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Guavanaut posted:"forced to tuck into a Bounty" is the bar for a 'sick joke' now? Yes. The crowd that often calls people "snowflakes" is in fact, highly sensitive about the most pathetic poo poo. 
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TACD posted:I remember being promised that all groceries were going to have RFID chips embedded in the packaging so we could walk directly out of the store and have our shopping automagically scanned and charged. Whatever happened to that? So, this is a thing Waitrose looked into around 2010/11. A very small chain of shops were trialling it somewhere in the Scandinavia region. A few Waitrose peeps went over to see it in action and came back quite hopeful. All products stickered with RFID stickers. Gates by the entrance / exit which scan the trolley/basket in bulk, and a few point of sale terminal on the other side of the gate where all you had to do was chip and pin or contactless if under the limit. There were talks of working in a system that (to me a few years later) sounded a lot like NFC so if you had Apple pay or an equivalent set up on your phone, you could be auto-billed on the way out. There was a fair amount of buzz at Waitrose head office about this for a few years but it never seemed to materialise. Much like the OLED ticketing system John Lewis were thinking of which was supposed to link into the stock management system to instantly update price changes and stock levels. The prototype for that was super smart, and what did we end up with? Terrible calculator display like LCD shelf '"tickets" a quarter inch thick that didn't work half the time.
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OwlFancier posted:If you're printing gigantic amounts of poo poo would a thermal printer be more useful? They don't use ink they use thermal paper instead, which the printer just heats to form the image. The paper as far as I know is pretty generic other than some label printers being calibrated for specific sizes. Used for till receipts too. Which you should never use in a pinch if you've run out of rolling papers and on a cig break.
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happyhippy posted:Pity Games Workshop were so scared shitless of computer games in the 80s and 90s, otherwise they would be where Blizzard are now. They had a couple of games in the 90s but they were eh... Space Hulk Final Liberation 40K Chaos Gate Probably some others. OwlFancier posted:Oh yes BFG is quite good and Space Marine looks like a good brawler type game. Space Marine absolutely nailed how a 40k action adventure should be. If you're the slightest bit curious about it, give it a go.
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Anyone else hear his when they see those images? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA&t=37s
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Oh for crying out loud. https://twitter.com/GluckAphra/status/1340374928508538881
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Necrothatcher posted:Got up early before the shops opened and met a friend behind the supermarket who furtively gave me a paper bag full of limes. Gotta make these last. This reads like an @ThanetGuide tweet.
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Dec 22, 2020 12:32
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Ewan posted:Can you opt out of the extra bits? I'm all for a good fancy haircut for a good price, but I want to be in and out in 25 mins, not there for 1hr 20 getting a shoulder massage. I imagine so. The place I go to offers the same but if you want a quick cut and go they won't be offended. If there's a long queue at the one I visit, they'll give you a complimentary beer from the mini fridge. 
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Dec 23, 2020 20:39
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Reminds me of the time a former colleague's daughter found a box of abandoned puppies and on the spot decided to adopt all five of them, not knowing they were Wolfhounds. e: Afghan Hounds - Oh man there's a guy in town with two and they are the most beautiful and friendly things. Love getting to see them in the summer when I go for a harbour walk.
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Dec 25, 2020 15:30
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Horses are fine. Horse riders should be kept away from at all times.
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Dec 25, 2020 15:44
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Deketh posted:some of the horse owners were totally insane and one of them would just barge into our kitchen during dinner (christmas dinner once) and one lady even tried to burn the place down. See? Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Horse riders should be kept away from at all times. Not just my bad dating experiences. Horse people are psychos.
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u brexit ukip it posted:Happy new year all. Wow, Username / Post combo
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