Def not a curmudgeon, Hostafan! One of the things I like about Waitrose is the fruit and veg seems to last well beyond the sell by date. Makes the bargain shelf a proper bargain. Unlike Sainsbury’s, I’ve found.
Kids are weird. My oldest boy has an obsession with pylons and often asks to go for a drive past the 'Eiffel Towers'. Now he's found out that Google images has quite a few pictures of pylons and is obsessing about looking through them. He'd spend several happy hours looking at photos of pylons if he was allowed
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We saw the helicopter belonging to the south west electricity distribution company inspecting the local cables and pylons last week. Wouldn’t he just love that job! There was an accountant who worked for an electricity company on my MBA course. For some reason, the company helicopter was one of his responsibilities, the rest of us were a bit envious.
Anyone else had this email from Amazon this morning?
"... Starting 19 Jan, 2022, we will unfortunately no longer accept any Visa credit cards issued in the UK, due to the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions. You can still use debit cards (including Visa debit cards) and non-Visa credit cards like Mastercard, Amex, and Eurocard to make purchases. We’ll give you £20 off your next purchase the first time you set any debit or non-Visa credit card as default, subject to the terms and conditions at the end of this email..."
Huh ... as if they can't afford to pay the Visa handling charges ... 🤯 Well, they were useful during Lockdown but I won't be giving them access to my debit card neither do I intend to take out any other credit cards. They'll have to try to make their billions without me 👿
I heard that on the news this morning and it may explain the letter I had from my bank recently saying my credit card would be changing from Visa to Mastercard.
I was in B&Q earlier and saw bags of compost labelled as "All Vegetable Compost". Isn't all compost created from vegetable matter, or is that their get out for all the rubbish in other composts?
I messaged my credit card provider to ask whether I could switch to Mastercard. They said they (the people on the phone and online chat help) hadn't been informed yet. The bank that I have my current account with do Mastercard credit cards so I've applied for one of theirs and I might cancel the other one. Or I might keep it - it might be good to have one of each (Visa and Mastercard) in case other retailers decide that they'll only accept one or the other.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I always use a credit card for online transactions. I'd rather scammers got into my credit card account than my bank account. I've sent them a two word reply. Resisted starting the words with the letters F&O
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Does anyone really think this pineapple WAS best before the 15th?
Best before date?? my a**
!0p ? don't mind if I do.
I reckon it'll be ready to eat in about a week.
There was an accountant who worked for an electricity company on my MBA course. For some reason, the company helicopter was one of his responsibilities, the rest of us were a bit envious.
I heard that on the news this morning and it may explain the letter I had from my bank recently saying my credit card would be changing from Visa to Mastercard.
I've sent them a two word reply. Resisted starting the words with the letters F&O