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Turn it into margarine perhaps? Margarine is one molecule away from being plastic...I am going to miss the free bags, as I use them for my garbage, the garbage that can't be recycled or composted. I had a cat who was addicted to plastic bags, she lived until she was 22, so licking the bags didn't do her any harm..we lined her coffin with shopping bags and her shroud was her favourite towel. I am not planning to dig her up at anytime, so I can't check on the decomposition, but the grape vine we planted on her grave flourishes.
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Constant emails from a lender
gettingolder replied to accesspwd's topic in PayDay loans and Short Term loans - General
Have you thought of blocking their email address until you get this sorted? They will keep this bombardment up in the hope you will crack. it might be practical to change your email address, if it is, why not close the old email account? -
Pigeon Post or Pony Express?
gettingolder replied to gettingolder's topic in Postal and Delivery Services
5 October and still no sign of package....I hope whoever has it, is enjoying it. Karma will catch up eventually. -
Sneaky devils. For a moment I thought it was another overseas transaction fee and they were adjusting the exchange rate..I was gearing up to have an argument with this had this been the case. So if I buy and then pay the balance on the card in full within two or three days of the purchase I might not get this fee. I pay in full each month on the due date.
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BILLED DEFERRED FINANCE CHARGES What the heck is this? I have been checking my credit card to make sure everything is as it should be and found two of these entries. One is for £0.38 and the other is £1.76. it says merchant and gives a code, but the code means nothing to me, as I cannot identify the merchant. I buy from overseas at times and there is a transaction fee for this, so am at a loss to cross reference this. I am loathed to phone them tomorrow on the 0300 number supplied on the statement.
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Save us form these Piracy/Copyright Trolls. I used to create email stationery and a few times had the copyright issue crop up and got threatened by some outfit in the States. I told them to bring it on. They never did. I could prove everything I made was mine from the first pixel drawn to the finished product. I now use this art work in my embroidery. I know this has nothing to do with downloading and file sharing, but it is the same thing. Ignore them, they have to prove that you pirated/copied it.
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Snowdragon, your poem touched a raw nerve for me, no matter how many years pass, there is still that empty place. I was going through my embroidery designs and found this one. I think it sums up how we all feel. My motto is ;Love like there is no tomorrow, those we have held in our arms and hearts will never be forgotten.
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Parcelforce Error with Import Charges
gettingolder replied to Phoenicia's topic in Postal and Delivery Services
At least you know where your parcel is, mine still hasn't arrived. I have bought stabiliser from overseas and had to pay £16.00 duty on the parcel. it was still cheaper than buying it here in England. I was not charged a handling fee. UPS delivered it. -
You can bet the pharmaceutical companies would not want this legalised for personal use. I wonder how hard their lobbyists are leaning on the researchers.? My Mum used to be funny, she did suggest planting pot plants in with the tomato plants. I can't grow tomatoes here in England, they never ripen before the first frosts, so unless I use my Conservatory I can't see me growing Pot in my garden here. I have my bubs planted already. I am surprising myself this year.
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How can I be against legalisation? I might have been the straight one in the family, can't speak for my younger siblings hahahaha. I know of a pot plant being grown on the high seas. I am not saying any more than that. This is what my Nanna grew and where http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/business/international/tasmania-big-supplier-to-drug-companies-faces-changes.html?_r=0 I do know how to grow the plants in the tropics in a paddock. Yes the stuff Dad grew was lower grade and for textile uses but it still had to be grown under strict control. I think the OH is getting to old to worry about wacky backy, he gave up puffing nicotine over 30 years ago. I could put his military pension to good use if it was legalised. I like the idea of becoming a very rich woman in my third life. I might have to buy an Aga to dry the leaves.
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Oh my wasted years. I lived on a legalised hemp farm in a land down under. When the crop was harvested, the air was filled with the pungent aroma. Have you ever smelled it as it is burnt, because the excess and it cannot be marketed. My son and his mates would use the stuff for spears when they played games, amazingly none of them smoked it and we didn't either, guess when you are brought up with it and think that it used for rope making you really don't think about it. I had a dear friend in the States and she would get her son to buy it and she would bake into Brownies. They were yummy. Sadly when she died her recipe went with her. She lived in California and did have failing eyesight she said it helped her to see better. My brother used to keep some seeds in his pantry/ My daughter was staying with him, found the seeds and decided to add them to stew she was cooking. The report was it was very tasty, everyone enjoyed the meal, but my brother was bereft, there went his summer crop, he used to grow it in his garden. My father grew the stuff legally, my brother grew it illegally, What Dad grew was not medical grade but the stuff had much the same effect. I never remember the crop being harvested by thieves, maybe when I was younger we lived in a more gentler time. I do know Dad had offers from some people who had other ideas. He always said No. The Drug Squad would come up and burn the excess in situ to destroy it. In later years after the farm was sold for housing, I know many people had strange looking very large plants growing the gardens. Now I know where I went wrong. To think I could have become a Drug Baroness.....geeez.....It would never have crossed my father's mind to sell it for any other purpose, other than rope and fibre making. It has me thinking about the poppies that my Nanna grew on my grandparent's farm. These used to get harvested when the heads were full of seeds. Light bulb moment....
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Just back from shopping, Lidl first and then on Tesco (need gluten free stuff), got to the checkout in Tesco and asked if we wanted a bag, had our own bag, so no hassle, from what I saw in the car park everyone had their own bags. In my earlier life I used to live on a legalised hemp farm. Hemp was used for rope. The local kids loved it, as did the cattle, it is known as loco weed, similar properties to the stuff you can bake into chocolate brownies. the police used to come down and burn the excess, because apparently and I don't know the truth of this, they could extract oil from the plant, no, not the police, but those who wanted a cheaper hit than paying for Mary Jane, I know if we let the cows near the hemp Dad would yell at us because it tainted the milk, tainted milk, meant no money. The Hemp was nice cash crop.
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I think some of the Doomsayers like to paint the worst case scenario, forgetting about the sustainable and renewable resources that are in place, ''Let's paint the blackest picture we can''. Tawny Owl do not make your nest in a paper forest plantation you can have your nest in the eucalyptus tree I my back garden.
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I would still opt for Brown paper sacks . Looks like our daily newspapers, similar process to make the paper is not so good, but at least the paper can be recycled (Nothing scientific here, just my opinion). In Australia they grow forests of trees for paper making, so I will disregard that fact, drive the Bruce Highway in Queensland you will see nothing other than great forests of pine trees, they have doing this for nearly 100 years, it is renewable and sustainable farming. I use paper in my compost, the earthworms eat it along with other compostable stuff. Now where can I buy string bags for reselling? Tawny Owl we need to talk marketing.
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I remember when I was a little girl, my Mum used have string bags for carrying groceries. As a teenager, they then brown paper sacked the groceries. I wonder if either of these will make a return?
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US mass shooting
gettingolder replied to unclebulgaria67's topic in The Bear Garden – for off-topic chat
It wont be resolved. Sadly the checks are only for the person who has the license. That person is responsible for the security of the weapon. The only reason I had weapon in Australia was because it had been given to me, it was antique and it had not been disarmed. It was a collector's item. I sold it to a collector, but had to supply all the paperwork to the police. My sister (in Texas) has home security, she was phoned by a home security salesman and when she stated she had a 357 he replied I think that is security enough Ma'am. She doesn't have a weapon at all. If a person is determined enough they will find a way around the law preventing the possession of a weapon. -
Robinson Way chasing 12 year oldshopacheck 'debt'.
gettingolder replied to pinklisar's topic in Welcome Finance
Go for it. I used to love DCA baiting back in the day. Life has been so quiet lately. -
Pigeon Post or Pony Express?
gettingolder replied to gettingolder's topic in Postal and Delivery Services
Still no sign of the missing parcel, USPS have started to make inquiries of Royal Mail. Royal Mail have admitted they can't track it because it is not on track and trace system YET....I tried to ring RM again yesterday, no luck, the disembodied voice advising me it can take 25 days for something to arrive. I hope it arrives before I pop my clogs. -
Tawny Owl. I was wondering if you needed two older citizens help you to push the van onto the road. Good to know the problem has been resolved even if you have to clean up the oil spill. Kitty litter is very good to soak up the excess. Stop laughing, I am going to suggest Bi Carb Soda to clean any stain off the bricks, a good strong brush, elbow grease and the soda and the stain should be nearly gone. You will need a lot soda to do the job, but it does work after getting the excess up with the kitty litter. This suggestion comes from the woman who sugars her lawn. It does make it greener and grow thicker. Go on laugh you lot, it works when mixed with maize flour and applied before it rains. Maybe your new friends would like some plant cuttings Tawny Owl. I think you might have a happy holiday season.
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US mass shooting
gettingolder replied to unclebulgaria67's topic in The Bear Garden – for off-topic chat
True, but hopefully the license would not be renewed on the Annual renewal. No matter whatever legislation is in place it wont stop those who want a gun for illegal or unlawful purposes. It's not the guns that kill, it's the person who fires it. -
US mass shooting
gettingolder replied to unclebulgaria67's topic in The Bear Garden – for off-topic chat
An aside, Barack Obama might not need a gun, but he is escorted by those who carry concealed weapons at all times and this will continue for the rest of his and his families lives. -
US mass shooting
gettingolder replied to unclebulgaria67's topic in The Bear Garden – for off-topic chat
Some of the States have gun control, these States have the higher proportion of killing by gun. please don't ask me to where I got that stat from, I read it while in the States. We have a second home in Texas, so I speak from experience. No we don't have a weapon in the house, both of us know how to use firearms, we are both ex military/ When I lived in Australia I needed to have a Police Shooters License, licensed by the State I lived in. The weapon had to be kept in a locked safe with the bolt and magazine in different places. in Texas you are screened, you can buy your gun BUT you have wait the mandatory cooling off period and during this time, police checks are run and you have to apply for your licence. THEN, you have to attend mandatory licensing to legally carry the firearm. If you are going to carry a concealed firearm, you have to have further screening checks done, before you can take delivery of your firearm. If you are found to be carrying an unlicensed weapon, jail time for you without a get out of jail for free card. You do have to keep your weapon in a secure place in your house. yes. you can buy your shells and bullets at Walmart, but you certainly don't do this when you do your weekly shop. There are regulations that the store has to observe. You are not served by a pimply youth either. It is not as easy as the media makes it out to be, Personal story...the ladies of a certain church all carry a pistol in their handbags, they are all licensed and have done firearm training. I do not attend church, but can picture them all sitting in the pews. I call them the Pentacostal Pistol Packing Mummas. I asked them why they felt the need to carry a weapon and one replied in broad Texan draw, Sugar, when you are threatened by a stupid boy waving a pistol in your face and he tells you to remove your panties because he is going to rape you, you fumble in your purse making out your getting a hanky to wipe your eyes, and then you show him your gun, he certainly loses interest quickly, because they don't expect you to have a weapon. My brother has a rifle in the cabin of his truck, it is above his head, he has never had a problem, the rifle is visible to everyone. No-one has ever tried to steal the truck or the rifle. Maybe it is a deterrent to some. Over here we have a baseball bat kept inside the front door. Living in four different countries, it iis horses for courses -
hahahaha Tawny Owl...a hate is a hat. My typing has never improved over the years. brain works faster than fingers...not really, my keyboard has gremlins in it. We are a talented lot. I rediscovered my love for sewing and embroidery after I was forced into retirement. Ageism raised it's ugly head and that is another story. I wish I was back at work, I miss my Junior Doctors and medical students.
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If you plot it out as a graph, it does come together. I also use my computer to do the digitising of embroidery designs.. Those who do machine embroidery know what I am talking about. Of course, you could cheat and do something as an applique.
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Good suggestion Tobyjug. Writing it down will help clarify what you want and also how you felt at the time. You can get a local resolution or you can make a formal complaint. The decision is yours. Either way the nurse will be spoken to. Do you want an (spoken) apology from her, or do you want a written apology? I am betting next time, the nurse will think before she speaks. Professionalism and Discretion should be her watch words. Have you had a good relationship with her before this?
