What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[320touring]

helpful hint #3866. When going shopping don't take, or buy, plastic bags. On your first visit pick up 3 (three) lettuce boxes. These are free. the sturdier the better so look for potatoes, melons, that sort of thing. Hoik them out the box and take it.

 

You can get three boxes to a trolley.

 

Go round and put things into the boxes, light things first (like bread), when one is full, put another empty one on top. They stack perfectly.

 

At the checkout, unpack in reverse order. Heavy things like beer, wine and cheese go on the belt first as they are the last things that went into the last box.

 

At checkout, dazzle the checkout person by packing untidily into the boxes, but heavy stuff now goes in first. Stack boxes in trolley at EVEN FASTER THAN YOU CAN PUT IT THROUGH THE SCANNER speed, just fire it all into the boxes.

 

Then lift boxes into the car when done.

 

At home, keep boxes and take them back to repeat the trick the following visit. I've got three boxes which have been used for this every week for the past 3 years. A few fell apart after sustained abuse. This also pleases my inner eco warrior as it is one source of plastic waste I've completely cut out of my life.

Much as I marvel at the ingenuity of this, I can help but think that your time would be better spent getting the current biggest waste of plastic you have running;)

[PhilA]

Re supermarkets, I remember the days when Sainsbury's had big beige machines with sticky-up round buttons that were hammered rapidly after the J SAINSBURY price tag was discovered on the item

 

These days I speed things up by making sure the barcode on every item is, if possible 1) visible to the clerk and 2) facing the right way so it can be passed in front of the scanner without them having to have double jointed wrists.

 

This also helps because in this country (in general) the clerk dumps your stuff in bags and clustering the items together means they have time to think about what should go in each bag. Sometimes it works, sometimes you wonder how they still work on the checkouts.

 

Phil

[Mr A Lawrence]

i absolutely, categorically hate with a passion ANYONE but me packing the supermarket bags, even the missus!

 

even worse when theres a cub scout/gurlguide/cadet/morris dancer standing there waiting to fuck it all up!!

 

12yr olds? what do they know about shopping?? 

[Stanky]

Much as I marvel at the ingenuity of this, I can help but think that your time would be better spent getting the current biggest waste of plastic you have running;)

 

Once it stops peeing down with rain I'll be out fixing things - update to follow!

[vulgalour]

An anagram of the 1100's number plate (DPN90K) is K9 P0ND.

[Alfamale]

^^^ reminds me of this for the Amiga.

[scaryoldcortina]

And the sequel James Pond II Robocod...

[Pillock]

Which is likely the subject of my next tattoo.

 

On other matters.... supermarket packing woes? Find a place that does self scan, you pack as you go around in whatever order you want.

[richardmorris]

I believe the members of this forum have a... Scottish approach to grocery shopping and thus tend to visit Lidl or Aldi rather the Sainsbury/Tesco/Asda/Morrisons where self service tills are.

Well today I visited Waitrose, lidl, Aldi and laithwaites in that order. I had a quick glance and had the oldest car in every carpark. I like bargains wherever they are.

 

Edit although I did drive all the way into Windsor before finding I didn’t have change for the meter and refused to pay the phone surcharge and so drove to work instead, got the tea money and drove back again. At 28mpg this does not really make sense.

[AlabamaShrimp]

so drove to work instead, got the tea money and drove back again. At 28mpg this does not really make sense.

Of course it does! Now if you had my Frontera and it's single possibly scraping double digits mpg then it might be a bit different

[eddyramrod]

What makes me grin?  This place!

 

Imagine, if you will, someone telling you about a place he's found on the internet.

(etc)

I read this out to MrsR this afternoon.  She nodded and said "Yes, that's about right."

So even she recognises it!

[Louise2cv]

"Record breakers" - see the 2 minutes from 11.15 onwards.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkGn_vHOagk

Was that Paul Gazza Gascoigne eyeing up the Proton and/or balloon guy?

[dozeydustman]

Manatees and dugongs make me smile. I have no idea what made me fascinated with these creatures.

Got faces that only a mother could love but they're so graceful in the water for something that weighs half a ton and quite like human contact. And they have flippernails.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

[clayts450]

Friends' and colleagues' reactions to the PTSD

 

[DeeJay]

More positive than some comments on here.

[Cavcraft]

Against all the odds, I made it on my work's do tonight. SM

[AlabamaShrimp]

Manatees and dugongs make me smile. I have no idea what made me fascinated with these creatures.

 

Got faces that only a mother could love but they're so graceful in the water for something that weighs half a ton and quite like human contact. And they have flippernails.

 

manatee_main_image.jpg

I've heard that some dugongs like Japanese cars and the odd knob van

[vulgalour]

Those kinds aren't keen on human contact though.  With good reason.

[PhilA]

 

It's scouts pinewood derby races time again.

 

Phil

[cort1977]

Got to do my boy's with him tomorrow.  It definitely won't be as good as that.

[dozeydustman]

Other things that make me smile

 

My ever faithful Saab currently SORN, awaiting the number plate in the picture to be returned (I'm selling its current private plate) with the intention of getting this nearly 200,000 mile back on the road.

 

 

 

The trip computer on the oldest lorry at my old work. Anyone who has ever driven anything made by Dennis knows they have minds of their own.

 

 

Finding on a google search a picture of the first lorry you drove. Lovely old beast this was, only had 40k when they sent it to auction (the Hiab died). Wonder whatever became of it. DVLA just says no tax no MoT......

 

[HillmanImp]

Katie Hopkins is apparently being forced to sell her home to cover court costs after losing a libel case. The house is on Rightmove:

 

 

Credit to https://twitter.com/BenTheTim

[clayts450]

WTAF.... does not compute

 

[Guest Hooli]

Local loon on a trail bike is out traveling sideways up the road in the snow, sure looks like someone is having fun!

[DodgeRover]

Isn't that Lemmy's place?

[sierraman]

Car mechanics magazine has purchased an insiginal diesel with 167k on the clock.

 

I doubt it will end well....

Depends, if its had a new gearbox fitted of late could be OK. That's the decider with those, 2nd and 6th bearings failing. Needless to say replacement boxes are at a premium. I don't think the engine itself is any worse than anything else AFAIK. Turbo solenoids go with regularity as does the EGR cooler.

[HillmanImp]

Isn't that Lemmy's place?

Sorry to break the news to you this way but Lemmy dieded. Speak to CMS for deathcomp confirmation.

[AndyW201]

 

Another year, another clean (ish) sheet for the Octy. It's needed a front pipe, a rear caliper and a service and coolant change but hey, its cost me about two monthly payments on a new VRS on lease to keep for the year. Its probably not 75% of the forum members' cuppa but I love it. The fact I've had it nearly three years (considering how long I normally keep cars) speaks volumes.

 

[richardthestag]

Mrs Thestag playing a games console for the first time in her life at my Brothers house yesterday

 

double take on the screen as I wandered past on my way for a piss