tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post2605901693553099941..comments2024-02-06T12:09:18.943+00:00Comments on The Witty Ways of a Wayward Woman: Something a little differentJane Turleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-12706082903244572862008-05-10T18:54:00.000+01:002008-05-10T18:54:00.000+01:00Hi Sue!Yep, the price of petrol has been rising fa...Hi Sue!<BR/><BR/>Yep, the price of petrol has been rising fast here too. In March when I got my new car which has a diesel engine it was around £1.09 ish a gallon...yesterday I paid £1.25!!<BR/><BR/>I'm certainly thinking twice about every journey I do; unfortunately it is not easy to cut down as we live in a village and the boys do lots of after school activities. <BR/><BR/>The cost of living here is extremely high which is making it more and more difficult for families to survive and mothers to stay at home and look after their children as nature intended; to this extent I too will probably be forced back to work sometime in the near future. At least we got by while the children were very small but I pity the young mothers who have no choice in the matter.<BR/><BR/>You're right; I am missing a little chocolate..I shall have to see what I can do!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-62217956531090783892008-05-10T17:02:00.000+01:002008-05-10T17:02:00.000+01:00Hi Mrs T! This post is even more topical while I'm...Hi Mrs T! This post is even more topical while I'm reading it because the price of oil has gone up to $126 a barrel and is rising and food prices--certainly in our country--keep going up everyday. There is no question we have treated our dear Mother Earth very badly and I'm not surprised she wants to give her children a good solid scare. We each have to do our bit and pronto.<BR/>btw, maybe you should add a bit of chocolate to the new look of your blog--like mint & choc then :)hillgrandmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805698959846687562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-83824574727676163932008-05-01T08:14:00.000+01:002008-05-01T08:14:00.000+01:00Hello Eve's lungs! Yes, I agree with you. Schools ...Hello Eve's lungs! Yes, I agree with you. Schools are very good about teaching environmental awareness and climate change over here despite my often disparaging remarks about the education system. My sixteen year old is very aware of the problems and has developed quite a awareness of the political scene. Yes, it is the adults and more importantly governments who need to be educated. There is no other thing to do but pressurize them; which is a thankless task as we already elect them to act in our best interests. Too often they are concerned with maintaining power by advocating what seems like short term self interest. <BR/><BR/>Glad you like the new get up; I was bored with the old one and fancied a change. Green seemed the appropiate colour! It's meant to be a relaxing colour too...maybe because it's the colour of nature? How about the music though? Does it disturb your reading or would you just turn it down? I'm alright with music when I'm reading but if I was writing it sometimes breaks my concentration if it's too loud.<BR/><BR/>Mind you a liitle bit of Tony Hadlee from Spandau ballet always makes me feel good!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-25588679805492734832008-05-01T07:41:00.000+01:002008-05-01T07:41:00.000+01:00Right now the awareness is limited to talks, semin...Right now the awareness is limited to talks, seminars ,movies and frightening facts being aired on television . To bring about a large scale impact governments need to build up being more rigid about legislations which concern the environment. In India children of my younger daughter;s generation have been studying environmental education from junior school and they have the right senses inbuilt in them. It's adults that we should worry about .<BR/>And yes the weather has changed - we had a cool temperate climate extending right up to mid AApril in some parts of India followed by a boiling hot spell ..<BR/>On a iighter note I do like the new get up Mrs T !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157665564024320442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-4155682539622307012008-04-30T06:13:00.000+01:002008-04-30T06:13:00.000+01:00Ah yes Mewie, sometimes Mrs T's other side slips o...Ah yes Mewie, sometimes Mrs T's other side slips out..but fortunately not too often!<BR/><BR/>I'd like to think that in fact there was nothing we could do about our future Mewie. It would be easier to think that nature will take what ever course it will and that is that. <BR/><BR/>But in my own mind I can only see the logic that all actions have consequences. I eat chocolate; I get fat for example! The trouble is that nature is so complex it is possible to say that these are things that may have happened anyway. Scientists also seem to have habit of presenting facts and then leaving governments to interpret/ act on them. Possibly, that is not good enough.<BR/><BR/>But it must be dangerous to play with nature and that is what we have been doing in a way perhaps we were never meant to.<BR/><BR/>Having children totally changes your perspective on life too; when you have a small child totally dependent on you, for food, warmth and shelter you can't help but worry for their future. About 6 years ago we had a fuel strike over here and more or less the whole country came to a stand still, shelves were cleared in the supermarkets and i was getting seriously worried about even obtaining milk for my baby. Sometimes I look at those poor mothers in Africa and elsewhere and wonder what they must think; to watch your own child die through starvation must be the cruellest thing.Nowadays, I try not to think too much about what the future may bring; I've been lucky I've lived in properous times; but I hope that I will equip my children well for whatever lies in store for them.<BR/><BR/>Nature will always take it's course but I'd like to think it is nature's course and not mankinds. We'll just have to wait and see.<BR/><BR/>You're right we should all be supportive of pro environmental measures and green measures. We have nothing to loose and possibly everthing to gain.<BR/><BR/>Something funnier next time!!<BR/><BR/>Oy Mr I, Mrs T is soppy? I just had too much sherry and had a momentary relapse! And I love my new exotic name...now just keep changing all those consonants and vowels till you get to Natasha and I'll be esctatic! Always fancied myself as a Russian spy....<BR/><BR/>Dancing to U2? Oh, no, no, no Mrs T likes disco! The walls reverberate a bit but they haven't come down yet.Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-38176481242145916972008-04-30T00:35:00.000+01:002008-04-30T00:35:00.000+01:00My Dear Miss Jayne.... I've taken the liberty to ...My Dear Miss Jayne.... I've taken the liberty to add a "Y" to your name (only on certain ocassions)in response to your comment on my post: http://curageousideas.blogspot.com/2007/11/whats-in-name.html<BR/><BR/>This is a remarkably different post for you. It's sensitive and sentimental in a way. You've pointed out that I can be soppy. It's nice to see your more serious and gentle (soppy) side. Pretty soon you'll be parading around the house in your cleaning attire singing U2 songs! This world really is changing!intrepidideashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621013901216084367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-72529119529121640172008-04-29T23:36:00.000+01:002008-04-29T23:36:00.000+01:00This is a bit different, Mrs. T!I was once very ad...This is a bit different, Mrs. T!<BR/><BR/>I was once very adamant and certain about global warming and the costs associated with it.<BR/><BR/>However, the more I research 'alternative' sources, the more I am doubtful that global warming is something man-made or something that we can actually counter. I cannot say with absolute certainty that the past 50 years of scientific monitoring and research can make the conclusion you are fearful of. It's a theory to me that I do not dismiss either.<BR/><BR/>Either way, I've always been supportive of pro-environment measures and I totally believe that everyone can be more responsible and green-friendly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com