KalamityKel

Ugh!

Blimey where has the time gone... many of you have been gone long time! Meaning this sincerly - oh the good ol days :-(

3 is hardly too many especially considering theyve all been around for many years... not exactly a new fad...

you do spend WAAAAY too much time on here unlurked!

If that's so then I stand corrected on the "second hand" comment. However, I still stand by the rest.

Rastamouse

easytiger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Their stock is not pricey, the donated goods are > are sold much cheaper than rrp so you can always > find a bargain. Other donated goods sold cheap > too. Good luck to them. 100% of their profit goes > to saving children's live around the world. Donate > what you can and don't be grumpy. I would hope second hand goods were sold cheaper than rrp! I think the point being made regarding prices that its a charity shop and shouldnt be expensive. As pointed out earlier charity shops should be working both ways - raising funds for their charity and also helping those less finanically well off by offering goods at incredibly affordable prices. Many charity shops are forgetting this principal. Not that im saying there is necessarily anything wrong with this and it is business afterall and if people are willing to pay such prices... depends where your morals are i guess...

I think a singing bin is far less concerning than finding an italian tenor lurking by a bin...

Plantation shutters? oh dear! I fear you're slightly out of touch with the recent trend DM that's like sooooo last year!!!

Merry Christmas all! I apologise if any of you were awoken by my over excitement earlier this morning! :))

ken78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > we just went in to arati news the paper shop just > along from ayres the bakers nunhead I used my > card, had to void the transaction when I saw the > amount WRONG, I think they want a early christmas > tip lucky I saw the amount, then my mate got 2 > packs of fags on his card and the the pirce was > ?126879.00 lucky he saw the amount, if you use > this shop DONT TRUST THEM better still use another > shop. if the transactions went through we would > have had a great Christmas NO MONEY FOR ANY > THING, > HAPPY CHRISTMAS What did they say when you pointed this out to them?

"wal'AH" seriously? When I commented my frustration at such pronouncication to a friend she simply pointed out "well they are from Lewisham" ::o !!!! *shuddering at both "wal'AH" and friend*

is it Easter?

You'd be surprised lane lover... all those people without curtains/blinds/shutters at their windows that leave their lights on for all to see what's inside... easy to forget about shutting that window in the bathroom you leave slightly ajar etc

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mrure Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What a negative attitude many people have. > Very > > Daily Mail. > > mrure, when the EDF is in full cry, it resembles > something of a cross between the daily mail and > mumsnet. fearsome. Fuelled by others that make such silly statements like yours too eh? ;-) Me? Na dont get me envolved :-p

Admin periodically clear out old posts... I wouldn't take it personally it's just a bit of house keeping.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Incentives for increasing the birth rate > possibly. > I'm not quite sure I understand where this relates to supporting your ideas DC. How does this help anything? If you think it would obviously help - is there such an incentive, for whatever reason, that wouldn't result in costing more money that probably wouldn't be recooped or if it did in any beneficial way?

Was the shirt yours?

easytiger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These shops have been rolled out in "posh" areas > of London. Brand new gear is donated by top brands > and sold in the shops with a big percentage of net > profit going to save the children. The shops look > like they are fitted out to high specs. They need > donations from the community too. Opening next > Saturday from noon. > > She's a clever lady. > > Mary's living & giving Bit of a teeny space to fit out to "high specs" though no? Or was the point saying that whilst it's a charity shop it won't look shabby so people shouldn't grumble about "lowering the tone" of the area?

"temporary" Stall, tents, flags, food stalls etc just doesn't have the same ring to it tho does it?

Fab pics :-)

I was a little disappointed with the shops on LL not really getting in to the spirit of it all - a few balloons here and there and St Christopher's Hospice with a stall outside trying to capture passersby,who clearly had more important, non charitable things on their mind (given the look on some people's face), attention. I thought the whole day was meant to be focused on ED community and traders not just NCR... shame.

I was after examples of stock to make such a trip to a shop (regardless if local or not) worth it and curious as to why that particular shop was chosen for all gifts -i mean everyones getting a book and nothing else? Not that theres anything wrong with that its great! I was not seeking any sarky comments from the likes of mrben or belittling mzblueberry for their choice of shop tyvm

Such as?

kristen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Stop the killing of cyclists Erm... hardly a cull on cyclists or intentional "killing"... or is it? :o