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From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:34 mileburner wrote: > "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:vjucv5hpufncv3vectvv6lgmgidq7vfsje(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 11:57:03 +0100, "mileburner" >> <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't deny that the car can be the most sensible and practical >>> choice, but >>> that is considerably different to "having" to drive because I >>> "have" to. >> >> I dont know anybody who thinks like that. > > It usually manifests itself in the notion "I have to drive to work, > as it's the only way I can get there" or "I live in the country and I > cannot get around by any other means". What these people seem to > overlook is that they could work somewhere else, or live somewhere > else. Might have been true 50 years ago. Not now. Daily Mail overdose again. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 18:36 On 21 May, 23:22, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > On 21 May, 16:00, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > >> Squashme wrote: > >>> ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> What would that be, for corner shops, and why can't corner shops > >>>>> do it now? They have been around for a long time, after all. > >>>> you cannot carry the variety if you only have a few hundred > >>>> customers, corner shops are now places you nip out for the stuff > >>>> you forgot, a paper or a bottle of wine and a lottery ticket. > >>> How many meals can you eat? How much "variety" do you need? It's not > >>> necessarily an improved diet. > > >> And you know best as to what other should and should not be eating, > >> eh? > > > I probably know better than much of the population, and I'd guess that > > you do too, unless you believe that people have a human right to > > choose to be obese. > > A variety in diet doesn't necessarily make you obese. > > -- A variety of fruits probably not. A variety of crisps probably may:- " * Flamin' Hot Monster Munch * Pickled Onion Space Raiders * Salt & Vinegar Squares * Beef Monster Munch * Tesco Own Brand Cheese & Onion * Bacon Wheat Crunchies * Skips * Beef Hula Hoops * Beef Discos * Frazzles * Scampi Fries * Pickled Onion Monster Munch * Beef Wotsits * Tomato Snaps * Cheese Moments * Onion Rings * Walkers Cheese n Onion * Quavers * Salt n Shake * McCoy's Mexican Chilli * Meanies * Seabrook Crinckle Cut * Fish and Chips * Pickled Onion Meanies * Salt and Vinegar Chipsticks * Tangy Cheese Dorito's * Tangy Toms * Transformers * Worcester Sauce French Fries * Cheetos * Pom Bears * Frisps * Pizza Cheetos * Morrisons Salt and Vingear Twists * Scampi and Lemon Nik Naks * Paprika Walkers Max * Nice n Spicy Nik Naks * barbeque pringles * Cheesy snaps * sour cream and chive disco's * Thai sweet chilli sensations * roysters t-bone steak * Walkers Sensations Slow Roasted Lamb With Moroccan Spices * Walkers Cheese and Chives * creamy passander and chicken poppadoms crisps walkers * Cool Flavour Doritos * Mini Cheddars * Marmite Mini Cheddars * salt and vinegar french fries * Walkers sweet chilli sensations * chilli heatwave doritos * salsa flavour mini cheddars * Spare rib nik naks * xmas special turkey and stuffing * Walkers Marmite * Tomato wheat crunchies * Walkers Sensations Roasted Chicken & Thyme * pickled onion discos * Walkers Worcester Sauce Crisps * Cheesy Wotsits * cheese & onion puffs * seabrook ready salted * cheesy poofs * paprika pringles * Hedgehog-Flavoured crisps * Nettle Flavour Crisps * Walkers Prawn Cocktail * Salt and Vinegar McCoy's * prawn cocktail quavers * Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips * Walkers Smokey Bacon * sainsburys own onion rings * Salt & Vinegar Monster Munch * walkers chilli & lemon crisps * Walkers Salt & Vinegar * Tangy Discos * Walkers Steak & Onion * Salt and Vinger Twists * McCoy's Flame Grilled Steak * Wotsit Waffles * Wotsits Minis * Quarterbacks Corn Snacks * Walkers Ready Salted * walkers pickled onion * Boots Own Brand Yogurt & Mint Crisps * Red Mill Cheese Puffs * bacon nik naks * beef puffs * farmer browns * sam spudz * piglets * Beef space raiders * Cheese and chive roysters * Roast Chicken * Spaghetti Bolognese Monster Munch * bacon and brown sauce * spicy meatballs * Pringles Rice Infusions Salt & Vinegar * Pringles Rice Infusions Sour Cream & Onion * Pringles Rice Infusions Cheese & Onion * Pringles Rice Infusions Sweet BBQ Spare Rib * Smiths Crisps Tubes * McCoy's Chicken Madras * McCoy's Steak and Ale * KP Outer Spascers Chutney Flavour * tastees * roast beef flavour * Pickled Onion Discos * BBQ Rib Flavour * Cheese and Pickle flavour * Sweetcorn Relish Skips * bits-a-pizza * Walkers Chicken Tikka * Pringles Ploughman's Cheese And Tomato Flavour * Brown Sauce" (With thanks to the CrispList) And really, after Smith's with the blue twist of salt, who needs variety? Mostly an illusion. Medway, if you are salivating, well ... I'm not surprised. No, I agree, real variety in diet should be a good thing, and not make you obese.
From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:38 mileburner wrote: > "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:097dv59v1bsnd0rbk343d1l9duthubv7kl(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 15:39:33 +0100, "mileburner" >> <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> >>> It usually manifests itself in the notion "I have to drive to work, >>> as it's >>> the only way I can get there" or "I live in the country and I >>> cannot get around by any other means". What these people seem to >>> overlook is that they >>> could work somewhere else, or live somewhere else. >> >> I see, you think people should forgo where they want to live and job >> opportunities to not use a car. Are you surprised few do? > > I am merely pointing out the difference between "have to" and "want > to". Many people seem to get these two confused. Especially fuckwits like you. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: The Medway Handyman on 21 May 2010 18:40 mileburner wrote: > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:85nn3tFc38U1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> they were saying: >> >>> In article <ht65v8$1vj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> mileburner(a)btinternet.com says... >>>> >>>> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:vjucv5hpufncv3vectvv6lgmgidq7vfsje(a)4ax.com... >>>>> On Fri, 21 May 2010 11:57:03 +0100, "mileburner" >>>>> <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't deny that the car can be the most sensible and practical >>>>>> choice, but >>>>>> that is considerably different to "having" to drive because I >>>>>> "have" to. >>>>> >>>>> I dont know anybody who thinks like that. >>>> >>>> It usually manifests itself in the notion "I have to drive to >>>> work, as it's the only way I can get there" or "I live in the >>>> country and I cannot get around by any other means". What these >>>> people seem to overlook is that they could work somewhere else, or >>>> live somewhere else. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Some people don't have that level of choice. Some people's workplace >>> locations might not be practical places to live; e.g. forestry >>> workers. >> >> Plus, of course, the fluidity in people's careers. >> >> In the time I've lived in this relatively immediate area, my "normal >> place of work" has been in <thinks> at least seven different places, >> across a radius of about 40 miles, in several different directions. >> >> 'erself has been based in a similar number, mostly in one (easily PT >> commutable) direction. >> >> I'd love to know how that particular circle should be squared. > > My own place of work is about 10 metres from my bedroom and 2 metres > from my kitchen. Clearly not a long distance lorry driver then? -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: Squashme on 21 May 2010 18:46
On 21 May, 23:24, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > On 20 May, 20:00, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in > >> messagenews:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... > > >>> I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner > >>> shops aren't. > > >> If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and > >> carry them > >> home why would they drive to a supermarket? > > > "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself in a corner shop can > > count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to > > Thatcher). > > "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself riding a push bike can count > himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to Squashme). > > -- > Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a > viable form of transport. Norman Tebbit: "I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking 'til he found it." Dave - stupid enough to think that a push bike is a kid's toy and to go on and on and on and on on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on repeating it, because it got a laugh once. Oh, and did I mention that Dave went go on and on and on and on on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on repeating it? |