Beekay 5,143 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Can't get a Tesco slot down here. As bad as Waitrose. Both say same thing, "not available". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Beekay said: Can't get a Tesco slot down here. As bad as Waitrose. Both say same thing, "not available". I have a Waitrose delivery once or twice a week, got one this afternoon at 3.00pm. Surely being higher ranking than myself BK you are entitled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 To be honest, I like Lidl at Bingham but they don’t deliver. I like to pick up a piece of useless tat from the middle isle! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 This is all I've ever got from Waitrose... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 BK. can’t you try booking for the next week or even the week after?  I always book my Sainsbury’s slot a week in advance.  I tend to order the same things every fortnight anyway!  As the delivery time gets closer I can amend the order by adding other things I find I need or deleting other things.  When  I amend the order, the delivery slot stays the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hiya Margie, unfortunately I can't do much about it when it keeps coming as 'fully booked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 We always book the Morrison's order a week in advance otherwise we wouldn't get a slot. You can make amendments right up to the night before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 4 hours ago, philmayfield said: Wine deliveries both from Virgin and Laitwaites have been unreliable  Interesting.... I use Virgin Wines and have had very little delay.. even at the height of the first lockdown. Not tried Laithwaites. Also had some decent wine and nice Italian Deli stuff from Fattoria La Vialla: https://www.lavialla.it/uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Laithwaites on a few occasions have said 'unable to find address' and Virgin have twice left the case at the end of the drive in view from the lane. I've given up with both of them. I can buy Laithwaite's wine from the local farm shop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Never had a problem with Laithwaite's but they have an outlet at Denby Pottery if the worst comes to the worst! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 There is a 'Mr. and Mrs. Fine Wine' in Southwell who would deliver for free. I might give them a try. My wine racks are empty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 BK It does take a bit of work but you can book Waitrose up to 10 days in advance, currently there are lots of slots 15th to 17th March in my area. To secure the slot I add a couple of bottles which takes me over the £40 and then amend the order the day before delivery. I've not been in a supermarket since March last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 I can really assure you Dave, it's not for the want of trying. Had a look earlier today and it only went to Wednesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 I’ve never ever ordered a supermarket delivery, whilst I can toddle out to the local Lidl’s and Co-op or drive to a bigger supermarket I shall keep doing so.  As things are at the moment needing a bottle of milk or loaf of bread is a good reason for a walk.  I’ve just ordered a treat for myself from House of Fraser though, ssshhhh!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Alas, some of us don't have a store to walk to. That and the fact that a letter from HMG sitting on the table telling us not to travel, even to the pharmacy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Meanwhile.. the re-laying of the 'patio' continues.. Slowly. The mind is willing but the flesh is weak. Big day yesterday.. I manouvered all 3'x2' concrete flags away from the area in question. I'm going to have to break them up get them down to the local tip at some point.  Today I laid two more 2'x2' pavers. Doesn't seem like much but by the time I've levelled and compacted a bit of ground, then mixed mortar and finally lifted the buggers into place I'm done for another day... We'll get there..  Meanwhile.. my miserable neighbour over the back fence has erected additional trellises above fence height. I think he thinks he's blocking my view. He has no idea how glad I am. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted March 7, 2021 Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Have ordered online a few times, but only from Sainsbury's who always seem to have available slots. Our "essential" wine orders have always been from Majestic, who are good quality with a wide range Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Good start to the day with a bit of rowing, shower and breakfast and ready for anything by 7.45Â At 9.20 precisely Donny and Dilly will fly in for breakfast and inspect Duckingham Palace for the 7th time. They have ben coming in for a fortnight now but don't stay overnight in spite of their magnificent new duck house, custom built using recycled 40 y/o fencing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 @DJ360 About getting rid of your 3x2 slabs ....Don’t you belong to a free cycle group or similar?  Round here they would have been collected as soon as you’d posted details! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Yes Margie. A number of local groups I can put them on..though whether anybody will want them is another matter. They could really do with laying to provide an extra 2' width on the drive at the front.. but I really couldn't face that now.. 3 by 2's ought to be banned... ridiculous things..  Meanwhile I've almost finished re-laying the old 2'x2' ones at the back. I'm fairly pleased with the result, though they are uneven thicknesses and pigs to lay level.  My daughter, whose house is barely 2 years old, is having a hundred + 2'x2' plain grey flags lifted and replaced with Porcelain. Some are being used for a shed base too.. but I've scrounged a dozen or so... plus some cut one's to make a border around my re-laid pavers at the back. All I have to do now is get them from there to here... How many 2'x2' concrete pavers can you get in the back of a Civic without causing damage? My thinking is to weigh one and then calculate the equivalent of two large passengers in the back and go from there... but that doesn't solve how to get the so and sos into and out of the car..     Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Can you not hire or buy a decent angle grinder or Stihl saw and cut them to a more manageable size?. If you lived closer you could borrow mine... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Alas feeling sorry for Harry. Harold got shot in the eye around 1066 but that is that a rumour ? The tabloids would have a field day. Sorry I'll get me coat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,292 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Marriot Edgar's classic monologue The Battle of Hastings by The Fivepenny Piece in Lancashire dialect.... brilliant For some reason YT does not want to show the picture link? https://youtu.be/3jbKFPpqvQs    Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 No proper news again, I see! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 The papers are full of ‘proper’ news this morning, even the Times! Give the masses what they want. It sells papers. Makes a change from the eternal Covid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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