No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
(It wasn't the thought of the excruciating pain that was the worst thing but the fact that I take warfarin)
At that point, I just wrapped my hanky around my thumb so I didn't start gushing blood all over the place (it would've started dripping had I not done this), tried at best to get through the checkout process and just thought "Fuck the clubcard for £4!" and then drove home.
Dom Robinson wrote: > No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I > was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout > and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which > is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the > wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in > the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
> (It wasn't the thought of the excruciating pain that was the worst > thing but the fact that I take warfarin)
> At that point, I just wrapped my hanky around my thumb so I didn't > start gushing blood all over the place (it would've started dripping > had I not done this), tried at best to get through the checkout > process and just thought "Fuck the clubcard for £4!" and then drove > home.
Talking of damaged goods, has anyone here seen a single card reader in Marks and Spencers which hasn't been practically destroyed due to the ridiculous siting of them right beside where people plonk down their shopping baskets? They're all held together with black masking tape - very professional. Perhaps some of the £100,000,000 they spend on TV advertising (the sales of which dropping off as soon as the campaign stops) would be better spend ensuring they can actually read your card with a functioning device?
> Dom Robinson wrote: > > No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I > > was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout > > and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which > > is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the > > wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in > > the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
> > (It wasn't the thought of the excruciating pain that was the worst > > thing but the fact that I take warfarin)
> > At that point, I just wrapped my hanky around my thumb so I didn't > > start gushing blood all over the place (it would've started dripping > > had I not done this), tried at best to get through the checkout > > process and just thought "Fuck the clubcard for £4!" and then drove > > home.
> Talking of damaged goods, has anyone here seen a single card reader in > Marks and Spencers which hasn't been practically destroyed due to the > ridiculous siting of them right beside where people plonk down their > shopping baskets? They're all held together with black masking tape - > very professional. Perhaps some of the £100,000,000 they spend on TV > advertising (the sales of which dropping off as soon as the campaign > stops) would be better spend ensuring they can actually read your card > with a functioning device?
I recently got the one till in Matalan whose reader doesn't work, so the girl at the till asked if I'd mind signing (which obviously I didn't). She seemed a bit embarrassed about it at first as if I'd think it a big problem, so I just joked "Computer says 'no'?" as I like to put ladies at their ease :)
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson
<pickp...@googlemail.com> wrote: >I recently got the one till in Matalan whose reader doesn't work, so >the girl at the till asked if I'd mind signing (which obviously I >didn't).
I misread that as "asked if I'd mind singing".
>She seemed a bit embarrassed about it at first as if I'd >think it a big problem, so I just joked "Computer says 'no'?" as I >like to put ladies at their ease :)
I misread that as "like to flirt with attractive shop assistants on the off chance that I might get a shag". ;)
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson <pickp...@googlemail.com> wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
> No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I > was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout > and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which > is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the > wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in > the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
On 15 Oct, 21:17, middleli...@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson
> <pickp...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >I recently got the one till in Matalan whose reader doesn't work, so > >the girl at the till asked if I'd mind signing (which obviously I > >didn't).
> I misread that as "asked if I'd mind singing".
(prepares to clap)
# Peter Hain, Peter Hain, You had a hundred grand to gain, Peter Hain, you've got no brain, Are you waiting for Gordon to give you the cane? #
Free shopping for Dom, there :)
> >She seemed a bit embarrassed about it at first as if I'd > >think it a big problem, so I just joked "Computer says 'no'?" as I > >like to put ladies at their ease :)
> I misread that as "like to flirt with attractive shop assistants on > the off chance that I might get a shag". ;)
Heh heh, some of the women at Matalan are so svelte they look like if you were to give them a good, rough shag that you'd make them wheelchair-bound for life once you'd inadvertently snapped their spine in two ;)
Marcus Houlden wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson <pickp...@googlemail.com> > wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
>> No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I >> was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout >> and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which >> is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the >> wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in >> the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
Dom Robinson wrote: > On 15 Oct, 19:33, Poldie <a...@b.c> wrote: >> Dom Robinson wrote: >>> No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I >>> was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout >>> and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which >>> is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the >>> wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in >>> the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH! >>> (It wasn't the thought of the excruciating pain that was the worst >>> thing but the fact that I take warfarin) >>> At that point, I just wrapped my hanky around my thumb so I didn't >>> start gushing blood all over the place (it would've started dripping >>> had I not done this), tried at best to get through the checkout >>> process and just thought "Fuck the clubcard for £4!" and then drove >>> home. >> Talking of damaged goods, has anyone here seen a single card reader in >> Marks and Spencers which hasn't been practically destroyed due to the >> ridiculous siting of them right beside where people plonk down their >> shopping baskets? They're all held together with black masking tape - >> very professional. Perhaps some of the £100,000,000 they spend on TV >> advertising (the sales of which dropping off as soon as the campaign >> stops) would be better spend ensuring they can actually read your card >> with a functioning device?
> I recently got the one till in Matalan whose reader doesn't work, so > the girl at the till asked if I'd mind signing (which obviously I > didn't). She seemed a bit embarrassed about it at first as if I'd > think it a big problem, so I just joked "Computer says 'no'?" as I > like to put ladies at their ease :)
> Marcus Houlden wrote: >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson <pickp...@googlemail.com> >> wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
>>> No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I >>> was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout >>> and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which >>> is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the >>> wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in >>> the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH!
>> My bust shoulder certainly didn't look very nice inside or out.
>> mh.
> It's the fracture that'll be the problem in the future , if it was just > the dislocation with physio it would be OK. How is it right now?
> How did you come off the bike - remind me?
Got distracted going down a steep hill, started wobbling, braked hard and slammed into the road at 20 mph rolling over on my side. The saddle looked like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoulden/2943140820/ (only just bought it a week or so earlier) and cracks in the aluminium frame look like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoulden/2943139850/. My bike helmet was dented and scratched and the polystyrene padding was crushed. I was also wearing cycling gloves and a pretty tough nylon jacket, both of which were pretty badly ripped. I was wearing heavy cotton rugby shorts over my cycling shorts so they stayed intact. It was bad enough but without wearing the right kit and learning how to fall safely in martial arts it could have been much worse. The shock wasn't very nice but I remained conscious throughout.
I've got pretty much full range of movement back but my arm's still quite stiff. Despite grumbles the only time I took my sling off for a month was to get washed, even when I was in bed. A friend does sports massage so I'm planning on doing a session with him to loosen it up a bit. I'm also getting back into training, with a nice bruise on my head where someone kicked me in Thai boxing tonight. Last week I managed to run a mile and a half in 18 minutes without even walking and tomorrow I'm going to see how long it takes to do 2. I'm taking things fairly slowly but trying to push things a bit to extend what I can do. Despite being on hiatus for the last couple of months I should also get my first stripe for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on Monday. Get 4 stripes and you can go for the next belt up.
Marcus Houlden wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:28:53 +0100, Sofa - Spud <comfyso...@hotmail.co.uk> > wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
>> Marcus Houlden wrote: >>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Dom Robinson <pickp...@googlemail.com> >>> wrote the following to uk.media.tv.misc:
>>>> No, not a reference to a ladygarden, but I just nipped into Tesco as I >>>> was short on the ready meals, and I got to the self-service checkout >>>> and got my credit card ready and tried to get out the clubcard which >>>> is a key-fob-sized one which slipped further into a small pouch in the >>>> wallet the more I tried to get at it, and at one point while I was in >>>> the queue my finger slipped and gashed my thumb! GAAAHHHH! >>> If you want GAAAHHHH try these: >>> http://personal.nukesoft.co.uk/pics/shoulder1.jpg >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoulden/2941192998/
>>> My bust shoulder certainly didn't look very nice inside or out.
>>> mh.
>> It's the fracture that'll be the problem in the future , if it was just >> the dislocation with physio it would be OK. How is it right now?
>> How did you come off the bike - remind me?
> Got distracted going down a steep hill, started wobbling, braked hard and > slammed into the road at 20 mph rolling over on my side. The saddle looked > like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoulden/2943140820/ (only just > bought it a week or so earlier) and cracks in the aluminium frame look like > this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhoulden/2943139850/. My bike helmet was > dented and scratched and the polystyrene padding was crushed. I was also > wearing cycling gloves and a pretty tough nylon jacket, both of which were > pretty badly ripped. I was wearing heavy cotton rugby shorts over my cycling > shorts so they stayed intact. It was bad enough but without wearing the > right kit and learning how to fall safely in martial arts it could have been > much worse. The shock wasn't very nice but I remained conscious throughout.
Christ I hope she really was good looking!
> I've got pretty much full range of movement back but my arm's still quite > stiff. Despite grumbles the only time I took my sling off for a month was to > get washed, even when I was in bed. A friend does sports massage so I'm > planning on doing a session with him to loosen it up a bit. I'm also getting > back into training, with a nice bruise on my head where someone kicked me in > Thai boxing tonight. Last week I managed to run a mile and a half in 18 > minutes without even walking and tomorrow I'm going to see how long it takes > to do 2. I'm taking things fairly slowly but trying to push things a bit to > extend what I can do. Despite being on hiatus for the last couple of months > I should also get my first stripe for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on Monday. Get 4 > stripes and you can go for the next belt up.
> mh.
Sports massage sounds good - the sling was a particularly good move, the weight of the arm in the sling aiding the healing, they used to give people collar N cuff but many would only wear it a few days then wonder why they had a whole range of problems.
Keep up the good work - but take it easy , don't go and get injured and have to go back to square 1 !!
