Deblyn

You won't see them, they're all hiding in my wee but an' ben! ------------------

You won't see them, they're all hiding in my wee but an' ben! ------------------

A sign that has been seen in London on the side of a van belonging to an Indian building company reads: "You've tried the cowboys, now try the Indians". Always makes me smile. Just thought - do you have the expression "cowboy builders" over there, for builders who aren't very good, but charge a lot of money? If you don't , then you won't find this funny! ------------------

Hey Reci, Your little snoopy is dancing in time to my Enya music - like that! ------------------

Hey Reci, Your little snoopy is dancing in time to my Enya music - like that! ------------------

The Catch 22 with child labour and underpaid foreign workers who are exploited is that quite often that is the only possible source of income for them and their families; boycott the product or company, orders may fall, people laid off, no job at all, no food, no life etc. It's a very harsh cruel situation and one where there are no winners. ------------------

Deb - anyone for Haggis pizza and deep fried Mars Bars? ------------------

Deb - anyone for Haggis pizza and deep fried Mars Bars? ------------------

Thankyou so much for your ornament which arrived yesterday, so took six days from you to me, which isn't bad going. It's hung up on the dresser handle in the kitchen as it's a shame to put it away until we decorate - family suitably impressed with it! Slight hiccup in the stationery dept. here, but the ornaments are made, and will be on their way soon. Many thanks again ------------------

You're funny Ed! You know curry - the hot spicy stuff with sauca and poppadums and naan bread and bahjis etc from India. I just asked because it is reckoned to be the most popular meal in the UK now, and I wondered if it exists in the same form over the water. Do you have cuury houses/restaurants and Indian take aways(take out)? We have a fair sized In dian community spread all over the country, so that has probably helped the popularity if curry. The supermarkets all now do a good range of chilled ready curries which we use occasionally. Hubby had never tasted curry before he met me, so I introduced him to it, and now he says he could live on curry and chilli for the rest of his life. Don't know about that, for lots of reasons!! ------------------

I boycott Nestles products and do my utmost not to buy them, because of their aggressive marketing policy of baby milk (formula) in certain countries. I also try to avoid as much as possible goods made in China, or companies with interests in China because of the Tibet issue. There are also a number of large companies whose products I don't buy because of their poor records on employment, donations to political parties, support of corrupt and violent regimes, animal testing, etc. We have a magazine in the UK called "Ethical Consumer which is very helpful, and I get that sometimes. The hardest one to deal with these days is the chinese issue - so much stuff is made or processed in China that it is very very hard to avoid it. ------------------

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happygirl!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------

What's a pocket T-shirt, Ed? I vote we build the wall bigger and longer! ------------------

What's a pocket T-shirt, Ed? I vote we build the wall bigger and longer! ------------------

That's funny (peculiar, not ha-ha!) we have horses like that in the UK. ------------------

Does anyone here boycott any product/company/shop for any reason? ------------------

...........eat curry? In all the months I've been around here, I don't recall any metnion of it. ------------------

I have an image forming in my mind........... ------------------

I have an image forming in my mind........... ------------------

It is true, apparently, about the fertility of Scottish males who wear kilts; as opposed to the italians who have a lot of problems due to the very tight trousers that they wear. the medical profession in Italy is trying to get them to loosen up a bit to alleviate the problems, but the Italian men are none too happy about it! Deb - you can come and sit outside my little croft when I move back to Scotland and we can go sight-seeing together! ps heather doesn't frow in fields - the mountains and glens are more or less completely open with very few or no dykes (drystane dyke - Scottish wall of locally found stone made without mortar. these are so well done that a lot of them have been standing for 300 years now; they improve with age, getting covered with moss and lichen etc. Mt grandad on my mother's side was a drystane dyker as part of his work) Ladies?! I see no Ladies!!!!!! ------------------

It is true, apparently, about the fertility of Scottish males who wear kilts; as opposed to the italians who have a lot of problems due to the very tight trousers that they wear. the medical profession in Italy is trying to get them to loosen up a bit to alleviate the problems, but the Italian men are none too happy about it! Deb - you can come and sit outside my little croft when I move back to Scotland and we can go sight-seeing together! ps heather doesn't frow in fields - the mountains and glens are more or less completely open with very few or no dykes (drystane dyke - Scottish wall of locally found stone made without mortar. these are so well done that a lot of them have been standing for 300 years now; they improve with age, getting covered with moss and lichen etc. Mt grandad on my mother's side was a drystane dyker as part of his work) Ladies?! I see no Ladies!!!!!! ------------------

Nice house! Seems a bargain to me. does it have a garden with it? Hope it all goes well for the move. ------------------

Ah well, it was only a matter of time before someone just HAD to ask!! Before I answer that, a brief history lesson! Bonnie Prince Charlie was Charles Edward Stuart, known by the Scots as Bonnie Prince Charlie and to the English as Pretender to the throne. He was the grandson of James II, and born in 1720. In the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 he won the support of the Highlanders; his army invaded England (hurray!) but was beaten back by the Duke of Cumberland (boo!) and routed at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, after which he went into exile. The Charles you saw the other day is Charles, Prince of Wales, and not quite so bonnie!! (but he is organic, but he does go fox hunting, so I have mixed views on him, myself!). "Donald Where's yoor troosers?" was sung by a very famous Scottish music hall entertainer called Harry Lauder, nothing to do with the Irish or the Rovers!!!! Anyway, be that as it may.............. it is true. True Scotsmen wear nothing under their kilts, I can truthfully vouch for that. Their big hairy sporrans keep them warm in winter when it's cold, and their nether regions are cool in summer without the encumbrance of undergarments. Mel Gibson is Australian, so wouldn't know anyway! Where the marmite comes into it, I'm not very sure............... (I enjoyed answering this one!!!!!) ------------------

Ah well, it was only a matter of time before someone just HAD to ask!! Before I answer that, a brief history lesson! Bonnie Prince Charlie was Charles Edward Stuart, known by the Scots as Bonnie Prince Charlie and to the English as Pretender to the throne. He was the grandson of James II, and born in 1720. In the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 he won the support of the Highlanders; his army invaded England (hurray!) but was beaten back by the Duke of Cumberland (boo!) and routed at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, after which he went into exile. The Charles you saw the other day is Charles, Prince of Wales, and not quite so bonnie!! (but he is organic, but he does go fox hunting, so I have mixed views on him, myself!). "Donald Where's yoor troosers?" was sung by a very famous Scottish music hall entertainer called Harry Lauder, nothing to do with the Irish or the Rovers!!!! Anyway, be that as it may.............. it is true. True Scotsmen wear nothing under their kilts, I can truthfully vouch for that. Their big hairy sporrans keep them warm in winter when it's cold, and their nether regions are cool in summer without the encumbrance of undergarments. Mel Gibson is Australian, so wouldn't know anyway! Where the marmite comes into it, I'm not very sure............... (I enjoyed answering this one!!!!!) ------------------

Blancmange - a cold opaque milk pudding made from milk and cornflour, often fruit flavoured, and sweetened with sugar. Usually amde in a mould to turn out on to serving dish. How's that - anyone any the wiser?! I love blancmange. Yum. ------------------