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by JAS84
Tue 03 Sep, 2013 21.25
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Yet another phone thread
Replies: 94
Views: 60850

Re: Yet another phone thread

Nokia's brand will only be on feature phones (under a 10 year licence) and not smartphones, which will now use Microsoft's brand. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a512070/nokia-branded-smartphones-to-be-phased-out-following-microsoft-buyout.html In other news, the new Android is called Kit-Kat....
by JAS84
Sun 01 Sep, 2013 21.40
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

Blue eh? So that branch will be a TSB, I assume? A Lloyds would be green.
by JAS84
Sat 24 Aug, 2013 11.38
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

Presumably everyone will still end up referring to these places with their original names anyway - so a rather big waste of money. Indeed. Everyone locally refers to Bransholme Centre, even though it was renamed North Point Shopping Centre over a decade ago. Glades in Bromley and The Chimes in Uxbr...
by JAS84
Sat 24 Aug, 2013 03.08
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

I'm glad they don't own any of my local shopping centres. They're like ITV, running roughshod over local heritage.
by JAS84
Fri 23 Aug, 2013 20.01
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

Hasn't Broadmarsh in Nottingham been on the verge of refurbishment/rebuilding for about a decade, hence why Argos may not be bothering to refurb their store? The interior and what was the Elizabeth Duke counter is also equally dated. At least for the last six years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bro...
by JAS84
Tue 20 Aug, 2013 18.37
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

Yeah, Argos may end in an S, but the word is singular and therefore that should read "Argos IS changing". :lol:
by JAS84
Tue 06 Aug, 2013 22.47
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1166131

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

Well it's not who owned them before the merger - the big Lloyds TSB on George Street, Hull seems to be staying a Lloyds but was originally a TSB.
by JAS84
Thu 01 Aug, 2013 22.44
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2158
Views: 862519

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

I don't get it. What does Captain Janeway have to do with that? :?
by JAS84
Thu 01 Aug, 2013 03.01
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2158
Views: 862519

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

Whataday wrote:Jessops Cardiff reopened last week. They had graphics in the window a few weeks prior saying 'Back in a Flash' (ho ho ho)
lol, good pun for a photographic supplies shop.
by JAS84
Tue 16 Jul, 2013 00.55
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Crisps
Replies: 17
Views: 14932

Re: Crisps

Yeah, I only ever seem to be able to find them in Home Bargains. And they don't have the full range - they never have Salt and Vinegar for example.
by JAS84
Sat 13 Jul, 2013 20.34
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Crisps
Replies: 17
Views: 14932

Re: Crisps