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by Critique
Mon 28 Apr, 2025 00.15
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2163
Views: 1362398

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

Whilst I almost always carry a small card wallet with me when out of the house, I think it’s perfectly reasonable for people to just rely on Apple Pay etc these days. It’s convenient, accepted basically everywhere, and doesn’t have the payment limits that contactless has (although these have been ...
by Critique
Mon 21 Oct, 2024 20.49
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Replies: 278
Views: 370211

Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread

For the longest time my local high street Barclays has, for some reason, had very visible 24 hour staffing. As far as I’m aware, it’s not a branch that has been prone to a spate of daring bank heists, nor is it a branch in a ‘dangerous’ area, and yet a security guard has been sat in the lobby day or ...
by Critique
Mon 08 Jul, 2024 19.28
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2591
Views: 1590155

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

I was going to suggest that the billboard outside Blackhorse Road station seems to be perpetually advertising Lloyd’s Bank (as it always is when I walk past), but Streetview appears to have not captured the outside of the station with a Lloyd’s ad on it once in twelve years! The Apple Maps version ...
by Critique
Sun 30 Jun, 2024 19.58
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 578
Views: 360373

Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board

It’s a shame that some of the most prolific posters on the Forum also happen to be some of the most miserable, isn’t it? There’s rarely a day that goes by that something happens and one of a crowd of three or four doesn’t bemoan how awful it is or make some overdramatic comment.

I don’t generally ...
by Critique
Mon 06 May, 2024 23.21
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Old supermarket signage
Replies: 58
Views: 134810

Old supermarket signage

Over the weekend I walked past an Iceland that still had the old gradient logo/grey frontage. I don’t think this is an especially uncommon sight, but from a quick check online the logo changed back in 2015, meaning that the shop frontage is around nine years out of date. It got me wondering: what’s ...
by Critique
Thu 11 Apr, 2024 22.29
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Technology Thread
Replies: 50
Views: 90183

Re: The Technology Thread

For the first time since getting an iPhone more than a decade ago, a software update has borked my device and I am now stuck with a very expensive paperweight.

Considering that needing a computer to activate devices or do software updates was removed as a requirement years ago, I was amazed to ...
by Critique
Sat 15 Jul, 2023 13.37
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Public Transport in your particular part of the region
Replies: 601
Views: 458138

Re: Public Transport in your particular part of the region

I think there’s certainly an argument for rationalising the number of ticket offices across the network, but not shuttering them altogether. There are almost certainly a host of smaller stations which do not justify having a ticket office anymore; for example on the London Overground and Elizabeth ...
by Critique
Mon 19 Jun, 2023 23.40
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2163
Views: 1362398

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

A load of the Tescos near me have got new self service tills recently and for some reason, they seem to be the worst for scanning barcodes (a quite essential task) that I’ve used since the very first self-checkouts came on the scene! It often takes me multiple attempts to scan a barcode now and it ...
by Critique
Sun 04 Jun, 2023 12.32
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 578
Views: 360373

Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board

Not sure about anyone else, but based on the last few posts in this thread, it feels like there might be some fairly obvious reasons certain members have had their accounts restricted…
by Critique
Sun 21 May, 2023 15.31
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 578
Views: 360373

Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board

Very impressed by just how many members have seen the timing of the Jake Humphrey leaving BT Sport/Philip Schofield leaving This Morning announcements as meaning that Jake is destined to take over on This Morning…!
by Critique
Mon 15 May, 2023 22.00
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 578
Views: 360373

Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board


The "This Morning" thread has to be one of the most embarrassing things I've seen on TVF/TVLF/Pres Cafe in a long time.

Got to love members who post in there constantly about unsubstantiated gossip admitting to not even watching the programme in the first place.


And in classic TVF style, a few ...