Currys/PCW Deals

[Bob Williams]

Just a heads up regarding the “Extra 7 day Deals” at Currys. Since buying my TV and setting up Sky last year, they keep sending me deals. The Desperate Deals have just got more desperate, as they had meant to expire yesterday, so added another 7 Days on the end. as they do…     https://tinyurl.com/yb2yv9va

I don’t need anything atm, (although I WANT stuff 😉 🙁  )    but there look to be some good laptop deals there.

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[dwynnehugh]

Yep Bob, WANT and NEED – the eternal dilema! :yahoo:  :yahoo:

The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans

[Bob Williams]

Definitely Dwynne: btw, that looks like a real mean Moggie! Is it on loan from Postman Pat?

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[Ed P]

We have a very strange situation at the moment where ‘consumer’ confidence is high, but ‘household’ confidence is slumping. link I would guess that white-goods/electronics/clothing companies are ones that respond to ‘household’ confidence with fire-sales to stimulate demand.

It will be interesting to see how this is loss of household confidence is reflected in the election.

CNN recently stated that the UK young are no longer politically apathetic but angry at the way their living standards have been eroded more than any other group over the last ten years. Whether this will get them to vote is anyone’s guess. A lot of people in this part of the world are talking of voting strategically to damage her lead. i.e. Greens+Labour. voting for Lib-Dem, and Labour+Lib-dem voting for Greens. Maybe elsewhere in the country similar decisions could be made which favour Labour.

I do not think this election will be quite the walk-over May thought when she did her election u-turn! Whichever way things turn out, I think fire-sales are going to be the retail flavour for the rest of the year.

 

[Bob Williams]

Ed I think that situation is a result of the same reaction which makes people empty supermarket shelves of any product(s) said to be in short supply, and leads people to empty their bank accounts in times of severe economic and monetary pressures. ‘We think there’s a train coming, let’s get out of the tunnel!’

The political situation is a really strange one: polls see-sawing, politicos running around like headless chickens. The limited number of the next generation I know around this neck of the woods are divided, but do not seem to get annoyed at each other’s POV like their elders and supposed betters. They don’t like our MP, and a sizeable proportion want change in the way they see the future. I asked about Social Care and one particularly perceptive young lady said “The government needs to look after my gran! And you! And anyway, we will be old someday. If they {gov’t}  get used to treating old people like (carp) how bad will it be by the time we’re your age?”

Out of the mouths of babes….

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[Les.]

Bob, my late sister who we just sent to the fires was a real hoarder. I remember 40 odd years ago, there had been shortages of instant coffee. She thought there was another coming up, so she emptied the shelves when they were full. I think she caused the ensuing shortage! Anyway in the last 12 months since she started to get a little vague (dementia), her DiL and D started a clear out, which she ALLOWED. I heard from her Son in L last Wednesday that they had thrown away about 30 large jars of Nescafe. Just a solid mass at the bottom of the bottles. If you must hoard before the shortage, then be sure to use straight afterwards.

She finished work when her daughter was born in 1959, so they ought to have only moderate assets, but I understand her scrimping and saving, and later turning to stocks and shares, left them in a 7 figure position! Unbelievable.

Les

[dwynnehugh]

Bob,

The cat is Adious Greyson Wynne-Hughes – his chipped name.  If you ever Google “Huddersfield Railway Station Cat” (well worth a visit), Addy is very similar to Felix in the above.  My daughter adopted him when he was left in a room for 2 days w/o food or water – he now has a fantastic, loving home and owner at the Halls of the local University where Emma is deputy head warden as well as her day job there – he rules her home as all cats do!  He’s got cat-titude by the bucket load! He has a beautiful long silver grey coat almost silk like. :heart:

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[Bob Williams]

Les, my gran, a Rom born in a Romany van in the West Country, was the entire opposite to that. She had no education, could not read or write, but could not be fooled by anyone over money. Had the most ancient radio ever, only listened to Radio 3 and 4, but soaked up news and events like a sponge. Granddad always had to struggle to get her to spend money, but he went in 1954 and she lived to 89 before passing in 1967. She was actually buried in the dress that she had worn daily for many decades, it was like something from Victorian times. She washed it and probably mended it, but there was no sign of any repairs. Her meals were wonderful yet she bought the cheapest cuts and her veg all came from her own garden. The only seasoning gran bought was salt and pepper, everything else came from fields and woods around their cottage on the N. Staffs/Cheshire border.

When she passed away, the cottage was empty of almost anything we use now. There was a Dolly tub and scrubbing board, a mangle and a boiler flued-in to the massive black-leaded fireplace. She had given away or sold a lot of stuff bought for her over the years, except for the 14″ TV that my dad bought her many years before. It used an indoor aerial, but I don’t believe she watched it much.

For all that, she was one of the happiest, most contented people I knew. When I was a nipper and being passed around relatives like a parcel, I loved being there: she would tell me tales of being raised in a Romany van, looking after and riding the horses and touring the country. Sleeping in gran’s feather bed and listening to the old ‘grandmother‘ clock bonging the hours, was just so comforting for a boy with an uncomfortable home.

This is my grandparents, gran in her old frock: the mole on granddad’s left cheek is a family heirloom, many of us have it in the same place. Taken around 1950/51, before granddad had the cancer that took him. 13 children they had – only 8 survived.

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[Bob Williams]

Dwynne the cat in my profile is actually my daughter’s, but whenever I visit she jumps on my knee and complains if I try to move. That’s Misty and she also has masses of long, silver-grey hair: it almost touches the floor as she walks. She was a rescue kitten and is loved by the whole family, although as cats are, she shows no affection, just demands for food and to be let out! She jumps on the window sill and yowls until someone opens the window, has a sniff and either leaps out or turns around and comes back. If she comes back, we know it’s going to rain and sure enough it does!

If she gets on my knee for any length of time, she falls asleep and purrs, with a sound to rival a 650 Norton! I wind up covered in siver hairs. Sometimes she falls off and that is of course, my fault. How did cats get to rule the world?

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[dwynnehugh]

Bob – simple – WE LET THEM!! Could anyone resist the eyes of a kitten?  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:

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[Bob Williams]

Definitely not Dwynne, but I am a bit worried about Misty’s reaction when she meets the retired Guide Dog we are waiting for. She gets on with small dogs, by which I mean she treats them with Feline contempt. A big dog could be a problem, although all the retired Guide dogs are getting on a bit. A daft, tolerant Lab would be ideal.

Getting on a bit and daft. Sounds perfect for this house! :yes:  🙂

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[JayCeeDee]

I’m fairly sure part of the training is to ignore all other animals. It doesn’t bear thinking about if a working guide dog thought it would be a good idea to chase a cat.?

Most cats aren’t fussed so long as everyone else knows their place – including daft old dogs.

[Bob Williams]

You’re right of course JayceeDee, but I wasn’t too bothered about the dog’s reaction: more worried about Misty’s reaction. She is a lovely, quiet cat who can suddenly turn into a terrifying, spitting, wailing, claws-out tiger at the first sign of trouble. Try getting her into the cat box: Wear welding gloves!

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[Tippon]

JayCeeDee wrote:

I’m fairly sure part of the training is to ignore all other animals. It doesn’t bear thinking about if a working guide dog thought it would be a good idea to chase a cat.?

I know it shouldn’t, but that made me laugh  :yahoo:

[JayCeeDee]

Tippon wrote:

JayCeeDee wrote:

I’m fairly sure part of the training is to ignore all other animals. It doesn’t bear thinking about if a working guide dog thought it would be a good idea to chase a cat.?

I know it shouldn’t, but that made me laugh

 

And I’m pretty sure the Benny Hill theme tune was going through your head at the same time.  :yes:  :whistle:

[Bob Williams]

Anyone remember the “Two Rons” (Hale & Pace) and the ‘Guide Cat’ sketch? Totally non-PC, possibly offensive. However, I explained it and played the soundtrack to a mate blind from birth who had several dogs over the years and he thought it was hysterical. Make up your own mind:

I laughed at it then and I just laughed again after playing it. Remember, I sponsor a pup in training and I am waiting to rehome a retired Guide Dog.

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