Experimental Little Invention Takes Existence

aau1

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Happy birthday aau

Been struggling for the last half an hour to send you a birthday photograph of an abacus.....without success.

Hope you had a lovely day:)

AbAcUs

That would have been very apt now, wouldn't it? :beer:

TrulyMadly

fairclaire wrote: »

I LOVE this

My all time faourite:)

Snap-ant

♥ Scamps ♥

davemorton

aau1 wrote: »

I was looking for somewhere you could put a break in that paragraph. All I can see is an open parenthesis that needs closing!

Originally Posted by Savvybuyer View Post
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I wouldn't have searched thread for 'flump' as I didn't envisage getting one in the first place. I'm afraid that, despite the suggestion perhaps that my spare time is solely on this thread, msm and the supermarket's websites, I have other things in my spare time - not just RL but also the time taken to prepare a shopping list and checking every single item, right down to the flumps, every time would have added several more minutes onto just sitting there and preparing the list (and I was already late for closing time at the nearest store). It's probably as much 'slacking' as it is working too hard! Sometimes, in compiling lists, you have to make compromises with your time - I could get an absolutely perfect list but it may take an hour or more, sometimes you have to be satisfied with the slight imperfection you have got (and, for example, rush out of the door twenty minutes before closing with a list of a few items comparable to the competitor you were hoping to compare against that you needed but not to have all the details on lots more to cater for so many out of stocks as there were that night on my shop - of course I do know more than the shopping I'm getting, to cater for this, also the irony is I could have just stuck a packet of Polos (at £1.98, which are back at £1 at Sains., and I knew that when I shopped) and got the 8 items but didn't do so as that no longer had TCB off the price, so was more expensive (at 90p net!) and I didn't want to buy unnecessarily in effect 90p items when I could buy 3x 10p ones and have 3 fillers. Or so I thought.

(I see I've now written a very very long paragraph and I'm trying to shorten it down but I can see no natural break at which point to do so.)

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Could you not have one here?

Savvybuyer

aau1 wrote: »

I was looking for somewhere you could put a break in that paragraph. All I can see is an open parenthesis that needs closing!

Put one after the word "thought." at the end of the paragraph. And then immediately it's opened all into parentheses once more.

I know - it's my typing, certainly nothing to do with me not knowing the rules.:)

davemorton

cheesyball wrote: »

:rotfl: mmmm cheese...
on my computer screen is a list of movies.

do i need a nowtv box? I have an on demand box,

Oh, I thought you had a box. K, so you are using your computer??? K, that is easier, I can log in and have a look.

zippydooda

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Hi there and at last my reply - I know you can perhaps be a little bit harsh on me sometimes, though I'm a big lad now and can cope with it! QUOTE]

aau1

davemorton wrote: »

Originally Posted by Savvybuyer View Post
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I wouldn't have searched thread for 'flump' as I didn't envisage getting one in the first place. [STRIKE]I'm afraid that, despite the suggestion perhaps that my spare time is solely on this thread, msm and the supermarket's websites, I have other things in my spare time - not just RL but also the time taken to prepare a shopping list and checking every single item, right down to the flumps, every time would have added several more minutes onto just sitting there and preparing the list (and I was already late for closing time at the nearest store). It's probably as much 'slacking' as it is working too hard! Sometimes, in compiling lists, you have to make compromises with your time - I could get an absolutely perfect list but it may take an hour or more, sometimes you have to be satisfied with the slight imperfection you have got (and, for example, rush out of the door twenty minutes before closing with a list of a few items comparable to the competitor you were hoping to compare against that you needed but not to have all the details on lots more to cater for so many out of stocks as there were that night on my shop - of course I do know more than the shopping I'm getting, to cater for this, also the irony is I could have just stuck a packet of Polos (at £1.98, which are back at £1 at Sains., and I knew that when I shopped) and got the 8 items but didn't do so as that no longer had TCB off the price, so was more expensive (at 90p net!) and I didn't want to buy unnecessarily in effect 90p items when I could buy 3x 10p ones and have 3 fillers. Or so I thought.

(I see I've now written a very very long paragraph and I'm trying to shorten it down but I can see no natural break at which point to do so.)[/STRIKE]

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Could you not have one here?

Or why not do the above?

fairclaire

now playing

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpTgCho5ZA

Savvybuyer

davemorton wrote: »

So you saying you didnt have time then Savvy?

No I didn't! It was nearly twenty to ten, the store was shutting at ten and I had no time:eek: to check the Flump. Or - if you're referring to my reply to Zippy - I haven't had much time to do that (dealing with Morries etc.) since Tuesday night.

And guess what - :(:(:(:(time's beating me to it now!:rotfl::rotfl: