From: Squashme on
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
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
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
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
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.