Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

bubbs

Dizzy_Ditzy wrote: »

Afternoon / evening boys and girls

What a day that's been so far! Collected a petrol driven tiller this morning from someone on streetlife then off to look at fridges because one of ours died a very quick (and smelly!) death. I'd spotted one on gumtree earlier and sent an email but he'd not come back to me by that point.

Then we get home and the bestie came round with her hubs and little one. In the meantime, matey boy with the fridge comes back to me and we arrange for him to deliver at 4pm. At 2.45pm he rocks up and I haven't moved the old fridge yet :eek: cue panic :rotfl:

Fridges all swapped around and now there is a spare fridge sat in my kitchen waiting to go to the tip tomorrow

I've not even had time to eat today!

Booger the fridge get some food down your neck:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sunshinemummy

Serendipitious wrote: »

No, you are right.

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The basic difference between them is that affect is chiefly used as a verb. Its main meaning is ‘to influence or make a difference to’, as in the following example sentences, all of which are taken from the Oxford English Corpus:

• Research suggests that the neighbourhood you live in can affect how well your children perform at school.
• The long periods of separation never affected her love for her mother.
• Continuous rain since mid-June has resulted in widespread flooding, affecting over 119 million people.
• He is in no doubt that thousands of people will be seriously affected if this proposal becomes a reality.

Effect is used as both a noun and a verb, though the noun use is much more common than the verb. As a noun, effect means ‘a result or an influence’:

• It was clear that the strong windy conditions were going to have an immediate effect on the result of the game.
• The beneficial effects of exercise are well documented.
• Corporations need to think about the long-term effects of their actions.
• The legislation had the effect of pushing up the cost of houses.

As a verb, effect means ‘to bring something about as a result’. It’s often used in quite formal contexts, such as written reports, rather than everyday English:

• The couple had been separated for two years, but her boyfriend tried to effect a reconciliation.
• A Royal Commission appointed in 1906 effected several reforms.
• Governments can mobilize the political will and resources to effect change when they choose to.

The key thing to remember is that affect is typically used as a verb:

• A bout of rheumatic fever in his youth had affected his health throughout his life.

On the other hand, effect is most commonly used as a noun:

• Participants were asked to volunteer for a study looking at the effects of stress on their health.

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However, it all depends on what is meant by SSM's original statement that 'Tesco's own products do not effect the BG'

If she means that in a mixed shop, own-brand items do not influence the BG, then it should be affect.

But in the context of a shop consisting entirely of own-brand items, it could well be correct to say effect, as a trolley full of own-brand items will not bring the BG into being.

I really do not know whether it is effect or affect. I have read above, and am even more confused.... I think I need a drink!

Serendipitious

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I really do not know whether it is effect or affect. I have read above, and am even more confused.... I think I need a drink!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Don't blame you x

Sunshinemummy

altojack wrote: »

I'm pleased about that E. Our old doors were useless due to storm damage caused at the end of 1980s :eek: good job we had double garage otherwise couldn't have got car in and out :eek:

And I bet that him indoors is secretly happy that you went ahead and ordered them :T

Do an Enterprise.... and order one without telling OH. :D:D:D

Sunshinemummy

Serendipitious wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Don't blame you x

It is the one thing that I really just cannot get my head around.

I have even read a little book that explained this rule.... I lost the will to live!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Dizzy_Ditzy

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

And all that without a bus journey :eek:

Imagine trying to get a tall fridge home on the bus :rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs wrote: »

Booger the fridge get some food down your neck:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm working on it

Snap-ant

:think:

Didn't I predict my exOH would turn up after his sons birthday to collect present....

Next we see him will be Christmas for presents, then April :rotfl:

Snap-ant

:(

This clashed with Fourp returning with a house full of shackles so I didn't get to buy my UGGs

Snap-ant

But I now have a G Tech :j:j like you tweets it's charging at the moment.
A new bread maker, deep fat fryer , new hairdryer, DAB radio & some beautiful Welsh blankets

Savvybuyer

I shall be fluent in Polish by the time I finish the list:rotfl:. So many different items, whether coming off or on offer, that are Polish world foods and having to work out whether - with different names, some in English, some in Polish, online - they are the same products. Thank the online translators!:)