Tesco Discussion Chats & Grabbits 11+ Xmas/NY (Incorporating HC's Glitch & B1tch Pub)

caz2703

meerkatsmimm wrote: »

Oh I'd love to find these in my local but I'm not hopeful....didn't realise NI had so many bargains....perhaps I will have the baby in Belfast after all ....pick up all the glitches

It's swings and roundabouts. Our biggest stores over here would be dwarfed by those across the water. There's many things I've never come across over here such as the Lumie Lights, the cheap hoovers and loads of the electricals. My mum always wondered why you guys in England had some many bargains compared to us and here's my thinking. The population of NI is around the 2 million mark so even an Extra store is only catering to maybe a couple hundred thousand at best. Imagine how many people a normal store in London caters to. When I was in Essex with the ex visiting his family I remember driving past a massive store. I think it may have been in Romford (his family were Brentwood) but I know ex said it was massive compared to our big Extra in Belfast.

I guess the reason we find some many bargains is that the stock in our stores doesn't change too much and there's not so much to scope out so if something new appears it gets put in the trolley to be price checked. The TS3 things were up high on a shelf but did have the £1 SEL though the wind-up Woody was just sitting there so I had to adopt him

Two quick questions:

Cream for making butter - does it have to be double or can it be whipping or single or ..? Saw some Baileys cream yesterday but didn't think it would work too well!

OOD SELs for today - I only recall seeing on going OOD yesterday but can't remember what it was for as I did a mad dash across 3 stores. Can anyone remember what may be OOD today as the hangovers will hopefully make for good glitching.

And on a final note, I've noticed a lot of stuff with * on the SELs. Examples: TS3 Ready Bed, electricals including a Sony portable DVD player, Me To You Xmas stuff. Has anyone price-checked any of it? I tried a MTY Xmas cushion but still scanning at £9.xx.

Westvleteren

wirehair wrote: »

Right can I have some help here please .Re Butter .

Just whisked the cream untill its so thick its stuck to the whisk . what to do now .

keep whisking I think. It should come slack again, then you stop. You should get a liquid which is the buttermilk

caz2703

QPR10 wrote: »

Aren't there any day out things for the kids or annual passes to attractions on there. Saving mine for a nice stay in a Marriott Hotel

Here's the list for NI: http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/browse.aspx?N=4294966493

Only the Ark Open Farm is close by and suitable for the kids.

Not much for us over here

SpiralingDown

Hoping to pursuade mum to go to a Mr T today but have to check what time they open at.

Didn't get anything last night at Kn0cknag0n3y, got my refund after much discussion with CS and getting a duplicate reciept, which they told me I couldn't get because had to be within 24hrs but when I told them HO CS said that it was within 7 days they said must be new policy but told them it was a least 2 months old as I got one in November they weren't happy and told me not to let anyone know or they'd be swamped with people asking for the same.

Felt very rushed in it though as they kept announcing how long until store closed and DS didn't want to be locked in

meerkatsmimm

Ah, but my local stores consist of 3/4 the size of y'gate/b'bridge and 2/3 kinda like Lisburn and 1 that I'd compare to knock'ney
there are a few bigger ones again but 40-50 miles away...we moved here cos it reminded us so much of NI
Now to convince MIL to go a-bargain hunting in her local :j

caz2703 wrote: »

It's swings and roundabouts. Our biggest stores over here would be dwarfed by those across the water. There's many things I've never come across over here such as the Lumie Lights, the cheap hoovers and loads of the electricals. My mum always wondered why you guys in England had some many bargains compared to us and here's my thinking. The population of NI is around the 2 million mark so even an Extra store is only catering to maybe a couple hundred thousand at best. Imagine how many people a normal store in London caters to. When I was in Essex with the ex visiting his family I remember driving past a massive store. I think it may have been in Romford (his family were Brentwood) but I know ex said it was massive compared to our big Extra in Belfast.

I guess the reason we find some many bargains is that the stock in our stores doesn't change too much and there's not so much to scope out so if something new appears it gets put in the trolley to be price checked. The TS3 things were up high on a shelf but did have the £1 SEL though the wind-up Woody was just sitting there so I had to adopt him

Two quick questions:

Cream for making butter - does it have to be double or can it be whipping or single or ..? Saw some Baileys cream yesterday but didn't think it would work too well!

OOD SELs for today - I only recall seeing on going OOD yesterday but can't remember what it was for as I did a mad dash across 3 stores. Can anyone remember what may be OOD today as the hangovers will hopefully make for good glitching.

And on a final note, I've noticed a lot of stuff with * on the SELs. Examples: TS3 Ready Bed, electricals including a Sony portable DVD player, Me To You Xmas stuff. Has anyone price-checked any of it? I tried a MTY Xmas cushion but still scanning at £9.xx.

QPR10

Re public toilets, a friend sent me this a while ago

When you have to visit a public toilet, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the cubicle doors..

Every cubicle is occupied.

Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the cubicle. You get in to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter, the wait has been so long you are about to wet your pants!

The dispenser for the modern 'seat covers' (invented by someone's Mum, no doubt) is handy, but empty.

You would hang your bag on the door hook, if there was one, so you carefully, but quickly drape it around your neck, (Mum would turn over in her grave if you put it on the FLOOR!) down with your pants and assume ' The Stance.

In this position, your aging, toneless, thigh muscles begin to shake. You'd love to sit down, but having not taken time to wipe the seat or to lay toilet paper on it, you hold 'The Stance.'

To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser.



In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, 'Dear, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet paper!' Your thighs shake more.

You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday - the one that's still in your bag (the bag around your neck, that now you have to hold up trying not to strangle yourself at the same time). That would have to do, so you crumple it in the puffiest way possible. It's still smaller than your thumbnail.

Someone pushes your door open because the latch doesn't work.

The door hits your bag, which is hanging around your neck in front of your chest and you and your bag topple backward against the tank of the toilet.

'Occupied!' you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, while losing your footing altogether and sliding down directly onto the TOILET SEAT. It is wet of course.

You bolt up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ and life form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toilet paper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try.

You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, because you're certain her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly, dear, 'You just don't KNOW what kind of diseases you could get.

By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so confused that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a fire hose against the inside of the bowl and spraying a fine mist of water that covers your bum and runs down your legs and into your shoes.

The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force and you grab onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in too.

At this point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a sweet wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks.

You can't figure out how to operate the taps with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and walk past the line of women still waiting
You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at the very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe. (Where was that when you NEEDED it?)

You yank the paper from your shoe, plonk it in the woman's hand and tell her warmly, 'Here, you just might need this.
As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used and left the men's toilet. Annoyed, he asks, 'What took you so long and why is your bag hanging around your neck?

This is dedicated to women everywhere who deal with any public toilets. It finally explains to the men what really does take us so long.

It also answers that other commonly asked question about why women go to the toilets in pairs. It's so the other girl can hold the door, hang onto your bag and hand you Kleenex under the door.

SpiralingDown

caz2703 wrote: »

Here's the list for NI: http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/browse.aspx?N=4294966493

Only the Ark Open Farm is close by and suitable for the kids.

Not much for us over here

Looks like they've improved the list, last time I looked there was only 3 things for families and they were the American folk park, ulster folk and transport museum and somewhere else too far for me to consider driving to but will have to check the list out when I get my next batch of vouchers.

QPR10

caz2703 wrote: »

Here's the list for NI: http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/browse.aspx?N=4294966493

Only the Ark Open Farm is close by and suitable for the kids.

Not much for us over here

I think we should all move to Scotland, they seem to get the best glitches & bargains there

wirehair

Westvleteren wrote: »

keep whisking I think. It should come slack again, then you stop. You should get a liquid which is the buttermilk

Wow thanks , I just made butter :j
will have another go later with the other pint of cream thats just about to go OOD , overstocked again this year . Was just about to tip it down the sink.:eek:

lindos90

Well a very disapointing trip to Ch&sterfi&ld extra last night. No woopsies at all:(. Must have missed it. All meat Jan 3rd or later, none knocked down, same for fruit and veg. Workers just turning boxes over where there was no produce, not a reduced sticker anywhere.

Very little Christmas stuff left either, and nothing better than half price. Pah, most of that was half price before Christmas anyway! (Im so tight even 50% doesnt get me doing no more!! :rotfl:)

Happy new year to all the 11+ers, and keeping my fingers crossed that today is the day for Sunshine, I remember the 'very pregnant' feeling SO well, Im sure you will have your baby in your arms soon:)

My new years resolution is to be braver and buy more glitches (dispite my OH claiming we have enough already!), and not to dilly dally and miss things (im already regretting not buying more OEP as my stock of wraps has been depleted over Christmas)

Take care all, and Im really looking forward to finding my own glitch to share with you all, so I can start to contribute properly on here as well as just asking for advice!:)