was the the kids' bike hire company? The idea is that it saves you the cost of buying a new bike every time your child outgrows the previous one - just rent one and swap it for a bigger one as and when required. The economics can make sense, but a decent kids' bike does hold its value fairly well ...

I didn't know you needed a licence for such a thing, but that does explain the one solitary store in Spitalfields.

As I may have mentioned before, AmazonFresh had been reducing their own-label fresh stuff over the last year in favour of a ragtag mix of Morrisons and Booths, though the ambient range ...

A colleague (in his early 40s) recently referred to his 'carphone'.

There's a lot of Saltires going up round some parts of Glasgow, which we assume are part of the same protest.

Pizza Hut have closed their 'flagship' restaurant in Argyle Street in Glasgow City Centre - meaning you'll no longer be able to stand outside Tim Horton's and sing the Fast Food Rockers song.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pizza-hut-suddenly-closes-down-062007390.html?guccounter=1

(I find it kind of ...

I think the points lock thing is new. Someone in Birmingham spent £80-odd of my points a few years ago, and support restored them with no quibbles. As you say, it must be costing them a bomb.

The Kidlington store (Est. 1979) changed to a Metro in the early 2000s, but changed back to a regular superstore when the Metros were abolished. Are there many Metros which didn’t become Expresses?


Well Street in Hackney was a Metro and is now a superstore.
Its sign says 'est 1978' , though I ...

I get the geoblock message if I try to access the forum with the Pixel VPN turned on - it doesn't let you choose your geographic region but I thought usually gave you an IP in the country you're actually in.

I popped into AmazonFresh for lunch today - the standard meal deal is now £3.60 for Prime members (or £4 for everyone else), and they've dropped some of the fancier baked goods from the snack selection - the £3 cinnamon buns used to offer fantastic arbitrage.

I'm baffled by the products in the ...

I'm sure everyone has seen by now that Santander are buying TSB, but feel like it ought to be mentioned here in the thread of record.


If they rebrand that'll probably be the point I close the TSB account I've had since I was 5 :'(


presumably it went through a Lloyds TSB phase somewhere in ...

I'm sure everyone has seen by now that Santander are buying TSB, but feel like it ought to be mentioned here in the thread of record.