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Headless chicken

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:37:34 PST

You have to laugh at a headless chicken giving me advice on living a simple life. Thankfully easily dealt with a gentle push in the direction of the nearest toon -- Sent from my mobile device Peace...

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High streets ?

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:22:38 PST

High street shops boarded up turning them into ghost towns. What to do ? Simple turn them into housing . These would help reduce housing problems also create jobs. Out of town shopping is green on so...

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Rainy wonderful day

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:06:18 PST

A much needed Rainy wonderful day. -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my youtube...

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Nae spare time to debate the colour of shite

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:04:07 PST

Nae spare time to debate the colour of shite. Love and light -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my youtube...

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Time,health and focus.

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:32:40 PST

Another old lesson revisited.. I believe in the old saying " if you want something done do it yourself " . Listening to a radio or tv programe can change your life. In the last few months...

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NOT IN MY TROLLEY facebook group closed

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:16:33 PST

NOT IN MY TROLLEY facebook group closed -- Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/dafthermit Founder...

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Strange that more people have signed the NOT IN MY TROLLEY petition from outside the group i have set up on facebook. Maybe i need to concentrate on my blog and twitter for this

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:53:34 PST

Strange that more people have signed the NOT IN MY TROLLEY petition from outside the group i have set up on facebook. Maybe i need to concentrate on my blog and twitter for this -- Sent from my...

Hope to see you on the bus for a wee coffee and a chat Happy Travels the dafthermit

Western poverty to those in parts of the world must seem like a life of wealth

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:45:37 PST

Western poverty to those in parts of the world must seem like a life of wealth -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main...

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Thanks to all that signed my petition During the night . Love and light

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:41:15 PST

Thanks to all that signed my petition During the night . Love and light -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my...

Hope to see you on the bus for a wee coffee and a chat Happy Travels the dafthermit

Is your wife knicking your chocolate biscuits while you sleep. Grounds for divorce ?

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:25:01 PST

Is your wife knicking your chocolate biscuits while you sleep. Grounds for divorce ? -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main...

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Home | Bus-Tops

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:41 PST

Home | Bus-Tops Love and light from the wee rusty tin can here in the Scottish highlands............ Alba gu brathThanks for popping bye Andy The Dafthermit

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Dafthermit Thoughts

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:32:57 PST

Love and light from the wee rusty tin can here in the Scottish highlands............ Alba gu brathThanks for popping bye Andy The Dafthermit

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Buy Art Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Art at Easyart.com

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:16:10 PST

Buy Art Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Art at Easyart.com Love and light from the wee rusty tin can here in the Scottish highlands............ Alba gu brathThanks for popping bye Andy The...

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I would rather fight the tide in an ocean of possiblities than bathe in a calm pool of negativity.

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:10:31 PST

I would rather fight the tide in an ocean of possiblities than bathe in a calm pool of negativity. -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main...

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When two true hearts come together anything is possible.

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:03:28 PST

When two true hearts come together anything is possible. -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my youtube...

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Would you be willing to go to jail for something you believe in ?

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:22:29 PST

Would you be willing to go to jail for something you believe in ? -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my...

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So thankful to the time spent in the gutter. Lessons learnt thoughts and hopes evolved. That have served me well on the journey

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:40 PST

So thankful to the time spent in the gutter. Lessons learnt thoughts and hopes evolved. That have served me well on the journey -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu...

Hope to see you on the bus for a wee coffee and a chat Happy Travels the dafthermit

There always seems to be more reasons NOT to do something. The trick is to trust yourself..

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:08:08 PST

There always seems to be more reasons NOT to do something. The trick is to trust yourself.. -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main...

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The happier and more simple your life the more you want to help others less fortunate . Love and light

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:35:32 PST

The happier and more simple your life the more you want to help others less fortunate . Love and light -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main...

Hope to see you on the bus for a wee coffee and a chat Happy Travels the dafthermit

NOT IN MY TROLLEY TESCO CAMPAIGN

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:09:12 PST

Latest email from TescoDear Mr LoweThank you for your response and for your additional suggestions.I would like to reassure you that I have logged you feedback with our Head Office to discuss...

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NOT IN MY TROLLEY TESCO CAMPAIGN

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:00 PST

NOT IN MY TROLLEY TESCO CAMPAIGN, a photo by Dafthermit living a simple life on Flickr. I have come up with my campaign against Tesco for using child slavery in the Indian cotton fields in the CHEAP...

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NOT IN MY TROLLEY TESCO CAMPAIGN [Flickr]

Dafthermit living a simple life — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:48:46 PST

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I have come up with my campaign against Tesco for using child slavery in the Indian cotton fields in the CHEAP clothes we buy at their stores, Although i wanted to do a film i reckon it will take to much effort to get all the people needed together . So now and keeping to the simple is best policy

I am ordering 500 cards with the words

THIS GARMENT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU ON THE BACKS OF CHILD SLAVERY

PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK GROUP TO LEARN MORE

NOT IN MY TROLLEY

DARE TO CARE

”EVERY LITTLE HELPS”

www.facebook.com/groups/346511288694315/

LOVE AND LIGHT

These will be slipped into all the new clothes in store

A poem to Colin Norris by our friend Andy from Leeds

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:11:01 PST

Andrew Jonathan Daniels posted on Free Colin Norris's Wall. "Lonely cell I think of you In that lonely cell Day and night I wish you well My friend you did nothing wrong Fight and keep your spirit...

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NOT IN MY TROLLEY TESCO CAMPAIGN

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:54 PST

If you want to live your life with your head up your arse fine. Don't pull it oot to pooh pooh my idea's . Just stick it back up your arse and go on your merry way. Love and light

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:27:16 PST

If you want to live your life with your head up your arse fine. Don't pull it oot to pooh pooh my idea's . Just stick it back up your arse and go on your merry way. Love and light -- Sent...

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SOD talk talk time to just do do. To old for bullshit

dafthermit@theblackbuscompany.com (Dafthermit) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:52:11 PST

SOD talk talk time to just do do. To old for bullshit -- Sent from my mobile device Peace love and happiness alba gu brath My main blog http://theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com my youtube...

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NOT IN MY TROLLEY [Flickr]

Dafthermit living a simple life — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:17 PST

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Join us as we force the SUPERMARKETS to put a an end t to this so we can get cheap clothes

visit our group
www.facebook.com/groups/346511288694315/353128558032588/

Child workers in the cotton fields of India
Jan 25, 2012 04:56 PM
There are an estimated 215 million child workers worldwide and nearly two-thirds of those (aged 5-17 years) work in agriculture, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The majority of these are unpaid family members. However, around a third of child labourers in agriculture are employed by private individuals in sectors which traditionally rely on cheap labour, such as the cotton industry. In India, cotton growers make use of vulnerable groups such as migrants or indigenous communities to pick and gin the cotton. Workers are often women and girls, who spend long hours to produce the cotton needed by the global clothes market.
For a recent report on child cotton labourers in India, the BBC’s Humphrey Hawksley travelled to a northern area of Gujarat. Here he found girls, some as young as 10 or 11, working in a factory processing raw cotton from the region’s fields. There was no minimum wage and little attention paid to safety. One labour activist who acted as a guide on the trip said “the workers’ lives are terrible”.
It was also easy to find young children openly working in the cotton fields. One girl said she was 10 years old, though she wasn’t certain about her age. She had been brought to work in the cotton fields from Rajastan and wasn’t sure where her parents were. An adult explained that the child had been supplied through a labour agent by her parents, who would receive all the money she earned.
According to one Indian campaigning organisation, around a third of workers in the cotton-producing industry are children. The number of child cotton workers across the country as a whole could be as much as half a million. In the cotton ginning factories, the children are exposed to dust which can cause lung disease from a young age, though legally, all workers should wear masks. In the fields, the children have long hours of stooping and repetitive movement, often in extreme temperatures. Youngsters are also exposed to skin irritants contained in the crops. Research now shows that a child’s neurological development can be affected from exposure to pesticides, which can damage the nervous system.
The ILO has already drawn attention to the frequent use of child labour in the cotton industry. In 2009, its Global report highlighted the situation of children in Uzbekistan, who are taken out of school to collect the cotton harvests. After media attention, several major clothes retailers and buyers stopped sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan. However, as the BBC’s report on the situation inIndia makes clear, retailers have to make an effort to work back through the supply chain to find out where the raw materials are coming from. Clothing manufacturers in India now use modern factories with good facilities and working practices and they track their supply chain back to the spinning mills. But few are going even further back to examine the ginning factories and cotton fields. And that’s where the use of child labour continues to exist.

BY LAURINDA LUFFMAN FOR SOS CHILDREN

TRAILER for EVICTION [Flickr]

Dafthermit living a simple life — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:43:31 PST

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.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yz6Xv1E5U ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPk1AtyAoc

This is NOT a real eviction although i have been through several in my 25 years living on the road

Some of which were funny many were very scary and a few still haunt my dreams

........I would like to point out that ALL animals in this film were severely traumatised and are now under the local vet...... ( donations to help with their treatment can be sent to help the hermit . com )

I would also like to point out that all persons that have appeared in this film have expressed dismay at being included in such a shite wee film as this...

I would like to thanks Sally and Jezz for allowing me the use of the track " Into the wild " from the CD Purusha more of their music can be found at www.sallyhope.co.uk

Many thanks also to the guys at HCC ( Highland car crushers ) www.highlandcarcrushers-inverness.co.uk/

and Mel my wife ( who still can't find her leggings )

Also to the guys at the TAT shop in Ullapool for supplying the HERMIT costumes at a reasonable rate ..

www.blythswood.org/index.php?do=locator&id=51

Thanks to Graham and Alan for all the laughs etc , lovely to have met you both .

I would also like to point out that the Highland Council DID NOT evict us for missing a single payment ..

They Evicted us on the grounds that we were an eyesore and were a minging wee pair of hermits .. ( bloody cheek )

Permission to use my music
To whomever it may concern:

Please note that I Sally Hope of www.sallyhopemusic.co.uk or www.youtube.com/sallyhopeband and from all my other links on my website have given

full permission to: andypeterlowe@googlemail.com at www.youtube.com/user/dafthermit

whose website is at theblackbuscompany.blogspot.com/

to use any of my music of mine for his films, videos, website etc

Signed: Sally Hope

This film is dedicated to DYLAN oor wee dug that died no long ago

EVICTION STILL SHOTS [Flickr]

Dafthermit living a simple life — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:01:28 PST

Dafthermit living a simple life posted a photo:

……..I would like to point out that ALL animals in this film were severely traumatised and are now under the local vet…… ( donations to help with their treatment can be sent to help the hermit . com )

I would also like to point out that all persons that have appeared in this film have expressed dismay at being included in such a shite wee film as this…

I would like to thanks Sally and Jezz for allowing me the use of the track “ Into the wild “ from the CD Purusha more of their music can be found at www.sallyhope.co.uk

Many thanks also to the guys at HCC ( Highland car crushers ) www.highlandcarcrushers-inverness.co.uk/

and Mel my wife ( who still can’t find her leggings )

Also to the guys at the TAT shop in Ullapool for supplying the HERMIT costumes at a reasonable rate ..

www.blythswood.org/index.php?do=locator&id=51

Thanks to Graham and Alan for all the laughs etc , lovely to have met you both .

I would also like to point out that the Highland Council DID NOT evict us for missing a single payment ..

They Evicted us on the grounds that we were an eyesore and were a minging wee pair of hermits .. ( bloody cheek )

This film is dedicated to DYLAN oor wee dug that died no long ago

EVICTION STILL SHOTS [Flickr]

Dafthermit living a simple life — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:41:47 PST

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