Which they must also have - some roads are very narrow.
Yes, prolly, in which case the council would be able to say that the homeowner needs to have all that prepared otherwise the job won't get done.
On 23/07/2014 16:59, Ian Jackson wrote: ...
I have the same problem when I find I like something in M&S. I seem to be a very common size. However, I find I can usually get the size I want from their online store.
I had a car in the US with Onstar, which would remember a list of 'phone numbers, and dial them for you, by voice command. If you wanted to pay for the 'phone, of course, which I didn't need to, as I always had a mobile. The safety aspects of Onstar still worked (such as automatic call for help of the airbag deployed, and others, such as remote door unlocking if you left your keys inside).
Fred Dibnah would have approved!
You know what, I had a cuppa tea with him once when he turned up to film for one of his programmes and I forgot to mention it, Though the reason was probably it was difficult to get a word in edgeways . I did manage to tell him about my Great Grandfather who had about half dozen traction engines and rollers at one time between the wars.
G.Harman
Upon eventually finding something acceptable, or jotting down the code to find it on line, this then results in buying several identical copies "I'll never see it again. What would I do when it wears out?".
Chris
Last year, SWMBO and I went to our local shopping centre, with a list of
4 specific items we wanted. We came home with none, as they were either out of stock, or for the clothes, not in the size required.Only last week, I wanted a new pair of sandals. I knew the make and design I wanted, and noticed that the Brantano next to Sainsburys where we shop was a stockist. So after shopping, I popped in, and had a look. I couldn't find it, so I asked. After 10 minutes it was confirmed they had no stock in, and the next nearest branch didn't either.
Got home, googled, found a supplier whose price *with* P&P was the same as the instore price would have been. Two clicks, and they were delivered Tuesday.
Why should we care if the High Street dies ?
I've just found a service which can send letters from email/pdfs, for a small fee on top of the stamp. I can even send a letter without having to go to the postbox now ;)
I wanted a specific Airfix kit, one of the 'Engine' series, and thought to give our local toy/model shop the opportunity of selling it to me. He took my order, and then nothing happened. 'Phone calls got responses such as 'My Dad's ill, he hasn't had a chance to pick it up', and similar. Eventually, it turned up, but I will never go to that shop again.
Stores aren't helping themselves ... asking for an item, the default answer after a perfunctory search is "you can order it on our website" ... well yes, I can. But the fact I am standing in your ****ing store is a clue that maybe I didn't want to (immediate satisfaction is a powerful human motivation ;) ).
Seems to happen all the time.
The only pleaseant surprise I had was buying a new pair of walking shoes and a pair of "summer" shoes. I work in Drury Lane, and there are loads of hiking stores around here and one actually had a good range of wide fitting for people with clown's feet :)
The summer shoes came from the Dr Martens store nearby.
It is getting that way.
Although I just found a good hardware store in Cranbrook with a Dulux mixing station which is handy - and he even returned my call in I've just found a service which can send letters from email/pdfs, for a
It's just the sheer lack of enterprise that leaves me gobsmacked.
OK - work, yesterday. Walk from Drury Land to ULCC in Russel Sq (10 mins) to work on a server fitting new RAM. Computer room is not *that* cool, when you are lugging stuff about.
Walked back having decided to go and get some rack rails from my office to fix something else that caught my eye.
Went in 4 independent coffee/sandwich shops and asked for an iced coffee of some description. "No, sorry". "We used to". "Can do but it will take a while to cool something down".
FFS.
Went back with the rails, finished the job, and dropped in Pret a Manger and got an iced frappe in < 3 minutes and it was bloody delicious.
Told the bloke my sorry tale and he said "their loss is our gain - iced coffees have been flying out of Pret's door all day!"
Retards - the lot of them!
s if they go shopping for you.
I have a friend that does that for the council and gets paid about ~£6.60 an hour, or a few P above the minium wage. He gets £7 an hour for handing out fliers outside of Koko (camden palace) and other music venues like pubs and clubs.
My answer to an offer to order it for me is "So can I, and for half the price."
IME, the Brits, despite being "a nation of shopkeepers" have always been like this.
Is that why all the tea shops close at tea time? ;-)
Chris
Try them online. Often 30% codes around plus cashback from TopCashBack.
Bank staff go to lunch at lunch-time ...
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