On 7 Mar, 07:33, Steve Dix wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:42:26 +0000, Paul Creedy
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> >Adrian Clark wrote:
> >> In article ,
> >> SteveShark wrote:
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> >>> I think thats more a case of having to - and thats what we dont
> >>> have. We need a new washing machine, we tend to buy one.........
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> >> Oh, absolutely. In the case of China, theyre already accustomed to the
> >> idea of making do, so a lot of the recycling/waste-reduction messages
> >> are getting across far more quickly there (possibly not at national
> >> government level; I dont really know).
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> >> Here, weve largely forgotten how to do without, as seen in the
> >> figures on food wastage. One third of all food chucked away? Im not
> >> particularly old in the grand scheme of things, but even I can remember
> >> a time when most people would find that concept completely bloody mental!
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> >> (And having just chucked two serviceable pairs of jeans and some
> >> t-shirts in the charity clothes bank because theyd gone a bit baggy
> >> and shapeless, I accept Im as guilty as everyone else!)
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> >> adrian
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> >baggy and shapeless describes my entire wardrobe ..
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> And my body.
Me? Im in shape... well, round is a shape...
;-)
Ross.
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