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How many of you buy or know someone who buys an extra Christmas present for charities collecting at Christmas? I was sitting watching a charity at a collection point today and they got maybe 7 or 8 gifts donated in about 45 minutes, that's nothing when you consider maybe 150 people passed them by coming in and out of the shopping centre.
I bought a couple of little things like teddy bears and selection boxes, none of which cost very much and it wasn't as if they had to be gift-wrapped or anything. I know a lot of people are cynical these days of giving money to charities, but i just can't understand why most people won't fork out a couple of quid to buy an extra little present to donate when they are spending hundreds on their own families and friends who will probably appreciate the gift far less.
So please guys and gals, when you're out doing your Christmas shopping and if you see a collection point for gift donating, just buy something, anything at all and donate it. It will mean virtually nothing out of your own pocket, but could mean the world to someone else.
I bought a couple of little things like teddy bears and selection boxes, none of which cost very much and it wasn't as if they had to be gift-wrapped or anything. I know a lot of people are cynical these days of giving money to charities, but i just can't understand why most people won't fork out a couple of quid to buy an extra little present to donate when they are spending hundreds on their own families and friends who will probably appreciate the gift far less.
So please guys and gals, when you're out doing your Christmas shopping and if you see a collection point for gift donating, just buy something, anything at all and donate it. It will mean virtually nothing out of your own pocket, but could mean the world to someone else.
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I agree. It is the season of giving none the less
EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> When the cat first came to the house, thursday i think it was, it was
> scared of everything, every time you went near it she ran off.
> Now that it has settled down a bit, it sits on our laps and sleeps on
> the end of our beds.
> But for the first 3-4 minuets that it is on you or the bed, sofa ect,
> he puts his claws out and just moves them on you, only very gently
> though, not enough to scratch you. It looks like something he does
> when he is nervous. You know why?
my cats do that alot they do it on some surfaces, don't know why.
> Also she keeps bending her right foot backwards and fowards as if it
> is hurt or something, but it isn't. Know why again?
mine do that to, i guess they find it comfortable. if you could do it would you would do it to.
> When the cat first came to the house, thursday i think it was, it was
> scared of everything, every time you went near it she ran off.
> Now that it has settled down a bit, it sits on our laps and sleeps on
> the end of our beds.
> But for the first 3-4 minuets that it is on you or the bed, sofa ect,
> he puts his claws out and just moves them on you, only very gently
> though, not enough to scratch you. It looks like something he does
> when he is nervous. You know why?
my cats do that alot they do it on some surfaces, don't know why.
> Also she keeps bending her right foot backwards and fowards as if it
> is hurt or something, but it isn't. Know why again?
mine do that to, i guess they find it comfortable. if you could do it would you would do it to.
EL ® ö B ì Ñ wrote:
> On friday night he went into the toilet and had a crap on the news
> paper, which is good because we don't have a cat flap so he went and
> found a magezine to do it on, and it was in the toilet.
> Last night the toilet door was closed so he had no were else to go to
> the toilet so he dug some dirt out of the plant pot, made a pile on
> the floor and crapped on it, so then you just sweep it up.
> So were ever the cat has come from he is well trained.
My god, the cat is a genius.
It is clearly a human trapped in a cats feeble body.
> On friday night he went into the toilet and had a crap on the news
> paper, which is good because we don't have a cat flap so he went and
> found a magezine to do it on, and it was in the toilet.
> Last night the toilet door was closed so he had no were else to go to
> the toilet so he dug some dirt out of the plant pot, made a pile on
> the floor and crapped on it, so then you just sweep it up.
> So were ever the cat has come from he is well trained.
My god, the cat is a genius.
It is clearly a human trapped in a cats feeble body.
Sorry to go off topic on your topic Lindgren, i got a little carried away.
morbo wrote:
> me have cats, 2 in the room now. what do you want to know/ test on
> them
When the cat first came to the house, thursday i think it was, it was scared of everything, every time you went near it she ran off.
Now that it has settled down a bit, it sits on our laps and sleeps on the end of our beds.
But for the first 3-4 minuets that it is on you or the bed, sofa ect, he puts his claws out and just moves them on you, only very gently though, not enough to scratch you. It looks like something he does when he is nervous. You know why?
Also she keeps bending her right foot backwards and fowards as if it is hurt or something, but it isn't. Know why again?
It is a really well trained house cat though, when serving it's dinner it sits and waits for it.
On friday night he went into the toilet and had a crap on the news paper, which is good because we don't have a cat flap so he went and found a magezine to do it on, and it was in the toilet.
Last night the toilet door was closed so he had no were else to go to the toilet so he dug some dirt out of the plant pot, made a pile on the floor and crapped on it, so then you just sweep it up.
So were ever the cat has come from he is well trained.
Lets just hope when we get him checked for an electronic tag he hasn't got one.
And when we tell the local cattery no one claims her, then we get ourselves a free really big white cat :D
> me have cats, 2 in the room now. what do you want to know/ test on
> them
When the cat first came to the house, thursday i think it was, it was scared of everything, every time you went near it she ran off.
Now that it has settled down a bit, it sits on our laps and sleeps on the end of our beds.
But for the first 3-4 minuets that it is on you or the bed, sofa ect, he puts his claws out and just moves them on you, only very gently though, not enough to scratch you. It looks like something he does when he is nervous. You know why?
Also she keeps bending her right foot backwards and fowards as if it is hurt or something, but it isn't. Know why again?
It is a really well trained house cat though, when serving it's dinner it sits and waits for it.
On friday night he went into the toilet and had a crap on the news paper, which is good because we don't have a cat flap so he went and found a magezine to do it on, and it was in the toilet.
Last night the toilet door was closed so he had no were else to go to the toilet so he dug some dirt out of the plant pot, made a pile on the floor and crapped on it, so then you just sweep it up.
So were ever the cat has come from he is well trained.
Lets just hope when we get him checked for an electronic tag he hasn't got one.
And when we tell the local cattery no one claims her, then we get ourselves a free really big white cat :D
Oh we used to have a "Mr X" appeal where everyone in the class would come up with some "great" idea for a game that would rasie money - sponsored silence day (quite a feat for one of the girls there), "guess the number of peanuts in the jar", etc. and the two who got to raise the most cash would have everyone else's collections for their gender, and they he - she would have to buy a present or two for a designated child. Sounds long winded, but it was fun.
Gone are those days now.
Gone are those days now.
I dont like giving money to charity.
Im too selfish.
There, someone said it.
Im too selfish.
There, someone said it.
Praying Mantis wrote:
> I know that the message you are trying to put across has the right
> morals and meanings, it is just the way you say "Anything at
> all", I hardly think they would appreciate a pack of colouring
> pencils anymore than you or I.
I once helped hand out presents to kids whose parents couldn't afford them on Christmas Eve. if you saw the way the kids' faces lit up when they got their presents off Santa and how happy their parents looked, knowing their kids would remember something positive about that Christmas, then you would probably think very differently.
Kids dont remember how great the dinner was at Christmas. They remember what Santa did or did not bring that year. Thats what makes it special when you are young. Right now, you are thinking with an adult mind as to what makes a Christmas.
> I know that the message you are trying to put across has the right
> morals and meanings, it is just the way you say "Anything at
> all", I hardly think they would appreciate a pack of colouring
> pencils anymore than you or I.
I once helped hand out presents to kids whose parents couldn't afford them on Christmas Eve. if you saw the way the kids' faces lit up when they got their presents off Santa and how happy their parents looked, knowing their kids would remember something positive about that Christmas, then you would probably think very differently.
Kids dont remember how great the dinner was at Christmas. They remember what Santa did or did not bring that year. Thats what makes it special when you are young. Right now, you are thinking with an adult mind as to what makes a Christmas.
me have cats, 2 in the room now. what do you want to know/ test on them
Ive done my bit by adopting an old, big pure white cat.
Thats a point, has anyone one here got a cat, i got a question to ask them.
Lindgren, i give old clothes and other stuff to my mums work (obviously new clothes that i never wore), and my mums work gives them to young youths who user her youth centre.
And my mum also donates alot of cash to charities like oxfam and disabled charities.
Thats a point, has anyone one here got a cat, i got a question to ask them.
Lindgren, i give old clothes and other stuff to my mums work (obviously new clothes that i never wore), and my mums work gives them to young youths who user her youth centre.
And my mum also donates alot of cash to charities like oxfam and disabled charities.
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