hubgearfreak
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linfordlunchbox said:
number of participants? - most people own a bicycle....less own a horse.
also, it's news to me that horses aren't allowed on the NCN
Upsetting the 4x4 mums on Mumsnet
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number of participants? - most people own a bicycle....less own a horse.
also, it's news to me that horses aren't allowed on the NCN
Noodley
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Jaded said:
I can't quite see why Linf gets so much hassle about having a 4x4. Maybe because he feels he has to "justify" it to everyone else. I certainly wouldn't try to if I still had one - in my mind I required it, so that did it for me. Everyone else is free to their opinion and no need for me to get wound up about it.
Dave5N
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Just realised why I prefer the cafe. It's because you over-aggressive idiots aren't there. Linford, you're a Soapbox man. stay there.
You spoiled a lighthearted thread just because you're guilty about your 4X4.
Grow up.
You spoiled a lighthearted thread just because you're guilty about your 4X4.
Grow up.
I have no guilt about owning one Dave5N. I had already justified before I went shopping for it. Mine was always going to be a working vehicle.
What I don't get is the incessant sniping at ownership, and the brush tarring which the green lobby does all the time. Perhaps it is because from a superficial point of view, they appear to be an ostentatious display of wealth or resources, which comes back to the politics of envy. When you get on a plane and jet off to Cuba or wherever for your holidays, or buy in expensive white goods shipped from the far side of the world, you may easily use more resources that the average 4x4 owner, but consumption is done in a way which isn't apparent to a passer by.
This debate shouldn't have been posted in the cafe in the first place as its OP was deliberately stirring things up on another forum and so will always be a contentious issue. It was never going to be a 'lighthearted thread'
What I don't get is the incessant sniping at ownership, and the brush tarring which the green lobby does all the time. Perhaps it is because from a superficial point of view, they appear to be an ostentatious display of wealth or resources, which comes back to the politics of envy. When you get on a plane and jet off to Cuba or wherever for your holidays, or buy in expensive white goods shipped from the far side of the world, you may easily use more resources that the average 4x4 owner, but consumption is done in a way which isn't apparent to a passer by.
This debate shouldn't have been posted in the cafe in the first place as its OP was deliberately stirring things up on another forum and so will always be a contentious issue. It was never going to be a 'lighthearted thread'
Milo
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On another note hows the mums net war going.
Milo
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Trys to veer the topic towards mumsnet.
Cycling Naturalist
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- Llangollen
miloat said:
As Anxious Pauline, I'm asking if it is a good idea to let my new boyfriend (I met him in the pub last night) take my six year old child to Thailand for six months. I know he's been in trouble with the police, but I'm not sure what for. Is it rude to ask?
Milo
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- Melksham, Wilts
Rofl link please im starting to think your fibbing. 
Milo
Guru
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- Melksham, Wilts
Wonder who that was then ay.
Aperitif
Meme bar
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- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Patrick Stevens said:
Ante Natal clubs are catching my eye...and boy do they hurt when one whacks you on the temple!
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
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- Llangollen
Aperitif said:
In the Ante Natal section, I'm asking if I've got to give up smoking both tobacco and crack during pregnancy.
Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
miloat said:Rofl link please im starting to think your fibbing.
Patrick does indeed have a talent for creative writing....
