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| Wayne_Cowdrey |  | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 00:31 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22056 posts | 3 here too, and pleased  | ||
| Bod | | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 07:09 |
 Member 174, 1235 posts | A four, which will certainly do. XXYXY XYXYX GGXYG | ||
| Fatpete |  | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 08:44 |
 Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17890 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A mildly panicked six XXXXY YXYXX XXXXG YXYYG XGGGG The fourth try was a long time coming and in my general bewilderment I foolishly used a letter that I knew to be wrong. Having said that, it did help and after some more time a fifth emerged which carried much (and sadly misplaced) confidence. That left only one that I could think of. Bit too close for comfort. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 08:54 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17890 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Yesterday, while wandering through the Trafford Centre, my little friend and I came across an ice cream stall. We decided to try one. Beneath the different flavours there was clearly written the word "gelato". I did not know what that was, luckily my little friend did. "It's Italian ice cream" she advised. So we ordered and received a cone each and very nice it was too. I would never have known it was gelato had I not been told, as it tasted for all the world like ice cream. Pretentious oafs. When I tried to pay, they declined cash and insisted on card. I paid by card and therefore insisted on a receipt. These gelato-serving oafs were utterly incapable of printing me a receipt there and then but did offer to email me one !! Email !! I damned their eyes and left them to it. What is the world coming to !! | ||
| Bod | | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 09:23 |
Member 174, 1235 posts | Fatpete said:Yesterday, while wandering through the Trafford Centre, my little friend and I came across an ice cream stall. We decided to try one. Beneath the different flavours there was clearly written the word "gelato". I did not know what that was, luckily my little friend did. "It's Italian ice cream" she advised. So we ordered and received a cone each and very nice it was too. I would never have known it was gelato had I not been told, as it tasted for all the world like ice cream. Pretentious oafs. When I tried to pay, they declined cash and insisted on card. I paid by card and therefore insisted on a receipt. These gelato-serving oafs were utterly incapable of printing me a receipt there and then but did offer to email me one !! Email !! I damned their eyes and left them to it. What is the world coming to !! I was out shopping with Miss Bod last week and when we went to pay in one shop (River Island,) the assistant said, verbatim ‘Email address for your receipt.’ It was not presented as a question. It was a command. ‘No thank you’ I replied, ‘I’ll have a paper one.’ ‘Are you sure?’ was her response. ‘Yes.’ Now, if I hadn’t been certain I surely wouldn’t have made a point of asking for one. Worse than that though was the actual demand of my email address. If they could guarantee that I wouldn’t be bombarded with marketing requests, I would happily accept an email receipt at times, but that never happens, regardless of all the preference boxes I tick. In other words, I am becoming Oscar the grouch. I’m not unhappy about that. | ||
| matthewvc | | ... | 20-08-2023 @ 10:20 |
 ‘downsizing’ Member 5704, 3230 posts SQ 280, BP 210, DL 320810.0 kgs @ 96.3kgs UnEq | Bod said: I was out shopping with Miss Bod last week and when we went to pay in one shop (River Island,) the assistant said, verbatim ‘Email address for your receipt.’ It was not presented as a question. It was a command. ‘No thank you’ I replied, ‘I’ll have a paper one.’ ‘Are you sure?’ was her response. ‘Yes.’ Now, if I hadn’t been certain I surely wouldn’t have made a point of asking for one. Worse than that though was the actual demand of my email address. If they could guarantee that I wouldn’t be bombarded with marketing requests, I would happily accept an email receipt at times, but that never happens, regardless of all the preference boxes I tick. In other words, I am becoming Oscar the grouch. I’m not unhappy about that. I doubt "can we spam you with promotions on a daily basis" would get as many takers. Yesterday I was in Manchester and used an NCP car park you can't pay for until later when you must go online, type in your reg plate that's been recorded via APNR and pay via card/paypal. I suspect this is a lovely little earner for NCP with people who forget or aren't IT savvy and receive a much larger non-payment fine through the post. | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 00:05 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22056 posts | 3 | ||
| billynomates | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 04:17 |
Member 4923, 1795 posts | 4 | ||
| Wigan | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 07:00 |
 a cynical old scrote Member 68, 6844 posts SQ 255, BP 132.5, DL 250637.5 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | 3 but could have been a rare 2 YYXXX XGGGG | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 08:39 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17890 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | A difficult four XYXXY YXXXX YYYYX It took a while to come up with the third attempt and even longer to find a fourth | ||
| Bod | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 09:12 |
Member 174, 1235 posts | A three today, which was on the fortunate side as the third guess was probably more tactical than a committed guess. XXXXY XYXXX | ||
| Rick | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 11:50 |
 I am a bench-only guy Member 3, 10035 posts SQ 185, BP 175, DL 235595.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq Administrator | matthewvc said: I doubt "can we spam you with promotions on a daily basis" would get as many takers. Yesterday I was in Manchester and used an NCP car park you can't pay for until later when you must go online, type in your reg plate that's been recorded via APNR and pay via card/paypal. I suspect this is a lovely little earner for NCP with people who forget or aren't IT savvy and receive a much larger non-payment fine through the post. It may be, though for people who frequently use NCP (such as myself), the camera car parks are excellent. One can, once registered with them, set it up to be automatic; so, when I was in Manchester yesterday, I drove into the car park when I arrived and out when I left without further thought. Within a few seconds of leaving, I got a phone notification that payment had been taken, and to contact them if I thought it incorrect. Very convenient indeed. | ||
| Rick | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 11:53 |
I am a bench-only guy Member 3, 10035 posts SQ 185, BP 175, DL 235595.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq Administrator | YxxxY xxGxx xGGGG GGGGG Went for the least obvious word of the three available, foolishly. | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 13:05 |
Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22056 posts | If I have to pay to park, which I tend to avoid, coins into a slot is how I want to do it. I'll stretch to using my debit card. If it's any more involved than that then I'll be parking elsewhere. | ||
| matthewvc | | ... | 21-08-2023 @ 13:28 |
‘downsizing’ Member 5704, 3230 posts SQ 280, BP 210, DL 320810.0 kgs @ 96.3kgs UnEq | Wayne_Cowdrey said:If I have to pay to park, which I tend to avoid, coins into a slot is how I want to do it. I'll stretch to using my debit card. If it's any more involved than that then I'll be parking elsewhere. I don't mind carparks with an easy to use contactless. The Buy now pay later is how I ended up with a fine crossing Runcorn Bridge, not realising this. | ||
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