RE: Ding dong merilly on high....

["Graham P. Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

Come on guys, how much do we spend on toys all year long (under normal
circumstances, current unemployment is a deterrent). And how many of our
toys end up discarded and unused after very short periods of time.
Anyone like to put a price (at time of purchase) on all the items in
their junk/bits/spares box/cupboard/garage/warehouse? I am reasonably
confident that in the past five years I have spent more on technology
for myself than I am likely to spend on my two kids throughout their
entire childhood.

Graham (Santa) Howe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick Furlong [mailto:dorsai@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 December 2001 15:22
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ding dong merilly on high....
>
>
> I agree about the commercialism, my brother and his wife have so many
> presents for their two little monsters (age 7 and 3) that
> they have asked my
> parents to look after the kids for a whole evening to give
> them time to wrap
> them!
>
> Today I shelled out 25 quid for a piece of Pokeman junk which
> is advertised
> as *JUST* like the one some jerk uses on a Pokeman TV show.
> The thing is
> like a caculator/memory bank and probably cost about 3 quid
> to manufacture.
> Just wait until they are older then "Unka Michael" can set
> them off on the
> PC trail ;) In fact the seven year old is already making
> hints as to how
> cool one of my laptops would be in his bedroom ;)
>
> Mick (Scrooge) Furlong
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 21 December 2001 15:09
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ding dong merilly on high....
> >
> >
> >
> > Whoo hoo! Someone else who's a miserable git just like me!
> >
> > Actually ... It's not Christmas that I hate but what it has
> become, a
> > huge excuse for companies to get kids to ask for the latest
> toy which
> > changes day on day. Anyone who celebrates Christmas as a
> religious event
> > then I have no wish to p*ss on their fire but this year the usual
> > commercialism has been compounded by unemployment (my best
> man and his
> > partner have both found that they've been made redundant
> from NTL this
> > morning too) and so I just wish we could skip the whole thing.
> >
> > I have no religious leanings which is one reason why I consider
> > Christmas to be a bit of a waste of time. This was much to
> the distress
> > of the vicar who married me and Jo last month as after the
service I
> > went to thank her for it all and said "...if I was in any
> way religious
> > then you're just the kind of vicar I'd like."
> >
> > Thankfully she already knew all this, gave me a hug and
> said "From you
> > I'll take that as a compliment Phil." *grin* I like my
> local vicar ...
> > She's cool!
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 21 December 2001 14:52
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ding dong merilly on high....
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 Dec 01, at 14:24, Phil Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > > I hate Christmas...
> > >
> > > That's two of us then... any more?
> > >
> > > StuartB
> > > // Who hasn't laid any CAT5 cable yet
> > > // ...but now knows to lay MORE than he thinks he'll need...
;)
> > >
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> > >
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