Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Curly dog has so far learnt the meaning of (not necessarily the adherence too)

His name
Widdle-ee wee wee
In the house.


He is doing well at ' in yer bed' too.

Desist is going to be a tough one.

He is a very busy little puppy and is easily bored of his puppy toys, so we are going to need some more exciting ones soon. Time to research tasty chewable things. Flavoured nylabones are not hitting the spot at all!

The market I "hide in" some weekends, does a huge bone that they've labelled "postman's leg"

kabayiri

Ooh , program on telly - Pound shop wars.

Fascinating.

A telling stat from the owner of 99p stores. A decade plus back he was bringing in 10 container loads of stuff from China. Today, it's not 10 but 2000 !

No wonder the balance of trade has swung so far. Our desire for tat is obviously huge!

kabayiri

Actually, I like the idea in pound shops, of reducing the size/quantity of an item to meet a price point - the pound.

With fixed incomes for many on lower pay scales, I think it highlights the budget realities they face.

PasturesNew

I love Poundland type shops.... they took a long time to get to where I was living, so I hadn't been in one until about 2009/10 or so.

You do still have to watch the prices though (I find food is often dearer), but there are oodles of bits and bobs that are handy. Stuff you never knew you needed until ......

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I love Poundland type shops.... they took a long time to get to where I was living, so I hadn't been in one until about 2009/10 or so.

You do still have to watch the prices though (I find food is often dearer), but there are oodles of bits and bobs that are handy. Stuff you never knew you needed until ......

Should we open a chain of upmarket "guinea shops" in snobby areas selling really posh tat where everything's £1.05?;)
Does the Irish Republic have EuroLand Shops?

vivatifosi

kabayiri wrote: »

Actually, I like the idea in pound shops, of reducing the size/quantity of an item to meet a price point - the pound.

With fixed incomes for many on lower pay scales, I think it highlights the budget realities they face.

That was a really interesting programme. Fascinating how they buy stuff and occasionally chuck an item that they are getting at at 80p into the mix to up the perception of getting a bargain.

The whole concept is amazing from an ops management standpoint. What put it into perspective was the theft of the drinks in the warehouse and the profits being so small that it wipes them out for the pack.

I think in St Albans they are next door to each other, so next time I'm over there I'll have to go have a look see and see which I like the best. I've only been to the big Poundland in Watford, so don't really know what to expect.

lostinrates

Dh loves pound shops.

There's only one cool thing we ever got there IMO, something marketed as a temporary pop up pet pen. The cats leapt around in them like zorbs. Was truley knicker wettingly hilarious. The cats liked it and used to go in of own accord.



On other subject. I find the endearment used online 'Hun' very odd. I cannot help thinking of warlike People as in Attila the or as in ww type German stereotype. Neither seems endearing.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

On other subject. I find the endearment used online 'Hun' very odd. I cannot help thinking of warlike People as in Attila the or as in ww type German stereotype. Neither seems endearing.

Funny, I don't think that at all. For me, I thought it was just from honey, but spelt the Winnie the Pooh way.
http://images.partyamerica.com/images/products/en_us/detail/102560_dt.jpg

In the early days of t'internet, I think people used to type hon, but now it's just more phonetic.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Funny, I don't think that at all. For me, I thought it was just from honey, but spelt the Winnie the Pooh way.
http://images.partyamerica.com/images/products/en_us/detail/102560_dt.jpg

In the early days of t'internet, I think people used to type hon, but now it's just more phonetic.

Yep, sure that's what it is, but it's never my first thought.

Hmmm.... Maybe it says more about how aggressive I am than anything else.:D

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Hmmm.... Maybe it says more about how aggressive I am than anything else.:D

I don't think you are aggressive. Having said that, I've just seen that bl**dy awful BA advert with the happy jumper and I want to shout and throw things at the telly and vomit all at the same time:mad::mad::mad:. Does it have the same impact on anyone else?