. Retail shops are in sharp decline and it will get worse. I often visit a real shop to decide what I want and then order it online. I buy gadgets, cooking utensils, books, clothes, trainers, food etc. The result is that where I live there are no shops where you can buy anything useful. All there is hairdressers, cafes, restaurants, banks, estate agents, beauty parlours, a couple of up market supermarkets and a couple of newsagents and a bookshop that is giving up half of the shop.

Please give generously, it's all for a good cause.


Cant post the pic, but it's worth a look to see where the money goes.



http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2015/7/16/green-donations-splurged-on-swanky-hq.html

Well having read through that MaxK , it seems these Charities exists to support certain levels of management and whatever is over may make it's way to it's supposed aim . I don't think I'll be donating ta .

I have to admit to visiting retail shops just to look, touch and inspect. Then I go home and use the 'Google Shopper'.

I'm not against buying 'used stuff' either but I am discerning and definitely want the original boxes and receipts and hopefully, a balance Warranty. The latest purchases being three Panasonic plasma TVs and a sound bar.

The retail shops I visit the most to actually buy things from, are the Supermarkets. I do like a bit of 'buzz' and get the best vibes from my local Tesco, where I like to pick up a scanner and fill my bags as I go round. I'm also not against looking in the 'Reduced' section for 'Sell by Date' bargains and yesterday I snapped up two packs of 4 'ready to eat now', perfectly ripe peaches (£1.08 each pack). My wife has the shoppinglist but I don't bother with it. I like choose the ham from the Deli on the day and also bought two 'bright eyed' Rainbow trout for supper.

We have an electric 'Tepanyaki Grill', bought from Aldi for £20 (it's one of the best things I ever bought for 'outside dining' at the garden table -so I actually bought three of them!). When I bought the trout, I was actually looking for a medley of fish for cooking on said grill but changed my mind at the last minute. With the grill you can sit down and cook and have a glass of wine and a chat. It's also nice to slice up some nice steak and take responsibility for your own cooking of it and do this whilst you are eating and chatting. It's 'wipe clean' at the end and then 'back in the box' - so easy peasy! And much, much more fun and more convenient than any barbecue.

Back to the shopping (but staying with 'food')....

I like to shop for fresh produce from the outdoor markets. They are truly amazing around where I live and the best of them is definitely at Milton Keynes Centre. It amazes me that people prefer the likes of the pre-packed stale stuff from the likes of M&S.

We hardly eat out nowadays. Why? Well, out of London, the food is so crap and the service is even worse. It seems to me, there are very few restaurants about now who know how to do 'things' properly? My respect is positive for 'Jamie's Italian' and 'Raymond Blanc's Brasserie' - and that's about it.

For non-food, then John Lewis easily wipes the floor with its competition.

Perhaps we should move to London?

Hmmm?

Nah!

We have 'lots and lots of green fields' and at least six great alternative locations to walk the dog around Northampton. We are also only about 1 hr and an easy drive from the likes of, say London, Birmingham and Heathrow.

My son's university professor of business studies advocated running your own business as a charity. The idea was to live well from it by way of salary, expenses and benefits and treat the charity function as being secondary.

Of course, why bother setting up your own if you can do the same as an executive from a big one, that's already done all the paperwork, gained the accreditation and is massively big enough to be able to continually treat you in ways to which you have become accustomed?

And think how it would add to your CV, your Facebook 'Likes' and your fashionable credibility too?