Christmas Shopping Fireworks

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

I used to love oxford market when i lived there. loved the tea and coffee shop, it still had the old drawers where your tea and coffee were served from. and traditional butchers AND GAME MERCHANTS! a lovely (although sometimes expensive) treasure trove of a place to shop!

Brilliant -the game was lovely to see even though I'm not a fan. Had the best ever fresh sandwich stall too and a french bakers...fab cheese and the veg displays were to die for...used to wait till the end of the day and buy stuff up cheap . Had Mushroom soup for weeks on end!

[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by mobertol

I don't understand why .....remember it always being packed as a girl. What has changed i wonder -are all the Accringtonians going away down the valley or to other more scenic venues? i know my aunt and uncle prefer Clitheroe for the market, shops and gallery....

lack of stalls,lack of life,lack of variety and oh... a chuffin great tescos/asda/morrisons/aldi/lidl (delete as appropriate)

[jedimaster]

never had the opportunity to go late on to get the deals as i was also working (although i did get some tasty deals from the butchers and veg merchants as they supplied my pub too)

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

lack of stalls,lack of life,lack of variety and oh... a chuffin great tescos/asda/morrisons/aldi/lidl (delete as appropriate)

Yes all of those.
Money wasted.

[garinda]

I adore this time of year, and the return of Acidic-babs.

The welcome return of a much loved overwintering guest.

The caustic chirp of a cocky robin.

Makes me look like a sweet-natured, young tit.

[mobertol]

I prefer the small shops and stalls -especiallly now my family is dwindling. It's soul destroying to push a trolley round a supermarket, never speaking to anyone...better a few friendly faces on the market or local shops- but then I'm old.fashioned...

[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by garinda

i adore this time of year, and the return of acidic-babs.

The welcome return of a much loved overwintering guest.

The caustic chirp of a cocky robin.

Makes me look like a sweet-natured, young tit.






:d

young!? :d

[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by mobertol

I prefer the small shops and stalls -especiallly now my family is dwindling. It's soul destroying to push a trolley round a supermarket, never speaking to anyone...better a few friendly faces on the market or local shops- but then I'm old.fashioned...

totally agree and quite often i prefer the quality too

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

a chuffin great tescos/asda/morrisons/aldi/lidl (delete as appropriate)

I think our M.P.'s under the delusion that because some people shop at Lidl and Aldi, that must mean 95% of his constituents are fiercely pro-European Unionists.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by mobertol

It's soul destroying to push a trolley round a supermarket, never speaking to anyone...

There is nothing to stop you starting up a conversation in a supermarket.
Although there are only the two of us...we visit a variety of supermarkets....and rarely do we leave any of them without having a bit of banter with either the staff or some other old and crumbly....it might start by seeing some old girl trying to reach something on the high shelves....and helping her reach whatever it was...but we always, always chat to someone.

Conversation is a two way street....don't wait for someone else to start one...take the initiative yourself.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by garinda

I think our M.P.'s under the delusion that because some people shop at Lidl and Aldi, that must mean 95% of his constituents are fiercely pro-European Unionists.

Top prize G, you've managed to bring the EU into Accy market -creative thinking!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

There is nothing to stop you starting up a conversation in a supermarket.
Although there are only the two of us...we visit a variety of supermarkets....and rarely do we leave any of them without having a bit of banter with either the staff or some other old and crumbly....it might start by seeing some old girl trying to reach something on the high shelves....and helping her reach whatever it was...but we always, always chat to someone.

Conversation is a two way street....don't wait for someone else to start one...take the initiative yourself.

Know what you mean Margaret but my concentration is on the myriad of mostly superflous things on offer....

[Margaret Pilkington]

Aw.......shucks, surely you can multi-task......

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Aw.......shucks, surely you can multi-task......

Absolutely, my mind is always working on loads of different levels, have such a lot to think through lately...!

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

young!? :d

Relatively so, to old Acidic-babs.