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On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 10:46:39 +0100
wrote:
On 08/06/2020 08:45, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:19:01 +0100
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
In article , writes
Well, the typical "try out" approach is to order the same shoe in sizes
9, 9 1/2 and 10, keep one pair and return the other two.

On what planet?

The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than simply
going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.


In my case it's a 60 minute round trip back to the shop or a 30 minute
round trip to the Post Office.

Where do you live, the isle of skye?

New boarding on London's buses
 

wrote:
On 08/06/2020 11:43, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:46:39 on Mon, 8 Jun 2020,
remarked:
Well, the typical "try out" approach is to order the same shoe in
sizes
9, 9 1/2 and 10, keep one pair and return the other two.

On what planet?

The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the
postage.

Â*I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than
simply goingÂ* back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

In my case it's a 60 minute round trip back to the shop or a 30 minute
round trip to the Post Office.

You don't have a suitable inconvenience store closer?

https://www.parcel2go.com/ is a good source for finding one.

Interesting.

The distances are as the gulls fly and it shows Morrisons as my closest
at 0.69 miles which necessitates swimming across the River Ely to
achieve. The walking distance will be about 1.05 miles so in comparison
with the Post Office will be about 40 minutes.

Bring back C&A whose clothes always fitted me.




Still available in other countries! I bought t-shirts and shorts in C&A in
Switzerland on a trip two years ago.


Anna Noyd-Dryver

New boarding on London's buses
 

On 08/06/2020 15:53, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On 08/06/2020 11:43, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:46:39 on Mon, 8 Jun 2020,
remarked:
Well, the typical "try out" approach is to order the same shoe in
sizes
9, 9 1/2 and 10, keep one pair and return the other two.

On what planet?

The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the
postage.

Â*I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than
simply goingÂ* back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

In my case it's a 60 minute round trip back to the shop or a 30 minute
round trip to the Post Office.

You don't have a suitable inconvenience store closer?

https://www.parcel2go.com/ is a good source for finding one.

Interesting.

The distances are as the gulls fly and it shows Morrisons as my closest
at 0.69 miles which necessitates swimming across the River Ely to
achieve. The walking distance will be about 1.05 miles so in comparison
with the Post Office will be about 40 minutes.

Bring back C&A whose clothes always fitted me.




Still available in other countries! I bought t-shirts and shorts in C&A in
Switzerland on a trip two years ago.

I got stuff in Amsterdam and Hamburg last October.

New boarding on London's buses
 

On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:05:51 +0100, "tim..."
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"Sam Wilson" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 09:04:10 +0100, "tim..."
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"Sam Wilson" wrote in message
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Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:28:58 +0100, "Clive D.W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Charles
Ellson
writes
But it's ok for you, the government and every other Tom, Dick or
Harry
to force their decisions on us.

In the case of the government, that's what we elected them to do.

FSVO "We".

We, as a country, elected them. Being on the losing side sometimes
is
part of the system.

At least two other countries in the Union didn't elect them.

They may not have voted for them, but they did take part in the
process
of
electing them. (Alas!)

you had the democratic opportunity to change that

and democracy won

HTH

Democracy is a repeating process.

but not in a way where there are demands for a neverendum, so that they
eventually win from voter fatigue

Do you have some kind of legal or even scholarly reference for that
assertion?

try this as just one example

https://capx.co/a-fate-worse-than-qu...ds-neverendum/


Azeem Ibrahim, Executive Chairman of the Scotland Institute, a "think
tank" founded by an unholy LAB-LIB-CON alliance of Alistair Darling,
Jo Swinson and Jackson Carlaw.

New boarding on London's buses
 

In article , Roland Perry
writes
The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than simply going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

In my case (and I suspect Clive's) the shop is 10 miles away and has no
parking. So you have to queue to get into the council car park then go
round and up and round and up and round and up to find a space. Walk
five minutes to the store which has a queue at Customer Services, then
walk back and *pay*, then go round and down and round and down and round
and down and queue to exit. Then drive 10 miles home.

Not quite 10 miles: 9.3 to Lion Yard or 7.4 to Park Street (which is a
longer walk). In each case, about 3 quid for parking. Or 25 minutes each
way on a bus for I forget what fare. But you've got the basics right.

Rather than drop a package off at a convenience store within short
walking distance of home (or has free parking on the street outside).

The walk to the post office (which is what I used) is about 15 minutes
each way, just right for my daughter's and my daily exercise. But, yes,
they do have free parking either on the street or at the adjacent Tesco.

--
Clive D.W. Feather

New boarding on London's buses
 

In message , at 21:47:17 on Mon, 8 Jun
2020, Clive D.W. Feather remarked:
In article , Roland Perry
writes
The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than
simply going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

In my case (and I suspect Clive's) the shop is 10 miles away and has no
parking. So you have to queue to get into the council car park then go
round and up and round and up and round and up to find a space. Walk
five minutes to the store which has a queue at Customer Services, then
walk back and *pay*, then go round and down and round and down and round
and down and queue to exit. Then drive 10 miles home.

Not quite 10 miles: 9.3 to Lion Yard or 7.4 to Park Street (which is a
longer walk). In each case, about 3 quid for parking. Or 25 minutes each
way on a bus for I forget what fare.

£4.50

But you've got the basics right.

I'm more than 10 miles, actually, but it's a broad-brush logarithmic
scale: more than 3 miles but less than 30 miles.

Rather than drop a package off at a convenience store within short
walking distance of home (or has free parking on the street outside).

The walk to the post office (which is what I used) is about 15 minutes
each way, just right for my daughter's and my daily exercise. But, yes,
they do have free parking either on the street or at the adjacent Tesco.


--
Roland Perry

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"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:05:51 +0100, "tim..."
wrote:



"Sam Wilson" wrote in message
...
tim... wrote:


"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 09:04:10 +0100, "tim..."
wrote:



"Sam Wilson" wrote in message
...
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:28:58 +0100, "Clive D.W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Charles
Ellson
writes
But it's ok for you, the government and every other Tom, Dick
or
Harry
to force their decisions on us.

In the case of the government, that's what we elected them to
do.

FSVO "We".

We, as a country, elected them. Being on the losing side sometimes
is
part of the system.

At least two other countries in the Union didn't elect them.

They may not have voted for them, but they did take part in the
process
of
electing them. (Alas!)

you had the democratic opportunity to change that

and democracy won

HTH

Democracy is a repeating process.

but not in a way where there are demands for a neverendum, so that they
eventually win from voter fatigue

Do you have some kind of legal or even scholarly reference for that
assertion?

try this as just one example

https://capx.co/a-fate-worse-than-qu...ds-neverendum/


Azeem Ibrahim, Executive Chairman of the Scotland Institute, a "think
tank" founded by an unholy LAB-LIB-CON alliance of Alistair Darling,
Jo Swinson and Jackson Carlaw.

You simply asked me for proof that the term was in (FSVO) general usage and
not something I had invented (at least that's how I interpreted your PP)

I've given you that

If you don't agree with the analysis, credibly refute it. Shooting the
messenger is never a valid debating position.

HTH

tim

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wrote in message ...
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 09:05:21 +0100
"tim..." wrote:
wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:19:01 +0100
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
In article , writes
Well, the typical "try out" approach is to order the same shoe in
sizes
9, 9 1/2 and 10, keep one pair and return the other two.

On what planet?

The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than simply
going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

It's been explained to you

not everyone has an M&S on the corner

HTH

Not everyone has a post office or a chavmart on the corner either.

I did wonder if you were going to take "on the corner" literally and should
use a different term, but decided that even you weren't that stupid

Seems I was wrong

HTH

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wrote in message ...
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 10:46:39 +0100
wrote:
On 08/06/2020 08:45, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:19:01 +0100
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
In article , writes
Well, the typical "try out" approach is to order the same shoe in
sizes
9, 9 1/2 and 10, keep one pair and return the other two.

On what planet?

The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the
postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than simply
going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.


In my case it's a 60 minute round trip back to the shop or a 30 minute
round trip to the Post Office.

Where do you live, the isle of skye?

at 3 miles per hour walking pace that us decrepit oldies manage

that 0.75 miles each way

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"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote in message
...
In article , Roland Perry
writes
The one we, if not you, live on. I just posted some clothes back to M&S
today ordered on just that basis (not shoes). They even pay the postage.

I find it incredible that anyone could find that less hassle than simply
going
back to the shop and getting an immediate refund/exchange.

In my case (and I suspect Clive's) the shop is 10 miles away and has no
parking. So you have to queue to get into the council car park then go
round and up and round and up and round and up to find a space. Walk
five minutes to the store which has a queue at Customer Services, then
walk back and *pay*, then go round and down and round and down and round
and down and queue to exit. Then drive 10 miles home.

Not quite 10 miles: 9.3 to Lion Yard or 7.4 to Park Street (which is a
longer walk). In each case, about 3 quid for parking. Or 25 minutes each
way on a bus for I forget what fare. But you've got the basics right.


25 minutes for a 10 mile bus journey is pretty good going

are there no stops on the way