firbeck 860 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I hope you haven't all forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Just got back from seein Mumsie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Nope. I sent ma in law some flowers, but no card. It's not Mother's day here till May, so no cards in the shops yet. Come May, she gets her card and a bit of something else, thus having 2 Mother's Day. March 22 is a date in history for this family. We came to the States on that day 23 yrs ago, our only grandchild was born on that day 13 yrs ago and my mum died on that day [also Mother's Day in 1998] 11 yrs ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I took mum out last Monday (Aviation day) Sent her a card , and tried to send her some flowers but her local interflora shop has gone (Thank you Tesco) So I phoned my sister to get her some but she bought her a vase instead !! Mind you the vase should last longer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Mind you the vase should last longer. Was it a Moorcroft, if so I'll look forward to seeing her on 'Cash in the Attic' soon. It's the first time for several years that I haven't been up for Mothers Day, last year it snowed. She's reluctantly gone to my brothers to be pestered and tormented by their hideous grandchildren, I expect blood will flow, I'm waiting for the phone call to say she couldn't bear it and came home on the bus, she may be 93 in two weeks but she's all there, she won't take any cr@p, bless her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Bah Humbug! another ripoff excuse to get you to spend money, and whilst I'm at it same goes for those who give their mother/father an expensive over the top funeral, horse drawn carriage etc, he or she won't know a thing about it, far better to spend the money and give them good times whilst still alive? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Was it a Moorcroft, if so I'll look forward to seeing her on 'Cash in the Attic' soon. Not wishing to hijack this thread, but, about 35 years ago ,during one of my first visits to Cornwall , I fell in love with some Troika pottery at St Ives. (4 pieces for a fiver.) Mother "Wouldn't give it house room" even though I begged her to let me spend my birthday money on them. I bet she wished she had now !!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troika_Pottery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 35 years ago ,during one of my first visits to Cornwall , I fell in love with some Troika pottery at St Ives. (4 pieces for a fiver.)Mother "Wouldn't give it house room" even though I begged her to let me spend my birthday money on them. My missus has just passed out at the thought of 4 bits of Troika for a fiver. Ashley As my mother is still alive I don't see that there's owt wrong in sending her a card or taking her out for a meal on Mothers Day, isn't that what your'e suggesting, or on another day so it's not classed as a rip-off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 wish mine was still around to take out dad too! GO FOR IT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 was thinking more of the falseness of supermarkets with vast displays of flowers, teddy bears etc and tv adverts plus presenters telling us what we should do, I don't need telling how I should feel towards my mother plus I have to ask why just one day per year? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 was thinking more of the falseness of supermarkets with vast displays of flowers, teddy bears etc and tv adverts plus presenters telling us what we should do, I don't need telling how I should feel towards my mother plus I have to ask why just one day per year? Sorry Ashley, I know what you really mean. It used to be called 'Mothering Sunday' and extended to little more than the old man giving mum a cup of tea in bed and me making a card and knicking some daffodils out the garden. It's just gone the way of American in your face over commercialisation with the hint that it is to be ignored at your peril. I was surprised to read that Mothering Sunday is an old European pagan festival going back to Roman times, whereas Mothers Day is an American festival in May, created to celebrate mothers who suffered in the Civil War. It was mainly created in it's modern form by a woman called Anna Jarvis in the early part of the last century, being subsequently made a public holiday by Woodrow Wilson. Jarvis herself was arrested in 1948 for protesting against the over commercialisation of the event, saying that she wished she'd never promoted it, they obviously didn't take any notice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Show me any 'holiday' celebration that is NOT NOW about going out and spending loadsa money....they all are.....I remember a few years ago in 'Woolies' listening to a woman telling her mate that she couldnt remember which playstation game her son wanted for easter........I said buy him a choccy egg.....sheesh ....she just gave me a dirty look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 The one that really winds me up is Halloween. I don't really recall hardly anything relating to this when I was a kid apart from being told to keep away from churchyards. Nowdays it really is massive business, second only to Xmas I heard recently, thank you for that one too USA. At least Mothers Day can still be kept as a personal thing, but I really can't abide hordes of kids continuously knocking on the door and forcing you to take part in an exercise that I don't have any interest in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 If only I had a mum living to buy a present for. Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 I'm with you on that one Den! However, I don't think a day goes by that I don't think about her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think I have started many a thread on here regarding the over comercialisation (Americanisation) of many of our little quiddities and oddities) I did post, many moons ago, regarding our Charlottes 'Graduation' from nursery. I was going to blow my top at the exploitation of our 3 year old daughter, but after attending it , I realised Nah !! it's just cute !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Had to laugh at Beefy's post. Some years ago I had the priviledge of working with one of the best engineers I have ever known. He had a PhD from MIT, among many other honors, but was not the kind of chap to brag about it. Anyhow, like many highly educated folks in the USA, he had all his diplomas etc. hanging on his office wall - BUT - if you looked closely you would note that front and center was a "Sunday School Graduation Certificate" that he received when he was about 5 years old! The funny bit is that very few people actually noticed it. I still talk to him from time-to-time, and we always have a chuckle about that certificate! I do find it funny that Brits complain about the "Americanization" of holidays, etc. Seems like they want to blame America for it all - but I don't think America is forcing you lot to celebrate Halloween - you are picking it up without our help! Perhaps we should start complaining about finding TyPhoo tea, Birds custard and HP Sauce in our supermarkets! !! By the way - Mother's Day here is May 10th! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think us picking it up is nearly correct, but we wouldn't be picking it up if it wasn't promoted by our American owned (Or managed) supermarkets A couple of years back there were no shops specialising in "Holiday stuff" You know Haloween and Bonfire stuff in August , Christmas lights and stuff in June ,Easter stuff at Christmas Etc Etc Etc but there are now. It is gradually being forced upon us , as years go by more houses are covered in lights for Christmas (Some lazy beggars don't even take them back down!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Lets also not forget the piles of flowers and teddy bears at the scene of celebrity deaths, murders, and fatal accidents, where did that idea come from, I don't recall it occuring at all only a few years ago, it seemed to get out of control following the death of Princess Di. If you travel on the road from Linton to Haverhill it looks like a blooming garden centre, not for much longer, say those evil men from the Highways Department. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 The one that really winds me up is Halloween. I don't really recall hardly anything relating to this when I was a kid apart from being told to keep away from churchyards. Didn't you go out 'Spirit Tapping' with the reel of cotton you nicked from mum's sewing basket? We did Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 On 3/23/2009 at 2:29 PM, Limey said: I do find it funny that Brits complain about the "Americanization" When did coleslaw become Slaw? ....... F'in slaw! When did tomato sauce become ketchup ....... F'in ketchup! I'm done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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