OT: Tes**'s, relentless onslaught ..?

I would certainly wear a shirt and tie (no black suit: don't own one) to a funeral but not to show off my best or because I enjoy wearing a tie - I'm not unhappy wearing a tie either. It's just a marking of saying that I regard this as an occasion of note, not just like another trip to Wickes.

If a bus driver comes to a funeral in uniform because he's just got off shift I have no problem with that. If someone's scruffy appearance just reflects the fact that they couldn't be bothered to make a little effort, then perhaps I might - though I'd still rather they be there than not and I would be upset at the notion of someone staying away because they didn't own the 'right' clothes.

Reply to
Tony Bryer
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Well said. My immediate family are completely in tune with my wishes.

Reply to
Andy Hall

And if they like wearing black to a funeral ...

Reply to
Mary Fisher

They might have different ideas in private LOL!

Mary

Reply to
Mary Fisher

Tthat's my feeling too.

An RAF son is only allowed to wear his uniform in such civil ceremonies, he always does, it's the highest mark of respect he has. I'd be very happy for a bus driver to wear his uniform for the same reason. They do at the Cenotaph ...

Mary

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Reply to
Mary Fisher

Then so be it as well, as long as it's not mine....

Reply to
Andy Hall

The UK defines a monopoly as 25% of the market and has made stiff rules to ensure that Tesco sell off store locations to keep it below that figure. You might be right about grocery stores - but it does take active government rulings.

Now explain Microsoft's monopoly and also explain why the government must always intervene to keep Tesco down.

Reply to
John Cartmell

nah. We're all in agreement on this issue.

Reply to
Andy Hall

Our ancient VCR packed up 3 wks ago. A new one was about £70 in a local shop. When I mumbled he dropped the price to £49.... to get rid of it. Not much interest in VCR's any more, but £49 for the little bit of tv time-shifting I need is good vfm.

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Tony Williams

T i m wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Does this help? :-)

Reply to
Rod

Thanks for that.

Mary

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Mary Fisher

I'd have just bought another. However, this philosophy broke down on me last month, when her lounge TV broke, with what looked to me like a LOPT/psu failure. As this set is in a wooden cabinet of fixed size, I was slowly getting round to consider fixing it when the time came. But, the local noise level became unbearable and I was taken to the TV shops with a steel rule and after measuring umpteen TV sets, I was unlucky enough to find one that would fit the cabinet. By a strange irony, this was the cheapest set I had seen all day! So, I struggle in with this 28"

4x3 tv(much easier to read teletext on) and duly install it. A week later I look at the old set on the bench, take the back off--sympathise with the poor sods who had to build it and start to check it out with the power on. Agh!! The fault wasn't the LOPT/PSU, but a mains switch with lousy self resetting contacts, which go open circuit after 15 seconds, when the picture appearing increases the current flow through the contacts! Then comes the fun bit of extracting the mains switch, shorting the contacts( set normally runs from remotely switched supplies) and rebuilding the assembly. That's when I discover the dry joints which have been there since day one in the audio. It is not possible to run the audio with the back off with out extending the speaker leads, so that was the next job. I had the back (with 8 screw) off that damn set about 8 times before I had sorted out all the dry joint, intermittent connectors problems. So, where do you put a spare 28"tv that you might need one day? Definitely not upstairs! The last one nearly killed me.

Regards Capitol

Reply to
Capitol

£380 mill is irrelevant? My oh my. Morrison's are no. 4 in the UK in supermarkets, and have yet to consolidate the merging of two supermarkets.
Reply to
Doctor Drivel

Not in the nearest to me there is not. It is always packed. And the shelves are not full of Yorkshire pies either. The stock is pretty well the same as what the other big three sell......but cheaper.

Reply to
Doctor Drivel

Wokingham? I went there once and it was shut.

Reply to
Doctor Drivel

Yes - we have good CCTV systems and I expect that you are in the database, so word will have got around.

Every Monday morning at 10.00 the siren at Broadmoor is tested and is within earshot, so people are quite used to locking away their daughters and their cats at short notice.

Reply to
Andy Hall

I can see why the institution was located in such a place.

Reply to
Doctor Drivel

Ever an optimist. The first purpose of a company is to make good profit for its shareholders and to create reasonable dividend or increase the share value on the market. The second is to show growth and good management.

Morrisons have failed at all of these.

- Profits are less than expectation and management forecasts. It isn't the amount that matters but doing what you say you will do or exceeding it. People don't want to hear profit warnings.

- management has demonstrably not been in control of the business

- share price has fallen.

- the so called merging is still not complete.

When it hits the bottom, it might be interesting to buy if one believes that things can improve. Personally, I don't think it will so I will be investing elsewhere. Ladbrokes would probably offer a safer bet.

Reply to
Andy Hall

There are always exceptions.

Reply to
Andy Hall

If they ever manage it. Safeway's seem to be giving them indigestion.

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Bob Eager

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