Is there anything left in Maplins?

They ask the driver. Or another person in the queue if there is one before boarding the bus. As they did before on-board announcements.

Similarly they tell the driver at which stop they want to get off This not only allows the driver to call their stop, but also alerts him to the fact that a blind person will be alighting at that particular stop and so he needs to allow more time for them to leave their seat and exit the vehicle. And not to do so until they've done this.

Simply relying on announcements alone would put the blind person at a disadvantage where they might be left on the bus in such circumstances.

michael adams

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On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:18:04 +0100, Andy Burns wro= te:

Last time I went into a Maplins, at full price, their electrical stuff w= as a sensible price, but their computer stuff was 10x what you could get= on Ebay. They wanted =A312 for a 1m USB lead. I walked out with a =A3=

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Skimmed milk tastes like water and not like milk.

Having drunk skimmed milk for the past 40 years I now find full fat milk somewhat unpleasant.

In the good old days when milk was mainly delivered in glass bottles to the doorstep the fat/cream formed a layer at the top and many people just separated it off first before drinkink/using the remainder.

These days the milk is homogenised so the fats don't separate out.

Quite. An estate built near here about 30 years ago doesn't have anything like enough parking for the cars people will inevitably have. Done deliberately at planning time. Which means they spill out onto surrounding roads which are already congested by parking.

But rather preferable to people shouting on their phones.

That's taking the piss. ;-)

I used to continuously have arguments about this last decade when I was involved in this stuff. : The development's next to a bus stop, so there's no parking places. Q But where will the residents put their cars? : They'll be using the buses. Q Yes, but where will they put their cars when they're using the buses? : They're student flats, they'll be walking to university. Q Yes, but where will they put the car that they've used to drive here in September and will drive away at half term/end of term? Cars cost thruppence happenny nowadays, Students Have Cars. etc.

Business Rates goes to the Government, Council Tax goes to the Council. (Some slight changes happening on that front, but that's essentiall it.)

Ah, I see what you mean. Was just curious because 100 quid isn't bad value if it's something like this:

I had a look through in case there's any components worth 'banking' just in case, but there's not much to make it worthwhile over getting if on-demand next day from Farnell/CPC if needed.

Theo

allowed parking

Yes, ~8:15am this morning, twice a day weekdays, sometimes more.

No we don't need to be, most know where we are and where we are going. But at night when it;s dark, cold and the windows are steamed up you don't always know where exactly you are and whther or not the next stop is closed . But at least they stop the stupid warning about the bus about to move while it was already moving.

True, they seemed to have cut out all school buses.

That is your choice.

Because they can live outside London in a nice big house and pay £5k+ a year to travel in on public trnasprot or drive in and pay for parking and have 2+ hours travel time.

Maybe that is why we are increasing the number of people living in London a nd other cities so we can have more of these £500k 1-2 bed flats rathe r than 6 bed house out in the sticks, because we need more people on public transport.

I've had people ask me what the bus is and they arent all blind either just can't see the bus number without putting their glasses on.

How do you think the blind know they are standing at a bus stop and not just a lamp post or telegraph pole ?

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nty of stock.

s a sensible price, but their computer stuff was 10x what you could get on Ebay. They wanted £12 for a 1m USB lead. I walked out with a £1 IEC connector.

Why did you buy a £1 IEC connector if you wanted a 1M USB lead ? they aren't really compatable.

And - as proved by the above exchange - never any thought for people who can't walk or use buses.

Why on earth would SWMBO chance her arm waiting at a bus stop, onluy to be told she can't get on *this* bus, because there's no space for the wheelchair.

Or, in 30 minutes, the next bus.

Or, after an hour, the bus after that.

(Bearing in mind this is how the DWP would require you to get to work).

Yes I do too, when I went to my parent I foiund it difficult to drink even in tea and that was just 3-4 years after moving out, I also found that I had gone from 3 spoons of sugar down to less than 1.5.

When I was at school I used to buy a pint of gold top milk, a ring of iced buns and a mars bar was better than spending the money on a school dinner.

I've tried the fully skimmed and the orange cap topped versions but can't drink those although I don't find soya milk too unpleasent but prefer 'proper milk'

the problem with buying that sort of stuff on eBay is the variable quality

I bought a 1.99 HDMI connector on eBay, failed within 3 months

in theory, I'm entitled to refund or replacement, by for such a sum it just too much hassle

tim

but how do they know that they aren't being lied to (deliberately or otherwise)

I often have people ask me questions about next bus/train and 30 seconds later I see them asking someone else

tim

but that cuts both ways ...

JOOI was it subject to any repeated plugging/unplugging ? Surely once it was "working" there's very little to deteriorate ?

by the same token, I've order some widgety things from eBay that failed, and the seller just straight refunded, rather than getting me to post it and having to refund that as well.

It had components inside

they obviously died

tim