tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post8398222261219700629..comments2024-01-24T17:05:05.234-05:00Comments on The Naked Ape Gets Dressed: Closures and LossesNJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17029310454977877828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-56316070537154568192011-09-13T19:26:22.704-04:002011-09-13T19:26:22.704-04:00Kingstonian - something more than journalists writ...Kingstonian - something more than journalists writing articles is needed - a bloody good shaking springs to my mind! I also see that some parents have lost their children to local authority care for over-feeding them! Even fat people are apparently not up to some spurious 'norm'.<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-85008212463853271592011-09-11T18:52:47.559-04:002011-09-11T18:52:47.559-04:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034620/Fo...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034620/Fostering-children-Couple-rejected-husband-smoked-2-cigars-18-months.html<br /><br />KingstonianKingstoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-75498816461235450662011-09-09T15:07:25.420-04:002011-09-09T15:07:25.420-04:00Hear hear; I'm with you, sir!Hear hear; I'm with you, sir!Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-35571497919648225682011-09-09T14:56:08.465-04:002011-09-09T14:56:08.465-04:00Chasbaz - it is true that there has been a general...Chasbaz - it is true that there has been a general trend towards the loss of small businesses but specialist tobacconists seemed, until recently, to be able to hang on in there. After all, examining the ranges of cigars, pipe tobacco and snuff all still available, it is plain that smoking is still enjoyed by an appreciable number of people. Moreover, my 21 year old daughter tells me that smoking amongst the young is 'fashionable'! (maybe this is borne out of rebelliousness).<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-45087902529125266422011-09-09T13:38:18.054-04:002011-09-09T13:38:18.054-04:00B&P - And another thing: what's a Lassie d...B&P - And another thing: what's a Lassie doing drinking Bourbon?! Eh ?! Eh?!<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-36043369567380173992011-09-09T12:29:55.400-04:002011-09-09T12:29:55.400-04:00I think these losses have been going on for a long...I think these losses have been going on for a long time though. I spent three months in Edinburgh in 1977 and Price's Street then was full of these sorts of old-established shops. I went back twenty years later and it was all chain stores. Could have been a high street in any town.Charles Bazalgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239017087608533710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-59591489222440892052011-09-09T10:59:10.830-04:002011-09-09T10:59:10.830-04:00Loved your comment - we had symmetrical stains - I...Loved your comment - we had symmetrical stains - I found that the most fascinating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-72992921151710671952011-09-09T10:48:17.472-04:002011-09-09T10:48:17.472-04:00If nothing is done then, very soon, there will be ...If nothing is done then, very soon, there will be nothing left and even the churches will all be turned public meeting rooms - or mosques. Some people have said to me that I seem to miss England so what am I doing in South America. The answer is that the England that I love isn't there anymore. However, I have been speaking seriously with friends over the need for something to be done. The trouble is that most people seem to be either: apathetic and acquiescent or pig-ignorant and happy with the state of things as they are.<br />NJSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969291662399714678.post-72682093663710496132011-09-09T09:54:11.618-04:002011-09-09T09:54:11.618-04:00Well said. Revolution? I'm all for it.Well said. Revolution? I'm all for it.Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.com