What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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DeeGee Jun 2022 8:43am, 10 Jun 2022 22,016 posts	0 DeeGee Surprisingly hard to fill a £40 basket for shopping delivery Wonder if I’m better off turning my freezer back on Topped up your stocks of toilet paper and detergent? That's what I usually use if I've got a spending target.
Fields Jun 2022 9:01am, 10 Jun 2022 4,906 posts	0 Fields That is a good point. I think I can amend the order until Monday.
Ally-C Jun 2022 1:57pm, 10 Jun 2022 1,984 posts	0 Ally-C Surprisingly hard to fill a £40 basket for shopping delivery Wonder if I’m better off turning my freezer back on Unless you stay very rural I’d be reluctant to get a shopping home delivery these days. The folk doing this are constantly put under pressure to go faster, therefore all attempts at quality for the customer go out of the window. Nearly 200 items and hour doesn’t give much scope to be selective.
Ally-C Jun 2022 2:03pm, 10 Jun 2022 1,985 posts	0 Ally-C A on line shopping substitution thread could be fun. We ordered a pillow recently & got a pillow protector instead😀
Fields Jun 2022 2:16pm, 10 Jun 2022 4,913 posts	0 Fields It’s cos I have covid and can’t go out! I put a lot of instant noodle pots and microwave rice in the basket and also some ready meals last night as I was a bit lacking in ideas. It’s the lack of control over use by dates which I don’t like about supermarket deliveries - but needs must
Ally-C Jun 2022 2:21pm, 10 Jun 2022 1,986 posts	0 Ally-C It’s cos I have covid and can’t go out! I put a lot of instant noodle pots and microwave rice in the basket and also some ready meals last night as I was a bit lacking in ideas. It’s the lack of control over use by dates which I don’t like about supermarket deliveries - but needs must I hope you’re ok. Time constraints don’t let shoppers look for better dates, they’re taught to, but in reality to meet targets they can’t. Ordered garden gloves a few months ago and got grass seed as a sub😀
Ocelot Spleens Jun 2022 7:51pm, 10 Jun 2022 33,961 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens What a Mansard Roof is.
Nellers Jun 2022 7:53pm, 10 Jun 2022 39,532 posts	0 Nellers Ooh ooh I knew the Mansard roof one!
Ocelot Spleens Jun 2022 8:03pm, 10 Jun 2022 33,962 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I was reading about Bridewell Palace that became the site of the Lever Building.
Dvorak Jun 2022 8:27pm, 10 Jun 2022 25,443 posts	0 Dvorak A Bridewell Taxi was Leeds slang for a police van, as its destination was often Bridewell, the Leeds central police station and cells. Which in turn was linked to Bridewell Palace, which latterly became a correctional institution, then jail; and lent its name to similar in sundry locations. (OS's post had made me think of The Bridewell Taxis, a band who probably hadn't crossed my mind in a good number of years. Their Wikipedia page makes a diverting read en.m.wikipedia.org )