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3 hours ago, Mark Connolly said:

Delivery companies.

Ordered a fridge 2 weeks ago which was due to be installed today. Text yesterday to say it would be delivered between 2 and 6, with a link to a tracker which has been updating all day, moving back and forward between 4.30-6.30 and 5-7.

Phone call at 5.55pm to say they had forgotten to load the fucker onto the truck this morning.

= driver was running late and his shift finished at 6 so nae fridge for Mark. 

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46 minutes ago, Gaz FFC said:

= driver was running late and his shift finished at 6 so nae fridge for Mark. 

No, the fridge's real owner came back and the driver had to make a run for it.

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Morrison's this morning.

Shopping came to £6.45. Tenner put in the self service till, and the change of £3.55 comes out.

Made up of;

3 x £1 coins

2 x 20p coins

15 x ONE PENCE PIECES.

My views on the cashless society may have taken a slight shift.

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27 minutes ago, irvine_buddie said:

Incorrect.. "one pence" or "a penny" is the correct answer.

They said that so as not to confuse it with the pre-decimalisation penny, no need now, it was 46 years ago. One penny, two pence.

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People dicking around with quotes.

 

When I just want to order something there and then whilst not particularly fussed about price (as long as it's no massive rip off), I'm really not up for a week of back and forward email chat. Half the time they've taken so long that I've got the goods in hand from another supplier.

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7 minutes ago, Jmothecat2 said:

If I was asking someone for £3.01 I wouldn't say 'three pound one penny' that sounds odd. I would say '3 pound 1 pence'.

Yet if I were just to say 1p I would say 'one penny'.

3 pound and a penny.

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14 minutes ago, Jmothecat2 said:

 


It's 'three pound' when you are about to mention pence, it's 'three pounds' when it's exactly £3.

 

It really isn't. You've spent too much time in Yorkshire.

ETA: I'm trying to say it as you are suggesting and my brain won't let me. It goes against the some of the most basic laws of grammar.

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