HanoiVillan Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 You pretend you eat Kit-Kats, yet you're clearly addicted to Twix. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Twix dont taste as good as they used to, much more tastier before when they were called raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 37 minutes ago, Ikantcpell said: Twix dont taste as good as they used to, much more tastier before when they were called raiders. Never been into twix. Can't ever remember them being called raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Never been into twix. Can't ever remember them being called raiders. Raiders was a European name.... always been Twix in the UK as far as i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Twix’s are tiny now, pisses me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, Xela said: Raiders was a European name.... always been Twix in the UK as far as i know. Raiders in the US, as well. I'm surprised they haven't changed it here. I remember going to the States and being amused that they called Marathons by the absurd name of Snickers. A couple of years later... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 update: it was a Wispa this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I really only have cash so I've got coins for the venders at work. I also feel I need to keep something in the coin bit of my wallet otherwise it feels a bit redundant. Otherwise it's card all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 13 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I really only have cash so I've got coins for the venders at work. I also feel I need to keep something in the coin bit of my wallet otherwise it feels a bit redundant. Otherwise it's card all the way. Vending machines. In over four decades I think I've used them about 10 times, probably all as a teenager at the local swimming pool. Despite their convenience, I try to avoid paying more than double for what I can get elsewhere with just a bit of forethought. It's the same as buying confectionary from petrol stations or the cinema. Do I want a single chocolate bar for £1+? No thanks, I've already bought a pack, the equivalent of 2 or 3 single bars, for a quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2017 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Raiders in the US, as well. I'm surprised they haven't changed it here. I remember going to the States and being amused that they called Marathons by the absurd name of Snickers. A couple of years later... ***$ You Starburst, you will forever be Opal Fruits 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 1 hour ago, brommy said: Vending machines. In over four decades I think I've used them about 10 times, probably all as a teenager at the local swimming pool. Despite their convenience, I try to avoid paying more than double for what I can get elsewhere with just a bit of forethought. It's the same as buying confectionary from petrol stations or the cinema. Do I want a single chocolate bar for £1+? No thanks, I've already bought a pack, the equivalent of 2 or 3 single bars, for a quid. I hate vending machines. Not only the prices but the fact i've been robbed by them in about 50% of my dealings with them. I stand there helplessly as my 85p chipsticks hang on for dear life in the machine. I leave knowing the next person in the queue is going to double up on the salt and vinegar snacks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2017 9 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: I'm not saying I never pay on card, I'd just rather pay cash. Why spend money out your bank if you have it on you, I'd rather my bank build up. It annoys the **** out of me when the missus goes the shop and pays £3 on the card when we have it lying about the house. I've always been like it plus you know what you're spending when you pay in cash. You can't keep track of what you're spending on card. I don’t think that answers the question. But ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2017 Yep, the only reason I ever have change these days is for the coffee machine at work and for the car parks in Sutton that only take coins. Pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2017 9 hours ago, bickster said: I could just as easily walk into a bank with cash and pay those into the corresponding accounts. Yeah but why would you do that in 2017? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 13 hours ago, JB said: I get annoyed if I even have to use my card these days, rather than my phone. The epitaph of the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 We really need to think a little bit about this seemingly inexorable move towards a 'cashless' society rather than plodding on like Gumbys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted November 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2017 This shit pisses me off: Quote A POLICE sergeant has adorned his armed response vehicles with poppies ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Sergeant Lee Baker, aged 45, from Worcester, attached the decals to three of his police cars as a tribute to the country's war dead. He was originally inspired after seeing a post on social media by Lincolnshire officers who had put poppies on their cars. Sergeant Baker, of Worcestershire's Operations Patrol Unit, said: "The whole thing is a bit of an experiment really. "Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the World War One and my aim would be to have a corporate rollout of these symbols on the entire West Mercia and Warwickshire marked vehicle fleet. "It is sometimes not easy for operational officers to stop on Armistice Day or Remembrance Sunday and pay their respects. "By having a poppy on our vehicles, we are demonstrating our continued recognition of the sacrifice made by so many." The sergeant spoke with a superintendent in Lincolnshire and then bought the last few remaining decals from the supplier. He put the poppies on his vehicles on Wednesday after receiving permission to carry out the tribute from chief officers. His fleet includes BMW X5s and the cars provide cover to north and south Worcestershire and are regularly seen in Worcester. The decals are due to stay on until one week after Remembrance Sunday. How on earth have we survived and remembered the dead in various wars in the past without the poppy symbol being so ubiquitous? The decals are due to stay on until one week after Remembrance Sunday - and next year they'll be on for another week and a few years later they'll be on there in October and in a few years more they'll be on there permanently 'just because...'. I've never been a fan of the poppy as a symbol because, from my earliest exposure to it, it's been the stamping boot of the conformist establishment (they couldn't give the first shit about people giving up their lives as long as their own lives, livelihoods and wealth has been maintained) but I understand that other people see it in a different way and that's fine. If you want to wear it then you should feel free to and you should do it. But don't shove it down people's throats and make people wear it and stick it on public vehicles as decals and make everyone who goes on a TV programme wear one and have its period of use extended like any other commercial period (christmas/easter and all the rest of the bollocks). And what's wrong with a bloody paper one that you actually give a quid to the RBL for? No, I'll have a shiny bloody brooch. "What's the RBL anyway?" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 It's 19F in Maine tonight. Winter is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 7 hours ago, maqroll said: It's 19F in Maine tonight. Winter is here. I'm a bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 12, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah but why would you do that in 2017? Why would you trust your bank account details being stored by third parties in less than totally secure environments in any year? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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