Tell Me Something............Anything!

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Originally Posted by Macca

I bought two rolls of duct tape last weekend, a quid each.

That was from the shop formerly known as 'Woolworths.'

I don't often go in there but I probably should as they sell all sorts of stuff very cheap. It's a bit like what you would imagine a shop would look like 30 years after a holocaust, when society is just getting back on its feet.

The lighting is poor and flickers, and everything from the shelves to the checkout kiosk looks like it was built from scrap. There's big marks on the floor where the original Woolworths shelving used to be and stock is just everywhere rather than having an aisle dedicated to each type of goods.

There's always a big queue for the checkout, so they're obviously doing some business, but it's a bizarre experience.

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I can picture it - shelves stocked with what was left after the looters had made off with the good stuff.

The cut-price promotions in Aldi are a bit like that: all jumbled up in the centre isle with no order, or even continuation once an item has sold out. :doh:

I drink about once a week now, always on sundays, but I'm practically incapacitated on mondays, next to useless. Does anyone else have an alternative to getting pissed?

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Originally Posted by Mikeandvan

I drink about once a week now, always on sundays, but I'm practically incapacitated on mondays, next to useless. Does anyone else have an alternative to getting pissed?

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Sobriety :) There are several other alternatives, none of them legal, so... sobriety it is.

Yikes!!!!
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It is perfectly acceptable to appreciate/enjoy the [music] whilst simultaneously rejecting the message and/or culture.

Been having wi-fi issues for a while, so Sky have sent me a new router. All fine and dandy, except the network name and password are new, too. Figured not really a great issue, until I checked and we have 45 devices connected to the network! I think I’ll be changing the name and password on the new one to match the old one!

Amazon tell me they’ve delivered a package today, and kindly sent me a photo of it in front of someone else’s front door…. Apparently they can’t do anything about it for 48 hours in case someone else in the house has picked them up, or until I’ve checked with my neighbours. The door is a plain white UPVC one, so no clue there. Luckily it’s just light bulbs, so no drama but wouldn’t have been ideal if it was a Christmas present.

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Originally Posted by Alex_UK

Amazon tell me they’ve delivered a package today, and kindly sent me a photo of it in front of someone else’s front door…. Apparently they can’t do anything about it for 48 hours in case someone else in the house has picked them up, or until I’ve checked with my neighbours. The door is a plain white UPVC one, so no clue there. Luckily it’s just light bulbs, so no drama but wouldn’t have been ideal if it was a Christmas present.

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I had a package coming to work, said 'delivered' but I'd not had it so checked the photo and it just showed a featureless brick wall. Helpful!

Found it in the end along with some other parcels and about 3 days worth of post in the side reception area. At least 30 staff must have walked past it several times each.

Classic example of a 'SEPF'* in action.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_else%27s_problem

Just been over to Wigan to drop off some Christmas presents at Anita's son's house, where his partner has had a 20 foot inflatable Father Christmas in the front garden. Light coming into the lounge is almost completely blocked by Santa's arse. Not very festive. Same as this:

https://media.diy.com/is/image/Kingf...0&$height=1200