I'm an Octogenarian Grandma who can text!!!
On seeing the book "Teach your Granny to Text" at Sainsbury's I felt impelled to write this message as I have been texting for several years-am also Computer literate, have a digital camera and print my own photos. My Grand daughter when at Uni, told her colleagues who queried " How can your Nan text you , as she is old ?!!" Her reply " Well - she has a brain, can use her fingers, knows the alphabet and can spell" I am in my 87th year - have Orange Broadband plus live box phone, belong to several forums on the internet, Email , Google, order shopping on line, blog, have Google earth etc;I could go on all day listing my interests Anyone can do it if only they put "1 can't" in their pockets and take out "I can " So come on Grans and Grandpas - join the Silver Surfers It's never too late to start
Posted by Dorothy Perry - 09.10.2008 Action: Teach your granny to text

My action - do a group bike ride first sunday of e

We have great fun doing a group bike ride through the Peaks. We laugh and get lots of exercise at the same time. No noisy cars, no nasty fumes, no pollution. If you haven't got a bike, borrow one. Or hire one and cycle on one of the many tracks in the Peak District. Have fun!
Posted by Fish - 06.10.2008 Action: Add your own action

i think this action should be expanded to both ways, so that parents can happily talk rubbish to their children. last night my stepdad admitted that he was talking complete rubbish, but it was probably no worse than the babble i've subjected him and my mum to over the years. i hope so anyway.
Posted by mimi - 04.10.2008 Action: Talk rubbish to your parents

write cards as well as letters

I was partly inspired by Lisa's message about sending a card to her ill teacher, but also generally I think it's really good to send people cards: birthday, get-well, even just postcards from your holiday. I mean actual cards, not e-cards or txt. What with all the junk we get in the post it's great to get something that is addressed to you because the person who sent it to you is thinking of you for happy or sad reasons, not because they want your money.
Posted by mimi - 03.10.2008 Action: Write a letter

i tried to teach my nan how to txt and she fell asleep.
Posted by angela - 01.10.2008

Text Convert
My granddaughter heard something at school about teaching grannies to text and so thought I would make a wonderful guinea pig. I made the tea while she played teacher and, although hopeless with gadgets, she managed to show me the basics in under an hour. I frustrated her no doubt. And I still refuse to use shorthand (what's wrong with the Queen's English?) but otherwise I'm a convert. When it's not urgent enough to merit a phone call, but important all the same texting is wonderful. We have little chats now throughout the day. And I love that little, friendly blinking envelope. These days it's nicer than anything I get through the post :)
Posted by Barbara - 01.10.2008

nursing home conversations
Hello. We're four girls in our early twenties who've been visiting a local nursing home to chat to the residents. It's been good fun! Definitely different to hanging out with friends our own age, but more interesting in lots of ways because the old folks have lived such different lives to us. They have great stories! We made a blog to share their stories with our friends (www.afyp.blogspot.com) and we're planning to make a small book about some of our conversations for a uni project. :)
Posted by Isabella, Rika, Eelynn and Sarah - 01.10.2008 Action: Spend time with someone from a different generation

My heart broke with joy
I sent my postcard to my old nursery teacher. She helped take care of me when my mum left when i was small. We kept in touch all my life and she was my inspiration. Sadly she died of cancer not long after she recieved the card. At her funeral the vicar told how maggie had helped many children, 1st at nursery, then as a social worker and how 1 of the children had grown and had children of her own and had sent her a card to tell her how inspirational she was. The card was a great comfort to her in her illness at was still sitting on the mantle at home. I left the funeral knowning that she knew how much she meant to me and that small card from a book that cost a fiver, really did help my grief
Posted by Lisa-tx - 30.09.2008 Action: Write to someone who inspired you

The value of a smile
No matter how bad a day i've had, i always try to remember someone out there has had it worse so i smile at everyone. Most people smile cant help but smile back xx
Posted by Lisa-tx - 30.09.2008 Action: Smile and smile back

Looking to spread this in my area
I was wondering if anyone has started this movement in the US? If not, is anyone interested?
Posted by Tom - 28.09.2008 Action: Spread the word

hey Everyone, my family and I eat dinner together every night cause my mum is very big on it. But i'm glad she is cause everyone shares things like what we did at school
Posted by Manda - 28.09.2008 Action: Have more meals together

Don't save a good epitaph
Imagine something good you might say about somebody at their funeral. Why wait? Say it now!
Posted by s on rock3 - 25.09.2008 Action: Send us an action

getting clean and green

It's my cousin's birthday soon, and when I asked him what he'd like for his birthdy he said he'd like some flannels for washing, and he's decided to wash using soap because he's sick of all the plastic containers that shower gels come in. I though that was pretty good, both in terms of being a simple present and my cousin's attitude.
Posted by mimi - 24.09.2008 Action: Avoid waste

it's not just pension funds that invest in bad things, ordinary banks do too. check your banks ethical policy and ask if theyre doing anything to help others. places like the co-op bank make sure your money isn't invested in any arms activities etc and they invest in renewables and do lots of recycling
Posted by Tom - 21.09.2008 Action: Find out how your money is invested

christmas pledge

babysitting vouchers. inspired.

there was also an interesting thing last year called the 'buyhandmade pledge' (http://www.buyhandmade.org) i reckon we could go one better. let's hear it for the 100 % handmade pledge this year.

for reaffirmation that you're not just being an bah humbug tightwad, there's a great book called 'unplug the christmas machine - a complete guide to putting the love and joy back into the season'. don't need a book to tell you how to do it. but there are some interesting stats in there on, say, gift fatigue. (how after the first three a child looses interest) and best xmas memory recall (always an interactive event - a story, carols, a bawdy joke by a drunken uncle, never a gift) bad news for ninetendo. good news for anyone with a bit of imagination (in a credit crunch)

here's to reclaiming christmas.
Posted by Tanis - 18.09.2008