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From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 07:16 On 21 May, 11:41, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > boltar2...(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > >>He never learned to drive a car. > > Neither did my grandmother. And after her husband (who could drive) died > > she basically didn't go any further than the local bus could take her. > > Virtually nowhere in other words. > > Nor did SWMBO's parents, through the '60s and '70s. > > She grew up visiting the few places that could be got to by train easily, > and never visiting other places - even a relatively short distance away. > She was very restricted in which of her school friends she could visit > easily, and generally felt socially hard-done-by and resentful. And then she found you.
From: Adrian on 21 May 2010 07:17 Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >>He never learned to drive a car. >> > Neither did my grandmother. And after her husband (who could drive) >> > died she basically didn't go any further than the local bus could >> > take her. Virtually nowhere in other words. >> Nor did SWMBO's parents, through the '60s and '70s. >> >> She grew up visiting the few places that could be got to by train >> easily, and never visiting other places - even a relatively short >> distance away. She was very restricted in which of her school friends >> she could visit easily, and generally felt socially hard-done-by and >> resentful. > And then she found you. <blows squishy a kiss> I love you too.
From: Adrian on 21 May 2010 07:18 Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > And somebody shut down all the local shops. Odd. They seem to be thriving around us.
From: Man at B&Q on 21 May 2010 08:02 On May 21, 9:48 am, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:46:06 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q" > > <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> And how often do you think people should go grocery shopping? > > >My parents always managed. So did most of the rest pf the population > >with hardly an "out of town" shopping centre in existence. > > usually with a non working housewife Not true. > and a much less interesting range > of food. Things like (bell) peppers and aubergines were very exotic > then. We managed without. MBQ
From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 08:06
On 21 May, 13:02, "Man at B&Q" <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On May 21, 9:48 am, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> > wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:46:06 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q" > > > <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> And how often do you think people should go grocery shopping? > > > >My parents always managed. So did most of the rest pf the population > > >with hardly an "out of town" shopping centre in existence. > > > usually with a non working housewife > > Not true. > > > and a much less interesting range > > of food. Things like (bell) peppers and aubergines were very exotic > > then. > > We managed without. You could sue for that. |