General Chat

I agree that sounds just like a con job.
Angela

To get the full effect from them they need to be permenantly on,switching on and off as you normally do with the other bulbs,does,t save at all,its just another con job.**M**.

Merlin, I had read that about those new bulbs too.
I also read something about them not been as good as they are cracked up to be.
Angela

Kate,They must be a different type of Ladder I prefer to climb. :o)>.**M**.Re the Bulbs and Mercury,They are supposed to be sent to a special disposal place,they cost more to make and do not last as long as they are perported to,also they flicker very fast which can affect certain people.M.

That reminds me of my degree show, Jean.Last year, on our plan of key dates was "ladder training" - I assumed it must be some kind of team-building exercise.

It was a forty-minute demonstration by the campus health and safety officer on how to climb ladders! (Complete with the horror stories of people who climbed up them holding a craft knife/scissors/ nails in the mouth and how they got injured as a result.)

LOL Jean.
Those mandarins in Brussels have a lot to answer for.
Angela

The health and safety rules forbid the verger in our church from getting up a steps to change alight bulb, it has to be done by two qualified people! I ask you, where do you get qualifications to change a light bulb, I must have been doing it wrong for years!
It would be nice if it was possible to describe a taste properly as there are quite a few things my OH says he doesnt like when I know he has never tried them. Jean

Merlin, the newfangled lightbulbs contain mercury so it is a matter of time before Health and Safety get involved with the "changing the lightbulb" scenario !

:-) lol

Errol,re the Light bulb,They,d more than likely have to form a new "Quango" on changing lightbulbs,before they could instruct you,complete with all the Health and Safety Rules. to go with it. **M**.:o)>

calling Prince Charles, calling Prince Charles - he talks to plants, but would they understand him - I can't!!!

Pat, I had this vision of the mandarins of the EU speaking to Banana trees in English/French and German and totally confusing them so they grew straight to try to listen.
Angela

Forgive my ignorance but I did not know you could grow straight bananas. Every picture I have seen of bananas on a tree have the bananas curved same with a bunch of bananas in supermarkets. perhaps the EU will talk to the trees about growing them straight.
We are living in a totally mad world all I care about is the taste not the shape.

I love farm shops and farmers markets cos you do get differences in 'real' food.
Angela

We have an allottment and certainly don't throw away our precious crops because they are an odd shape.........it all tastes great . New potatoes on the plate three hours after being dug up.....yum yum.

Who remembers funny shaped carrots ? The ones from supermakets just have no character these days..........lol

Never tried salsify, what does it taste like????

I'm sure somebody must have tried it.They wouldn't keep growing it if nobody tried it.

I did a double take as I thought you had said how do you cook satisfy, I must be tired.
Angela

viral advertising is a great yet scary thing!

You wouldn't falsify salsify now would you?