Rds1983 Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 Kids lunches at places like health centres. Just got the little one his lunch from one, a kids sandwich box. Was asked what flavour crisps and what chocolate bar do you want? I asked if there was a healthy snack he could have instead like a banana or an apple but there wasn't a single option. Plenty of junk food and ice cream though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 hours ago, sidcow said: Yesterday was a day of prequels. Probably Sunday will be a day of Summary. Monday a brief review. Hopefully they will have it out of their system by Tuesday. I'm not anti Royal like seemingly everyone on here* but it's way way too much. Nor am I a rabid# Royal follower. More of a moderate. # I have suspicions about Mrs Sidcow though. Moderately pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Moderately pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 I use opera browser on mobile devices. It's just had an update and now the copy link address for images has disappeared so. I have to hit extra buttons to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: I use opera browser on mobile devices. It's just had an update and now the copy link address for images has disappeared so. I have to hit extra buttons to find it. If anyone knows how to get a link to a picture on safari/ios, tell me your secrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, Seat68 said: If anyone knows how to get a link to a picture on safari/ios, tell me your secrets. Actually I've discovered it seems to. Be Google search images which is the issue. Have the same issue when searching images with Google on Chrome but when you get to an actual picture on a website the link button appears, and when searching for images using Ecosia the button is also there.. So it is only google image search which has changed, and only on my tablet, works fine on my phone. It's highly flipping annoying though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Seat68 said: If anyone knows how to get a link to a picture on safari/ios, tell me your secrets. Hold your thumb on the image until the dialogue box pops up, select Copy. Go to Safari address bar and paste. It’ll give you the address. Select all and copy that again and you have a link. Cant get it to work if the image is a hyperlink though. Edited April 17, 2021 by a m ole 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, a m ole said: Hold your thumb on the image until the dialogue box pops up, select Copy. Go to Safari address bar and paste. It’ll give you the address. Select all and copy that again and you have a link. Cant get it to work if the image is a hyperlink though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2021 7 hours ago, bickster said: I am home alone all weekend. I have record shopping planned but today various work departments have gone into minor meltdown and need my advice. It's delaying my plans grrrr! Well that was a right royal f*** up of a day Packed bag with wallet, record bags etc to head to town. Immediately I close the door, I think I've gone and left my house keys on my desk, shite! RIng the landlord, he cant find his keys, ah bollocks, I'm about to drive to London, to get the spare set off the missus when the landlord phones me to say he's found them, thats only a 4 hour round trip to Derbyshire and off I go. Make it back to Liverpool, and in the record shop, I pull out my plastic bags for records and my keys pop out at the same time. Oh well it was a nice drive and I still bought some records. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 Amazon telling me that my order of a new mouse is expected to be delivered today by 9 - 10PM. I'll probably be conked out on the sofa by then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, bickster said: Well that was a right royal f*** up of a day Packed bag with wallet, record bags etc to head to town. Immediately I close the door, I think I've gone and left my house keys on my desk, shite! RIng the landlord, he cant find his keys, ah bollocks, I'm about to drive to London, to get the spare set off the missus when the landlord phones me to say he's found them, thats only a 4 hour round trip to Derbyshire and off I go. Make it back to Liverpool, and in the record shop, I pull out my plastic bags for records and my keys pop out at the same time. Oh well it was a nice drive and I still bought some records. So what did you purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, theboyangel said: So what did you purchase? I shall start posting in t'album thread shortly. There's not a lot of newer stuff out there tbh, record shops are still waiting on delivery. The manager of HMV said they had a delivery today but they haven't had a chance to put the 18 new boxes of vinyl out yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 40 minutes ago, bickster said: I shall start posting in t'album thread shortly. There's not a lot of newer stuff out there tbh, record shops are still waiting on delivery. The manager of HMV said they had a delivery today but they haven't had a chance to put the 18 new boxes of vinyl out yet. Cripes, how much vinyl are HMV shifting these days? Last time 8 went in they probably only had 30 or 40 titles altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 minute ago, sidcow said: Cripes, how much vinyl are HMV shifting these days? Last time 8 went in they probably only had 30 or 40 titles altogether. Shitloads more. Vast majority of it overpriced too. I only buy cheap stuff in there unless I'm absolutely desperate Much more floorspace given over to vinyl now and there's even a reggae section, jazz section a HUGE metal selection, dance section and bog standard rock and pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Shitloads more. Vast majority of it overpriced too. I only buy cheap stuff in there unless I'm absolutely desperate Much more floorspace given over to vinyl now and there's even a reggae section, jazz section a HUGE metal selection, dance section and bog standard rock and pop Wow, but yes when I last looked it was all overpriced. HMW have a massive store now in Brum at the old Toys'R'Us. I think they sell loads of Vinyl there but never been in. I think I mentioned about an old mate of mine in the 80s clubbing thread who is now a DJ. I have actually been in touch with him and it turns out he's developed an online vinyl store. Originated when he reduced his personal record collection from 4,000 to 1,000 and I guess developed a reputation/contacts through that and has developed it into a business. Edited April 17, 2021 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I always found vinyl shopping in HMV a bit soulless if I'm honest, it serves a purpose in that if you want a new release or a big album or a back to black reissue then they'll have it but if you want to spend 30 mins to an hour going through everything in the belief that you'll find a gem for the collection then HMV isn't the place If you want Kings of Leon new album they'll have it, if you want the reissue of the old ones they'll have it but you'll never flick through K thinking that today might be the day that you'll find an original of their first EP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The big HMV in Birmingham used to be half decent for dance music vinyl, I picked up loads of decent hard house and trance there in the late 90’s. Nothing rare but good for stocking up on music that was getting played in the clubs on the weekends. The best record shop for my taste was Hard to Find Records, I loved spending Saturday afternoons in there listening my way through stacks of new vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I always found vinyl shopping in HMV a bit soulless if I'm honest Absolutely, but every now and again you'll find something you've been looking for for ages that nowhere else has. Today I found Future Days by Can. Looked for a copy in many shops well before lockdown 1. Today in HMV - £17 when everything else is £22 but it wasn't even on offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted April 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18, 2021 13 hours ago, trekka said: Amazon telling me that my order of a new mouse is expected to be delivered today by 9 - 10PM. I'll probably be conked out on the sofa by then! Good news is that it turned up at about 7.45 PM. Bad news is that the box was huge and completely unnecessary. Why do Amazon in particular feel the need to send small items in large boxes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, trekka said: Good news is that it turned up at about 7.45 PM. Bad news is that the box was huge and completely unnecessary. Why do Amazon in particular feel the need to send small items in large boxes? It's simply not a metric for them, it's all about time, so the drone picking the item will chuck it in to the most suitable item that's close enough that they're not going to get pulled up for being a few seconds too slow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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