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[Raven]

Meh, they are like £5 and last as long as you would expect a £5 Tshirt to last (Couple of washes)

 

[Moriath]

Meh, they are like £5 and last as long as you would expect a £5 Tshirt to last (Couple of washes)

I expect a t shirt to be wearable for a longer period than that. If it doesnt i would be returning them to the store for a refund.

 

[Raven]

Maybe you have too much time on your hands then I expect a Tshirt that costs £5 to last a couple of washes and I am never disappointed.

 

[Scouse]

Still, it's environmentally reprehensible.

 

[Raven]

Still, it's environmentally reprehensible.

#careface

How far do you travel to work btw?

 

[soze]

I have a website where I buy 100% white long cotton t shirts for £10 each. I have about 30 of these as I wear one under everything. I have an OCD about tucking a tshirt in. The T Shirts and Shirts I wear other the top tend to cost less than £10 and I do not expect them to last much over a year. I have about 15 polo shirts and 5 shirts 4 pairs of jeans and 1 par of trousers that I wear to work. I am luck that I can wear Jeans and a Polo shirt with a pair of trainers to work. I actually resent the days I have to shave and put a shirt and trousers on. I have not bought brand name clothing other than trainers for years now. And Arsenal shirts I have every shirt going back to 2002 that is an expensive hobby.

 

[Scouse]

#careface

How far do you travel to work btw?

45 miles, 3 days a week (well, I did until Friday). However, work is a necessity which you don't always have a choice over. How you choose to shop isn't - so to restate: choosing to shop in a disposable manner rather than buying lasting quality is environmentally reprehensible.

 

[Yoni]

I don't buy a lot but when I do it is quality. I have some timeless dresses I still wear today brought in 2008.

I am notoriously hard on handbags. Last Sept I spent c200 on a bag... The handle broke before a year was up and it looked too tatty (I'm a director of two companies) for work but used it until July this year when I spent 500 and it is now 2 months old and is looking awesome... Additionally the shop I got it from will repair it should something horrid happen (Longchamp)...

 

[Hawkwind]

45 miles, 3 days a week (well, I did until Friday). However, work is a necessity which you don't always have a choice over. How you choose to shop isn't - so to restate: choosing to shop in a disposable manner rather than buying lasting quality is environmentally reprehensible.

Where you live in relation to work is a choice though.

As for disposable T-Shirts, think of the poor children in Bangladesh that would become unemployed!

 

[Moriath]

#careface

How far do you travel to work btw?

Mostly i work from home. Once a week or so its twelve miles to the office. Im env friendly worker.

 

[Raven]

45 miles, 3 days a week (well, I did until Friday). However, work is a necessity which you don't always have a choice over. How you choose to shop isn't - so to restate: choosing to shop in a disposable manner rather than buying lasting quality is environmentally reprehensible.

Haha, weak.

I offset it by doing extremely low mileage. It's environmentally reprehensible to work more than 5 miles from home (or live more than 5 miles from work)

/highhorse.

 

[Scouse]

Where you live in relation to work is a choice though.

Bull. Unless you think people should move every time their job changes? And every time I get a new job somewhere should my partner quit hers and move to a job that's closer to where we end up moving?

Not to mention having no roots, making it harder to meet up with friends etc. etc.

Bull. Shit. Choice my arse.

It's environmentally reprehensible to work more than 5 miles

I'd love to live in your magic world and live five miles from work. I'd go on my bike (but I bet you use your car). But reality is different.

Like I said - if I move to five miles from my next job (which I would love to be near where I live right now, but have not much choice over that) - should my partner quit hers?

You're talking out of your arse, as usual.

 

[Hawkwind]

Bull. Unless you think people should move every time their job changes? And every time I get a new job somewhere should my partner quit hers and move to a job that's closer to where we end up moving?

Not to mention having no roots, making it harder to meet up with friends etc. etc.

Bull. Shit. Choice my arse.




I'd love to live in your magic world and live five miles from work. I'd go on my bike (but I bet you use your car). But reality is different.

Like I said - if I move to five miles from my next job (which I would love to be near where I live right now, but have not much choice over that) - should my partner quit hers?

You're talking out of your arse, as usual.

Riding a bike to work in Dubai would be suicidal at best. My car is 4 years old and has 33,000 Km on it. Hardly excessive. You got on your high horse about the environment and disposable T-Shirts but don't accept the environmental issues of long distance commuting, interesting

 

[Raven]

Bull. Unless you think people should move every time their job changes? And every time I get a new job somewhere should my partner quit hers and move to a job that's closer to where we end up moving?

Not to mention having no roots, making it harder to meet up with friends etc. etc.

Bull. Shit. Choice my arse.




I'd love to live in your magic world and live five miles from work. I'd go on my bike (but I bet you use your car). But reality is different.

Like I said - if I move to five miles from my next job (which I would love to be near where I live right now, but have not much choice over that) - should my partner quit hers?

You're talking out of your arse, as usual.

It seems you are getting agitated over someone elses choices again. Buying disposable tshirts doesnt come close to excessive mileage. But because it doesn't fit with your boggle eyed view its upset you. I know you aren't a massive fan of personal choice but sadly, we still have it in the UK.

Another example is all the raw ingredients I buy come in reusable containers...do yours? Its environmentally reprehensible to not use reusable containers too.

I'm torn though, I just printed 80 pages in colour when I meant to do it in black and white, such a waste...I will have to contact the becardiganed and seek advice on making up for it. Maybe a good birching will sort it.

And yes, ofc I use my car to get to work, why on earth would I want to cycle? (and its more like 3 miles)

 

[Scouse]

Riding a bike to work in Dubai would be suicidal at best. My car is 4 years old and has 33,000 Km on it. Hardly excessive. You got on your high horse about the environment and disposable T-Shirts but don't accept the environmental issues of long distance commuting, interesting

I clearly accept the environmental issues of long distance commuting - but you're steadfastly refusing to accept the realities of situtions. Nobody wants a long commute but circumstances dictate. How about addressing any of the pertinent points I raised about, for example, my partner's job? Should we always move? Is it magically easy to find a job in the same area? What about any of the other points I raise?

Shopping, on the other hand, is 100% choice. And @Raven's consumer choice is to live a disposable lifestyle - and any way you swing that it's environmentally reprehensible.

Work = do the best you can with the hand you're dealt.
Shopping = 100% self-expression and 100% in your control.

 

[Scouse]

And yes, ofc I use my car to get to work, why on earth would I want to cycle? (and its more like 3 miles)

Walk, fatty

 

[Raven]

Fuck that, longer in bed = win.

Also, you didn't answer my question about disposable packaging. All the herbs, spices, flour and cereals I buy comes in reusable packaging from the local cultist shop, most of the other food I buy is local produce, meat and veg etc with minimal or no packaging.

It's my choice and not anyone elses place to tell me what I can and cannot do, or think.

 

[Scouse]

Fuck that, longer in bed = win.

I sympathise with that argument

 

[Hawkwind]

I clearly accept the environmental issues of long distance commuting - but you're steadfastly refusing to accept the realities of situtions. Nobody wants a long commute but circumstances dictate. How about addressing any of the pertinent points I raised about, for example, my partner's job? Should we always move? Is it magically easy to find a job in the same area? What about any of the other points I raise?

Shopping, on the other hand, is 100% choice. And @Raven's consumer choice is to live a disposable lifestyle - and any way you swing that it's environmentally reprehensible.

Work = do the best you can with the hand you're dealt.
Shopping = 100% self-expression and 100% in your control.

I live in one of the most disposable countries on the planet so hardly going to comment on a disposable lifestyle
Being honest I used to commute (14 years @ 70 miles per day) and hated it, one of the main reasons I left the UK and took the job in Dubai. So just busting ya balls I should not comment at all really, driving low millage now in huge 4x4 and that's primarily due to safety concerns. No way would I stick my wife and kid in a corsa doing the school run, the wife alone possibly

 

[Scouse]

I'm amazed by the rubbish weights there.

 

[Scouse]

Also, you didn't answer my question about disposable packaging. All the herbs, spices, flour and cereals I buy comes in reusable packaging from the local cultist shop, most of the other food I buy is local produce, meat and veg etc with minimal or no packaging.
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As you added this later - I'll answer these questions when you answer the points I raised about workplace, and moving, and partner's job etc.

As for this:

It's my choice and not anyone elses place to tell me what I can and cannot do, or think

What? We're on a discussion forum. Unless you're seriously trying to say the great Lord Raven should be immune from all criticism.

It IS your choice. And I'm also free to tell you straight up that I think that specific choice is environmentally reprehensible. Which it is. So nyah boo sucks

 

[Raven]

The sensible thing would be to move to the middle, between work locations.

 

[Gwadien]

I never fall for materialism.

I must have spent about 20+ pounds in the last week or so on keys for CS:GO

This is the fruits of my labour;

 

[Raven]

The sensible thing would be to move to the middle, between work locations.

Edit, I am quite clearly being facetious too...

 

[Raven]

I never fall for materialism.

I must have spent about 20+ pounds in the last week or so on keys for CS:GO

This is the fruits of my labour;

I remember CS mods, had the Alien pulserifle skin for the AK47 for a time.

Good times.

 

[old.user4556]

At some point I'm hoping @Big G will explain the error of your ways...,

I see so many of you spending silly money on tech / bikes / cars / sunglasses but if we talk about quality leather items, crazy.....

Agreed - my Hugo Boss suits and my Gucci belt are worth every penny.

I have one belt. It's by D&G but I bought it over 10 years ago so I've had good use out of it and it's still going strong.

As above, I've had my Gucci belt since 2004 and it's still in excellent nick. I can't remember what I paid, upwards of £100 (got it in a sale), but it lasted substantially longer than my £15 piece of shit from Next. Good clothes made from good materials are worth paying for, but like most things in life (expensive HiFi, for example) the law of diminishing returns is ever present. I wouldn't spend £400 on a Brioni shirt, but I would buy decent weight, twill shirts and not transparent rags from Tesco.

On the subject of wallets, I have one by Launer - I found it nigh on impossible to get a good looking wallet with a coin pouch as others have found. I'm absolutely gay about brands though and fancy this.

#nohomo

 

[Scouse]

The sensible thing would be to move to the middle, between work locations.

That's actually really stupid.

If one person makes one long journey or two people make two journeys of half the length it's exactly equal

 

[Bodhi]

I live about 30 miles from work, and commute in 2 - 3 days a week. Great for the environment imo, just think of all the plants I'm feeding!

 

[DaGaffer]

The sensible thing would be to move to the middle, between work locations.

What the fuck are you on about? Who moves house every time they move jobs?

 

[Zarjazz]

"£1 on a disposable shirt" - you c*nts are destroying the environment.
"£10 on a belt" - cheap bastards
"£100 on a belt" - posh twats

but I bet if someone said they spent £500 on a graphics card ... "nice one", "good choice", "seems underspeced to me"