Tag: absent minded

Debit Card Laundering!

On: By: Philip Wake
You've heard of money laundering but what about debit cards? I always set my washing machine at midnight on Monday to turn on at 5am to do an 82 minute eco wash. My alarm went off at 06:35 as usual as it usually takes 90 minutes or so depending on the amount of washing but unfortunately the machine had not done its duty. I can only presume that there was a short power drop before it turned on. I set the machine to do a 26 minute rinse instead as I was determined to finish the 80 minute tumble Read more [...]

Somebody’s Getting Absent Minded!

On: By: Philip Wake
I did a small shop at Asda Gosport just after it opened at 10am for a few items which had sold out when I went later in the day yesterday to Asda Fareham - namely the cheap Ibuprofen (40p for 16x200mg - was 35p), Dates (£2 for a 500mg packet) and Sweetcorn (45p for 198g can - was 35p). I had to make do with the 65p packet of Ibuprofen which is better than Nurofen at least which is £2 for the identical product made in the same factory! I found the Dates I wanted though and bought all 3 packets Read more [...]