Mundane News

[Jenkins]

Not that bad, I can still put the kettle on the gas cooker for a cuppa.

As you say, it could be worse...

Oh yes - it could have been be the electric kettle that was put on the gas cooker...🔥🧯

 

[classic33]

Oh yes - it could have been be the electric kettle that was put on the gas cooker...🔥🧯

Seperate kettle for the gas cooker.

 

[Jenkins]

Stopped off at Tesco for a few bits of shopping on the way home and used the self service till. The bill came to £5.10 so I dug out 10p worth of coppers that was in my pocket, fed them into the machine and followed it up with a £10 note expecting a £5 note as change...

..and totally failed to notice that one of the 1p coins went straight through so I ended up paying £5.01 with the tenner ending up with £4.99 of loose coins instead of the 10p worth I'd hoped to get rid of.

At least I got home a couple of minutes before the first significant downpour we've had here for some time.

 

[Reynard]

And that, @Jenkins is one of the reasons I despise self service tills Aside from the usual "unexpected item in the bagging area"

 

[Jenkins]

And that, @Jenkins is one of the reasons I despise self service tills Aside from the usual "unexpected item in the bagging area"

I generally only use them when I've got a pocket full of loose change to get rid of and am buying something like a couple of bottles of squash, but there was a queue for the manned tills and the self service was free.

 

[raleighnut]

And that, @Jenkins is one of the reasons I despise self service tills Aside from the usual "unexpected item in the bagging area"

I've never used one.

 

[Reynard]

I've never used one.

For me, they are the till-of-very-last-resort.

They do not cope terribly well with yellow stickers

 

[Gravity Aided]

Is that why is party's symbol is a donkey?

Shutting up now...

Because donkeys actually work for a living.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Absolutely. it would provide instant feedback for the providers showing where their programmes are and are not popular so they can see where they need to up their game... actually, I begin to see why they resist the change...

Yes. When I sold media broadcast time, ratings and cost per thousand exposures had a great influence on the spending habits of my customers. At that time, BTW, I could really love an election year like this.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I just ate some spaghetti, and a little salad from a Suisse Romande takeaway near me.

 

[Reynard]

I've just made myself a

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, bed. I has a tired.

 

[Andy in Germany]

And that, @Jenkins is one of the reasons I despise self service tills Aside from the usual "unexpected item in the bagging area"

I've not seen a self service till here and they were introduced in the UK since I moved: it really confused me when I visited my parents and was confronted by one in their local Co-op.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

... but there was a queue for the manned tills and the self service was free.

I wondered why so many people use them. They must be saving a fortune.

 

[Illaveago]

Could use some thatching rods to tie that down. Our elections are in a little more than a month, and it could be a moot point about our fearless leader. Other chap seems a bit more stable.

The other chap may be more stable but does he actually move ? I thought that Bernie Sanders had more go in him !