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From: darsy on 28 Jul 2010 05:54 On Jul 28, 10:35 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The very bottom line is that I(we) detest shopping of any sort, weirdo. -- d.
From: Champ on 28 Jul 2010 05:58 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:52:10 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:35:27 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" ><gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>The very bottom line is that I(we) detest shopping of any sort, >>especially the bread and milk and bogroll type shopping. > >I've always been of this view. Much too late, I discovered home >delivery, and I'm a convert. I use Ocado, which is Waitrose, which I >usually deride cos of higher prices and general poncy-ness. But, >about once every ten days they send me a "15 quid off for delivery on >Tues or Weds" offer, which I take advantage off, and it makes the >prices acceptable. And they don't do any of that "we didn't have >that, so we've given you this" nonsense, either. > >The Ocado web site is very good - your 'regular' items are there at >each visit, so you can quickly re-order them, and it lets you know of >any relevant offers as you go. ....and serendipitiously, just as I sent this post, an email arrived from Ocado, inviting me to 'invite a friend': "Simply send them an invitation using our quick �invite a friend� form. We�ll email them �10 for each of their first three shops (minimum spend �60 per order)." That's a pretty decent discount, I reckon (~17%). If anyone wants to try Ocado and get a tenner off, email me: neal at champ dot org dot uk -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Jim on 28 Jul 2010 07:00 On 28/07/10 10:12, SIRPip wrote: > It isn't just newbuild, though. My mate Big Nick bought a barn to be > converted and the hoop-jumping was something to see. It isn't like the > thing was out of place(1), or would be detrimental to anybody's visual > amenity, nor would it increase the overlooking of adjacent properties, > being halfway up a private lane (the middle of three such) which was > already quite densely built up. He wasn't allowed windows in the rear > elevation, for a start - and when the architect went to Velux roof > windows the size was cut and the spec (to maintain u-value) went up > equally drastically. > > But the insulation demands left me flabberghasted: thick polystyrene > slabs in between layers of poured concrete floors, rockwool batts > between stone outer and plasterboard inner walls. Roof insulation I > expected, but not the batts between the joists as well as sheets over > the joists and below the underdrawing. It added thousands to the build > costs and complication and it is just as well its a big barn, as it > effectively raised the floor level, dropped ceiling/inner roof levels > and brought the walls in to boot. The place is still enormous, but > probably 10% smaller as a direct result of all the insulation. The return on investment is worth it though: any new house will have stupid amounts of insulation put in but the pay back in heating bills is extremely quick: it's a far better buy than solar panels for instance. If you want to have open-plan living in a barn-type space then you have to conform to a certain level of thermal design: otherwise it will be cold and draughty or else the heating bill will be stupid. It's only these modern insulation & draughtproofing techniques that make it possible. > Mind you, it is damned warm in the winter, although he's now found it > is also damned warm in the summer, too. Probably too much solar gain - has he got a lot of south facing windows?
From: wessie on 28 Jul 2010 07:15 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in news:q8vv46d2rnu5bbjuhgtsq0d2ij3t6gp72l@ 4ax.com: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:35:27 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" > <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>The very bottom line is that I(we) detest shopping of any sort, >>especially the bread and milk and bogroll type shopping. > > I've always been of this view. Much too late, I discovered home > delivery, and I'm a convert. I use Ocado, which is Waitrose, which I > usually deride cos of higher prices and general poncy-ness. But, > about once every ten days they send me a "15 quid off for delivery on > Tues or Weds" offer, which I take advantage off, and it makes the > prices acceptable. And they don't do any of that "we didn't have > that, so we've given you this" nonsense, either. > > The Ocado web site is very good - your 'regular' items are there at > each visit, so you can quickly re-order them, and it lets you know of > any relevant offers as you go. I'm also a convert to home delivery. I actually enjoy shopping but when I started to commute to Cardiff by bike I found the home delivery option, especially for bulky items, to be more convenient. Ocado don't deliver here but I can order directly from the local Waitrose store, Asda, Tesco or Sainsburys. Like you, I usually wait for a money off or free delivery voucher before using any of them. An order once a month usuually suffices. So, with bulky items taken care of I just do top-up shops wherever I happen to be. Lidl have a store on the edge of Studentville in Cardiff or I have a small range of shops including a greengrocer, Tesco Metro etc about a mile from home. Cardiff Central Market is a 10 minute walk from my Cardiff base so I sometimes pop over there at lunchtime. -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 28 Jul 2010 09:37
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> saying something like: >well, let's start by clarifying that I've never been in a Aldi. He must have heard you. url:http://www.onenewspage.com/news/World/20100728/13481827/King-of-Discount-Aldi-Founder-Theo-Albrecht-Dies.htm |