Mundane News

[biggs682]

Had a heavy downpour just as we completed our lunchtime stroll.

 

[Reynard]

I recently discovered Shropshire Blue. Got it from Aldi. Can't believe I've missed that one for so long.

Tesco stock that one too - Blacksticks Blue iirc. I do buy it now and again as the parental unit is rather fond of it.

 

[Threevok]

Tesco stock that one too - Blacksticks Blue iirc. I do buy it now and again as the parental unit is rather fond of it.

This one was Long Clawson IIRC. Will try the Tesco for comparison, thanks

 

[Gwylan]

My supper is in the poppity ping

popty ping yma, da iawn

 

[Reynard]

popty ping yma, da iawn

Well, it does the job. Mine even warms the cat. (Madam Lexi likes to sit on the vents when I'm using the damn thing LOL)

 

[Reynard]

Right, time for a and a biskit.

 

[oldwheels]

INot saying you don't understand the financials of stock. You no doubt had a sound hold of costs and supply. For many years the co-op had none. As with all parts of the group change had to happen once Guy was bought into food it was like breath of fresh air. Working with him was totally different things got done. Sadly he's now left and not every thing is going for the better. Are thing perfect no , are things still in room for improvement yes. They will stock what sells and is on trend like every other seller. Lines have been cut in every store same as every other retailer ever higher costs are driving even deeper changers. Overall store layout and format is standard but they can order off list if they know it will sell. Sounds like they've not work out how you do it without ringing too many alarm bells.
I understand people issues with local stores it was a constant matter of members concerns and many an hour of board time spent on dealing with it. I'm not here to defend or encourage I was just trying to be helpful and pointing out stock can be changed be it at a small level.

I understand what you say but must point out I now only use the shop in emergency as they do not stock most things I want. This seems to be a common complaint locally.
Surely reducing the volume of lowish turnover items would still work out financially viable as the delivery van is coming anyway?
Extra cost for transport is to be expected and acceptable.
I have noticed in my travels in the past that further away from the mainland the quality of food on offer is lower. One rather trivial item I always noticed was that mushrooms on sale in mainland stores had short stalks and the further away you were the mushrooms were more stalk than anything else.
I have been trying to put an emoticon after that last remark but completely failed on that.

 

[oldwheels]

The keyboard was sent in error to the wrong address apparently and I can keep it if I want it.

My laptop is still with the courier apparently. Where are they dispatching it from? The wilds of Borneo?

I once got a new kindle and some kitchen bits from Am——n which I had not ordered. They were in fact for somebody in Bournemouth but getting the seller to uplift them was a struggle. They did not say directly that I could keep them but that was implied. They were uplifted by courier eventually.

 

[Hebe]

Hope you feel better soon @Threevok .
I have had an utterly wonderful mundane day. Met two friends for an early coffee. Did two loads of laundry. Have nearly finished knitting a sock - just need to graft the toe seam. Found Hebe Jnr using the audio interface/iPad setup I showed her to record some guitar into GarageBand. Had a walk in the drizzle with Mr Hebe.
also - in the never ending stream of the mundane - I found that there is an Apple Watch app for our solar panels, and I set up the heart rate monitor that I bought with my Christmas money. Technically, the Apple Watch measures my heart rate but in real life it’s not very reliable when I’m running.

 

[Reynard]

That and biskit got deferred - ended up prepping a pumpkin for roasting, as I noticed that the top was getting a touch soft. That's oven ready now, will roast with sage and garlic

 

[Reynard]

And sitting down to watch Wednesday v Toon

 

[tom73]

Spilled coffee all over the table due to my arm slipping off the end of it when holding the cup.
That's twice now

 

[colly]

Baby sitting tonight

AKA : free booze, free snacks, no clearing up, watching what 'I' like. Bring it on.

 

[Reynard]

Time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Spilled coffee all over the table due to my arm slipping off the end of it when holding the cup.
That's twice now

Fear ye not, my teenage daughter dropped a whole cup on the landing, now the kitchen wall below has some 'arty' brown streaks top to bottom. Kids!