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freddies_flyers_two wrote: »

Most only know each other from here, some are related and some have met through chatting on here, its the friendliest board ever and genuinely entertaining. But be warned you are in jeopardy of leaving your 'realitysocial life' behind as this virtual one is way better!!!

Sounds good to me! you have all been so welcoming! x

streetlights

fourp wrote: »

it's a corker of a cake , lovely nuts and moist sponge ...sorry streetlights .:(

oh that's just cruel my mouth watered reading it. you should work for M&S.

fourp

catch you later folks , I'm off out ..for the count .

I've an important day tomorrow trying to blow out the Olympic torch ...I hope the runner isn't quick on his daps .

zippydooda

zippydooda wrote: »

remind me gang, upto what value can you scan a voucher on self service without it calling for sa. i know ours only take 2 and i think its upto £2. i seem to have 2 vouchers of £3 for whisky;)

izzeyb wrote: »

I have a friend who works on the SS tills.

29.9p in the £, if you spend £1 and scan a 30p coupon, it will call for assistance.

ie £1.71 will take a 50p coupon, £3.42 will take a £1 coupon, without authorisation.

Some SS tills call for authorisation at the second coupon, some are set to ask at the third - it is store dependant, but ALL are set at the 29.9 p in the £. HTH

so i should be ok to use 2 £3 vouchers on the 2 for £23 whisky. as 29.9% of £23 is about £6.90

fourp

streetlights wrote: »

oh that's just cruel my mouth watered reading it. you should work for M&S.

unwarranted use of the W word will only be tolerated in respect of cake talk .
I'll try and pop a slice in a bubble envelope if you want .:)

Tinyshoes

zippydooda wrote: »

i just asked my 75 yr old neighbour what size his feet are. he gave me a puzzled look. i then said wait there.
i returned with 2 packs of socks and gave them to him, he could not thank me enough and said what do i owe you. then i told him they scanned at 4p:D

I did that too, our neighbour must be about the same age. I was actually quite surprised he did not have bigger feet as he is quite a tall and well built gentleman.

I went round tonight with a sack of spuds I got for 40p and a half shoulder of lamb £2.50ish. I like to see him smile, his wife has been very unwell lately and is lucky to still be with us.

My neighbour always asks too, what do I owe you. I laughed one time when I gave him couple of bags of nuts and said well you can give me the 2p if you like. Tonight's whoopsies is probably the most money I have ever spent on them, and he didn't actually ask I think he is so used to me saying I got it for free or pennies. :rotfl:Of course I would not have taken anything anyway so it doesn't matter.

purdita

Time for bed says Zebedee
Yes please says Purdita

Night night xx

frequent

fourp wrote: »

I once worked ...strange but true fact number 1 at a pie factory in the S.Wales area and was in charge of pouring the jelly from a large stainless steel bucket into the pork pie machine , after 3 weeks or less I turned veggie ...hell of a place .
the memory is hard to shake .

FQ 1st job @ 14, worked in butchery department in Gateways.

Any out of date red meat went into the sausages, along with any off cuts, huge lumps of fat, some blue plasters and the occasional finger tip.

Won't go into the contents of the mince. Anything else did.

aau1

I saw something wonderful in Ts just now. Terrys chocolate orange with fathers day packaging and unlike the xmas packaging that is still floating about in several stores this has a different barcode to the standard product

Theres a good chamce these will go to 1p in a couple months. I never got any of the xmas TCOs because i hadnt found this thread or the 1p thread back then. I'm looking forward to making up for that as i loooooove TCO

Tinyshoes

Issyc wrote: »

That's lovely. Isn't it good to do nice things for people unexpectedly? I gave my next door neighbour a hat and gloves for her three year old boy. She looked at me as if I had lost the plot! I told her that they had scanned at 4p. She was pleased too and asked me if I wanted the 4p!

Tesco is allowing us to become modern day Robin Hoods!

Can't agree more, I have often thought of the comparison "robbing the rich to feed/clothe the poor".