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From: Brimstone on 21 May 2010 06:09 "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:9jicv5hhsdl21bgrvfc0840cvhphdaaauv(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 21 May 2010 01:08:03 -0700 (PDT), Squashme > <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>Yes, of course, when our grandparents and grandparents were alive, >>very few of them ever managed to get to work. > > they worked locally, didn't they? > -- In the 1700s people walked 4 to 5 miles to do a full days hard physical labour and walked home again. People today have become lazy and do things simply because they have the tools to do so without thought for the consequences.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 06:56 On Fri, 21 May 2010 02:48:53 -0700 (PDT), Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> he probably will because the financial sectors of the world �realize >> he was a main architect of the rescue plan that abated what could have >> been a 1930 style recession and bank total collapse. My guess is the >> IMF. >> -- >You obviously have a much higher opinion of Gordo than I do! Its more the FTs opinion than mine. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 07:04 On Fri, 21 May 2010 02:53:15 -0700 (PDT), Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. I want as much variety as I can get. You can eat junk food from a supermarket or you can eat intelligently, its up to you, not them. With the old corner shops you had minimal choice of often stale goods. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 08:18 On Fri, 21 May 2010 05:02:47 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> and a much less interesting range >> of food. Things like (bell) peppers and aubergines were very exotic >> then. > >We managed without. why does that make it good? -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 08:23
On Fri, 21 May 2010 04:17:08 -0700 (PDT), Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: >And somebody shut down all the local shops. the customers preferred the supermarket -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |