Rushman

I never meant no offence to Bob and if he took offence then he's quite welcome to tell me to f**k off and I'll take that on the chin.

User Name

There was nothing wrong with your post, sorry that I gave that I conveyed that impression. Your post was pure humour ... so please ignore my post, just me being me. I don't know what it is, but I have a real fear of being without work, it is not something I can get my head around. I suppose I belong to the group that lives to work, so being without a job would be incomprehensible, a null set, a hellish time. I just can't imagine being in Bob's shoes. It must be very bad, and when my memory gets nudged that he is still without full time job, I just feel bad for him, bad for anyone without a decent job. It must be sheer hell, I know it would be my hell.

Dimsie

We plan to excahnge our car next year for a hybrid - not necessarily the Prius though - there are one or two others available, or will be soon I think.

How green am I over here? Well they don't seem to know the meaning of "green" where I live. No re-cycling facilities. I'm a bit of a tree-hugger, so this upsets me! We attended the local meeting where prospective Town Mayors answered questions from residents, and we asked if they'd consider establishing a re-cycling programme in the town. They each payed lip-service to the idea, but so far . ....nothing!

I buy casual shirts and tops from Goodwill - that's a form of re-cycling. I buy books second-hand on e-bay and from second-hand bookshops. We buy odds and ends at garage sales.

That's about it, I'm afraid.

Back in Yorkshire re-cycling of newspapers, which I think is VERY important, was a way of life - via the dustbinmen.
I didn't have a car for the last 5 years I lived in the UK, used public transport or walked.

So no - I'm not as green as I used to be (but I'm still cabbage-looking)

Bob

I take anything from it...I'm not that deep at times

Bob

aye, there's quite a few hybrids out there, just prius tends to have the numbers so more likely to get one second hand

Sally

Hear, hear. Well done Bob

Ray

And they will regret it ..........

Lord Lionheart

Get mistakenly exposed to enormous amounts of gamma radiation while testing a new weapon.................... I'll get me coat

woodsey

my word you're on form today..

Lord Lionheart

Why thank-you. Where's hubs lately?

woodsey

busy busy busy at work..his CEO big boss thingy type person has been there all week so he's lying on the sofa looking tired..

Lord Lionheart

A hard week of kissing arse and brown-nosing eh? Tell him he's a cu nt for me will you

woodsey

I most certainly will..

User Name

Bob, I know very little about maintenance costs of a second hand hybrid car, but I would hazard a guess that the battery needs replacing at least one during the life time of the vehicle and with your luck of late with car repairs I would hazard a guess that if you bought such a second hand hybrid ...

Yorkieabroad

recycling round here is a joke. We used to have a kerbside recycling pick up once a week that took pretty much everything. COntractor has changed, now we can only do cardboard, nonglossy paper and #1 or #2 plastic......
We have one tiny little bin for it, and if it happens to overflow (which is easy) they just leave it by the road. If boxes aren't flattened, they get left by the road. And perhaps the worst thing is that the regular gargage truck comes round before the recycling, and they often take the lot!!

According to a Houston Chronicle article a while ago one of the most efficient recyclers is a little old mexican lady who was next to destitute not so long ago, and used to use a shopping trolley to collect the empties from behind restaurants - she's built it up to a 3 truck business!! Good for her!!

To answer your question - way, way less green here - more gas, more power, less recycling....worse on just about any score you can think