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No offence intended, guys. You know (what I am pleased to think of as) my sense of humour. Don

26 Mar 2010

you read last year's thread from the Backyard: Link to last year I feel that I can safely predict that the same views will be expressed again, with the only differences being that Roy has undergone a name transplant and Viaduct appears to have wandered off along it. Alternatively, you could browse through a number of other similar threads over the last few years where the same posters present ...

I get all of my meat, fish, bread, pasties and vegetables from local shops and I hardly buy tinned or frozen food. Milk, breakfast cereals, pasta, cat food and chocolate is all I buy at supermarkets Your shopping habits are pretty similar to mine - therefore, the question. Is your preference for Sainsbury's based on your being resigned to a supermarket being built or on a real desire to have one ...

23 Mar 2010

I realise that it will be more convenient than travelling to Newton Abbot to a supermarket. However, surely having either Tesco or Sainsbury so close must adversely affect local shops, many of which are struggling already?

The conundrum could be solved by asking him, politely, of course.

Isle of Wight Sand!!
22 Mar 2010

Thankyou, absolutely fascinating although I am not familiar with the terminology used. I also like the tone of the Safety and Risk Assessment near the beginning.

20 Mar 2010

Thanks for that. don

19 Mar 2010

A mate of mine in the waste business used to say, "To you it may be just a pile of sand. To me it's money." I have wondered why the sand around the warren is yellow rather than red. Was it shipped in previously?

Wheelie Bins
18 Mar 2010

As I understand it, but not having read the legislation, they are not allowed to park on footpaths or pavements, at least if they cause an obstruction. On the wheelie bin topic, I have wondered for some time who is legally responsible for damage to, or loss of, wheelie bins that belong to the council and are placed on public property at the council's insistence. Whatever the legal position, I have ...

Food from Skips
13 Mar 2010

I am interested to know people's reaction to the raiding of skips containing food thrown away by shops. I know some of those who do this in D***i*h.