Mothers' Day

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Yes I think it's sad too. I can't imagine discarding a gift like that, even
if I didn't like it. I wonder if there will be a present next year!
Jo
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Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

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That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Whoops! accidental top post in previous message. I will slap my own wrist,
so nobody else needs to!
Jo

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Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

Quoted message said:

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully
about that present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand
(unridden). Tempted to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Yes I think it's sad too. I can't imagine discarding a gift like
that, even if I didn't like it. I wonder if there will be a present
next year!

I did wonder about the listing appearing so quickly on Mothers' Day. The
seller has sold two other bikes previously, one of those a Brompton.

Colin

Jo said:

Whoops! accidental top post in previous message. I will slap my own wrist,
so nobody else needs to!

It's okay, I've corrected it in my follow-up so no-one will ever notice
as long as we both keep shtumm!

Colin

Simonb said:

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Perhaps more than one of Mother's offspring had thought quite carefully
about that present, but independently of each other, and she's selling
off the suplus one? If I had two of those it's the pink one would have
to go.

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Joe * If I cannot be free I'll be cheap

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Simonb said:

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Perhaps more than one of Mother's offspring had thought quite carefully
about that present, but independently of each other, and she's selling
off the suplus one? If I had two of those it's the pink one would have
to go.

A yellow six month old one went in early December.
Maybe it got replaced twice?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7118564548

(And a mountain bike around the same time
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27948&item=7122177368

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Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

TBH I'm not surprised, it looks awful.

I quite like Bromptons quirky looks, but pink .... Maybe Jordan might like
it.

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Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

Not me. No Mothers Day around here. Mothering Sunday, perhaps...

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

Not me. No Mothers Day around here. Mothering Sunday, perhaps...

Guy

I didn't know there was a difference?

p.s. sent you an email, I suspect it's living in your spam folder
perhaps?

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Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

Colin

Oh how *awful*! To reject a present like that, unridden. Sad. This mother
would *not* have rejected such a present - I'd have been overjoyed!

Cheers, helen s

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I saw a card in Safeway; "to my wife on Mother's Day" ?£"$£"$£"$!£"$?

Desperation on the part of card manufacturers, methinks.

Hmm. D'you think if I declare, ooh, 1st June "RossDay", the card
manufacturers will try to convince everyone it has to be celebrated?

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Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

Not me. No Mothers Day around here. Mothering Sunday, perhaps...

I saw a card in Safeway; "to my wife on Mother's Day" ?£"$£"$£"$!£"$?

wafflycat said:

Oh how *awful*! To reject a present like that, unridden. Sad. This

mother

Quoted message said:

would *not* have rejected such a present - I'd have been overjoyed!

Cheers, helen s

And given the looks of that bike there's a good chance you'd still have
a bike that offspring hadn't appropriated. 😉

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Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

url:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

Colin

Oh how *awful*! To reject a present like that, unridden. Sad. This
mother would *not* have rejected such a present - I'd have been
overjoyed!

Note that it's being resold presumably by the dealer given that the other
auctions the user has done are for bikes. My guess is that it was at least
cleared by the giver.

A

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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:26:10 -0000, MartinM wrote in
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I saw a card in Safeway; "to my wife on Mother's Day" ?£"$£"$£"$!£"$?

Desperation on the part of card manufacturers, methinks.

Hmm. D'you think if I declare, ooh, 1st June "RossDay", the card
manufacturers will try to convince everyone it has to be celebrated?

Guinness ran an ad campaign a few years ago announcing the Friday after St
Patrick's as St Terry of East Grinstead, in order to make out you could
drink the black chemical foam more than once a year.

It failed AFAIK, even in Terry's home town.

LSMike said:

Just zis Guy said:

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

Not me. No Mothers Day around here. Mothering Sunday, perhaps...

Guy

I didn't know there was a difference?

p.s. sent you an email, I suspect it's living in your spam folder
perhaps?

You're not /still/ hawking the Viagra? 🙂

Simonb said:

Colin Blackburn said:

Okay, which one of you gave your mum a bike for Mothers' Day?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72572&item=7140098433

That's actually quite sad. Someone has thought quite carefully about that
present and it seems to have been rejected out of hand (unridden). Tempted
to place a bid for Mrs Sb.

Clearly not carefully enough.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hmm. D'you think if I declare, ooh, 1st June "RossDay", the card
manufacturers will try to convince everyone it has to be celebrated?

Guinness ran an ad campaign a few years ago announcing the Friday after St
Patrick's as St Terry of East Grinstead, in order to make out you could
drink the black chemical foam more than once a year.

It failed AFAIK, even in Terry's home town.

I can understand that. Why would anyone *want* to drink the black
chemical stuff even once a year, never mind more frequently?

Now, if they were selling me some real cider, or one of the various
Belgian beers I'm partial too, that'd be a different matter. ;-)

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