From: Peter Ceresole on 16 Jun 2010 06:30 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > You mean it goes all the way around your hem hem torso? Wow. No, no. Wrong body part. But it does need a *huge* elastic band. Wowser. -- Peter
From: Pd on 16 Jun 2010 06:32 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Go to Rymans and buy a thick elastic band? > > I picked up one that the postman dropped on our path Whenever I go walking to get the kids from school, I pick up the rubber bands that postmen discard. Every day, I get at least five or six on the same short route. Royal Mail must go through tonnes of rubber bands a day. Why the hell don't they re-use them? -- Pd
From: Jim on 16 Jun 2010 06:37 On 2010-06-16, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: >> >> > Go to Rymans and buy a thick elastic band? >> >> I picked up one that the postman dropped on our path > > Whenever I go walking to get the kids from school, I pick up the rubber > bands that postmen discard. Every day, I get at least five or six on the > same short route. Royal Mail must go through tonnes of rubber bands a > day. Why the hell don't they re-use them? You could try posting them to them? Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Chris Ridd on 16 Jun 2010 09:42 On 2010-06-16 11:32:07 +0100, Pd said: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Go to Rymans and buy a thick elastic band? >> >> I picked up one that the postman dropped on our path > > Whenever I go walking to get the kids from school, I pick up the rubber > bands that postmen discard. Every day, I get at least five or six on the > same short route. Royal Mail must go through tonnes of rubber bands a > day. Why the hell don't they re-use them? I'm surprised the kids haven't got to them first. Ours (and their friends) seem very keen on collecting them and attaching them to their scooters. -- Chris
From: Rowland McDonnell on 16 Jun 2010 09:47
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Go to Rymans and buy a thick elastic band? > > *BUY*? > > Are you mad? > > I picked up one that the postman dropped on our path, When my stash of postie-supplied litter of that sort gets a wee bit bigger, I'm going to put it in a parcel and post it back to the Royal Mail. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |