Thats you crossed off next seasons Acun family trip
Off Topic What grinds your gears
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Always loved working in the big factory sites late seventies and through the eighties .Reckitts ,Birds Eye ,smith and nephews ,Dunlop etc .Getting sent to the Mars factory in Batley, planning a raid in the staff shop , only to discover they make dog biscuits.
probably a good job though, still working my way through 11kg of freddo faces i got from cadburys last week, diets going well
Great factory shops but even better on site subsidised canteens.These days no shops and rooms full of vending machines.
When I was at Fev we were sponsored by Red Bull and Haribo who were both local companies. The Haribo factory shop was ridiculous, you could get 4 carrier bags full of those square plastic tubs for about a tenner. Red Bull would give us as much as we wanted, the physio room was always piled high with it. I was taking 2 or 3 cases a session home and selling them to Empress and other pubs during the Vodka/Red Bull boom!
To avoid confusion I refer to them as "The Krauts" which is
obviously a term of affection and not derogatory in any way
When I was 10 or 11, my parents took me on holiday to Shladming in Austria. My sisters went on a separate holiday to With or something like that and one of them sent us a postcard to say they had arrived their safe.
It was addressed to:
The Hotel Alte Post
Shladming
Austria
All rooms have hot and cold water.
The staff pissed themselves explaining it to us.
Thursday was factory shop and pay day.
I bought my first bottle of aged Bacardi there. I know it wasn’t 8 or 10, but was the first time I had a bottle of rum that came in its own tin. I think it might have been something like an anniversary reserve.
They had a bottle of Bacardi 151 on the shelf that was marked as not for sale. I asked about it and was told it was the strongest overproof rum that you could get and they couldn’t sell it. It had a flash or flame ******er top, if I remember correctly.
I have had one since, but it was dire. Only good for making a cocktail, bit like white rum really, only good when mixed.
It was addressed to:
The Hotel Alte Post
Shladming
Austria
All rooms have hot and cold water.
The staff pissed themselves explaining it to us.
I worked in the Martini/Bacardi bottling plant in Southampton Docks as an agency forklift driver.
Thursday was factory shop and pay day.
I bought my first bottle of aged Bacardi there. I know it wasn’t 8 or 10, but was the first time I had a bottle of rum that came in its own tin. I think it might have been something like an anniversary reserve.
They had a bottle of Bacardi 151 on the shelf that was marked as not for sale. I asked about it and was told it was the strongest overproof rum that you could get and they couldn’t sell it. It had a flash or flame ******er top, if I remember correctly.
I have had one since, but it was dire. Only good for making a cocktail, bit like white rum really, only good when mixed.
Ah well, England/Hvratska tomorrow evening will help these minor irritations pass
Recently did it both ways in Spain , do same fingers in both directions hold your passport down still and don’t move at the camera - then you’ve got a chance ! Remember there could be idiots in front of you !Yes but it's not very well explained,especially on the way back(we were Lanzarote to be fair so it may well be better at other destinations)
3 idiots in a row when I was there...One in front,one behind and me in the middle
Got there in the end somehow !!
When were you upgraded to idiot?3 idiots in a row when I was there...One in front,one behind and me in the middle
Got there in the end somehow !!
It's our time.
too much information
The only thing I can add to that is keep your fingers closed together when scanning. If you splay them it fails, but the explanation why is really unobvious.
Either that or I'm just a dimwit ...
Or both ...
Who am I kidding. It will almost certainly be both
Advertising breaks masquerading as rehydration breaks.
I've today received an email from the Environment Agency, advising me that I'm responsible for the waste disposal of any packaging on the goods I send to the EU. And this comes the day after I'm informed that the EU is now adding a €3.00 charge to every individual item I send to Europe (per garment, not delivery). It's a ****ing farce and I'm not sure I can be arsed with this nonsense for much longer...
Under Environment Agency and UK government definitions, a poly bag used to cover, protect, or present a garment is legally classified as packaging.
Once it is discarded by the final consumer, it becomes packaging waste.
The regulatory handling and responsibilities break down as follows:
1. Classification
According to the UK Packaging Waste Regulations, packaging is any material used to hold, protect, handle, deliver, and present goods. Polyethylene garment bags fall under this definition, and because they are intended for the end user, they are typically classified as household packaging waste.
2. Producer Responsibility
Because poly bags are classified as packaging, businesses that supply, pack, or import them into the UK are subject to strict environmental responsibilities. Under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, obligated businesses must track, report, and finance the costs of recycling these bags.
3. Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT)
If your business manufactures or imports plastic packaging components, you may also be subject to the Plastic Packaging Tax. Poly bags are taxable unless they contain at least 30% recycled plastic content.
4. Waste Disposal
For end-users, poly bags and soft plastics are not currently accepted in standard kerbside household recycling in most UK districts. However, consumers can recycle them at designated collection points, such as supermarket soft plastic recycling bins (often listed on the Recycle Now platform).
Under Environment Agency and UK government definitions, a poly bag used to cover, protect, or present a garment is legally classified as packaging.
Once it is discarded by the final consumer, it becomes packaging waste.
The regulatory handling and responsibilities break down as follows:
1. Classification
According to the UK Packaging Waste Regulations, packaging is any material used to hold, protect, handle, deliver, and present goods. Polyethylene garment bags fall under this definition, and because they are intended for the end user, they are typically classified as household packaging waste.
2. Producer Responsibility
Because poly bags are classified as packaging, businesses that supply, pack, or import them into the UK are subject to strict environmental responsibilities. Under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, obligated businesses must track, report, and finance the costs of recycling these bags.
3. Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT)
If your business manufactures or imports plastic packaging components, you may also be subject to the Plastic Packaging Tax. Poly bags are taxable unless they contain at least 30% recycled plastic content.
4. Waste Disposal
For end-users, poly bags and soft plastics are not currently accepted in standard kerbside household recycling in most UK districts. However, consumers can recycle them at designated collection points, such as supermarket soft plastic recycling bins (often listed on the Recycle Now platform).
Surely it's about time to bring back the death penalty ?
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You'd have to assume that there's mental issues (like with the Brit who threw a young French kid off the Tate Modern roof a few years ago) and they wouldn't get the death penalty anyway...
Speaking of people being thrown - has anyone seen this - it's horrible
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