On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 at 10:47:37, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 18:25:23 on Fri, 13
Aug 2004, Brimstone remarked:
My mother walked to and from the shops, about a mile each way, bringing
the goods home in a shopping trolley. Why are so many people wimps these
days?

Probably for the same reason they have central heating and don't spend
several hours a day setting and raking out coal fires, or have an
inside loo rather than a bucket in an outhouse. Standards have changed.

You'll also find that supermarkets dislike you removing their trolleys
these days - they have deposit schemes, and clever wheels that lock up
as you try to leave the premises.

Er - Brimstone didn't say a supermarket trolley, he said a shopping
trolley. Which is different.
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Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
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