Stevo985 Posted September 15, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted September 15, 2017 Actually I did order the faster processor than the base model, and I remember the delivery date going out by a week because of that. So maybe the base model would have come from closer to home, but when they add stuff it has to be customised. I found it vaguely interesting to follow it's journey though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Just now, Stevo985 said: Actually I did order the faster processor than the base model, and I remember the delivery date going out by a week because of that. So maybe the base model would have come from closer to home, but when they add stuff it has to be customised. I found it vaguely interesting to follow it's journey though I used Amazon now service when it launched (as it had a £10 off offer) and it was really cool watching the parcel on the tracker leave Birmingham and come up the M42 and round my town to my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 In bed reading today's papers. Now that's what you call burning the candle at both ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2017 McVities have reduced the number of jaffa cakes in a packet from 12 to 10 (24 to 20 in the twin packs). This is wrong; I always eat jaffa cakes four at a time. Five is too many, three not enough. Therefore I will be boycotting the McVities version in future, and have embarked on a sampling project of various supermarkets' generic brands (all of which are still adhering to the correct 12/24 standard). So far, I have tried: Aldi - slightly smoother, darker chocolate, more intense orange flavour - but also a tad smaller. Morrisons - somewhere between the McVities and the Aldi in style. Currently my leading contender. I have an unopened packet of Lidl JCs in the cupboard, next up for tasting. I will report back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 You could buy 2 packets and it solves your problem? Although I guess it is a boycott on principle now as a stand against corporate greed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blandy Posted October 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2017 I had a puncture on my front bike tyre tonight. That's 2 wednesdays out of 3 it's happened. Might need to get some new tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Xela said: You could buy 2 packets and it solves your problem? Although I guess it is a boycott on principle now as a stand against corporate greed I have of course considered the lowest common denominators and highest common multiples, whereby I could buy two twin packs of 20, giving me 40 JCs, 10 x 4 JC servings. But some of these would cross over the cellophane tube threshold, causing considerable inconvenience. So, no, McVities, I'm done with you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I've just applied some leather protector to a pair of old brown shoes. The leather was so cracked and dry that it really just drank the protector right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2018 Because I only ever look at VT on my phone so the avatars are a bit small, I thought @wazzap24‘s avatar was Nick Clegg. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 21 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Because I only ever look at VT on my phone so the avatars are a bit small, I thought @wazzap24‘s avatar was Nick Clegg. What kind of weirdo do you think I am? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 50 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: What kind of weirdo do you think I am? Now that is commitment to a joke! Bravo, Sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 Apologies for not keeping you all up to date on my jaffa cake research. I do hope you are not cross with me for the delay. You may recall that the current league leaders are Morrisons jaffa cakes, due to their competitive price, and correct use of twelve-cake tubes, rather than the frankly unacceptable switch to tens perpetrated by McVities. Well, I have even better news. I have now sampled the even cheaper (currently 89p for 12) Morrisons Savers version, and I am delighted to announce that, despite the utilitarian packaging, they are exactly the same. I will be stocking up. Thank you for your attention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I hit pause on a Netflix show, exactly half way through, to the second. Never done that before. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, wazzap24 said: I hit pause on a Netflix show, exactly half way through, to the second. Never done that before. Can I have your autograph? I once finished exactly halfway down the field in a ten mile race. There were 326 runners ahead of me and 326 behind. Edited January 25, 2018 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 They call him Mike “Median” Mooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 Everyone else is asleep, I'm sitting outside with a bourbon and no idea what to do next.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2018 The office-plant is my size, including the pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Can I have your autograph? I once finished exactly halfway down the field in a ten mile race. There were 326 runners ahead of me and 326 hehind. That is FAR more impressive Mr Mooney. I must admit, I was rather more excited than I should have been about the pause thing. I even called my 20 year old lad down to show him mandems not impressed apparently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 58 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said: Everyone else is asleep, I'm sitting outside with a bourbon and no idea what to do next.... Ask them what it's like to be agnatically descended from Henry IV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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