COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

I am devastated! This evening I loaded my car up with boxes of hundreds of vhs tapes to take to the recycling place in Bristol tomorrow. Just went to their website to check their address only to find out they aren't taking domestic recycling anymore! What am I going to do? It will break my heart to put them all in landfill !!

 

[Lyn W]

I think you deserve them

Many thanks!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I am devastated! This evening I loaded my car up with boxes of hundreds of vhs tapes to take to the recycling place in Bristol tomorrow. Just went to their website to check their address only to find out they aren't taking domestic recycling anymore! What am I going to do? It will break my heart to put the, all in landfill !!

Can't you put them as a job lot on e-bay ?

 

[Lyn W]

Can't you put them as a job lot on e-bay ?

No body wants them anymore - even charity shops won't take them. At least by being recycled they'd somehow be useful.
I have emailed them to find out if there's any chance they will take them. I can't imagine why they've stopped as there are so many to get rid of. I was there at Easter with the first 100+ and all OK then

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

An unnamed Aboriginal astronomer's description of an eclipse of the sun from 2002 :
"Kerosene lamp belong Jesus gone bugger-up."
Which i think is rather sweet.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

No body wants them anymore - even charity shops won't take them. At least by being recycled they'd somehow be useful.
I have emailed them to find out if there's any chance they will take them. I can't imagine why they've stopped as there are so many to get rid of. I was there at Easter with the first 100+ and all OK then

That's really sad.
What a waste.

 

[Lyn W]

An unnamed Aboriginal astronomers description of an eclipse of the sun from 2002 :
"Kerosene lamp belong Jesus gone bugger-up."
Which i think is rather sweet.

I'm going out looking for meteorites before I go to bed - its the Perseid shower over the next 3 nights

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm going out looking for meteorites before I go to bed - its the Perseid shower over the next 3 nights

Gosh, yes, i shall join you.
Thanks, I'd forgotten.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

What would you do with a bag of Gripples at Christmas ?

 

[Lyn W]

That's really sad.
What a waste.

I absolutely hate waste!
My nephew who had learning difficulties seems to have collected every set of everything sci fi, James Bond or Cowboy/war films so hundreds of tapes.
He has had to move into a smaller flat after his mum - my sister died and so he doesn't have room for them and has replaced most with dvds which is why I've been gradually getting rid of them.
I hate waste!
Hopefully they'll come up with another suggestion for me.

 

[Lyn W]

What would you do with a bag of Gripples at Christmas ?

Use them to grip your baubles.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I absolutely hate waste!
My nephew who had learning difficulties seems to have collected every set of everything sci fi, James Bond or Cowboy/war films so hundreds of tapes.
He has had to move into a smaller flat after his mum - my sister died and so he doesn't have room for them and has replaced most with dvds which is why I've been gradually getting rid of them.
I hate waste!
Hopefully they'll come up with another suggestion for me.

I hate it too.
There's almost no recycling here and it really annoys me.

 

[Lyn W]

I hate it too.
There's almost no recycling here and it really annoys me.

I'm a bit OCD about it really. I go to extraordinary lengths to avoid putting anything in landfill.
I think a lot of people think I'm quite mad!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Use them to grip your baubles.

A - hem.
Yes, you could.
It's a registered trade mark and they are made in Sheffield and were invented there too.
They are used to hold up the London Christmas lights, hold together The Great Dingo Fence which is the longest fence in the world( no surprise that it's in Australia) and is 5,000 km long, hold up the Blackpool illuminations support air conditioning ducts over false ceilings, suspend Brazilian coffee beans off the ground to dry them and lots more.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm a bit OCD about it really. I go to extraordinary lengths to avoid putting anything in landfill.
I think a lot of people think I'm quite mad!

Well, I think you're quite right.
We live in very wasteful societies.

 

[Lyn W]

A - hem.
Yes, you could.
It's a registered trade mark and they are made in Sheffield and were invented there too.
They are used to hold up the London Christmas lights, hold together The Great Dingo Fence which is the longest fence in the world( no surprise that it's in Australia) and is 5,000 km long, hold up the Blackpool illuminations support air conditioning ducts over false ceilings, suspend Brazilian coffee beans off the ground to dry them and lots more.

gripping stuff!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

gripping stuff!

i'm glad you've grasped how exciting it is.

 

[Lyn W]

i'm glad you've grasped how exciting it is.

That took a while to reply - what was the hold up?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Congratulations from the Cold Dark Room to @Momof4
Hurrah, Kathy, piccies please and you are now Momof4, Granof1 (which i know I've said before)
Brilliant!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That took a while to reply - what was the hold up?

I was going at a fair old clip!