Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Coins should have Lego studs on them. Instead of loose change in your pocket you could have a roll of coins. Great for the elderly. Keep 1 weeks pension with you in the shape of a walking stick. Trust me................this one's a winner. If you keep enough 1p and 2p's one could build a house ? It not alone provides the elderly with much needed support it solves the housing crisis in one go also. You can start by building a bench with a roof and expand from there, add a flap or a door. Get DIY SOS "The big build" in. Genius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I've got a new pound coin! It's nice and shiny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 6, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2017 22 hours ago, limpid said: How will advertisers pay for VillaTalk when we go back to barter? Wait 'til you see what I've got to offer when it comes round to donations renewal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) I was just recalling when I was a little boy, my grandmother showed me how to roll clean socks up into a convenient ball before putting them in my dresser drawer. Edited April 7, 2017 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) @maqroll Do you find it strange that over here we change (excuse the pun) from coins to notes at £5 ($6.21)? You change (excuse the pun) from coins to notes at $1, right? That's roughly 80p to us which I find a very low amount to be making the coin to note change (excuse the pun). I'll be very interested to hear your opinion on this. Edited April 7, 2017 by Paddywhack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 14:40, Paddywhack said: I've got a new pound coin! It's nice and shiny. Have you spent it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 38 minutes ago, Xela said: Have you spent it yet? Yes, sadly. Someone owed me £59 and they gave me £60. It was the only pound coin I had for the change but I thought it'd be nice to give someone else there first new pound coin too. Life goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 8, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2017 I've just got one. It came out of a vending machine (train ticket machine) as change. This leads me to the question, are vending machines automatically ready for the new £1 coin? If so, then this is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I've just got one. It came out of a vending machine (train ticket machine) as change. This leads me to the question, are vending machines automatically ready for the new £1 coin? If so, then this is good. Some are, a lot aren't. A lot of shopping trolleys aren't ready as well as I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 None of them are automatically ready, a surprising amount of dev and QA work goes in to ensuring that they can accept the right coins without being easily tricked with other objects. In some cases (mostly very old machines), a hardware upgrade was needed. Most of them just needed a software update, but you'd be surprised by how rare it is in the UK for them to be networked, so the software updates have mostly required blokes with USB sticks driving around the country updating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I just stood up but decided to sit down again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Lovely day outside but i'm stuck indoors reading VT in my underpants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Xela said: Lovely day outside but i'm stuck indoors reading VT in my underpants. Snap. I'm gonna listen to the match, then head out to the club for the Grand National. Not planning on putting my kecks on till then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2017 Life was getting pretty dull, so for this week's 'big shop' I decided to try benecol instead of actimel, because what's life without a risk or 2 ? They were on special and I'm crazy like that. Turns out the evil benecol contains 2 artificial sweeteners which I could instantly taste as the wretched stuff hit my tongue and throat. Doesn't even warn you on the packaging. So yes, they're disgusting and that's my risk taking done for another year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 You don't like sweet things hitting the back of your throat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 My fascination with the new £1 coin has only slightly withered. It still feels a bit special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2017 25 minutes ago, V01 said: You don't like sweet things hitting the back of your throat... They have to be naturally sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 You tease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 9, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, V01 said: You tease Always natural yoghurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 That's disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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