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Mar 4th 2009, 4:36 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Any vegetarians out there?

I truly don't think you meant to do it but your post seems incredibly angry towards me. I don't understand "Maybe you should apply this attitude towards them. " I think I have been extremely mature...
Mar 4th 2009, 4:07 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Any vegetarians out there?

Not disagreeing with you! :thumbsup: I'm hoping they grow out of it, time will tell.
Mar 4th 2009, 4:03 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Any vegetarians out there?

Is there any particular brand of meat alternatives that you would recommend? We've had a few hits and misses on the ready to cook stuff. I'm just struggling at the moment to make sure that we all are...
Mar 4th 2009, 3:52 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Any vegetarians out there?

Good point.. On the plus side we're eating much less red meat and instead of using frozen or tinned veg, we're buying fresh so there is a health benefit.
Mar 4th 2009, 3:42 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Any vegetarians out there?

17 and 14. Part of me wants to get them to shop, prepare, cook and clean up but then the "Mum" thing kicks in and I do it.
Mar 4th 2009, 3:35 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 2,526
Posted By Pennywell

Any vegetarians out there?

My daughters decided that they were vegetarian about 5 months ago, although they do eat fish. I thought I would humour them at first but they seem quite determined and it is a real pain! Husband and...
Mar 4th 2009, 3:09 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 994
Posted By Pennywell

Re: wonder if anyone is carrying a unidentified sandwich tonight

I might be completely out of date here but won't the cat have to go into quarantine for 6 months? Or does that law only apply to dogs?
Mar 3rd 2009, 6:13 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 2,830
Posted By Pennywell

Re: damn parking space thief

In retrospect I think it is quite funny, cetainly, not at the time! Now, 20 years later, I think I would get mad initially but drive on. Life is too short to take on ignorant g!ts, walk that extra...
Mar 3rd 2009, 5:41 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 2,830
Posted By Pennywell

Re: damn parking space thief

Many, many years ago I was waiting for a parking space in Stirling, saw a car beginning to reverse out, put my indicator on and waited. Some a@#e as soon as the space came clear, moved into it ( I...
Feb 24th 2009, 4:47 am
Replies: 12
Views: 5,161
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Back side of green card upside down

Why do banks, employers etc want to photo copy the back side of the GC?
I have learned to keep mine clean and sparkling as fingerprints on the backside do not look good!:D
Feb 24th 2009, 4:12 am
Replies: 60
Views: 2,851
Posted By Pennywell

I need spectacles!!!

I've gotten to that age where the old eyesight is letting me down and have resorted to buying the cheapo ones from the supermarket. How do you go about getting your eyes tested here? Do I need a...
Feb 24th 2009, 3:58 am
Replies: 140
Views: 7,441
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Duggar Wedding Show Last Night

Both the Duggars and Jon and Kate plus 8 shows make me want to put my foot through the TV screen for different reasons. My husband quite often says to us girlies "why are you watching that rubbish?"...
Feb 11th 2009, 2:50 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 7,441
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Duggar Wedding Show Last Night

They seem to be financially sound, so why the TV programme when they openly admit to not letting their children watch it? At first look they give the impression of being a loving family but I do...
Feb 10th 2009, 4:56 pm
Replies: 189
Views: 7,372
Posted By Pennywell

Re: What have u cut back on/cancelled in light of the economic situation!

TBH, the way things are made us refinance to get a much better mortgage rate and have more equity in the house. The FICA thing hurts though, so we are no better off at this point. However, we have...
Forum: USA
Feb 10th 2009, 4:20 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,727
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Measles and MMR jabs US v. UK

Must have been a faulty batch:)
Forum: USA
Feb 10th 2009, 3:51 am
Replies: 36
Views: 2,727
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Measles and MMR jabs US v. UK

As a child/baby I had measles,mumps and whatever the name is for rubella. I also had chicken pox, as did everyone else in the street(which was fantastic:) , extra two weeks holidays:thumbsup:
As,...
Feb 6th 2009, 6:13 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,496
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Bloody weather!

Yeah, but English snow is different, it's special! Even more special is snow that falls in the South East, never mind 6', 1' is enough to bring the M 25 to an even more grinding halt:eek:
But enough...
Feb 3rd 2009, 3:25 pm
Replies: 86
Views: 3,509
Posted By Pennywell

Re: My Talented Husband...

Mine is just great, so talented in every way, handsome, kind, witty, good in bed, generous, loving, fantastic father and...:) is looking over my shoulder as I type:rofl:
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2009, 5:24 am
Replies: 99
Views: 5,536
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Gas/Electric bill!!!

I meant the sun, not the paper!:o
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2009, 5:20 am
Replies: 99
Views: 5,536
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Gas/Electric bill!!!

Our last bill for electricity was $480. The house is about 2700 sq ft ( not including the basement which adds about another 750 of usable space) and we only have electricity. We have a rather nice...
Jan 22nd 2009, 5:29 pm
Replies: 191
Views: 6,830
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Socialized Medicine

Robin, you mentioned employers and individual co-pays which help to support the current system. From what I have observed, the vast majority of people think that health care insurance is as important...
Jan 22nd 2009, 4:27 pm
Replies: 191
Views: 6,830
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Socialized Medicine

I think that it is everyone's right to have medical care, regardless of their financial/insurance situation. However, as we know, that is not the case. I meant that in order to support socialised...
Jan 22nd 2009, 4:21 am
Replies: 191
Views: 6,830
Posted By Pennywell

Re: Socialized Medicine

I've thought about this a lot. I've come to the conclusion that with the current taxation system, there is no way that America could afford socialised medical care.
Forum: USA
Jan 20th 2009, 7:53 am
Replies: 429
Views: 19,353
Posted By Pennywell

Re: PROUD TO BE AMERICAN!

Someone has being drinking the"Kool aid" and being fed-exed it intravenously to boot. I can't wait for Wednesday, life will be full of puppy dogs and fluffy clouds and pretty flowers and and and......
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