Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Techno II]

 

That seemed fairly pointless.

Cheers - Phil.

[Heedless Horseman]

:-

That seemed fairly pointless.

Cheers - Phil.

Oh well... but Hey! PenD has Giant Spiders, Giant Scorpions.. why not 'Giant' Waspies'? How to 'reserve' your 'Pub Garden'  Table...   

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

:-

That seemed fairly pointless.

Cheers - Phil.

Completly and utterly pointless,

[fsn]

Am I the only one who wished they'd been attacked by a giant molten-metal wasp?




I am? OK.

[Raider4]

Completly and utterly pointless,

Well, it is YouTube.

[Techno II]

Figure this one out.

Sunday last, went to do one of the half weekly 'shops', at Tesco's in Cardigan.
As usual, arrived early enough to join the 'usual suspects.'

Went to get a trolley.....Oh..Where are the nice new trolleys ?  (These are a perfect 'mid-size', between the big trolleys...which are so old and knackered, that they all have steering problems..which b*ggers my back even more than usual....and the 'small ones' which are almost too small.)
These new ones are also great, because the handle is bigger, and has a nice flat area...ideal for using as a rest to cross out 'things' on the list.

Walked back and forth looking for the new ones...No..not there, I'll ask someone when I get into the shop.
Found an operative and explained I couldn't find the nice new trolleys...would she mind having a check...operative goes to check, and catches up with me a few minutes later.
"That's disappointing," said she.....they're not there anymore (She liked those trolleys, as well)...I've checked with the manager...They were only for use in the Summer (EH?)..we might get them back near Christmas.

Is there some giant warehouse filled with thousands of new trolleys somewhere in the UK ?
I mean why ?
What a waste of (presumably) diesel, ferrying trolleys back and forth !!

I would have understood more if they'd found out that these trolleys weren't destined for the Cardigan branch..and should have gone to a bigger store.
Very odd !! 

Cheers - Phil.

[Steve J]

That's just insane Phil!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Locxal ASDA has 2 sizes - smaller ones keep disappearing  scattered all over Birkenhead.

[fred.]

All I can think on this, is that they were a trial and they have been returned to assess how well they have coped in real world use.

And its not so much they are just at the store for the summer and will be back in the winter, but if the summer was the trial period, they are now in an assessment period, and if the assessment is positive, then that type of trolley (and not necessarily the same trolley) will be available again.

Supermarkets really don't have warehouse space these days - so I can't see them filling a warehouse with trolleys...


And this is just my inference based off 3rd / 4th / 5th hand info

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

And this is just my inference based off 3rd / 4th / 5th hand info

Good original sources then 

[Techno II]

That makes more sense, Forbes !!...Ta !

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

That

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

No just in case you use them Phil ! 

[Orcs]

That makes more sense, Forbes !!...Ta !

But while I'm here....what has happened to the perforations on loo-rolls and kitchen towels ?..Do the manufacturers never sharpen the blades ?

Cheers - Phil.

We have no problems with the Lidl stuff

[Techno II]

I'm going to start a "Letters to the editor, thread".....

For silly moans....

Along the lines of "Sir, I notice with dismay....."

Yours...Col. Buffington-Tuffington (deceased) Tonbridge Wells.

[FierceKitty]

Dear Sir,

I am disgusted - disgusted, sir - at the ongoing disrespect for the authority and example of those who stood firm against invasion in 1066, who gave their all to keep Morocco English, who showed Johnny Dervish who was master at Khartoum, and refused to bow down to Czechoslovakian pressure in the matter of peace for the next year (nearly). When, o when, will the people of the other Eden, demi-Paradise, as the Swan of Avon sings, when not giving it to the Martians for some reason, learn proper attitudes towards authority? Answer me that, sir!

Yours faithfully,

Major-General Sir Percy McHogg, MA oxon (failed), KCB, VC (almost), GG, GG, GG.

p.s. And the milk for my kippers was delivered late again this morning!

[Techno II]

PERFECT, Alexander....

Right....everybody leave this one alone.

New thread in a few minutes.

Cheers - Phil 

[Heedless Horseman]

Halloween. In MY day... just a Turnip (Swede to the southerners!) lantern at the door... with another on a string. LOVE Turnip!  A quiet walk down street with Grandma and Boxer dog... looking for Witches flying. Maybe a Toffee Apple on return. And that was it  
No U.S imported Trick or Treat' and Pumpkin rubbish and annoyance! That came in in the 70s with U.S TV.
Kids main efforts were 'Penny for the Guy'... for Guy Fawkes in the U.K.

As a kid, I wouldn't have been seen Dead ( !) in a silly Halloween costume!  And as for the 'adults'...

Oh, well... just a Grumpy Old man... with a Wicker Man ready for importunate 'Trick or Treaters'... they should 'keep' until 'Bonfire Night' !  

Ps: We go back in time ... so... an hour which never existed... Ha , Ha  , Ha ! 

Seriously, the 'Fun' years are memories for the future of kids, grandkids... someday, they will look back... 

[Techno II]

Ps: We go back in time ... so... an hour which never existed... Ha , Ha  , Ha ! 

And that extra hour is going to be taken up clearing the Olympic sized swimming pool just outside the back door. 

(Not a problem...just that the storm drain can't cope when we get that much rain, as it has to cope with LOTS of water coming from four different directions from various downpipes. A quick bit of adjustment to one 'cover' and then the water whooshes down 'the plughole'.....glug, glug, glug....very satisfying when it does that !)

Cheers - Phil.

[steve_holmes_11]

And that extra hour is going to be taken up clearing the Olympic sized swimming pool just outside the back door. 

(Not a problem...just that the storm drain can't cope when we get that much rain, as it has to cope with LOTS of water coming from four different directions from various downpipes. A quick bit of adjustment to one 'cover' and then the water whooshes down 'the plughole'.....glug, glug, glug....very satisfying when it does that !)

Cheers - Phil.

If ever a post cried out for before and after pictures, it's this.

[fred.]

Even a video, with sound.


Go on Phil, give it a go!