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ShaunWhite
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:17 pm
Why do people in supermarkets always have to stop in bottlenecks? :x
There's a one-way only/no overtaking rule in ours. You can hardly pause to look at anything without causing a roadblock and if you miss what you want you have to go round again. It's a pain cos often you don't know if you want an item in aisle 1 until you know if they've also got something to go with it in aisle 8. Yeah I could get feta but I only want it I've they've also got mackerel. Then round again cos I forgot salad stuff.
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I thought Covid was bad until I saw the lineup for BBC's Big Night In.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 7:20 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:17 pm
Why do people in supermarkets always have to stop in bottlenecks? :x
There's a one-way only/no overtaking rule in ours. You can hardly pause to look at anything without causing a roadblock and if you miss what you want you have to go round again. It's a pain cos often you don't know if you want an item in aisle 1 until you know if they've also got something to go with it in aisle 8. Yeah I could get feta but I only want it I've they've also got mackerel. Then round again cos I forgot salad stuff.
I got told off in ASDA for walking the wrong way down the aisle. I thought it was a bit harsh as nobody else follows the arrows. :lol:
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:17 pm
I got told off in ASDA for walking the wrong way down the aisle.
yeah, the mince aisle can be confusing - lol
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jimibt wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:18 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:17 pm
I got told off in ASDA for walking the wrong way down the aisle.
yeah, the mince aisle can be confusing - lol
LOL You should sell that one.
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:17 pm
ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 7:20 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:17 pm
Why do people in supermarkets always have to stop in bottlenecks? :x
There's a one-way only/no overtaking rule in ours. You can hardly pause to look at anything without causing a roadblock and if you miss what you want you have to go round again. It's a pain cos often you don't know if you want an item in aisle 1 until you know if they've also got something to go with it in aisle 8. Yeah I could get feta but I only want it I've they've also got mackerel. Then round again cos I forgot salad stuff.
I got told off in ASDA for walking the wrong way down the aisle. I thought it was a bit harsh as nobody else follows the arrows. :lol:
My gf did at the local tesco yesterday, so we've vowed never to go there again :lol:
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 7:20 pm
Derek27 wrote:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:17 pm
Why do people in supermarkets always have to stop in bottlenecks? :x
There's a one-way only/no overtaking rule in ours. You can hardly pause to look at anything without causing a roadblock and if you miss what you want you have to go round again. It's a pain cos often you don't know if you want an item in aisle 1 until you know if they've also got something to go with it in aisle 8. Yeah I could get feta but I only want it I've they've also got mackerel. Then round again cos I forgot salad stuff.
Feta & Mackerel Salad ... sounds like a Heston Blumenthal creation or maybe from the Dibley Village cookbook!
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firlandsfarm wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:33 am
Feta & Mackerel Salad ... sounds like a Heston Blumenthal creation or maybe from the Dibley Village cookbook!
:) It's not strange at all, pretty std stuff in Greece and other places and around the Med.
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Why do people always wait for me to decide on a purchase, get to the shop before me and clear the flipping shelf??

Lined my garden fence with. baskets, filled them with compost, which was difficult enough to get hold of, and now no flipping seeds!

Except for pansies that won't flower until next year.
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Derek27 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:00 pm
Why do people always wait for me to decide on a purchase, get to the shop before me and clear the flipping shelf??

Lined my garden fence with. baskets, filled them with compost, which was difficult enough to get hold of, and now no flipping seeds!

Except for pansies that won't flower until next year.
No shortage of seeds online
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Derek27 wrote:
Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:00 pm
Lined my garden fence with. baskets, filled them with compost, which was difficult enough to get hold of, and now no flipping seeds!
You should be able find some plug plants online rather than starting from seed. Got 15 strawberry plants for about 9quid. It's getting a bit late but you should be OK with annuals sown at this time too (did some wild flower mix myself today). Maybe some ideas here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=718

I'm still waiting for my compost delivery after 2 weeks and at the price it was I'll be panning it for gold cos I assume it's full of it!
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Proper first world rant here but why is Oral B so stingy on the wax with their dental floss lately?! :evil: :D

Just snaps now after a few seconds... nobody would be breaking out of jail with this stuff!
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There are plenty of plants in stores and many more in nurseries that will be chucked away, but I prefer to start from seed. I'll try B&Q tomorrow now that it's open. Some idiots think DIY stores aren't essential. ;)
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Crows on the bird feeder...they're MASSIVE close up and freak all the little fellas out.

I'm blaming the lack of road kill for them coming into the garden. Good news for hedgehogs and badgers though, there's usually one of those squashed every few miles, but not recently.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:52 am
Crows on the bird feeder...they're MASSIVE close up and freak all the little fellas out.

I'm blaming the lack of road kill for them coming into the garden. Good news for hedgehogs and badgers though, there's usually one of those squashed every few miles, but not recently.
Having watched too many Hammer Horror style movies growing up I've always found them ominous - it doesn't help that they appear more numerous in these Covid times knowing they are Corvids.
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