Robbing a Bank

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  1. Phil A

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    Missed out on sundays free beetroot seeds with the daily mail, so armed only with a sawn off carrier bag, I set off to rob the paper bank.

    After rummaging thru endless papers I drew a blank, not one packet of seeds thrown out.

    But, I did get : A Mrs Beetons' cookbook
    Sainsbury's Fish & Shellfish
    Sainsbury's Quick Cooking
    Sainsbury's Italian Cooking

    And the Best of all : A Hardback copy of "In Your Garden" By Percy Thrower, complete with a newspaper cutting by Geoff Hamilton.

    :dbgrtmb: RESULT :dbgrtmb:

    :D
     
  2. daitheplant

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    Saturdays free seeds with the Daily Mail were ....... Carrots, if you want them Ziggy, you can have them,, just PM me your address.:dbgrtmb::dbgrtmb:
     
  3. Phil A

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    Thanks for the offer Dai, I got the carrots from next door, just didn't realise the beetroot was with sundays edition:DOH:

    Its only those & corgettes I need now, the corgettes all rotted off, left them covered for too long:oopss:
     
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    Ziggy, it was only the first day (the Carrots) that were actually in the paper. The following days you have to pick up the seeds from Tesco or WH Smith - maybe that's why you couldn't find any :)

    Not a bad result finding the gardening/cookbooks though :thumbsup:
     
  5. Phil A

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    Ahh, another raid to get the coupon then:thumbsup:

    Well pleased with the books:happydance:
     
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    No wonder I didn't find anything in the paper bank, Ziggy, you got there before me!! That Percy Thrower book could be becoming a collectors piece - nice find!
     
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    quality result mate
     
  8. Chopper

    Chopper Do I really look like a people person?

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    Call in on me Ziggy. I have a courgette plant you can have mate.

    Chopper.
     
  9. Phil A

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    Cheers Chopper,

    Will it be as big as those lettuce you gave me:runhills::phew::yummy:
     
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    WOW, you did well, better than a few seeds!!! :yahoo:

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  11. Phil A

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    Its amazing how stupid people can be. It clearly says, paper only, no cardboard, books,concrete blocks etc.

    The amount of cardboard & plastic people put in there is unbelievable.:scratch:

    Do they not realise that they might just as well put the stuff in the dustbin, if they can't sort it for recycling properly then the entire skip gets rejected by the recycling centre & it all goes to land fill:DOH:
     
  12. Chopper

    Chopper Do I really look like a people person?

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    About 25 times bigger mate. Hope thats ok.

    Had my first cauliflower from the tunnel last night mate. Lovely it was too.

    Chopper.
     
  13. Chopper

    Chopper Do I really look like a people person?

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    Thats because most of the folk using the skips come from Bridgwater. Webbed fingers, two toes on each forehead and hairy ears........ and the blokes are even worse.

    Chopper
     
  14. Phil A

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    "You've been living with the "No Tails" for too long":D

    25 times bigger than these ?

    [​IMG]

    Gonna need a bigger frame :dbgrtmb::yess:
     
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    It's crazy what people throw away , eh ?! Car boot sales should be compulsory ! Congratulations on rescuing some perfectly good doodads from a dusty grave : )
     
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