It's a bit strange that they made such a big deal about changing to Mastercard, only to roll it back again.

I'm half-tempted to 'lose' my Child & Co card to see what shows up, though it would probably just be exactly the same as my existing card.


It would be yes. Childs and Drummonds sort ...

It's a bit strange that they made such a big deal about changing to Mastercard, only to roll it back again.

I'm half-tempted to 'lose' my Child & Co card to see what shows up, though it would probably just be exactly the same as my existing card.


It would be yes. Childs and Drummonds sort ...

It's a bit strange that they made such a big deal about changing to Mastercard, only to roll it back again.

I'm half-tempted to 'lose' my Child & Co card to see what shows up, though it would probably just be exactly the same as my existing card.

every so often I click on something in Outlook or Teams and find myself in yet another bloody new Microsoft product that I've never heard of before. Microsoft Loop is a thing?

I'm 'not yet eligible' for Premium Lite, it says here, as they're rolling it out gradually.

I'm not currently subscribing to any music service, because I'm being a cheapskate and waiting for another 3 months of Spotify for £9.99 deals to come along - though I think the adverts will get the better ...

WillPS wrote: Sun 06 Apr, 2025 21.53 The Starbucks across the road in the former Happy Eater is well worth a visit to appreciate its ridiculously stylish roof.

Apparently it was a Little Chef, according to its Wikipedia page. I do like a hyperbolic paraboloid in a building.

Legal & General appear to have rebranded as L&G. They've sensibly kept the umbrella.
https://cms.legalandgeneral.com/globala ... g_logo.svg

has that always been their logo? It reminds me of Radio Shack.

Bit of a mouthful though - the G into the J doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

You can add railcards - but not Two Together or Family & Friends - or a 16-18 Young Scot card.

Adding discounts to contactless payment cards isn't an insurmountable problem - they do it in the Netherlands on OVpay: https://www.ovpay.nl/en/age-based-discounts-for-contactless-cards

When you add the ...

So a new thing in Scotland is ScotRail's tap & go app.

I saw it advertised on Facebook saying it "couldn't be easier" - and I think I would like to disagree with that.

For a start it's not integrated into the existing ScotRail app, and also requires its own account, and you need to manually enter ...