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by rdobbie
Fri 13 May, 2005 09.21
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Hoodies and Caps Banned
Replies: 18
Views: 4976

So, are the sports shops within the Bluewater going to stop selling hooded tops and baseball caps, or is it going to be like aeroplanes where they'll happily sell you fags but won't let you smoke them.
by rdobbie
Thu 12 May, 2005 17.10
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: the Same... But Different?
Replies: 79
Views: 23871

And what we know in Britain as the Vauxhall Nova was called the Opel Corsa in the rest of Europe. They finally changed the name in Britain to coincide with the bubble shaped version launched in 1993. I seem to recall they couldn't call it Nova in Europe because in Spanish and Italian it translated a...
by rdobbie
Tue 26 Apr, 2005 15.00
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Design a Logo
Replies: 17
Views: 5936

I think your new Tesco logo is brilliant, jay. Miles better than what they've got now. It reminds me of a logo you'd find on a supermarket in France. Out of interest I wonder what it would cost Tesco to change the signage on every store, the livery on every delivery lorry, and the packaging on every...
by rdobbie
Fri 25 Mar, 2005 20.22
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Lush/Body Shop/Botanics/et al...
Replies: 11
Views: 3571

I couldn't agree more, cat. It's absolutely outrageous how they describe these products. They've only been required by law to put ingredients on toiletries for a few years, and I find it really amusing to read through the list of industrial effluents which get no mention on the front of the pack or ...
by rdobbie
Wed 16 Mar, 2005 17.19
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Branding & Re-Branding
Replies: 49
Views: 14247

How about...

WAS
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NOW
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by rdobbie
Wed 23 Feb, 2005 11.44
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Morrisons supermarket is downmarket
Replies: 23
Views: 9165

Hymagumba was spot on - Morrisons is ego driven. Sir Ken personally makes all the big decisions, and many of the smaller ones too. He doesn't believe in consultants or branding agencies. Everything is done in-house. It's a business practice I can partly understand, when you look at stories like the ...
by rdobbie
Tue 25 Jan, 2005 05.12
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Petrol Prices: Where do you shop?
Replies: 12
Views: 4234

Now this is what I don't understand with fuel prices. With every other consumer product, there is a lot of competition amongst the biggest providers to offer their product cheaper than anywhere else, so that more people buy it, so that the store can then buy in greater bulk for cheaper prices, thus...
by rdobbie
Sun 16 Jan, 2005 19.15
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: 24hr drinking - good or bad
Replies: 11
Views: 3496

Re: 24hr drinking - good or bad

Is it in our culture to excess, I wonder. If it is, surely extending licensing hours will make little or no difference. I think the argument in favour of 24 hour pubs is that our culture of excess binge drinking has come about entirely because of our restricted serving times. Young people look upon...
by rdobbie
Wed 03 Nov, 2004 18.08
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The obligitary American elections thread
Replies: 23
Views: 8345

Are the Americans stupid Most of them are, evidently. What a sad day for lovers of freedom, justice and peace. Truly terrible news. All we can do is redouble our efforts to boycott the likes of Esso and Pepsi (who own Walkers crisps, by the way) as it was their millions of dollars towards Bush's ca...
by rdobbie
Wed 22 Sep, 2004 12.41
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Chavs - Do not read......
Replies: 30
Views: 13848

1. Go to www.argos.co.uk
2. Type Chav into the search box
3. Be amused
by rdobbie
Mon 13 Sep, 2004 17.08
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Isn't Morrisons a pile of crap
Replies: 121
Views: 37974

I noticed today in the Hawick Safeways (which is quite big) that Morrisons have started clagging their logo onto the safeway EatSmart range. You may not have noticed that they have done the same thing to Safeway's "The Best" range as well. Yeah, Morrisons have 'adopted' quite a few of Saf...