tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post139218519951585587..comments2024-03-28T17:45:17.637+00:00Comments on Pixie's Crafty Workshop: A Tuesday Tale - meeting the charity shop 'lowlife'Dihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06153667791623954306noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-85444091853291584372012-02-21T18:47:04.217+00:002012-02-21T18:47:04.217+00:00What a funny tale! If I had been the lady tossing...What a funny tale! If I had been the lady tossing the stuff I think my hair would have stood on end--not expecting someone in the bin! It makes you wonder what they do with all those castoff castoffs? Do they take them home like treasures? Are they that hard up? Are they hoarders of whatever catches their eye? Me mum in law is a hoarder and the stuff that catches her eye.... and the sheer amount of it. ugh.Princess Judy Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870980058627037243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-41135237645916850132012-02-15T16:33:17.397+00:002012-02-15T16:33:17.397+00:00Yup. Been there! LOL! Used to volunteer in the Bri...Yup. Been there! LOL! Used to volunteer in the British Red Cross shop when I lived down in Kent. Some of the customers were so abusive- and cheeky ("I'll give you 50p for this. What? Why not? I don't care what your tag says, it's a charity shop!")<br />I kept to the backroom sorting.<br /><br />What struck me was that the better the quality of clothing, the worse the condition. We could get clothes from really cheap shops and supermarkets, and they had been washed and washed and washed and looked after to within an inch of their lives. Then we would get shirts from Saville Row (I kid you not) that had brown rims of dirt round the collars and cuffs. We'd get designer clothes that were filthy. We'd even get used underwear that were still shaped as though someone had only just stepped out of them! I think people thought we would just clean them, but we had no washing machine. ANything dirty went to the 'ragman' for recycling, for a small donation.<br /><br />SOmeone haded in bags of baby clothes, gorgeous things, but unwashed and smelly. I took the lot home and washed them there, brought them back and did a whole window display with them. So much lace and satin! I couldn't bear to see them thrown away.<br /><br />We also used to find abandoned shirts in the changing rooms where people had put on the one from the shop and left theirs hanging on the hook!Mrs Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972137710178467475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-30349615537481853522012-02-15T10:07:20.147+00:002012-02-15T10:07:20.147+00:00Goodness me! Whatever next? xxxGoodness me! Whatever next? xxxSarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174058971522723860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-60787303912366259752012-02-14T22:06:52.586+00:002012-02-14T22:06:52.586+00:00How have I managed to miss your Tuesday Tales? I h...How have I managed to miss your Tuesday Tales? I have been a bit lax with my blog hopping of late but tonight I have stopped by and after reading tonights tale,I have looked back and read every Tuesday tales you've written! Youve made my evening! See you same time next week if not before!.xJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557387266933824296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-2060286615517621372012-02-14T20:37:46.539+00:002012-02-14T20:37:46.539+00:00Oh wow di your days are never dull. hehe .hugs hei...Oh wow di your days are never dull. hehe .hugs heidi xHeidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03955441438874506239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-65177654238816095782012-02-14T20:16:28.664+00:002012-02-14T20:16:28.664+00:00To funny! Shows to go ya 'one man's trash...To funny! Shows to go ya 'one man's trash is another's treasure'. The shops here in town keep their trash behind locked gates but having seen the stuff they do sell I can't help but wonder what they deem unfit for sale.<br />Hugs <br />BernieBerniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546237398899328266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-38743592474860776012012-02-14T18:55:27.273+00:002012-02-14T18:55:27.273+00:00Dear me,Di, there must be some truth in that old a...Dear me,Di, there must be some truth in that old adage that states that what you consider junk others will consider treasure ... though by your description I would hardly think there was treasure in that skip :) Another rib-tickler ... Hissing Sid, The Steamer ... it's all in how you tell 'em :)) Look forward to next weeks tale. Elizabeth xElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762785911026167332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-62927463126194830702012-02-14T18:27:49.217+00:002012-02-14T18:27:49.217+00:00Hee hee. Yep, you are quite the storyteller.
Hap...Hee hee. Yep, you are quite the storyteller.<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours!!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Kay505whimsygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594635228441769910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-20790715940807501562012-02-14T16:19:11.251+00:002012-02-14T16:19:11.251+00:00Oh Di muy stomach aches from laughting l would of ...Oh Di muy stomach aches from laughting l would of loved to have been there and seen there reactions so funny........still laughing now:) Sandra HSandra Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975528843359908449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-77626988956837603682012-02-14T16:00:44.860+00:002012-02-14T16:00:44.860+00:00Another fab tale Di. :-)
Hugs,
A xAnother fab tale Di. :-)<br />Hugs,<br />A xAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564678114875826791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-25962428878405152042012-02-14T14:59:31.587+00:002012-02-14T14:59:31.587+00:00One of my favourites of all time Kath!! I liked th...One of my favourites of all time Kath!! I liked the little French Mouse smoking zee Galouise and zen 'poof' as zee gas was escaping from zee drain :)) Di xxDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153667791623954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641751363324030551.post-61357814243115831132012-02-14T13:53:37.422+00:002012-02-14T13:53:37.422+00:00Another great tale, Hissing Sid reminded me of the...Another great tale, Hissing Sid reminded me of the Keith Michelle record of years ago, someone and his band, can't remember the title now, Noel Edmunds used to play it a lot.<br /><br />Kath x<br /><br />Captain Beaky, just remembered by Guinness book of hit singles.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191315487546041187noreply@blogger.com