Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

PasturesNew

I know quoting yourself is very arrogant, but I wanted to keep these two together as they're related.

PasturesNew wrote: »

WVS Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to digitise some of the 300,000 pages of war diaries by the WVS women.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1419318354/hidden-histories-of-a-million-wartime-women

List of places they are digitising in this first batch:

http://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/Uploads/Documents/About%20us/narrative_reports_all_counties.pdf

Then, this morning I found a new "source of joy" - the Red Cross have digitised their WW1 records. If one of your ancestors worked in the Red Cross in WW1 you might find them.

There's a search engine on the right - and then you get a list of results and when you click you get a photo of the original card and the transcription.

As you've probably got no idea any were .... you might do what I am doing - just bookmark it, then when ANYBODY in your tree is alive at that date, just type in their surname and the town/county and see if you get an unexpected result turn up.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War

Obviously it's all entirely free, no registration even.

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

Just got my amazon prime reduced from £79 to £59 following a tip on another thread. So that's paid for the eurovision bets.

Amazon prime appears to be a brilliant piece of .marketing as if you invest in it you then have a huge incentive not to look elsewhere when shopping e en of Amazon dont have the cheapest base price.

Generali

Pyxis wrote: »

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I thought Popb***h was a nickname for your dog! and when Russia sang their song she laid down! :rotfl::rotfl:


(Realised my error when I followed the link! Derrrrrr!) :doh:

It's a brilliant website if you like that sort of thing. It has all the gossip that the newspapers won't print because it makes their readers feel slightly unwell.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Amazon prime appears to be a brilliant piece of .marketing as if you invest in it you then have a huge incentive not to look elsewhere when shopping e en of Amazon don't have the cheapest base price.

The idea is to balance the quick and free delivery with the cost. So if you have time you can browse around and get the cheapest price. If you need the item ASAP (often the case with study books for one of the kids and last minute presents) then comparing Amazon price + free delivery with somewhere else+ delivery costs can leave Amazon very cheap.

One advantage of Amazon is you can have different credit card address to delivery address, that isn't possible on every site.

Add to that Amazon prime video and Amazon library (1 free book a month) and it does pay for itself.

I do keep a spreadsheet to ensure it offers value for money.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I know quoting yourself is very arrogant, but I wanted to keep these two together as they're related.



Then, this morning I found a new "source of joy" - the Red Cross have digitised their WW1 records. If one of your ancestors worked in the Red Cross in WW1 you might find them.

There's a search engine on the right - and then you get a list of results and when you click you get a photo of the original card and the transcription.

As you've probably got no idea any were .... you might do what I am doing - just bookmark it, then when ANYBODY in your tree is alive at that date, just type in their surname and the town/county and see if you get an unexpected result turn up.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War

Obviously it's all entirely free, no registration even.

There are some amazing resources on the web. This one's quite entertaining and a bit of a treasure.

chris_m

silvercar wrote: »

then comparing Amazon price + free delivery with somewhere else+ delivery costs can leave Amazon very cheap.

That is very true - especially for those of us out in the sticks. My nearest "large" town is Barrow-in-Furness, all of 7 miles away, but over 25 miles by anything other than a hovercraft, so I get most things delivered. For example, my grocery shopping is from Asda, who will deliver for less than it'd cost me in fuel to go and get it myself.

I find Amazon particularly handy because they do keep me updated as to when things will arrive a bit better than other suppliers - especially since things frequently arrive sooner than the original estimate date, even on the free delivery option. If I get an email in the morning advising that delivery will be that day, I know not to go out for a stroll (or whatever) until after that has arrived.

Seems to work well for me, anyway.

Pyxis

Generali wrote: »

It's a brilliant website if you like that sort of thing. It has all the gossip that the newspapers won't print because it makes their readers feel slightly unwell.

I inadvertently signed up for Amazon Prime last year, (long story), but the efficiency of the delivery system for the things I bought during the trial period amazed me.
Contrast that with something I bought through the Radio Times shop not long after, where the delivery process was b****y awful.

Trouble was, I didn't think I'd buy enough to justify the annual charge. Difficult to tell, really.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

There are some amazing resources on the web. This one's quite entertaining and a bit of a treasure.

Brilliant link, thanks zag!

zagubov

Pyxis wrote: »

I inadvertently signed up for Amazon Prime last year, (long story), but the efficiency of the delivery system for the things I bought during the trial period amazed me.
Contrast that with something I bought through the Radio Times shop not long after, where the delivery process was b****y awful.

Trouble was, I didn't think I'd buy enough to justify the annual charge. Difficult to tell, really.

I'm reliably informed that Amazon Prime's quite easy to sign up for totally by accident.:D

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I'm reliably informed that Amazon Prime's quite easy to sign up for totally by accident.:D

I've read many an online complaint along those lines, for example:

http://boards.fool.co.uk/amazon-prime-trial-scam-13298389.aspx