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singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why not get your shopping delivered without bags? Because I use the bags for bin bags and for other things, plus it's a lot easier to carry it to my kitchen without having to unpack and return a load of crates!

It was still there quite recently

Hopefully a glimmer of hope :)

Great, thanks again, lots of options :)

Thanks all! Is the Sainsbury's recycling just for their own bags? I rarely shop there any more.

Is there any local supermarket (or other) which recycles other shops' plastic bags? I use my own bags for shopping but I get delivered shopping in bags. I normally reuse them for various things eg as bin bags, but I've accumulated a huge amount over the last few weeks and I'd like to recycle them somewhere.

If memory serves, it didn't have anything outside to indicate what was being sold inside, let alone prices. You would think letting potential customers know what you did and what to expect would be pretty crucial for a business!

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try going to the library and looking at the > section with the staff recommendations. If you > like reading on a device you can also borrow audio > and ebooks free. > > If you liked Harry Potter, try Philip Pullman's > Dark Materials series. Also for children but much > more literary than HP. Also Phillip Pullman's new book (prequel to His Dark Materials) - first volume of The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage. Agree with Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, though I didn't think I liked historical novels. And almost anything by Terry Pratchett - both wise and funny!

I was never quite sure what it was. Shop? Restaurant? Takeaway? Maybe that was part of its problem?

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw a wren in a hedge on Friern Road, > library-end. Are they rare around here? Don't know about rare, but I sometimes see one in my (very small but leafy) garden.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Louisa Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I will aim to stop posting on this forum at > > > ridiculous hours of the night, whilst > partially > > > inebriated. > > > > > > > > > So you resolve to post whilst totally > inebriated? > > > > Hooray!!! > > Now if we had an app, posting from the pub at all > hours would be easier :) Don't need an app! I'm posting this from my mobile!

Bob Buzzard, you are totally improving my festive days :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I will aim to stop posting on this forum at > ridiculous hours of the night, whilst partially > inebriated. > So you resolve to post whilst totally inebriated? Hooray!!!

Sorry to hear this Natty. I hope 2018 is better for you x

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A few years ago mrs. adonirum bought me Richard > Wilson's book "Can't be Arsed". > > Still not read it after all this time. :)) :)) :))

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ours was good with family but so happy to be > home. > > Natty - what happened? > > Merry Christmas Sue - glad you've got Netflix! Now > you have to learn how to not be so absorbed by box > sets you forget to live ;-) I'm absorbed by The Crown at the mo! Until it started buffering constantly on Boxing Day night .... Back to normal last night though ..... The Ivy House was open for two hours on Christmas Day and was absolutely rammed :)

Mine was excellent, hope yours was Natty x

I'm still up, having been partaking of the wonders of the new-to-me Netflix. Have a lovely day tomorrow/today, everyone xxx

Good idea will look up what to do, thanks.

Sorry I'm confused now. The Cocktail is not normally connected to my laptop. I don't have any network issues with my laptop (or my printer).

Ah, thanks for the info re Windows 10 and flac, I didn't know that! Yes I do now have Windows 10 on my laptop. I don't know whether the network connection is/was password protected - the WiFi has a password, and that was correctly input. But I have had the Cocktail for some years and although I've had this issue on and off, it has never persisted this long and has always eventually corrected itself. Afraid I've never heard of Powershell. I'll check it out and follow your suggestions, thank you. May not be today!

If nobody here can help, can anybody suggest somebody who can? I have posted on a relevant forum for this model, but that has not come up with any answers. I know I could rip them onto my laptop and then transfer them, but then they would all be mp3s and not FLAC.

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don?t understand why there is a crowdfunding > appeal to mount a legal challenge. ?An Equality > and Human Rights Commission spokeswoman described > the sign as discriminatory and unlawful, and said > it would be writing to the fishery to advise it to > take it down.? > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-4 > 2412384 I was under the impression from the quite long blurb on the crowdfunding site that the EHRC had already written such a letter, which had been ignored by the fishery? ETA: I may be wrong, as I only read it quickly through once.

Thank you.

I agree it's very difficult. Years (decades) ago, I was running a dviersity (except it wasn't called that then) training session for senior managers in a well known organisation. One of them said "I won't employ West Indians (sic), they're all thieves." My jaw dropped (hopefully not noticeably). Apart from the fact that he thought it was OK to say this not only in public but in a session specifically to address this kind of thing, the statement was plain ridiculous. Yes, probably he had had some people from a particular group steal stuff. And probably he had also had people from other particular groups steal stuff. But to stereotype a whole group of people in that way and then to affect their employment prospects as a result ..... You surely go through every application with a fine tooth comb, take up references and go from there. And this particular organisation had a whole department to deal with theft, and any suspicion that an employee was stealing would be immediately followed up and investigated. And where necessary the police involved. It is complicated, but not that complicated surely. ETA: Sorry, this is in response to two posts back, not the one above.