mick2me 3,033 Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 Pork Farms (for making the worlds worst Pork Pies) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 'Recapcha' security checks that Bots (and humans) cant read Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 All "Energy saving lamps" I've never had a single one that lasted anything like the 1,000hrs they claim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 PSSSTT Compo............. It's supposed to be 10,000 hours And you mean to say you've got electrickery up there !!?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 energy saving....pfffft....just means they aint bright.....them's crap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,870 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 They do last 10,000 hours, but not if you switch em on. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 No, they reach full brightness after they have been on that long 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Mine seem to last about the same time as real bulbs. Any that last longer seem to go very dim, very quickly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thet're still both better than a candle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 We tend to have more than a few power cuts in the far north - candles are very useful devices to have to hand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 I must agree, I too have found they don't last as long as they are supposed to, but then again I've not got a stop watch that goes up to 10,000 hours so I've not been able to time them properly !!............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 I did think of three or four thins for the room whilst out shopping for today. But Darned if I can remember them now? So, only one addition today... 'Memory Loss' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 And smelling mistooks ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Home Office thought there was something fishy about his 'student visa' The college had gone out of business many moons ago. So he's been sent to room 101, (Pakistan sector) One Pound Fish man Muhammad Nazir kicked out of Britain after YouTube hit gets hero's welcome in Lahore Shame Abu Qatada didn't make a record? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Supermarket checkout staff who ask "do you require a bag ?" What you expect me to do juggle it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 And do it yourself check outs... "Unexpected item in bagging area" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'd like to put self service checkouts in room 101 if only to keep the till girls in a job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Agree Red. I refuse to use them for that reason. All the huge profits the likes of T*sco make and they can't provide a few more jobs on the check-outs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 I feckin' loathe those self-service desks. I always end up waiting for the superviser to come and reset something for me. I refuse to use them now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Ditto with all the above points re self service checkouts! And the poor girl/lad on them always seem a hell of a lot more harrased than the rest of the staff at Morrisons put together, simply because they don't work properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 In the 1960s-70s. When I wired check outs in new Coop shops, one of my jobs was to construct the electric panel. This was a small wooden panel made by the joiner. I would fix this to the check out after adding a single 5amp socket, 'Battenholder' bathroom type lampholder and switch. The socket was to plug the till in, and the switched lampholder was for the check out girl to check any lightbulbs purchased. Hi Tech stuff in them days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Agree on the "self checkout" - they drive me insane (yes, I know, a short trip)! Over here the biggest problem seems to be that the "attendant" is too busy chatting with his/her friends about whatever to pay attention to what is going on. They have recently installed them at Sam's Club (a retail warehouse type place) and, much to my surprise, they work VERY well - partly because you use a hand-held scanner to scan the codes. I guess it is the exception that proves the rule! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 You probably don't have to load them on the weight sensative bagging area either. (Do you need approval before you can buy a can of beer too ?) And woe betide you if you pick your bags up before it's finished the paying process and you've got your change (If you paid cash!) I hate the bloody things with a passion !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 True - at Sams you still need the OK to buy alcohol, but it does not have the weighed bagging thingy (there is no bagging)! In the supermarkets, the biggest hold-up is waiting for approval for beer, etc. The attendant NEVER seems to be paying attention! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Check out operators in the US are painfully slow compared with the UK. Ours whizz things through Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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