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Walkers crisps shortage could last until end of month after IT glitch
"Walkers has been forced to prioritise its most popular varieties – including cheese and onion, ..." which is odd as our normal choice of cheese and onion has been unavailable in the last couple of places we've visited.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...fter-it-glitch
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Originally Posted by
NickDavies
Walkers crisps shortage could last until end of month after IT glitch
"Walkers has been forced to prioritise its most popular varieties – including cheese and onion, ..." which is odd as our normal choice of cheese and onion has been unavailable in the last couple of places we've visited.
The last supermarket I visited had no crisps, of any description, from any manufacturer...
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Originally Posted by
Pangolin
The current landlord has definitely improved the feeling of the pub, but that beer selection is never going to tempt me away from the nearby Rigbys, Ye Hole, Lion Tavern etc.
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Palookaville
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
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A 'mind-boggling' number of people fail to correctly use the word number, rather than amount - a bugbear which threatens to contest the great apostrophe debacle running rife in our society.
"Yep, a mind-boggling amount of pubs – 537 to be exact – share The Red Lion as a name"... seriously? an amount of pubs? not a number of pubs?
Fkn peasants. But it'll all be ok, as, those who consider inference of meaning to be the correct standard for the English language. are in the ascendance. We're doomed...
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Originally Posted by
trainman
A 'mind-boggling' number of people fail to correctly use the word number, rather than amount - a bugbear which threatens to contest the great apostrophe debacle running rife in our society.
"Yep, a mind-boggling amount of pubs – 537 to be exact – share The Red Lion as a name"... seriously? an amount of pubs? not a number of pubs?
Fkn peasants. But it'll all be ok, as, those who consider inference of meaning to be the correct standard for the English language. are in the ascendance. We're doomed...
I must have missed that when I skimmed through the piece trying to avoid adverts. Well spotted, Jim.
Doomed? I think the end of the world due to climate breakdown will happen long before we cease to be able to communicate properly in English. (Or should that be "because of climate breakdown"? Any experts in correct use of English around to help, please?)
Come On You Hatters!
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Originally Posted by
trainman
doomed...
An adjective which describes the current beer scene in London.
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The craft beer channel on you tube has a 5 part documentary called keeping cask alive.i.liked it and nice to see someone championing cask ale.strangely all the beers they tried were great.
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Only one of the last 14 pubs I have been to has taken cash.not happy with this situation personally.
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Originally Posted by
london calling
Only one of the last 14 pubs I have been to has taken cash.not happy with this situation personally.
On the other hand, it must be a year or so since I last had to use my emergency tenner because a pub didn't take cards.
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