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.

DC - Your Harry looks very glum but I guess he will brighten up when he gets all the money.

Just a great character. :-))

Is the money tax free? :-))

that little matter has never worried him in the past if memory serves me right

He'll be launching his own brand of toiletries and perfumes soon. How about Redknappers sleeping solutions for insomniacs.

Food shopping/ groceries, do you do most of your shopping in one supermarket or do you shop in several different supermarkets?


Do you use local butchers/bakers/fishmongers?


Just curious.

me?
independent fishmonger/butcher and would rather buy bread from an indy baker, but unfortunately there is no longer a decent one in the town

vegetables and fruit almost by default one is now compelled to buy in the supermarket
fortunately my local sainsbury's is good for veg though not hot hot with their fruit but there's a very large and upper range waitrose a few miles away
i pretty much never buy from m&s as i think it severely o'priced

"vegetables and fruit almost by default one is now compelled to buy in the supermarket"

Not if there is an Organic local Box delivery service in your area, most good areas have them now.

prefer to choose my own and then i know what i'm getting
rarely know what i have in mind until i go into the shop

It depends if your taste buds know the difference in taste between futiliser food and real Organic local food.

"futilizer"?????

Yes it's food that has been sprayed with Chemical Fertilizers as opposed to food grown Organicly locally, apart from possible health concerns the taste (for example Carrots) are very noticeable.

agree with carrots and assuredly with newly dug potatoes
other than not liking the overuse of nitrates and pest controls etc, i don't think from a taste point of view it makes a lot of difference unless picked and eaten within a few hours - especially asparagus

Oh yes, and that is true of a lot of food that is grown locally and eaten promptly after picking...Asparagus yes Surre Bub.

Weed control I believe is what is the great danger to our food safety and can have an impact on flavors but we need to accept odd shapes and sizes that big growers discard, as they do not fit the supermarket standards in general.

Horse Manure is great for the Veg Patch as long as you hot compost it.

bullshit frequently works well on this thread :-)

There is an answer to that-----just can't put my finger on it though.:-)

Progress in science and technology can be in surges....also in the natural world.....mass extinctions led to dynamic expansion of creatures/flora and the humankind....(I'm not talking about terrible war events...just to get that clear)….space exploration is the same it seems :....it's a long time since mankind walked on the moon and there were decades when nothing much seemed to be happening but now there is tremendous progress being made with a plethora of projects : so congratulations to Richard Branson's space plane....don't forget the UK is greatly involved !.....bravo....

just to cheer you all ....

Mike Ashley issues dire warning for UK retail industry
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From the 1960's

Union reform fails.

Trade unions were very much part of Britain's political and industrial life. The new Labour leader, Harold Wilson, won the general election in1964. One of his reforms was the Prices and Incomes Act. The aim was that all wage and price rises had to be approved by a National Board for Prices, but in practice the idea was unworkable.

In 1968 Labour's Employment Minister, Barbara Castle, wrote a paper called 'In Place of Strife'. She suggested ballots before strikes and a 28-day cooling off period before action was taken. Her aim was to prevent the unofficial strikes and lightning strikes that stopped production without notice. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) rejected the idea and pressured Wilson into scrapping it by threatening to withdraw the unions' financial support from Labour.