what's in your stash??
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Re: what's in your stash??
I hope you responded in kind by getting her half a kilo of carrots.malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
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Nay.....?malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
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Re: what's in your stash??
No definitely hay.TANGODANCER wrote:Nay.....?malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
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Re: what's in your stash??
Classic. .... what was the wife's reaction to her mother's caring gift ?malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
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Re: what's in your stash??
malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
I often wonder about this christmas gift charity substitute stuff... not that I object to charity - but i feel it is summat you should do in addition to doing christmas and birthdays...
using other peoples christmas and birthday presents to do your own charitable giving seems like a bit of a miserly money-saver to me!
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Console yourself with the thought that hay probably wasn't purchased with it. The money probably went to secure a top notch executive, who has spent it on his Christmas turkey, but who in the New Year will be busy organising for extra hay collection.malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
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Re: what's in your stash??
Mrs D found the funny side of it especially when I mentioned I didn't particularly like donkeys.bobo the clown wrote:Classic. .... what was the wife's reaction to her mother's caring gift ?malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
THAT's the real test.
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True dat. Every year I tell folk in the office that I won't be buying Christmas cards but making a donation to charity instead. I never do thoughthebish wrote:malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
I often wonder about this christmas gift charity substitute stuff... not that I object to charity - but i feel it is summat you should do in addition to doing christmas and birthdays...
using other peoples christmas and birthday presents to do your own charitable giving seems like a bit of a miserly money-saver to me!
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Re: what's in your stash??
Your brother taught you well!!Harry Genshaw wrote:True dat. Every year I tell folk in the office that I won't be buying Christmas cards but making a donation to charity instead. I never do thoughthebish wrote:malcd1 wrote:Instead of buying me and my wife a present, my mother-in-law bought some hay for the donkey sanctuary.
I wasn't consulted on this decision and don't really like donkey's.
I often wonder about this christmas gift charity substitute stuff... not that I object to charity - but i feel it is summat you should do in addition to doing christmas and birthdays...
using other peoples christmas and birthday presents to do your own charitable giving seems like a bit of a miserly money-saver to me!
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^ . Next to him I'm a real philanthropist!
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Well done. I have an old Stanley Gibbons catalogue you might enjoy.Harry Genshaw wrote:^ . Next to him I'm a real philanthropist!
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bobo the clown wrote:Well done. I have an old Stanley Gibbons catalogue you might enjoy.Harry Genshaw wrote:^ . Next to him I'm a real philanthropist!
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I'll have you know I texted a fiver to the NSPCC earlier this week. I knew it was a mistake. Some agency working for them have rung me 5 times since seeking a monthly direct debit.
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Re: what's in your stash??
I just got a copy of Private Eye through the post...
somebody must have bought me a subscription for christmas - yet there is no indication of who it was!!
somebody must have bought me a subscription for christmas - yet there is no indication of who it was!!
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The nspcc are still ringing! I've blocked 3 of their numbers, but they keep using new ones!
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I assume you've told them to remove your number from their lists? A little publicity will deter them...Bijou Bob wrote:The nspcc are still ringing! I've blocked 3 of their numbers, but they keep using new ones!
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I tweeted them at noon. They apologised and asked me to e mail my details so they could sort it. 12.30, their bloody agents rang again!!
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You tweeted them !
How very metropolitan.
How about threatening to firebomb.their offices .... & maybe kidnap their firstborn ?
How very metropolitan.
How about threatening to firebomb.their offices .... & maybe kidnap their firstborn ?
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Bijou Bob wrote:I tweeted them at noon. They apologised and asked me to e mail my details so they could sort it. 12.30, their bloody agents rang again!!
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Re: what's in your stash??
So? Has 2016 Christmas presents been well received? Anyone get a drone?
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