Alex 35079 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Aye, I'll always shop in-store as long as I know it's not going to be ridiculously busy, same reasons as Renton. Home delivery was useful during the worst of the pandemic, but it limits spontaneous buys, plus the number of unavailable items or useless replacements put me off it. Mind, we do get a veg box delivered so I'm not one to talk. Same. Used it during the pandemic a bit. Even then though I preferred just going to supermarkets masked-up at really quiet times. 9 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Was that a warning that you got in Facebook? They don't even get past the front door, and most of them are 60+. I think it might have been a reference to MF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Jinx! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Btw, I used to have a Saturday job at a supermarket when I was a kid. Co-op Benton Hypermarket which is now an Asda. The Saturday before Xmas was fucking insane, man. All the tills on and queues for them stretching down the aisles. Some people with two trolleys absolutely rammed. People nearly coming to blows over the last packet of brandy butter on the shelves and all that and buying 12 pints of milk. Couldn’t get my head round it then or now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44864 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 I'm just not used to Renton trying to be funny. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 I worked at Asda when I first left school. Same. All tills open and rammed. When I was in Sainsburys they had massive queues at the tills but only half open. One old gadge giving it some to the supervisor to get the tills open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9748 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 17 hours ago, Alex said: Ghislaine Maxwell was a big surprise Aye, but Jeffery Epstein not being on the list was even more of a shock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Did click and collect for most of the sides and snacks, picking up the chicken from a local butchers on Saturday (not doing turkey because it's boring as fuck), getting the veg delivered too. Wife has gone over the top with the food mind, there's just the three of us with maybe another popping around on Christmas Eve for tea. The amount we've bought could conservatively feed 6 CTs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6583 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 I had a Turkey crown last year which was the best I’ve had so going to stick with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9748 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 We've already got the turkey, pigs in blankets, sausage stuffing, and the yorkshires. Quite frankly I couldn't give a fuck about the rest of it so will just grab what's left tomorrow night and then sit on my arse drinking through til boxing day - stopping briefly to cook the dinner on the 25th. We have enough for the dinner and the evening left over sarnie already - so I'm feeling pretty relaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21620 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 58 minutes ago, Gemmill said: I'm just not used to Renton trying to be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33180 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Renton said: Also I might add, I've heard that many of the delivery drivers are dodgy as fuck, especially if you have young ladies at home. Just saying. Fortunately I think they are being farmed off out of harms way into the HGV industry. I've heard some of them turn up at the door looking like Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, checking out not only your wife's tits but also the state of the house noting how many pizza boxes are lying around, the latter being a prop for small talk, the former to be deposited in the wank bank but then again, I'm sure this doesn't really happen in real life does it@Monkeys Fist 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42427 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 26 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: I've heard some of them turn up at the door looking like Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, checking out not only your wife's tits but also the state of the house noting how many pizza boxes are lying around, the latter being a prop for small talk, the former to be deposited in the wank bank but then again, I'm sure this doesn't really happen in real life does it@Monkeys Fist Sounds like an episode from Minging Bugger Footballers Wives… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Where are you all getting your veg delivered from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9748 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Where are you all getting your veg delivered from? Veg shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 We've used Groobox, no idea if it's available where you are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20129 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 One for @Dazzlerand @Gemmill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21620 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: One for @Dazzlerand @Gemmill That's Gemmill's evening sorted out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30602 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, Renton said: That's Gemmill's evening sorted out. FYP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, wykikitoon said: One for @Dazzlerand @Gemmill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15525 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Where are you all getting your veg delivered from? Riverford here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 9748 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Where are you all getting your vag delivered from? FYP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33180 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 3 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Where are you all getting your veg delivered from? I usually pop into one of the greengrocers in Wallsend, saves the hassle of Sainsbury's where it's rammed with cars getting in and out. I'll pop in tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15525 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 The approach road to the local Sainsbury's here kindly arrives in the middle of the car park, so you can either turn left to join the queue for a space 30 seconds nearer to the shop, or turn right and... park at your leisure in acres of space. People, man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42427 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: I usually pop into one of the greengrocers in Wallsend, saves the hassle of Sainsbury's where it's rammed with cars getting in and out. I'll pop in tomorrow. There’s only one greengrocers in Wallsend man- Tommy Owens! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33180 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Ok, toontastic moral dilemma time. The wife's motability car has been extended so we're not in a contract anymore, there's a very good deal on an electric car which is a top spec for it's type, our utility supplier has been taken over by octopus who have EV friendly tarrifs so all's looking rosy but..... Our meter is in an awkward spot so won't be a standard installation for a charging point. After trying and failing to get through to the motability affiliated battery charger supplier I got a local sparky to have a look but while waiting for him to come I looked myself and my electric supply is almost certainly on a looped system with next door which means for an electric EV charger to be installed it'll have to be unlooped by the electric board. What that means is next door will have either their garden or driveway dug up then put right after they get their own supply. My dilemma is they're in their eighties, their driveway is patterned concrete and I don't want to put them through any of that shite. It won't cost them a penny but they really don't need that hassle but economically, it's a good deal for us to get the EV car IF we can get a home charge point. It's fucking doing my head in! The alternative currently available hybrid cars on offer in motability are either not suitable or too expensive. I don't know what to do? I don't normally ask for much but they're canny frail so I'd feel like shit putting this on them, it'll happen anyway at some point as the looped properties will be modernised in the next few years but do I just wait till time takes it's toll and let the electricity board do it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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