Dr Barnado
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I do give to charity but I prefer to pick my own charity rather than be guilt tripped into it by door to door people. My charity is the RNLI as I mess about in boats whenever I can.

Anyway, there I was siting at home reading when the doorbell rang. I answered it.

"Dr Barnado's home" smiled the woman brightly

"Is he? I didn't know he'd been away" I replied.

"Do you have any idea how many times I've heard that line?" she scowled.

Still didn't give her anything. I might have if she'd laughed though.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 3:33, 7 replies)

I laughed
good job on the RNLI too. they are my charity of choice and I'm pleased to have been involved in designing some of their stations.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 8:27, closed)

Vipros
Did you get to play with the quick-launch boat ramps? They look so ace, it's a shame people have to be drowning for them to be used...

I'm not a boater, but also choose to support the RNLI. As a rock angler, I hope I'm storing up some Karma credit in case I'm swept out.
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 8:56, closed)

RNLI
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I owe them as they towed me in when my engine packed in with a force 6 approaching. Never went out again with just a single engine. I now take a wee Seagull 6hp as a backup.

And speaking of fishing, I'm off to Shoal Bay, NSW in a couple of weeks. Look it up on Google maps and drool.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 9:28, closed)

Yey for the RNLI!
Lovely, lovely people.

Never been rescued by them (been close after our outboard cut out outside the houses of Parliaments on the Thames), but they've given our diving club oodles of advice and a few rescue demonstrations.
(Squash, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:29, closed)

RNLI.
Why on earth are these people a charity, and need to rattle tins and get Blue Peter viewers to save tin foil? Showing my age there!
Firefighters don't need to, ambulance crews don't need to, Old Bill don't need to; so why these guys?
Not sure about mountain rescue, though I think they depend on donations too.
When I lived in scarborough, a few mates were lifeboat volunteers, they risked their lives for bugger all. Sterling guys.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 28 Oct 2008, 14:58, closed)

All the tightwads reading this could help out the RNLI for free
No apologies for spam...

LIFEBOAT crews fear being scuppered by crippling new charges for using their radios from Ofcom, the communications regulator. The RNLI could see the price of using its VHF emergency frequencies rise to £250,000 under plans to charge the full commercial rate.

The charity, which saves hundreds of lives every year currently pays an annual £48,000 at a discounted rate of 50 per cent. It relies on donations and fears the move will have a disastrous impact on fundraising. Peter Bradley, RNLI operations staff officer, said: 'It's a lot of money when you think in terms of lifeboat days and little old ladies collecting pound coins.'

'We could buy several inshore lifeboats for the same amount.'

'The Government rely on us to provide this search-and-rescue service, at a cost of £124 million a year, but they want to charge us for doing it!'

Ofcom has set out plans to bring 'market forces' into maritime and civil aviation communications in a policy it calls Administered Incentive Pricing.

£250,000 represents an awful lot of charity collections, even more so in the current economic climate so, if like me you feel strongly enough about this, please sign the petition below.

petitions.number10.gov.uk/RNLI-RF-licences/
(i anglepoise, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 10:35, closed)

my option is
when they say 'dr barnardos home'
i act panicky and flustered and go
'well,then,why isn't the bastard answering my calls?'
sorry.
(Fuckpig "That's not even a pound a midget.", Wed 29 Oct 2008, 18:22, closed)