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If relevant, please start your comment with a number from 1 to 28.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 28.12.19 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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8. that's a feature specific to Tesco carrier bags. I have a collection of Sainsbury, Waitrose, Boots and Tesco bags, accumulated when they were given away freely. Now I'm using them up as rubbish bags and have found, like dg, that the Tesco bags have turned into confetti while all the others are still usable.
amber | 28.12.19 - 7:10 a.m. | #
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8. Co-Op’s 5p compostable carrier bags work out way cheaper per bag than a roll of compostable bags for your food waste caddy..... and I’m so pleased to have finally found a relevant place to share that!
Joe | 28.12.19 - 7:25 a.m. | #
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8 A mouse got into my stash of mixed plastic carrier bags, and seemed to prefer to eat the orange Sainsburys ones more than others.
mikeS | 28.12.19 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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9 and 19 - like newspapers, these are two more things I no longer bother with.
21 - with you on the phone number, things went down hill after they added the 7/8, then you had widespread 0207 and 0208 instead of 020 7etc. and 020 8etc., but your example is done in the style of a mobile phone number.
Still Anon | 28.12.19 - 7:35 a.m. | #
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0. You used underline in the post heading - bit of no-no according to the usual rules of writing for the web (as it looks like a URL).
David Cohen | 28.12.19 - 7:35 a.m. | #
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10 So good in fact that visitors enjoyed it hugely, too. ;-)
Geofftech | 28.12.19 - 7:38 a.m. | #
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9 - this! A thousand times this. There's at least one other bit of stuff getting in the way elsewhere, but it's not as egregious as the holiday thing.
Nick | Homepage | 28.12.19 - 7:45 a.m. | #
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18. Had to look up what a pig in a blanket was
Craig | 28.12.19 - 7:54 a.m. | #
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9 I still succeeded in tearing out the holiday supplement though, quite neatly too!
Al | 28.12.19 - 8:08 a.m. | #
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22 I enjoyed that crossword but it caused complaints in my family from those who don’t find poring over maps to be an enjoyable pastime.
Alan | 28.12.19 - 8:15 a.m. | #
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16. How on earth have you managed to make a printer last for 20 years?!
Medford | 28.12.19 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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12 - Well done for managing to keep the hope for a sane outcome alive beyond the exit poll.
Malcolm | 28.12.19 - 9:10 a.m. | #
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13 My first impression of the cover of the map was that of an Andy Warhol style impression of young Arthur Askey. Follow the flight of the busy busy bee to find his playmate.
Kenneth Morton | 28.12.19 - 9:43 a.m. | #
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9 I can't find a holiday supplement in our Radio Times. I suspect my wife has extracted it to save herself from my moans. I assume they'll sneak up the standard price of the next normal edition as usual after the Christmas one.
Andrew S | 28.12.19 - 10:32 a.m. | #
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16: Have relied on after market replacements for my Canon 5350 since buying this seven years ago.
On the most recent, second occasion, was able to purchase three sets of the five ink cartridges for around £20, pp free.
The quality is excellent and they are probably rebranded OEMs, and I did spend a lot of time studying reviews first.
Ken | 28.12.19 - 10:39 a.m. | #
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27 - Ah the joy, it's bad enough operating my own! Even after having had a demonstration then nodding and mumbling thanks, it becomes more and more frenetic, pressing random buttons until the host has to be summoned to reset everything, usually accompanied by a child's laughter. How much simpler it would have been to simply stand up and walk across to the TV.
Tim | 28.12.19 - 10:45 a.m. | #
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1. Who keeps a spare set of Christmas lights?!!
5. I did that about 5-6 years ago. That did me for the decade!
7) Iceland have Greggs Festive Bakes (2 boxes for £5) to keep for when it's no longer festive.
8) I have a stash of Bags for Life within a Bag for Life, where I used to have ordinary carrier bags, as my kids keep forgetting to take them when they pop to the shops! We need compostable bags not just slightly stronger plastic ones.
11. Cool!
12. *Bursts into tears at the reminder*
16. My OH has often said it's probably cheaper just to buy a new printer than replace all the ink cartridges!
17. Nods. I have a kid whose birthday is tomorrow!
19. I have not watched the News (on any station) since the 13th!
22. The Cornish hamlet would probably be the only one I could answer!
25. My 18 y/o didn't get out of bed until we were halfway through Christmas Dinner (1.30pm!!)
26. Quickly hides bowl of nibbly snacks currently being munched through, under the cushion!
Cornish Cockney | 28.12.19 - 11:03 a.m. | #
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27 - the worst is when someone inadvertently activates 'audio description', by this point most of the icons have eroded from the buttons and the manual has long gone.
Still Anon | 28.12.19 - 11:07 a.m. | #
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1. I remember the old days when there were less than a hand full of bulb types for Christmas lights and you could buy replacements quite easily. Looks like I have to chuck out a couple of old sets now.
8. The single use bags would end up flaking too.
13. The world is definitely a preferable place for your not being paid to write non-bollocks.
NickW | Homepage | 28.12.19 - 11:13 a.m. | #
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15) Loads out today. Nice.
Scrumpy | 28.12.19 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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21. I always remember - and write and tell people - my mobile number as xxx xxxx xxxx - possibly because I was working in London when I got it. It really throws people. In Sheffield my landline would be xxxx xxx xxxx and down in Sussex, xxxxx xxx xxx. Irritatingly (but interestingly) inconsistent.
Sarah | 28.12.19 - 12:25 p.m. | #
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22 I enjoyed the crossword too but it was a bit of a general knowledge puzzle that needed, for me at least, googling to see if the answers I'd thought of were actually place names.
My favourite clue was Some Like It Hot.
It was an impressive feat by the compiler to carry the theme so completely.
Martin | 28.12.19 - 12:56 p.m. | #
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16 Do the environment and yourself a long term favour and replace your printer with one that has refillable ink tanks. Semi pro, costs more to buy up front but cheaper to run, sometimes available on trade in deals. Or if 20 years old you may be able to refill carts from bottles yourself.
Bigger older ink jets do last a lot longer, especially early hp multifunction units although you now need a USB adapter or network connection box, and modern windows sometimes dumbs them down on built in drivers and no manufacturer driver updates anymore.
MilesT | 28.12.19 - 1:19 p.m. | #
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21. There are BT recommended representations for UK phone numbers but most people are unaware or don't bother. Generally a space after dialling code (020) and additional spaces based on length of number. Since there is no cost penalty to dial full number with dialing code most people don't dial just the number for local calls anymore.
MilesT | 28.12.19 - 1:24 p.m. | #
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9. So, you paid £4.95 to find out there was nothing on the tv. Is it really worth that much so that you can add it to your stash?
dg writes: Incorrect assumption.
19. Cripes mate, it's taken you a long time to catch up.
27. Hell is when your DVD player decides to malfunction having sat there all year unused and just when there is no other entertainment available.
B | 28.12.19 - 1:53 p.m. | #
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21. Where/what is the East Village?
Jonathan Wadman | 28.12.19 - 3:46 p.m. | #
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9. The other downside of the spine means it's become impossible to keep it open on the correct date. I've resorted to using the fold-out cover as a bookmark.
Gregg | 28.12.19 - 9:51 p.m. | #
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22. I'm still trying to complete it.
ganching | Homepage | 28.12.19 - 11:53 p.m. | #
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Days which have not inspired comment:
2 3 4 6 14 20 23 24 28
(but the majority have, cheers!)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 29.12.19 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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21: Jonathan - it's the former Athlete's Village in the Olympic Park
6: it's been looking 'about ready' for ages, though I think last time I passed they'd finally taken down the hoardings with a picture of me and some colleagues having lunch in a Canalside restaurant.
martin | 29.12.19 - 7:29 a.m. | #
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13) The paper's (even) thinner this time round.
Gordon | 29.12.19 - 9:25 a.m. | #
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16) Andrew S you are correct, now £3.30.
Ken F | 29.12.19 - 10:08 a.m. | #
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14. 14!!! Only read this today...
Thank you for reminding me about Julia Davis, somewhat ironically as I actually *say* 'nighty night' a lot.
I now need to see whether you've ever mentioned the glorious Human Remains (the tv series, not the corpses...) on your blog...
EskimoPie | 29.12.19 - 8:00 p.m. | #
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22. Have now had time to do the crossword, and the cornish hamlet was my last solve (and involved lots of looking at maps).
Henry | 02.01.20 - 3:20 p.m. | #
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2. Knives Out was an unexpected joy from start to finish, and I'm sure Plummer's character Harlan Thrombey was a nod to the Choose Your Own Adventure title 'Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?'
Sir Garence | 28.01.20 - 2:04 p.m. | #
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29–31 December: ???(!)
Happy new year. Thanks for all things (un)blogged, in 2019 and beyond.
Rich G | Homepage | 01.02.20 - 9:13 p.m. | #
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