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learnincurve posted:It's giving people a choice. It's also the method people used before plastic bags came in and is still used in America. What you do is put the bag under your coat and remember to bring a plastic bag with you next time.
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May 29, 2017 14:51
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Poor people should sit and eat breakfast in the dark and give a grateful prayer of thanks to the government for funding their slacker lifestyle, before heading off to a Tesco's warehouse for the valuable work experience they provide for free.
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May 29, 2017 14:52
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Julio Cruz posted:Which is exactly the same goal as the current policy, except without the risk of dropping your week's shopping all over the road cause you got caught in a sudden downpour. You just reminded me of that Daily Mail article about how to 'outsmart' the bag tax by bringing your own ones from home
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May 29, 2017 14:52
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Where I live I used to buy halogen lights after incandescent were phased out as fluorescent bulbs had terrible colors, but now with leds even if they are a bit more expensive they last quite a long time. Halogens quickly die with lots of use or being on a long time. Whereabouts the leds I have last about 1 and half year of intensive use and more than that on light use. What should probably happen is like in Australia where people can exchange their old ones for leds, that way a poor family that can't afford to replace a bunch at once will be able to replace one at a time whenever it breaks which is rare, and yes even with bad electrics unless your house electrics is shorting which in that case it won't be just your light bulbs going dead but your house probably going on fire.
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May 29, 2017 14:52
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As for the bags, I have noticed quite a lot of people in self checkouts taking the bags, selecting " my own bag" and not actually using the barcode on the bags. Not that I am giving any ideas.
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May 29, 2017 14:53
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Were paper bags impacted by the 5p charge? I honestly thought shops could still provide those free if they wanted.
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May 29, 2017 14:54
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Party Boat posted:Were paper bags impacted by the 5p charge? I honestly thought shops could still provide those free if they wanted. I swear it's just plastic that's effected but I could be wrong
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May 29, 2017 14:55
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Celexi posted:As for the bags, I have noticed quite a lot of people in self checkouts taking the bags, selecting " my own bag" and not actually using the barcode on the bags. Not that I am giving any ideas. Also how many shops actually give a gently caress if you just press 0 on the bag count thing and walk out. None. None shops. (I always pay for my bags though).
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May 29, 2017 14:55
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Wait, there are people who don't reuse their plastic bags? What barbarism is this?
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May 29, 2017 14:56
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Bloody government stopping me from using leaded petrol and emptying the chamber pot into the street! Be after my patented radium medications next!
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May 29, 2017 14:58
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Steve2911 posted:Also how many shops actually give a gently caress if you just press 0 on the bag count thing and walk out. Big supermarkets usually have someone floating around in case of "unexpected item in bagging area" but even so it would be trivially easy to not pay for a couple of bags. You'd have to be really skint (or a giant arsehole) to quibble over an extra 10p though, especially as the money goes to charity.
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May 29, 2017 14:58
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Celexi posted:the leds I have last about 1 and half year of intensive use What the gently caress are you doing to your poor LEDs?  Those things are supposed to last decades
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May 29, 2017 14:59
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Autonomous Monster posted:What the gently caress are you doing to your poor LEDs? Morse code conversations with a house across the street?
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May 29, 2017 15:00
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Cerebral Bore posted:Wait, there are people who don't reuse their plastic bags? What barbarism is this? Yup. Used to pay the charge whenever I needed them, reuse them until the handles couldn't take it anymore, then use them as bin-liners. I also had my own, paid for large bag for when I needed a bigger shop. I was poor as gently caress, but you can make this poo poo work, and lol I would have killed for access to LED bulbs back then. With electricity prices as they are the savings would have been worth it.
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May 29, 2017 15:00
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If I want to smoke unfiltered cigarettes and blow smoke in a fox's face then BY GOD that's my right as an Englishman
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May 29, 2017 15:00
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learnincurve posted:Poor people should sit and eat breakfast in the dark and give a grateful prayer of thanks to the government for funding their slacker lifestyle, before heading off to a Tesco's warehouse for the valuable work experience they provide for free. An easy way to test how much difference the price of lightbulbs make here is to imagine whether this person's situation would be substantially improved if all lightbulbs of all types were provided for free.
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May 29, 2017 15:01
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Oh you can smoke unfiltered cigarettes anytime you want still!
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May 29, 2017 15:01
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Hoops posted:What's that expression about upfront cost being a limiting factor that stops poor people being able to make savings in the long run? The Sam Vimes Boots Theory of Economic Injustice https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Sam_Vimes_Theory_of_Economic_Injustice
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May 29, 2017 15:02
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DesperateDan posted:Bloody government stopping me from using leaded petrol and emptying the chamber pot into the street! Expensive as all hell though.
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May 29, 2017 15:03
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I usually forget to take carrier bags with me so I buy them at my shop which makes my wife furious. The cupboard under the stairs is literally chock full of carrier bags and I don't know what to do with them.
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May 29, 2017 15:03
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learnincurve posted:Poor people should sit and eat breakfast in the dark and give a grateful prayer of thanks to the government for funding their slacker lifestyle, before heading off to a Tesco's warehouse for the valuable work experience they provide for free. See? Slacker. They should be taking their one working lightbulb into each room they want to sit in, and removing it when they leave. Then they wouldn't be sitting in the dark to eat.
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May 29, 2017 15:03
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In fairness I have a shitload of Tesco bags in my cupboard because I always forget to take them and just buy another. It takes about 30 seconds to get back home though so if I can just carry my poo poo I will. On balance I'm definitely killing Earth though. Pissflaps posted:which makes my wife furious. Does your postcount here not make her furious?
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May 29, 2017 15:03
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Steve2911 posted:Does your postcount here not make her furious? Probably relieved.
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May 29, 2017 15:04
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I have the energy to balance a happy home life, successful career and argue effectively and in good faith all while still being able to cook a pan of pasta in less than 15 minutes. If you'd like to know how I achieve this then shoot me a PM.
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May 29, 2017 15:08
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Pissflaps posted:I usually forget to take carrier bags with me so I buy them at my shop which makes my wife furious. The cupboard under the stairs is literally chock full of carrier bags and I don't know what to do with them. I sometime use mine's as trash bags, although they are not very useful for that as they are not that big. Other than that they often get thrown in the garbage as they like to attract dust.
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May 29, 2017 15:08
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Pissflaps posted:I usually forget to take carrier bags with me so I buy them at my shop which makes my wife furious. The cupboard under the stairs is literally chock full of carrier bags and I don't know what to do with them. I keep one or two folded up in my work bag so I don't end up buying more when I'm inevitably asked to pick up milk and bread on my way home.
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May 29, 2017 15:09
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Celexi posted:Other than that they often get thrown in the garbage as they like to attract dust.
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May 29, 2017 15:11
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Who are these people that take more than fifteen minutes to cook pasta, and how do they serve the resultant mush?
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May 29, 2017 15:11
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https://twitter.com/MikeSegalov/status/869190479732240386
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May 29, 2017 15:11
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Pissflaps posted:I have the energy to balance a happy home life, successful career and argue effectively and in good faith all while still being able to cook a pan of pasta in less than 15 minutes. If you'd like to know how I achieve this then shoot me a PM. [Citation needed]
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May 29, 2017 15:12
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I bought some good star wars bags from tescos and keep them in the car, my girlfriend thinks they're sad though 
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May 29, 2017 15:13
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Party Boat posted:Who are these people that take more than fifteen minutes to cook pasta, and how do they serve the resultant mush? If it goes too soft just turn it into a pasta bake. I'd take overcooked over al dente regardless but I'm scum.
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May 29, 2017 15:14
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Pissflaps posted:I have the energy to balance a happy home life, successful career and argue effectively and in good faith all while still being able to cook a pan of pasta in less than 15 minutes. If you'd like to know how I achieve this then shoot me a PM. PM sent Pissflaps posted:I usually forget to take carrier bags with me so I buy them at my shop which makes my wife furious. The cupboard under the stairs is literally chock full of carrier bags and I don't know what to do with them. I use my carrier bags to line wastepaper baskets.
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May 29, 2017 15:18
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Party Boat posted:I keep one or two folded up in my work bag so I don't end up buying more when I'm inevitably asked to pick up milk and bread on my way home. 
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May 29, 2017 15:20
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Pissflaps posted:If you'd like to know how I achieve this then shoot me a PM. don't bring lowtax in here
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May 29, 2017 15:20
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I can't line my Brabantia with carrier bags.
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May 29, 2017 15:20
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We always use bags for life and it's a bit of a pain in the arse sometimes going to the plastic bag drawer and realising there's none there. In the days when we did use them then they were always reused either as bin liners, the kids bringing crap back from school, trips where you're coming back with wet/muddy clothes etc. Or on the occasion there were just too many I'd hand them in to the shop next door so they could use them. The lightbulb thing though - our electrics are shot and I don't think we've ever had more than nine months or so out of a bulb. A couple of the fittings (for some reason the ones in places with no natural light but that you really need a light) need replaced every two months on average. I did mention it to the landlady but she just kind of shrugged and immediately forgot about it. Much like the hole in my sons ceiling that leaks when it is cold.
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May 29, 2017 15:30
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Hoops posted:Every now and again the UKMT happens upon some specialist topic and there are like a dozen posters who seem to know everything about it, it's a weird thing to see. I get it when it's like WW2 or something, god knows I get it when it's about anime, but how do you all know this stuff about power generation? Submarine design was another one, so was different fonts. Im legally restricted from discussing my specialist subject on the internet, can someone message me when the conversation turns to snooker or early-mid period Simpsons? I could talk about learning disabilities or nursing as well but anime seems to come up more often
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Namtab posted:I could talk about learning disabilities or nursing as well but anime seems to come up more often Who wants to talk about notochord embryology? Alternatively, tabletop rpgs.
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