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Well you'll have to do slightly better than that. Perhaps a totally unscratched version..?

All fellow mods and admin and not a brain cell between them..!

In which case, anyone can be the Monarch. Except anyone can't..! You have to be born into the line, and that's completely wrong.

While I was out this evening, someone mentioned about building something so that people would turn up. And I just thought... if you build it, he will come... And my mood for the whole evenng changed totally. I don't feel sick either.

I'll leave out the tossers bit, as that is quite unecessary. Please note that RS. But as far as the rest, I couldn't agree more. It isn't the money, it's the principle.

Amusing, but not a patch on JH. Just watched one item off one of the DVDs. It was pure magic. I reckon I learned about half a dozen new [old] things within the space of 10 minutes..! For example, did you know that a small cider barrel slung around the neck of an agricultural worker is called a Costrel..? Well, I didn't. Boring..? Not when Jack tells you, because he backs it up with all the history and reasons why it came into being. And that's what makes a potentially boring thing fascinating. And I learned why all the small ponds are about where I used to live in Kent. Out Of Town was great TV.

Yeah, the bar in the same hanger as the Velodrome is perfectly suitable. Specialises in good Thai food, although they do other stuff too, and they have excellent Czech Budvar Budweiser beer [none of that US soap], amongst other offerings. View of The Solent is nice too.

Just been given 2 DVDs [6 episodes] of Out Of Town, with Jack Hargreaves. I'm absolutely chuffed.

Back in the 1990's, when I was an IT manager at Comet, I had a conversation with the Area Manager, and I predicted the end of the shop experience for most items, within 25 years, and Internet Shopping to take over. He said I was bonkers. That gives me about another 12 or so years for my prediction to come true. I think I'm in with an excellent shout still.

Well said. I highlighted your last sentence because I make my own protest in refusing to shop at Tesco. I use local markets and other supermarkets, and I spread my £s around. It's time people thought a little more about what happens to their spending money, and realise that they could be making a real moral judgement, instead of just going to Tesco because it's so convenient. EDIT: BTW, this thread is off to The Lounge. I'll leave a link.

I have done. They ain't squeeky clean. Admittedly, none of them are, but Tesco are dirtier than the rest. BTW, I have absolutely no problems with British success stories, in fact I applaud them. I do have problems with companies that don't behave in the correct manner, be they British, US, Japanese, or from any country.

By the way peeps, I'm considering moving this thread to The Lounge if people think it still has loads of life left in it.

Yeah, I agree about the suppliers and farmers/farm workers, LeGTC. If I had thought about my post a little more I might have said so. But tbh, I think making huge profits out of customers and employees is morally repugnant. Nothing wrong with a good profit, but Tesco are clearly taking the Michael.

That's the one..! I wonder if those F1 folks can guess what it is..?

Exactly. Of course, most shops wouldn't turn much of a profit if they kept saying... Hmm.. no, we won't sell this item to you.

Can't go along with that. They do it by short changing their workers and dodging moral responsibilities. Other supermarkets can do it, so why not Tesco..? No. Too busy finding the best deal for themselves, and putting up endless LCD screens to advertise products to people as they shop. You know why they can afford these things..? They're making a packet out of their employees and the consumer.

Wahay..! Success for The Saints Web Customers Rights Thread. Move over WatchDog..! And well done SFC for seeing sense too.

Well, there are a few that make reasonable sense, and some that provide debate and counter debate. A bit un-TMS behaviour, so I moved it here.

Yes Pancake. For us, the motorsport season starts properly on April 12th. F1 is a sideshow to the main event.

Going by your avatar, it's actually purple, Saints Stevo Strange-o. Anyone smacked you round the head recently..?

Oh I don't know about it not working out. If both of you are clearly happier together than you are apart, then you obviously had something going. And there is the undeniable fact that, despite splitting up, you've both turned your thoughts to each other again. You've had the rare experience of being together and being apart. Which is better..? Give it a go, mate.

Blimey, I think I should move this to the Lounge. Some semi-serious answers about.

Trouble with Bill Bailey, is that he's not consistent. Sometimes he's side-splittingly funny. Other times he's just funny. Never unfunny though. When he's on form though, there's no one better. I remember him gently taking the p!ss out of Stephen Fry on QI, and it was utterly hilarious. Phil Jupitus nearly had a heart attack, he was laughing so hard [good laugher is JP], and the audience were practically wetting themselves. SF was shouting, you beast, you beast..!

It may come as a bit of a surprise, but no shop is duty bound to sell you anything. They can refuse to sell to a customer if they want. Several years ago, when I moved back to Southampton, I needed a new Steam Iron. I went into a couple of shops nearby, and the local Currys had a £30 iron marked up at £12. I knew the prices as I had just resigned as a manager from Comet only days before, and these trivial things stay with you. I told the salesperson I wanted the Iron. He said it was incorrectly priced and I could have it at £30. Now I knew he was right, but I dug my heels in to see how far the store would go. I asked for the manager, and he caved in immediately. So I got my Iron for £12. But the manager was quite within his rights to tell me to bugger off.

And that's only the half of it, with Tesco. It's why I simply will not shop at Tesco. BTW, As far as my limited understanding of BOGOF is, that's buy ONE and get ONE free, i.e. two items but only paying the one item price. BTGOF, would be buy TWO, get ONE free - 3 item, you pay 2/3rds. I can't see a leg that the club have to stand on. Send the items back and reorder. Oh, and scan your receipt for the postage you may have had to pay for, to reclaim that too.