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When I went to the Netherlands back in the summer, I was quite shocked to learn that quite a lot of shops don't open on a Sunday.....whats that all about??!?! Not that it was a problem then, cos we did a lot of sightseeing.....but really, are we living in the dark ages in some countries??! |
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NO, we like to have a day off |
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we had a referendum about sunday shop openings about a month ago people voted for shops to be closed on sundys...i dont mind really, as i never go shopping on sundays :) |
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do you like the 24/7 economy? |
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I think it gives the people who work all week the opportunity to get to the stores. |
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in my country almost all shops are closed in sunday to, maybe except the biggest ones. |
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The main supermarkets near me are 24/7....so handy. |
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yup, same here. except for some clothing & furniture stores. a lot of families and old people like to visit those after going to church on sunday. |
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so you think i'm starving in here? |
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I didn't say that. But for the most here in this country, it is all about the convenience of being able to get anything you want, anytime, day or night! |
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I think Sundays should of been kept "shop free" except for news agents till noon here as well... My main problem with shop opening times is the way that most shops open in office hours... how stupid is that? When I was working, if I wanted to get to the bank or post office, the only time I could do it was saturday morning- it seems ludicrous to me that shops are open during the times when most people with money are in work. I understnad the implications of having to pay the staff for antisocial hours, but really, couldn't stores open at noon (so they'd be open for lunch hour) and close at 7.00pm so people have a chance to go after work? |
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church going people were the one that were most against shops being opened on sundays - they think sunday is a day to stay with your family not to work...which is funny cos the people working on sundays didnt mind working, but this things shouldnt really be decided by referendums, ppl dont even know what they voted for... btw, we had all shops opened on sundays before the referendum |
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Thats why we have Sunday shopping Ceri. Heheheehhehe |
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look what i bought today ! al these cd's ! ( its in my thread abour biggest shoping) HA ! |
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Yeah, but did you go to a store an buy them today? |
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The reason church going people voted against it is that they feared that if it became the norm they would be coerced/forced into working on sundays which is against their religion... Sadly, it has pretty much happened already. If you work a shift based job you will at the very least be seen as a troubl maker if you ask not to work on sundays and at the worst, lose your job and get a bad reference. Don't get me wrong, policemen and emergency services should work on sundays and I have no problem with newsagents opening etc. I just don't think we should of ever allowed supermarkets, clothes stores etc. to open on sundays. The antichrist is laughing his ass off... (I very rarely go to church BTW) |
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Sunday shopping hasn't been going for all that many years in this country. My view is that providin the workers don't mind working on a Sunday then there is no problem with it. |
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i bought them today , not in the shop but from a guy who has loads of IDm but he is leaving country and he's selling all his cd's . possibly in next week i will buy another cd's from him - they are cheap according to shops and places where you can get these cd's as old classics :) |
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Sinner! :P Why should a newsagent be any different from a supermarket? |
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Nice. But not really quite the same as I meant, when I created this topic. |
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yeah , im leaving |
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No no.....stay my precious!! ;) |
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ok if you want to ...:P |
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so , what now ? |
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yes, but its a paradox, because at the same time church going people were the one that were mostly going shoping on sundays - after visiting the church. i dont really have on opinion on this...i think if people would like to work on sundays they can chose so and if they'd rather stay at home they can chose that...to do this they could ask each individual whether they would like to work sundays or not, im pretty sure it was 50/50, so they'd surely get enough people to work |
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Newsagents are typically family owned/run and the people choose to work on sundays- it's different to working in a branch of virgin megastores or tesco and losing your job because you will not work on Sundays. Also, I can see the neccessity of people having to get a few bits and bobs like milk or bread on a sunday- a newsagent fulfills these requirements. There's no need for sunday to of become a proper commercial shopping day. |
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*munches on fresh baked bread, whilst Ceri has yesterdays croissants!* :P More and more people demand it, thats why it has happened. You mentioned religion and how those people voted against it......well that just proves a point doesn't it? And also another topic of conversation, about how religion or perhaps church going should I say, is dying out......but hey, lets keep this on topic! :) |
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Fact: In the UK more people go to church on sunday than to the football on saturday. I think that shows it's hardly dying out... The croissants are actually from friday :P When I mentioned voting against it I was actually refering to Slovenia as tolstoyed mentioned them voting against it. So far as I recall there wasn't a referendum about it in this country (I'm not certain though, there may have been). |
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmm croissants. mmmmmmmmmm with butter. mmmmmmmm and marmelade. |
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If there was fantastic 50% offers in Tesco on Sunday mornings, the churchs would be empty!! Fact! :P |
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Yes, I did actually have them with butter and marmalade and nothing else. Your intuition is uncanny dear Tibbar. |
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are you serious? sweet! and thank you, i wouldnt say i pride myself... but i definitely acknowledge my intuition, and listen to it well. |
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and that sounds scrumptious, btw ;) |
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I should have gone to Ceri's for breakfast. |
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You're welcome to come over for (evening) Dinner. Bacon, Jacket potatoes with cheese, with Carrot and Swede mash. |
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aw ceri... that sounds wonderful, even though i dont knwo what swede mash is. yummmm.... i wish i lived closer to some of you brits. a friendly lot, for the most part. i wish i could tour the world and visit nacmat, ceri, ophecks, everyone... thatd be super. and cook and laugh. yeah. |
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The mash is like mashed potato, but instead made from mashed (already cooked) carrots and swede with a little butter and milk. |
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i didn't know there were places (other than Japan) where shops were open on sundays...!! |
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sounds delish. we have some baby carrots. *considers trying it out* hmmmm.... |
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btw ceri: what is swede? im wondering if thats hard to get here. *begins seriously considering ths dish* |
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Sausage, baked beans and mash here boy!! :D |
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they come from Scandinavia :P Ceri is a cannibal |
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Its a root vegatable actually. Nice with carrot |
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darnit! i knew it!!!!!! maybe if i mix potatoes with the carrots.... hmmmm DARNIT!!!!! |
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Errrrrrrrrr.....maybe you should just buy a cookery book, from one of those stores that are open today! ;) |
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It's a vegetable which is pretty similair to turnips, but sweeter tasting. I know a lot of recipies that specify turnip can be done with swede as an alternative, so maybe it works the other way and you could use a turnip instead? (although if you're feeling cannabilistic, I'm sure some mashed up key_secret would work well ;) |
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i already tried that ceri, but he squirmed too much on my cutting board. hmmmm.... *thinks of altrnatives to get creative with* but definitely the carrots.... hmmmm |
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Ceri is quite the Delia Smith, so I'm lead to believe! Hehehehe |
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That'd be the equivalent to Julia Childs to you! ;) |
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oh, ok... you shouldve said nigela watson, shes SO sexy. im waiting for them "things" to dip in her sauce, one of these days. |
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