The Retirement Thread
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I never tried a decent sherry. Every one I was ever offered was horrid. I don't drink alcohol any more so I will never get to try a good one now.
A colleague once offered to buy me a whisky on a night out. I told him that I didn't like the stuff, so no thanks - I'd just have a pint of bitter. He returned with the beer PLUS the whisky. I repeated what I'd said and he asked me if I'd ever tried a good whisky. I reeled off a list of cheapo blended whiskies that I had guzzled at parties. He smiled and passed me the old single malt. 10 seconds later... "Oh, okay - right, I get what the fuss is about now!" (I never had another one though - I could immediately tell that I would get myself into trouble. It was bad enough me drinking too much beer, but drinking spirits would have finished me off altogether.)
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Now, there is a business which knows how to look after the husbands of their customers
I have suggested several times that Marks and Spencer (Next etc etc) should have a pool table, crisps, cans and newspapers outside the Changing Rooms in their stores.
We lived across the road from the Hairdressers for about 10 years, the fella that runs the launderette 2 doors up from the Hairdressers is a friend of ours, my Good Lady used to help out in the launderette if he was busy and short of staff. Jan who runs the Hairdressers has always supplied coffee to customers and the people with them, at Xmas she adds a mince pie.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
A well known knockout mixture. Some distillery workers drank pundy which is like very strong beer plus yeast and can be got at easily. At end of shift in the past they all got a dram straight from the cask. And by dram I do not mean pub measures but a full tumbler. Vino collapso covers it nicely.
I can vaguely remember the off license selling Sherry from a box, you brought your own container. QC?
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Yuk.
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Its starting to feel like Xmas, I picked up our lad from the station earlier, he's now taken up residence on our little settee and the contents of the biscuit barrel are disappearing at an alarming rate. 
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Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
Hope there’s a nice selection, not just boring Rich Tea .Its starting to feel like Xmas, I picked up our lad from the station earlier, he's now taken up residence on our little settee and the contents of the biscuit barrel are disappearing at an alarming rate.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Our local post office reports that they just cannot cope with the volume of parcels just now. Not only are people buying more on line but due to travel restrictions are sending presents by post.
I posted a letter size envelope containing a hearing aid just over two weeks ago to Oban which is about 27 miles from here and it has still not arrived.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
We seem to have big variations in delivery time, even with same carrier.
I ordered new windscreen wipers for car, yesterday, they arrived today, via Royal Mail (postage free, just standard delivery), other items, I ordered 5 days ago, have still not arrived (Royal Mail again).
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Oh, yes! When we lived in Harborne there was an offy at the bottom of our road. We were young, skint and I was out of work. Seem to recall it was something daft like 50p a bottle - take your own bottle - out of a plastic cask.
Disgusting but did the job on a Friday night.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I ended up queuing at the butcher's for 50 minutes. Watching through the window their organisation was diabolical. For example every turkey was kept in an area out the back of the shop. Every turkey was placed in a cardboard carry home box. Boxes are kept downstairs in cellar.
So:
Customer: "I've come to collect my turkey"
Butcher: "Order number?"
Customer: "123"
Butcher looks up order in book, trundles off to get turkey, returns, weighs it, wraps it, tells customer price, customer offers card, butcher walks to back of shop to get the WIRELESS card machine, customer pays, butcher returns to back of shop to put card machine down, butcher goes downstairs to cellar and returns with ONE box.
Rinse, repeat..........think I watched this 20 times at least.
So:
Customer: "I've come to collect my turkey"
Butcher: "Order number?"
Customer: "123"
Butcher looks up order in book, trundles off to get turkey, returns, weighs it, wraps it, tells customer price, customer offers card, butcher walks to back of shop to get the WIRELESS card machine, customer pays, butcher returns to back of shop to put card machine down, butcher goes downstairs to cellar and returns with ONE box.
Rinse, repeat..........think I watched this 20 times at least.
