Pound coins and shopping trolleys

[classic33]

Knowledge is power.

How goes the research?

 

[slowmotion]

How goes the research?

I'm afraid that World Domination is at the top of my Inbox at present.

 

[classic33]

I'm afraid that World Domination is at the top of my Inbox at present.

Be ready when they introduce the new coin. Blocking the signal at store exits!

 

[slowmotion]

Be ready when they introduce the new coin. Blocking the signal at store exits!

There are a limited number of things that you can do with a supermarket trolley...

Sieve compost through it

Chuck it in a canal......why?????

Carry all your worldly goods in it

Use it as a coarse pre-filter in a Scottish burn

Barbeque on it

Carry away a pile of bricks from Wickes in it.

Turn it upside down and cage small animals in it.

Useful, but with relatively few applications.

@classic33, you can understand why World Domination has first priority......so much to be done, and so little time...

 

[classic33]

It's early Near Field Contact, but on a more rugged scale.

Think contactless payment, automatic doors!

 

[Colin_P]

It is all the fault of the Greens.

If they hadn't made carrier bags so expensive then there would be no need to nick a trolley to get your shopping home and then throw it in the canal afterwards.

But with the ever increasing popularity of online grocery shopping we should be seeing far fewer shopping trollies thrown in the canal.

 

[steveindenmark]

Get yer old ones spent!
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That's not a pound. Its a threepenny bit.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

That's not a pound. Its a threepenny bit.

That's not a threepenny bit, these are threepenny bits

Spoiler: NSFW

Ha, this is a family forum

 

[oldfatfool]

I'm trying to give up the grizzlies.

Small phone, fat fingers.

 

[slowmotion]

The locking chains that secure trolleys together are pretty thin. I'm sure that bike theft technology could be employed if you are really skint.

 

[classic33]

The locking chains that secure trolleys together are pretty thin. I'm sure that bike theft technology could be employed if you are really skint.
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10" Bolt Cutters do the job easily enough. Don't have any smaller to try.

 

[classic33]

It is all the fault of the Greens.

If they hadn't made carrier bags so expensive then there would be no need to nick a trolley to get your shopping home and then throw it in the canal afterwards.

But with the ever increasing popularity of online grocery shopping we should be seeing far fewer shopping trollies thrown in the canal.

The warm Summer will lower water levels though!

More will become visible.

 

[slowmotion]

10" Bolt Cutters do the job easily enough. Don't have any smaller to try.

10 inch! Those supermarket types are getting very fond of their trolleys. I think this guy has a solution.
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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUqQGiz-1g[/media]

 

[classic33]

10 inch! Those supermarket types are getting very fond of their trolleys. I think this guy has a solution.
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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUqQGiz-1g[/media]

Just know the 10" pair I have, will cut the chain. I'm not spending money on a smaller pair, just to see if they can cut it!

 

[ufkacbln]

I was talking to an engineer fixing a "Fruit Machine" last night

He was saying that they have a few for testing, and the modifications will be minimal as most machines accept them and they also work in the layout system as well