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macatsuma

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: elland, west yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 9:47 am Post subject:
in the interest of our creationist neo-con american friends its a Darwinian "theory"

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 10:27 am Post subject:

macatsuma wrote:

in the interest of our creationist neo-con american friends its a Darwinian "theory"

You mean you have "creationist neo-con american friends"

they don't seem to like me much at all

macatsuma

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 77
Location: elland, west yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:06 am Post subject:
i own guns so i fit right in

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:16 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Mac's got a point about the silence though, especially in urban areas.

Simple, you just need someone with a flag to run in front...

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:17 am Post subject:

macatsuma wrote:

i own guns so i fit right in

But what on earth do they make of you at Suma?

Judith (the Hebden Bridge escapee!)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:17 am Post subject:
Good idea TD

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:20 am Post subject:

Judith wrote:

macatsuma wrote:

i own guns so i fit right in

But what on earth do they make of you at Suma?

They don't ask.

macatsuma

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 77
Location: elland, west yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:35 am Post subject:

Judith wrote:

macatsuma wrote:

i own guns so i fit right in

But what on earth do they make of you at Suma?

Judith (the Hebden Bridge escapee!)

I accept their vegetarianism, they ........put me in a side office and bad vibe me,
actually there are only 30 or 40 veggies here and i've not yet shot one of them on purpose or otherwise, we live so harmoniously that we are like that coke advert with "i'd like to teach the world to sing" in it but with better hair cuts and not an A-line crimpolene skirt to be seen

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:36 am Post subject:

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:48 am Post subject:
You've spelt crimplene wrong (says the man who's sold bri nylon, terylene, tricel and cashmillon)

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 11:56 am Post subject:

macatsuma wrote:

actually there are only 30 or 40 veggies here

I know Suma says it's a vegetarian wholefoods seller (or something like that) but if the vegetarians aren't a majority would Suma ever get in to selling appropriately-sourced meat/fish etc? Or is there something in your constitution (?) to prevent that as it's against the spirit of the original idea? This is very much the kind of problem we're looking at for this site...it won't always be the same people running it but I'm sure we'd all be glad if in 20 years time we can still pop in (using our sustainably-powered recycled low-energy dolphin-friendly welly-mounted internet access) and find something in the same spirit....

hope that makes sense...it probaly doesn't

macatsuma

Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 77
Location: elland, west yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 12:09 pm Post subject:

being serious for a second, yes we constitutionally protect our being a vegetarian wholesaler and that is so intricately woven into what we "are" that even raw unicorn eaters like myself would not want to compromise that, it extends throughout our whole ethos in that we consider the social, political, ethical and ecological aspect of everything we stock.
As downsizers you will appreciate that this extends in all you do, even though i eat meat i've either caught it, found it, shot it or fed it up at Sutcliffes (my butchers) farm.
Finding the right people to carry on our mantle is difficult but rewarding, we've often said that Suma is an almost sentient being you can take all the people out of it but it would still be the same thing a bit like anthony daniels and C3P0

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 12:16 pm Post subject:
What an illuminating image. Good explanation though and that's how I thought it went, it's so unfamiliar, unfortunately.

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 1:48 pm Post subject:
Good idea for the Pirius, make an audio tape of the next Grand Prix, and play it really loud through one of those speakers the election people use, pensioners should then hear you coming!

thos

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: Jauche, Duchy of Brabant (Bourgogne-ci) and Charolles, Duchy of Burgundy (Bourgogne-�a)

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 05 2:31 pm Post subject:

whitelegg1 wrote:

Good idea for the Pirius, make an audio tape of the next Grand Prix, and play it really loud through one of those speakers the election people use, pensioners should then hear you coming!

I always fancy a recording of skidding tyres that I could play when somebody does something stupid and I have to brake. It should concentrate the mind to see a car apparently about to plough into you (whereas in reality it is under control).

In relation to the Prius, it would be nice if the cars going past my house would be quieter. I would like one to replace my Berlingo, but I could not justify spending more on my new car than I did on Terri's Galaxy.

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