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by thegeek
Sat 23 Mar, 2024 08.31
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 905721

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

West London is something of an Aldi desert - Lidl have stores in Acton, Hammersmith and She Bu (and have for ages).

Leytonstone's Matalan closed recently and seems like it's going to be half M&S Food; half Aldi, though the council have longer-term ambitions to turn it into housing.
by thegeek
Wed 20 Mar, 2024 19.57
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
Replies: 817
Views: 395093

Re: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread

This 2018 document (linked from the Visa Electron Wikipedia page) says that Electron will be entirely phased out by April 13th this year.
by thegeek
Mon 11 Mar, 2024 15.02
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Replies: 232
Views: 125192

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

They've not made a fuss about it (as they don't seem to be rolling it out to everyone at once), but Monzo now support cheque imaging.
by thegeek
Mon 11 Mar, 2024 09.35
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Replies: 232
Views: 125192

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

ah - I've only had exposure to VM's current account and ISA platform and didn't realise they had more!

Nationwide is, as you say, unified - it's just very retro. It could probably survive a reskin, but a ground-up rebuild would be the more sensible option.
by thegeek
Sun 10 Mar, 2024 14.50
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Replies: 232
Views: 125192

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

I wonder how much of this is Nationwide trying to get a better online banking platform? Their current IT is well in need of an overhaul, whereas much of Virgin Money is quite modern - I have a feeling it's based on Clydesdale's short-lived B brand. That said, I recently opened an ISA with them and i...
by thegeek
Fri 23 Feb, 2024 15.52
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Technology Thread
Replies: 38
Views: 7426

Re: The Technology Thread

Despite my initial misgivings, I've quickly come to love my wireless earphones - admittedly it's partly driven by my change in commuting habits, but the case takes up very little space in my pocket, so I'm far more likely to stick them in and listen to something when out and about or even doing odd-...
by thegeek
Fri 16 Feb, 2024 19.20
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
Replies: 18
Views: 1975

Re: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?

Having gigabit broadband would certainly have been a lot more useful to me during Covid times when I was working from home a lot more (in a job that required quite a bit of streaming video). It's less of an issue now and I reckon a few hundred meg would do me fine, though having a symmetrical upload...
by thegeek
Wed 14 Feb, 2024 10.30
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
Replies: 18
Views: 1975

Re: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?

Buying lunch from Pret has definitely joined the 'once in a while' thing rather than being once a week or so - I understand their economics, but I can't really justify a fiver for a sarnie anymore. I'm also less likely to buy a fancy coffee on the way to work - though that's partly because I'm now g...
by thegeek
Sun 11 Feb, 2024 10.18
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2149
Views: 852403

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

The last time I saw a The Body Shop and it actually registered in my consciousness was when I was in Seoul a few years back - but it was in Myeong-dong, which is home of many a flagship cosmetics shop, so it was a particularly big and swanky one. I guess Lush has supplanted it as a home-grown eco-co...
by thegeek
Sun 31 Dec, 2023 12.19
Forum: Birdsong
Topic: Radio Clyde at 50
Replies: 1
Views: 2418

Radio Clyde at 50

Clyde 1 are broadcasting a 2-hour retrospective on the occasion of their 50th birthday, with some good bits of archive and interviews with people who were involved over the years. So far, John MacKay and Dougie Donnelly have popped up. https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/shows/clyde-1-the-first-50-years...
by thegeek
Mon 27 Nov, 2023 16.42
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Replies: 1291
Views: 508351

Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain

I've seen both the Channel 4-only version and the version with all three networks (but also on Channel 4).

Is there an STV version for Scotland?