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It started in Morrisons, now it has spread to Aldi and Lidl:

Glass/perspex doors on a lot of their refrigerated displays.

OK, it is wise to try to cut down on electricity use, but it makes shopping a pain and many have complained that they can't clearly see inside the displays due to excess reflections.

Maybe their refrigeration techs should have a chat with their lighting techs?

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They did, think its called my android phone and they make fortunes out of me :mad: that on topic enough tiggers pet :p: :)

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I have what is laughingly called a 'smart phone'. It's not new, every time the wife gets a new one I get the old one.

I configure them to the most basic of operations . . phone calls, texts, the occasional picture taken. Costs me bugger all but the lowest sim only deal I can find* :D


*usually Tesco about £8 a month

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Train stations are a busy place but why do people need to walk side-by-side, random people too blocking the whole pathway. MOVE!

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Just say excuse me and ask them to move so you can get by.

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You ever been to London? Nobody answers. If by chance a response is given it's as though you've offended the person :no:

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Of course I have been to London. If they ignore me I give a further more stern. And louder response. Then I push forward. I don't really care if they look upset or offended. Their problem.

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They may get more offended when you step on their toes. :erm:

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Went down to London last week for a couple of days to help my son & partner move into a place they just bought in Dollis Hill - whilst waiting for some fish & chips to be made on Tuesday evening, had a chat with guy waiting for his order; freaked him out… :D

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The Welsh Arsembly has followed the SNP in increasing the Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol from 50p per unit to 65p per unit.

A litre of 37.5% vodka was at least £18.75. It will rise to at least £24.38.

All the extra cash was to go to "small shop owners", but actually gets swallowed by brewers, distillers, distributors and wholesalers.

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At work on Wednesday and the Shift manager called me in to the office, I'm thinking has the FLM X, reported me.

Nope, it was to say they don't want 2 admins in the department, plus they are ditching all agency staff, and that Friday will be my last day.

So I went home, and decided Fuff that I'm not going in Friday, but will go in Thursday to hand over the stuff I'm dealing with to my friends.

I then decided to leave with the at 2:30.

So now the job hunt restarts

Then yesterday I dropped my phone and it landed screen down and cracked the screen and now the fingerprint doesn't work, so I cannot afford to get a new phone.

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Damn that's rough Hom3r, hope you can find a job quickly even if it is not something you would go for.

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Yep, crap thing to happen at any age, never mind if you're in your 50's.

I'm thankfully retired, but if I was applying for an office type job nowadays I'd lie and say I was a fully reprogrammable AI function with state of the art algorithms.

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Trains :(

https://news.sky.com/story/train-can...dents-13503202

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I can't remember the last time I was on a train, maybe 10 years ago, I'm glad I don't have to rely on them to get from A to B, that goes for all public transport.

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Don't it work out the same with your car issues and my train issues

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What sort of car issues? It doesn't breakdown and if I ever get stuck in traffic it's not that bad but if it was I'd just change my route. I'd rather sit in my car than on a train or bus that's for sure.

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I'd rather the train. I guess it's personal preference.

My return journey (right now) is the same as this morning. Nothing major. Just some slow legs of the journey.

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Thank you Hugh :D It's not played up since switching to an esim

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I've had a stinking cold since Tuesday, and it's not getting any better, so we've had to cancel our 40th Wedding Anniversary weekend away - not a lot of point going to a Michelin starred restaurant & hotel when you can't taste anything, and it wouldn't be very sociable to the other diners celebrating Valentine's Day to have me hacking, coughing, and blowing my nose all evening.

On the bright side, the hotel waived their normal cancellation policy, and are returning what we paid for the weekend stay/meals, which is very helpful - so we'll book to go another time.

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That was nice getting a refund , Hope you can rebook when you feel better

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Went to accept my Car insurance quote and renew online, clicked the Renew button and get the message 'Sorry I can't do that for you online'!

I then tried online chat because I hate using a phone for things like this and the virtual chat pissed me off for 5mins and was useless so I typed, Put me through to a human and the virtual chat ended and Louise connected and after that everything went well.

So the secret words for RAC online chat are Put me through to a human.

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It's not a secret, I never interact with this stuff, just say talk to agent and you get it saying but I can help, no thanks, I'd rather keep someone in a job

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That (or similar) works on many chat systems. ;)

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It ignored my first attempt of "I want to talk to a human" so I was surprised it worked.

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Yet again, while in the middle of doing something, Windows decides to download another (unasked for) update and virtually lock the PC up.

:mad:

Oh how I wish game developers would make them available for the Linux platform as well as PC, then I could gladly dump Windows into its own recycle bin.

Yes I know there are ways to run (some) windows games on Linux, but . . . more jumping through hoops.

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How to temporarily or permanently stop Windows Updates

https://www.action1.com/blog/how-to-...ows-11-update/

Temporarily Pause Updates:
Go to Settings > Windows Update > Pause updates (up to 5 weeks).

Stop Updates
Step 1. Press the Windows key + R.
Step 2. In the Run dialog box, type the following command: ‘services.msc’ and hit Enter.
Step 3. Find “Windows Update” services,” right-click it, and select “Properties.” Next, set “Startup type” to “Disabled,” click “Apply,” and “OK.”

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I keep doing the 'pause for 5 weeks' thing, will give the other method another try

:tu:

although thinking on it, I'm sure I'd done that before . . is it one of those 'clever' things that turns itself back on after a period of time?

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Windows 10 is the answer, no updates anymore. Perfect ! :)

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If you on none home edit the group policy

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Cant you just stop the update service, and then disable it ?

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Really ? My Windows 7 still gets updates, so I would have thought W10 did as well.

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I also get free extended Windows 10 security updates but this is only until 14th October 2026 I believe.

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Due to an EU decision, the UK also gets free Win10 updates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGqOwKTo7k

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Area power outage since 09:22 - according to National Grid outage map, 1256 properties without power around us.

Update @ 10:22 - power restored

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I've got a blocked nose :sleep: it unblocked earlier when I emptied it in the shower but now it's blocked again. I really cba with this. It's draining :cry:

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Ive spent the last 2hrs in Virginmedia Instagram chat with a request to cancel my services and have gone through all the security and given the reason why. I also pointed out I'm hard of hearing when on the phone, so 2hrs later their final message is to phone them to complete my cancellation request!!! So I'm stressed and not happy now as it was going so well.

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Fire off a CEO addressed email. Get some compo for not being disable friendly.

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I've managed to get the normal live chat working I had to use Google Chrome to see the button, so I think a human is now processing it.

Normally I can use a phone, hearing isn't hopeless but when I tried last week the line was too quiet so gave up.

So far I'm impressed how easy it is going on live chat, I tried WhatsApp and they have never replied in over 2 weeks. Lol

Edit - all done that took all afternoon!

Edit 2 - just got the email confirmation and a phone call at the same time so I guess that'll be VM trying to keep me, I'm not answering it. I'm expecting the mobile to ring next!

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The NHS waiting lists in Wales are so massive that they have started to use private doctors and nurses inside NHS hospitals in the evenings and weekends to try to clear the backlog.

Treatment? No. Just invite you by phone to attend a consultation (with a clerk).

I just took our daughter for her "consultation", today, a Sunday.

Confirm name, address and DOB. Are you still having the problem? Yes, so we can only offer you an endoscopy in about 2 years. Do you wish to go ahead? We'll add you to the list, goodbye.

All that could have been done with a short phonecall.

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I cancelled mine using the chat, it was very easy (and pretty quick).

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I tried WhatsApp but they never answered, my problem with live chat is it never gave me the option button in Vivaldi so I resorted to Chrome a browser I never normally use, but after that it was very easy, I just had to log into my account to pass security.

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got an E mail from Bill this morning, that's water bill £1031:( it'd be cheaper to have petrol coming out of the taps

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Somewhere, shareholders are planning their next Super Yacht purchase ;)

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Virgin media have put their prices up again , This is a disgrace.

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Seems like most Businesses/Companies are raising prices, it's up to the individual whether they pay the price or find a cheaper alternative ;)

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That seems quite high - our latest bill is £549 for the year (up from last year, as we are using more water).

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Our water bill is going up 9.7% to £1195.81 a year. :mad:

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A bit difficult with water…

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Plenty of bottles in the shops/supermarkets. ;)

Technically you could argue its no different to Gas & Electricity.
You have multiple suppliers, even though its the same physical connection.