General Chat

You can buy salt either these days. Went into T***os .......nothing but empty boxes.

What are people doing with it? ....... throwing it on their pavements? lol :o))))))))

Its the same in Monmouth, cant even get to a shop that sells radio's and teles, have to go 20 miles. I wont go on because iget nasty about it.

I have lived in same place 45 yrs. remember you could walk and in the distance of 1/2 mile there were, wet fish shop, bakers, shoe shop, dress shop, haberdashers, veg shop, hardware shop etc. Also think that council would not allow, say 2 bakers to open within a certain distance of each other. Now in that same 1/2 mile all we have is 7 Turkish mini markets 1 being in the old Woolworths, 14 take aways, 11 hairdressers/barbers, 6 estate agents. Feel sorry for people without a car who cannot easily get to larger shopping centres.
Carol

Blimey, fancy you still wearing nappies Dizzi!! :<))

WHY DO YOU THINK I CARRY SAFTY PINS IN MY BAG,,
NOT EVEN THE DAINTY TYPE THERE
NAPPY PINS...............NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL NEED THEM,,
NOW I COULD MAKE A FORTUNE SELLNG KNICHER ELASTIC

I guessed that that would be the case........hence a little tongue in cheek

Bob

Thanks for your suggestion Bob. My nearest John Lewis is in the centre of Nottingham, and I am 12 miles away in semi-rural Derbyshire. A long way to go for a bobbin of cotton, methinks.
Julia in Derbyshire

try john lewis.........if you have one ...
do all things haber dasher-like

oops by the sound of it you barely have a high street?
Bob

Ps. as the gum chewing barely left school shop assistant said........

"theres no call for it these days!"

"Ive told ten ladies that already today!"

PrickleyHolly, if you,re short of it why no ask "nickerless nickleby" I,m sure he will oblidge or at least lend you a hand.**M**.pmsl.:o)>.

Well Prickles, just remember to keep yer hood up whilst in M & S, or else. LOLOL
Julia in Derbyshire

It's ok Julia. I have swung them over my shoulder and they sitting comfortably in the hood of my body warmer!!

Prickly Holly, try Sellotaping them under yer arms, and keep yer boobs warm
Julia in Derbyshire

Aww! Bless your Mum Julia. X
The thing about the knicker elastic........if i dont have knicker's, i got nowhere to tuck my boobs!! :>))

Our local supermarket is T***co, and I have never seen it in there. Ann, I agree with what you say LOL
Talking of Knicker Elastic, reminds me of a funny story. Well, in our family it is funny.
Over 60 years ago, when I was a child, we had been, enfamilia, to the Cowel Highland Games, in Dunoon. At that time, we lived on the Isle of Bute, more or less opposite Dunoon.
We were running for the last ferry back home, at about 7.00 at night. Dad was clutching his mace in one hand, and sister with the other. Mum was clutching me, and her heavily pregnant stomach. Suddenly she stopped running, bent down, and very lady-like picked up her knickers, and stuffed them under her arm. The elastic had broke, and they had fell down, round her feet. We all carried on running and caught the ferry. If you had known my mother, you would realise how funny it was.
One of my memories of Mum, now no longer with us.
Julia in Derbyshire

I was going to say I am sure the supermarkets have some. Youngsters just wear the hems down i expect like they do Jeans all frayed. Make do and mend is not on their list of activities (generalising here before anyone jumps on me.)

Not even supermarkets Julia? Thats if you have one in your town.

Susan get yourself sone braces to hold your knickers up lol

If you think that is scandlass Julia, just try getting hold of some Knicker Elastic!!! Now that is what i call SCANDLASS!!! lol Susan x:>))

There is not one shop in my town that sells sewing cotton. Does no-one ever have to turn up a hem, or sew a button on. We have to go to either of two towns, in opposite directions, about 4 miles away, to buy some.
Scandlass it is, scandlass, I say LOL
Julia in Derbyshire