to think there is an inverse relationship between how little money people have and how much they are willing to spend on presents for their children

[Twiglett]

am truly gobsmacked at some of the things that people I know are buying for their children

truly and utterly, spoilt bastard, gobsmacked

why spend that much money? why?

(unless she's given her Christmas name to someone else Cliff is Rhubarb)

I knew that - hence the wink

Sorry Kerry, just pissing about.

Ah now we know its Christmas when we see Cliff Richard

Welcome back

Great post expat - exactly how I view things and how I grew up.

Oldham? Is it mouldy? Does it have black spores on it? Must be common then...had some in my 'fridge just last week

DON'T LET IT OUT! Gawd, all hell'll break loose if you let Oldham out of your fridge, they've only just contained it!

DON'T LET IT OUT! Gawd, all hell'll break loose if you let Oldham out of your fridge, they've only just contained it!

In tupperware?

Oh, well go ahead anyway MacKenzie, that would be nice!

Oh oh I know, I'll start a thread slagging meself off! he he he!

Yes, I knew you knew, Iota

sorry tamum, I should have known that you knew that I knew , but that others didn't know what we knew because we're not new

3.8 million children in the UK live in poverty.

Rhubarbs story about the little boy is just heartbreaking. To think of him going to all that effort with the necklace is just unbearable.

you know, people from Oldham are so damn rude!

Not a bad one actually. He's a decent enough boy, he'll be ok.

I also knew that you two knew

And I knew that you knew VVVQ. We'd better stop of someone will mention the clique word

or not of.

He has autism so, luckily, he doesn't really understand too well emotional issues and that could well be his saving grace. If he had a half decent upbringing, he wouldn't need us there offering support at all.

I get the distinct impression that people are knowing things that I know not of................