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Eddie wrote:
> Higgins wrote:
>>>
>> I had a similar experience when proffering a Scottish tenner in
>> exchange for a couple of pints. "Can't take that" says the barman
>> after putting the pints on the bar. "Fair enough" says I, over my
>> shoulder.
>
> It's not legal tender in England, so he's not obliged to take it.
>
You don't understand what legal tender means, do you?
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platypus wrote:
> Eddie wrote:
>> Higgins wrote:
>>>>
>>> I had a similar experience when proffering a Scottish tenner in
>>> exchange for a couple of pints. "Can't take that" says the barman
>>> after putting the pints on the bar. "Fair enough" says I, over my
>>> shoulder.
>>
>> It's not legal tender in England, so he's not obliged to take it.
>
> It's not legal tender in Scotland, either.
>
True but, as I'm sure you understand, irrelevant to the situation.
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Eddie wrote:

> Higgins wrote:
> > >
> > I had a similar experience when proffering a Scottish tenner in
> > exchange for a couple of pints. "Can't take that" says the barman
> > after putting the pints on the bar. "Fair enough" says I, over my
> > shoulder.
>
> It's not legal tender in England, so he's not obliged to take it.

Won't tenderizer help?

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:44:49 +0000, Ben <ben RemoveThis @bensales_DOT_ME.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:12:11 +0000, Andy Bonwick
><nospam RemoveThis @bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Even Facebook has a killfile.
>>
>>The last thing I want is people asking me to join a racist group so in
>>the bin they go.
>
>I was entertained this morning listening to some chap on Radio 4 going
>on about "living off grid". He has some tips in his book about
>concealing your identity on Facebook apparently.
>
>There was me thinking, why not just not join Facebook?

Is the right answer. As the resident sociopath I, of course, don't see
the appeal of such sites. Judging from many ukrmers' comments neither do
they see a point to them.

There was an article I read that some scary proportion of recruitment /
HR departments regularly review all of these social networking sites to
cross check with job applications. I find that both rather stupid and
worrying all at the same time. Let's hope they don't bother to check
usenet!
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:40:35 -0600, Mark Olson <olsonm.DeleteThis@tiny.invalid>
wrote:

[supermarket loyalty cards]
>Because they rob you blind if you don't have one? Dunno about where
>you are, but in the western USA nearly every item at Albertson's et al,
>is _way_ overpriced unless you use one of the cards. Strangely,
>they'll happily give you a "loyalty card" (AKA tracking device) at the
>register without requiring you to fill out the form, and you can bin
>it on your way out.

I've never come across differential pricing like that in the UK. Sure
you can earn extra points for purchasing certain products but premium
prices for no loyalty cards - eek! A bloody dreadful idea. I suppose
this will be coming to a Wal^h^h^Asda near us sometime soon.
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:47:32 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun.TakeThisOut@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

[premium prices vs loyalty cards]
>Somerfields tried that on me a while back. Some chicken breasts came up
>on the till at *way* over the advertised price.
>
>I queried it, and they pointed to the tiny print saying I had to have
>one of their loyalty cards to get that price.
>
>"No thanks".
>
>"Ah well, then you'll have to pay the higher price sir!" <smug smile>
>
>"No I won't. Goodbye."
>
>And off I wandered, leaving a full trolley and a load of packed carrier
>bags behind.
>
>Haven't been back.

And I don't blame you. I certainly won't be shopping in any supermarket
that does that. However even if you don't have a loyalty card I'm still
convinced that they track you via your debit or credit card number if
you use that as the normal means of payment.
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Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun.RemoveThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> And off I wandered, leaving a full trolley and a load of packed carrier
> bags behind.

I'd have at least waited until they'd put the contents of the trolley
through the till.


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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun RemoveThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> And off I wandered, leaving a full trolley and a load of packed carrier
>> bags behind.
>
>I'd have at least waited until they'd put the contents of the trolley
>through the till.

About half of it was.

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.
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"BigJ" <Bigj(spam)@redmail.com> wrote in message
news:foco5d$vuf$1@media-center.localdomain...
> Andy Bonwick wrote:
>
>> Even Facebook has a killfile.
>>
>> The last thing I want is people asking me to join a racist group so in
>> the bin they go.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> I'm hoping that didn't come from me,but I have a sneaky suspicion it
> may have.
> Appologies to whomever recieved an invite.
>
> I will be having words with number one son.

It did indeed - whup his ass

Also tell him to stop sending all the invitations and requests (assuming now
that it's him and not you, natch) - it's interrupting my conversations with
Miss Leopard, having to ignore them all.
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Paul Corfield wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:40:35 -0600, Mark Olson <olsonm RemoveThis @tiny.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> [supermarket loyalty cards]
>> Because they rob you blind if you don't have one? Dunno about where
>> you are, but in the western USA nearly every item at Albertson's et
>> al, is _way_ overpriced unless you use one of the cards. Strangely,
>> they'll happily give you a "loyalty card" (AKA tracking device) at
>> the register without requiring you to fill out the form, and you can
>> bin it on your way out.
>
> I've never come across differential pricing like that in the UK. Sure
> you can earn extra points for purchasing certain products but premium
> prices for no loyalty cards - eek! A bloody dreadful idea. I
> suppose this will be coming to a Wal^h^h^Asda near us sometime soon.

A couple of years ago, Somerfields[1] were doing a lot of special offer
prices that were only available to cardholders. So, I'd nip up the town for
a bottle of peas or something, and it would be on a two-for-less offer. So
I'd grab two, take them to the checkout, and it would be full price because
I hadn't my card with me. "Oh right. I'll just have one, then." So they'd
have to get a supervisor to void the transaction, redo with one, and put the
other one back on the shelf. After a while, the checkout operators started
keeping a spare card on the till to swipe through. A little later, the
whole card thing faded away.

[1]Might have been Morrisons. The store was originally Safeway, became
Morrisons, got sold to Somerfields, and closed just before Xmas. It's
currently being converted to an Aldi...
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> I deliberately didn't say who sent it out and I'm not about to do so
> now but if you suspect your son has been sending out material you
> wouldn't want to receive then you need to explain that his only form
> of entertainment from now on is masturbation.

Thats fair enough, but I had reason to beleive he had done it even
before I read this thread.
Your post merely confirmed my suspicion, along with some emails from a
few other people.
Needless to say the little wanker is confined to barracks until he gets
a sore nob.


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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:12:17 +0000, Paul Corfield
<aooy65.DeleteThis@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> However even if you don't have a loyalty card I'm still
>convinced that they track you via your debit or credit card number if
>you use that as the normal means of payment.

Cash, see, that's yer answer.

Or are they going to phase that out too, one they've come for the
cheques?

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "platypus"
<monotreme.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> saying something like:

>Eddie wrote:
>> Higgins wrote:
>>>>
>>> I had a similar experience when proffering a Scottish tenner in
>>> exchange for a couple of pints. "Can't take that" says the barman
>>> after putting the pints on the bar. "Fair enough" says I, over my
>>> shoulder.
>>
>> It's not legal tender in England, so he's not obliged to take it.
>
>It's not legal tender in Scotland, either.

Doesn't matter anyway; his bank would happily accept it.
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