D.D. :- Oh, come off it. Anyone can see that what we really have to do is ban crockery that doesn't come from approved factories. The minor sacrifice of not having to say Little Johnny's saucer he made at school is lovely will be worth it, I'm sure.
A small levy on each item of approved tableware would allow the system to pay for itself, though raising sufficient to ensure each community has sufficient well paid and well trained plate-wardens might prove burdensome if costs aren't kept down. Perhaps we could employ ex bankers as plate-checkers.
Yeah, I was wondering how they can claim "revolutionary" for it - things like this have been around for getting on for a century. It's /sort/ of nice to see the old idea resurfacing, but electric would make a lot more sense.
Meanwhile, a bunch of intrepid tourists tour Iraq... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102187982
They asked about hiring a couple of armed heavies for protection and were told that they'd have to have thirty or so - and feed them. So they decided instead to do without and keep a low profile.
I'm fatter than them, and I work. Well, actually, I don't at the moment 'cos I've been looking after the kids, but I'm not in the house that often - I'm out working at the school or being a school governor or helping at the toddlers' group or digging in the allotment or refitting the bathroom.
Nor are we scrounging - we saved too much while we were working to qualify for most benefits.
Sometimes it goes the other way - our front garden was a mess until last year. I'd been busy doing other things in other bits of the house and it was getting embarassingly awful. So we fixed it... http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/garden/
http://buyvintage.wordpress.com/buy-vintage-why-not-buy-a-cyclemotor/
look too nobby.
A small levy on each item of approved tableware would allow the system to pay for itself, though raising sufficient to ensure each community has sufficient well paid and well trained plate-wardens might prove burdensome if costs aren't kept down. Perhaps we could employ ex bankers as plate-checkers.
Won't somebody think of the children?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102187982
They asked about hiring a couple of armed heavies for protection and were told that they'd have to have thirty or so - and feed them. So they decided instead to do without and keep a low profile.
That's not to say there aren't plenty of places to get cheap veg, but farmers' markets don't come close.
What they should really have is an allotment - fruit and veg for very little outlay, and lots of exercise as well.
Well, actually, I don't at the moment 'cos I've been looking after the kids, but I'm not in the house that often - I'm out working at the school or being a school governor or helping at the toddlers' group or digging in the allotment or refitting the bathroom.
Nor are we scrounging - we saved too much while we were working to qualify for most benefits.
http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/garden/