What we hope to do here is to generate some discussion, maybe some debate, provide information on our products and maybe, just maybe, have a little fun from time to time. After all, there is more to life than Black Ironmongery, although sometimes it doesn't feel this way.
So we are approaching the Festive Season. The shops are crowded. They are selling huge tins of biscuits, chocolates. Ferrero Rocher are being advertised, (do they sell them at any other time of the year....and do people really like them?). There is so much tat and junk being sold and you know that it is not wanted and much of it will be discarded within a few weeks of the New Year. Everyone goes mad buying stupid amounts of food, a lot of which will be wasted.
Christmas can be a wonderful time but do we need to consume (or waste) so much just to say what a great Christmas we had? Its an unpopular viewpoint, believe me.
Ultimately, you don't need to be particularly clever to see that the modern commercialised Christmas helps us survive the rest of the year in relative comfort. If everyone stopped buying all the tat and junk, all the biscuits and chocolates (and the Ferrero Rocher), then shops would struggle, people would be out of work which would have the knock on effect of reducing demand in the economy, perhaps dropping us back into recession and maybe the demand for Kirkpatrick Black Iron products would be reduced.
So, Merry Christmas everyone. Keep consuming, keep eating, keep buying our products, (just make sure you don't buy the cheap copies which are the only things sold by the DIY sheds).
Just one thing. Would it be possible for pubs to have a special bar area for regular pub goers so that they don't have to queue behind people who only venture out once a year to office parties? Don't get me started on that....Bah humbug!
