Hi Everyone
In the days of the Fruit, Vegetable, Flower, Game and Lolly shop there were no charity shops, just a Pawnbrokers about thirty yards away that the Senior Partner probably pretended was not there at all. She never went into any of the nearby shops so there was no way she would even look in the window of that one. I was reminded of all this Rubbish when I read this week that people were having a Thriftmas this year either because they wanted to control their spending or because they were finding Christmas too expensive. This involves shopping in charity shops for their Christmas presents and giving their family and friends secondhand goods. Now if you select carefully there are some great quality gifts at bargain prices with the added bonus to the planet in lower carbon emissions by reducing bringing unwanted new goods from across the world, much of which will find its way to a charity shop anyway. You might think that this is a great new idea but this was something that the Senior Partner invented eighty years ago. Her charity shop was the bedroom cupboard where she stored her presents from the previous year to give to unsuspecting family and friends the following year. The only problem is that she had to remember who gave her what the previous year to avoid the mistake of giving them back what she received. For the Senior Partner a Thriftmas would have been like a dream come true especially as there are now three charity shops within fifty yards of the Fruit, Vegetable........ shop.
When the Partners had retired we visited them each week. On one occasion the television was on with the picture blurred and rolling. It had apparently been like that for nearly two weeks. I asked why they had not had it repaired, silly question really as I reminded myself that the Senior Partner was tight with money. The problem was that the ariel socket in the back of the television had broken. I did a temporary repair but I explained that heat from the TV would cause the ariel to disconnect again and that it needed to go to the repair shop to have another ariel socket fitted. When we went back the next week we were astounded to see a new television in the corner of the Lounge with the Junior Partner in deep trouble for buying it. A few weeks later the Senior Partner asked us if we would like to buy the old dead TV from her. I firmly but politely declined. Then the Senior Partner's annual Thriftmas arrived so she decided to give us the TV without wrapping it up of course. It cost us less than £20 to have the TV repaired, we put it in our snug and it was still in use ten years later.
I heard this week that Donald has been awarded the Person of the Year for the second time by the New York Times. I have no idea who decides these awards but it seems to me that to qualify you have to be a convicted felon who has spent years cheating and lying while sacking anyone who does not agree with him despite the fact that just a few years ago those same people were the best thing since sliced bread. I hope that next years proposed winner tells the New York Times that they can keep their grubby award ynless of course Donald wins it again.
Just a Thought :
My friend saw an ad in a shop window. It said "TV for sale £5 volume stuck on full. He could not turn it down.
Nothing is made in the UK any more. My friend bought a new TV which said "Built in Antenna". He doesn't even know where Antenna is.
And the award for the best neckware goes to... It was a tie.
Brian
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