whats' happened to our town - Page 2

walkinman221 · 19-01-2011, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You know it is really bad of you to make assumptions.

I was in the Post Office today.......I picked up the pension for my elderly disabled mother.......£400.......it sounds a lot of money doesn't it?
This was three weeks pension for her.....she can't get out on her own much anymore.
So what looked like a lot of money is already spoken for with bills and shopping.
My mother is 83, has cancer and worked every single day of her life (up to the age of 65) to bring up 7 children.
The money she gets, she has earned.

Good for her she deserves everything she gets and probably more to be honest, but for every deserving case like your mum ,there are 10 more who dont deserve a penny

Margaret Pilkington · 19-01-2011, 20:37

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Originally Posted by walkinman221

Good for her she deserves everything she gets and probably more to be honest, but for every deserving case like your mum ,there are 10 more who dont deserve a penny

Yes, you are undoubtedly right, but the point I was making is that it is easy to make assumptions about someone who appears to be taking a huge chunk of money out of what might be seen as the community pot.
Those assumptions can be very wide of the mark.

A young man may be seen taking money via the card in the post office....it may not necessarily be his money....he may, like me, be drawing it for someone who is needy and entitled to it.

shillelagh · 19-01-2011, 22:01

ah well .. just got the freebie hyndburn citizen newspaper .. headlines ... Recycling lives centres planned ... theres one in hyndburn .. on charter street planned .. its the most advanced they say ...

Lancashire recycling charity helps homeless (From Blackburn Citizen)

Eric · 19-01-2011, 22:11

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You know it is really bad of you to make assumptions.

I was in the Post Office today.......I picked up the pension for my elderly disabled mother.......£400.......it sounds a lot of money doesn't it?
This was three weeks pension for her.....she can't get out on her own much anymore.
So what looked like a lot of money is already spoken for with bills and shopping.
My mother is 83, has cancer and worked every single day of her life (up to the age of 65) to bring up 7 children.
The money she gets, she has earned.
No-one is giving her anything.

Actually four hundred quid doesn't sound like a lot of money, considering.

garinda · 19-01-2011, 22:12

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

ah well .. just got the freebie hyndburn citizen newspaper .. headlines ... Recycling lives centres planned ... theres one in hyndburn .. on charter street planned .. its the most advanced they say ...

Lancashire recycling charity helps homeless (From Blackburn Citizen)

What are they going to recycle the homeless into?

It doesn't say.

Bag lady bag?

Tramp lamp?

Vagrance fragrance?

flashy · 19-01-2011, 22:26

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Originally Posted by garinda

What are they going to recycle the homeless into?

It doesn't say.

Bag lady bag?

Tramp lamp?

Vagrance fragrance?

please stop it now Gary, my face can't take much more, i have jaw ache with laughing ... i love it when you're on top form x

flashy · 19-01-2011, 22:27

they could recycle a prostitute into ....... a wench bench perhaps

katex · 19-01-2011, 22:28

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

ah well .. just got the freebie hyndburn citizen newspaper .. headlines ... Recycling lives centres planned ... theres one in hyndburn .. on charter street planned .. its the most advanced they say ...

Lancashire recycling charity helps homeless (From Blackburn Citizen)

Posted this in October, Shill.. surprised nobody commented then:

Didn't know about this:

11/10/0412 Major Full: Construction of recycling lives 24/09/2010
centre comprising:- Recycling Centre and
Offices (B1, B2, B8 & C2), 20 No - RSL
residential 1 bed units (C3), 4 No hybrid
commercial units (B1 (c)/B2) 15 No business
incubation units (B1(a)) children’s
nursery/creche (D1), social enterprise and
education centre (D1), cafe (A3) with
associates access and 40 No car spaces and
landscaping

Land at Charter Street
Accrington BB5 0SA

Recycling Lives UK Ltd

This is the link to their website:

http://www.recyclinglives.org/

cashman · 19-01-2011, 22:31

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Originally Posted by katex

Posted this in October, Shill.. surprised nobody commented then

Perhaps nobody did cos its rubbish?

shillelagh · 19-01-2011, 22:39

welcome back cashy .. been quiet without you the last couple of weeks ....