grapau27 Posted August 23, 2023 #49151 Share Posted August 23, 2023 I laughed at these. 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted August 23, 2023 #49152 Share Posted August 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Snow Hill said: I seem to be on the black list for scammers, answering the phone with “hola quien esta llamando” seems to have made them think it’s a Spaniard answering the phone as we rarely get any scam calls now on the land line. (For non Spanish speakers, that is “Hello, who is calling”) I answer them in Welsh!! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 23, 2023 #49153 Share Posted August 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Snow Hill said: I seem to be on the black list for scammers, answering the phone with “hola quien esta llamando” 9 minutes ago, Ardennais said: I answer them in Welsh!! I just ask them in fluent Yorkshire repeatedly .." Hasthargoreany Bisto ? " In English "Have you got any gravy ?" They just think they have some foreigner on the line and hang up 🙃 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted August 23, 2023 #49154 Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 hours ago, kalos said: Just scrolling through latest posts on various CC threads and came across a post that has been resurrected eight years later 😲 Is this a record or do they date back further ? This could be a competition. Let's find the old PO dress code thread .... crash hats at the ready ,-) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted August 23, 2023 #49155 Share Posted August 23, 2023 What worries me is when I search a specific question and find that I have started the same thread many years before or had even replied to one giving the answer! Please tell me its not just me ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 23, 2023 #49156 Share Posted August 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Presto2 said: What worries me is when I search a specific question and find that I have started the same thread many years before or had even replied to one giving the answer! Please tell me its not just me ... Oh that ! I've being forgetting things as long as I can remember 🥴 I even keep forgetting what the opposite of night is called. In the end I gave up and just called it a day.😉 Back to your question ... Yep just you 🤣 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted August 23, 2023 #49157 Share Posted August 23, 2023 4 hours ago, kalos said: I just ask them in fluent Yorkshire repeatedly .." Hasthargoreany Bisto ? " In English "Have you got any gravy ?" They just think they have some foreigner on the line and hang up 🙃 Love that joke! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 23, 2023 #49158 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Wr have had a happy dance in our house this afternoon. At long last we have had an email from the Toyota dealer telling us that they now have a delivery date for our new car it was ordered 22nd February : Your car is currently at the Depot in Derby and the current ETA (Estimated Time Arrival) is showing as the end of August to arrive with us, ready for a September registration. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 23, 2023 #49159 Share Posted August 23, 2023 We went out for our anniversary dinner tonight. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted August 23, 2023 #49160 Share Posted August 23, 2023 6 hours ago, indiana123 said: Just wondering if this is local or widespread. My friend ordered 79 items from Morrisons Home Delivery and 38 were missing. It was all the staples missing ie butter, veg, chicken etc £79 worth (refunded). A lot of fresh stuff missing too, but she got all her tins and packets The poor delivery man said she wasn't the only one, there were others. He had no idea what is going on. Very odd. I read an article from The Grocer a few days ago apparently the extreme heat in Europe & North Africa has reduced crop yields which is likely to affect fruit & vegetable imports from those areas, accounts for around 25% of our imports. Apparently a lot of the tomato plants were killed off by the extreme temperatures and the British crop is lower as a number of growers cut back on planting due to energy costs. This might explain some of shortages at Morrisons. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted August 23, 2023 #49161 Share Posted August 23, 2023 7 hours ago, indiana123 said: Just wondering if this is local or widespread. My friend ordered 79 items from Morrisons Home Delivery and 38 were missing. It was all the staples missing ie butter, veg, chicken etc £79 worth (refunded). A lot of fresh stuff missing too, but she got all her tins and packets The poor delivery man said she wasn't the only one, there were others. He had no idea what is going on. Very odd. We seem to be fine at the moment and we are usually the first to suffer any shortages on the basis that if they can sell it in the south why pay to transport it north, Perhaps a local distribution issue? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted August 24, 2023 #49162 Share Posted August 24, 2023 It is not a good day for us today. This afternoon we are going to the funeral of the husband of one of my friends who died herself two years ago. This is the third funeral in the last year of people in their late 60s / early 70s. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut006 Posted August 24, 2023 #49163 Share Posted August 24, 2023 12 hours ago, grapau27 said: We went out for our anniversary dinner tonight. Looks lovely Graham. Hope you both had a lovely day Michelle 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 24, 2023 #49164 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Morning 🙂 We were watching TV last night the what we ate in the 70's program . Some things you can still get, but who would want to ? Like those Vesta curry's. Even things like Blue Nun wine starred in the program . How the hell did they convince the men they were better off with a glass of wine , than a pint of Trophy bitter is anyone's guess. Maybe the Mrs back then wanted to keep up appearances and weaned their men off the beer . I bet that was a night to remember a glass of Nun and a plate of Vesta 🥴 Hope you all have a great day and all your shop deliveries have no shortages . Ps out in the depths of Lincolnshire @lincslady are you getting your shopping ok ? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 24, 2023 #49165 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Josy1953 said: It is not a good day for us today. This afternoon we are going to the funeral of the husband of one of my friends who died herself two years ago. This is the third funeral in the last year of people in their late 60s / early 70s. I'm sorry to hear your sad news Josy. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted August 24, 2023 #49166 Share Posted August 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Peanut006 said: Looks lovely Graham. Hope you both had a lovely day Michelle Thank you Michelle we had an amazing day. Graham. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 24, 2023 #49167 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Thanks, kalos. Yes, no problems and if any substitutions they are sometimes dearer/larger, for the original price, so no complaints. Because the pickers and drivers are so good, I now and again send a note of praise to headquarters, which I believe trickles back to them - not to ensure good service, but I guess it helps. I am not exactly in the depths, just can't manage heavy loads or walking too far, so delivery has been a boon. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted August 24, 2023 #49168 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Talking of TV programs anyone like Cash In The Attic ? Here's one for @bobstheboy 🤣 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted August 24, 2023 #49169 Share Posted August 24, 2023 28 minutes ago, kalos said: I bet that was a night to remember a glass of Nun and a plate of Vesta 🥴 Ah yes, I remember it well😋 With Blackforest Gateau to follow😉 Avril 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobstheboy Posted August 24, 2023 #49170 Share Posted August 24, 2023 52 minutes ago, kalos said: Talking of TV programs anyone like Cash In The Attic ? Here's one for @bobstheboy 🤣 Not quite that old ! I can remember the blue shirts with detachable collars and huge great coats, very warm in winter. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted August 24, 2023 #49171 Share Posted August 24, 2023 55 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Ah yes, I remember it well😋 With Blackforest Gateau to follow😉 Avril There's a thought for the MDR. Prawn cocktail, vesta beef curry and viennetta ( spellchecker 0: Zap 1).🤣 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted August 24, 2023 #49172 Share Posted August 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, zap99 said: There's a thought for the MDR. Prawn cocktail, vesta beef curry and viennetta ( spellchecker 0: Zap 1).🤣 Nerrr Arctic Roll ..... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted August 24, 2023 #49173 Share Posted August 24, 2023 44 minutes ago, Presto2 said: Nerrr Arctic Roll ..... Angel Delight 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twotravellersLondon Posted August 24, 2023 #49174 Share Posted August 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Adawn47 said: Ah yes, I remember it well😋 With Blackforest Gateau to follow😉 Avril And for the super sophisticated... a bottle of Mateus Rose 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted August 24, 2023 #49175 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Dream Topping - known by my kids as Nightmare Bottoming. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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