tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post1167115157898934334..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Pandemenomics for UK plcCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87849495137571774612021-05-01T07:37:32.631+01:002021-05-01T07:37:32.631+01:00On the Dixons/airport front.
I am long on travel ...On the Dixons/airport front. <br />I am long on travel by car-ferry/Chunnel. <br />I can't see people coming back to a position of trust on a flying holiday. <br />However with your own transport and the associated level of autonomy and comfort that driving provides will be popular. (Waiting 6 hours in a car for a test Vs 6 hours queuing at an airport is more comfortable, and less covidy. You can make a dash for the border if situations are changing / drive to get tested / Chunnel has huge capacity. ) Just not sure what companies to go long on. Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793310730847650998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-41502442102221527362021-04-30T18:56:01.676+01:002021-04-30T18:56:01.676+01:00I am not and never have been a denier. We have all...I am not and never have been a denier. We have allowed the Gonk class to take over. E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-51589264528971237792021-04-30T18:54:19.989+01:002021-04-30T18:54:19.989+01:00Thank you Jan. Thank you Jan. E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83943334144335794792021-04-30T12:49:42.788+01:002021-04-30T12:49:42.788+01:00@EK
Try: https://www.dosbods.co.uk
There are pl...@EK <br /><br />Try: https://www.dosbods.co.uk<br /><br />There are plenty there who completely agree with youJannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6621349942079453112021-04-30T09:02:56.555+01:002021-04-30T09:02:56.555+01:00https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/frede...https://www.express.co.uk/comment/columnists/frederick-forsyth/1430078/vote-tory-party-boris-johnson-prime-minister<br /><br />Have this from another quality journal as well then. <br /><br />At the end of next month I get my second jab. I'll start wearing my mask exemption lanyard immediately. Yes. Wearing a mask 6 hours a day is driving me a little nuts - alas, lip reading will still remain difficult as other's will still be wearing theirs (I have bad tinnitus - working too close to big machinery for over 30 years.) <br /><br />I'll actually enjoy seeing broadsheet-reading fools' scared little eyes - with faces stripped of expression and individuality - peering above their soggy muzzles. <br /><br />I am aghast (utterly aghast) at our so-called intelligent class's vulnerability to being manipulated and controlled like this. <br /><br />E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83623326252180245422021-04-30T07:01:57.815+01:002021-04-30T07:01:57.815+01:00Lol.
The dailymail link says more about you than y...Lol.<br />The dailymail link says more about you than your usual whining dross.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-22692420343519728292021-04-29T22:21:31.364+01:002021-04-29T22:21:31.364+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-33158330836103784382021-04-29T22:16:51.790+01:002021-04-29T22:16:51.790+01:00https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9527097...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9527097/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-new-normal-No-Tier-Zero.html<br /><br />Why there will be nothing 'normal' about the new normal and why ye olde life is never coming back. <br /><br />Covid Marshalling is now an established government function and so will never be relinquished. <br /><br />E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-75197917526323240192021-04-29T16:24:25.967+01:002021-04-29T16:24:25.967+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79304955367527471902021-04-29T14:25:13.088+01:002021-04-29T14:25:13.088+01:00OT but you have to laugh - "New Stateperson&q...OT but you have to laugh - "New Stateperson" tries to stir the pot. <br /><br />https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2021/04/it-s-not-electoral-commission-should-worry-boris-johnson<br /><br /><i>"Dominic Cummings has been playing Boris Johnson for far longer than he realises. The question is why the Prime Minister ever let someone as untrustworthy as Cummings remain next to him."</i><br /><br />Now I think Boris adds to the gaiety of nations, and is probably the best PM we currently have (out of an appalling field), but the picture of poor innocent Boris all unknowingly harbouring Viper Dom in his bosom - "it is to laugh". <br /><br />Boris is the man of whom his editor (Max Hastings?) said "I would not trust him with either my wife or my wallet". I think he can look after himself, although I very much regret the estrangement - Boris needs a get-it-done person and Dom seemed pretty good.<br /><br />I wish they'd kiss and make up - or at least talk to each other rather than via briefings and blog posts. The reason Dom had a lot of enemies is the same as why Mandelson and Campbell had - being too effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-47795230390921212412021-04-29T12:01:27.236+01:002021-04-29T12:01:27.236+01:00I have to admit that I just checked the Sainsburys...I have to admit that I just checked the Sainsburys website search facility and its seems to be working perfectly now (at the moment at least). A search for beef crisps brings up just packets of beef crisps. That certainly wasn't the case a while back, I once searched for something and got about 12 pages of results as the two words were common. So someone is doing their job at least. Perhaps they read this comment thread :)Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-1090017077013471192021-04-29T12:01:14.549+01:002021-04-29T12:01:14.549+01:00Interesting feedback re Sainsbury's my local o...Interesting feedback re Sainsbury's my local one is always doing OK business but I have never ordered online. Am a lifer with Ocado now and quite pleased with the M&S transition that has annoyed everyone else!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81968437883105169352021-04-29T11:44:14.870+01:002021-04-29T11:44:14.870+01:00Can agree with Woke in relation to Sainsbury's...Can agree with Woke in relation to Sainsbury's. We buy cream from them via delivery service and 8 times out of 10 it'll have leaked all over the other shopping. Why is this? Because the idiots removed the plastic lid that provided the strength around the top and left a flimsy tear off instead.<br />I've asked them numerous times to reinstate the lid and the delivery people tell me the same. They hate it as they have to clean the boxes when they leak.<br /><br />More important to Sainsbury's to save flipper from choking on that plastic than make their customers/staff happy. Plus they refund me not only the cream but the cost of anything else it leaks on.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141297358269863170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31227071859281554412021-04-29T11:30:26.176+01:002021-04-29T11:30:26.176+01:00I work with quite a few ex-Sainsbury's head of...I work with quite a few ex-Sainsbury's head office people - I get the impression morale there is pretty low, with regular restructurings people are choosing to leave before they are potentially pushed out.<br /><br />I also get the impression that Sainsbury's has a fairly big woke culture - so business results are probably secondary to ensuring more important things are happening like sustainability, diversity and inclusion.<br /><br />We use Sainsbury's delivery and can echo others comments. There's 3 items we buy each week and for the last 4 weeks these have been out of stock on the website. Go into the store and there's always been plenty of stock of all of these items.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13574490880398169292021-04-29T08:05:11.099+01:002021-04-29T08:05:11.099+01:00Sorry. Paint peeling *off* it, of course.Sorry. Paint peeling *off* it, of course.formertoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787382608124662939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71340508288403560752021-04-29T08:03:51.234+01:002021-04-29T08:03:51.234+01:00Completely agree with Sobers. I get to do the sho...Completely agree with Sobers. I get to do the shopping and cooking these days and I've started to split it between Sainsburys (for a few things in their ranges I particularly like) and Tesco (again, for stuff of theirs that I like and the fact that Tesco is noticeably cheaper on most mainstream items). It's pretty much a certainty that the notification email from Sainsbarg's on delivery / collection day will start with "we're sorry, some of the items you ordered aren't available". Tesco is much more reliable, and the online ordering much better organised.<br /><br />I occasionally drive past my local Sainsbarg Superstore and keep expecting to see the paint peeling of it. It feels like an organisation that's really struggling.formertoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787382608124662939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-62462187608918944602021-04-29T07:46:18.250+01:002021-04-29T07:46:18.250+01:00"Big banks like Lloyds Bank and HSBC have ret..."Big banks like Lloyds Bank and HSBC have returned to strong profits already."<br /><br />We'll see. Wait until we find the consequence of a years worth of small business destruction on their customers businesses.<br /><br />Even with the looming end of the lockdown, it may take some time for customers to return to the pubs and restaurants.<br /><br />A lot of discretionary spending is habitual, and a year of abstinence is long enough to destroy a habit. <br /><br />APLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353111635255109337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-57670733083602145442021-04-28T22:30:44.467+01:002021-04-28T22:30:44.467+01:00You've recovered then CU, great to see.
On su...You've recovered then CU, great to see.<br /><br />On supermarket deliveries I have to say Tesco seem to have it about right. Have always turned up at the booked time. Rarely anything missing. As for banks, well everyone tapping away touch free was bound to make a profit for them and yes I did buy HSBC when HSBC were out of favour (especially over HK). At least dividends are back for all my financial sector shares now :)<br />Timbo614https://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168026195402267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-64009545858134863332021-04-28T21:56:58.261+01:002021-04-28T21:56:58.261+01:00Waitrose left our town several years ago. It was r...Waitrose left our town several years ago. It was replaced with a Lidl. <br /><br />A depressing contrast. A case of use it or lose it. We used to do our main shop at Morrisons and get the nice bits at Waitrose. Bye bye Waitrose. <br /><br />Now we do the main shop at lidl and get the nice bits at Morrisons. <br /><br />What a come down. And now I need spectacles to see, viagra to get it up and my physio says I need knee surgery to get down. <br /><br />It looks like a recession from where I'm sitting. E-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657071992016670517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5219466976867099552021-04-28T20:00:19.130+01:002021-04-28T20:00:19.130+01:00" manages to take a 2 word description and se..." manages to take a 2 word description and searches for each individual word, rather than the combination of the two words"<br /><br />Have you tried putting quote marks around the two-word phrase ? That works on some search engines.<br /><br />But I'm sure you're right that the IT manager needs sacking. Finding somebody better to a a replacement may be another matter, especially if "diversity" rules.<br /><br />Don CoxDon Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339420519741253080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-22320377462553243522021-04-28T18:04:45.752+01:002021-04-28T18:04:45.752+01:00Trouble is Waitrose have some things that only the...Trouble is Waitrose have some things that only they do, like the excellent chickpea/spinach/quinoa microwave bags - I wish Aldi would do them, they'd be half the price. Their own brand Earl Grey tea is good as well - only Sainsbury of the supermarkets come anywhere close to their quality.<br /><br />Generally I'm a Lidl devotee with occasional outings to the Aldi central aisle - still regretting the log splitter I didn't buy in 2017, but their chainsaw and electric saw are still going three years on, cut a lot of wood in that time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-70651792561562699982021-04-28T16:33:48.112+01:002021-04-28T16:33:48.112+01:00Waitrose are in decline. My wife was there yester...Waitrose are in decline. My wife was there yesterday, partly to buy some items that had been omitted from our delivery. She said that there were gaps all over the shelves. She's going to go to Morrison's tomorrow.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63775146746299062312021-04-28T15:56:51.512+01:002021-04-28T15:56:51.512+01:00My mother shops at Sainsburys, I do her online sho...My mother shops at Sainsburys, I do her online shop for her, so I have a decent idea of what stock availability is like, from the stuff that doesn't turn up in her order. And they are shocking. Every order contains missing items that were supposedly in stock, but weren't when the order was picked, even when ordering there are things that are unavailable from the shelves for weeks on end. The website is awful, the search facility for example manages to take a 2 word description and searches for each individual word, rather than the combination of the two words, and then provide all the results mixed together. So if you search for 'beef crisps' you get all the results that have 'beef' in them plus all those with 'crisps' in them too. The favourites page loses items you buy regularly, they just disappear without trace, yet an item you bought once a year ago is still there. The whole thing is utterly pants. The IT director needs sacking for starters. Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4797332277374832472021-04-28T15:35:17.308+01:002021-04-28T15:35:17.308+01:00Sainsbury’s at the lockdown height, we’re in the T...Sainsbury’s at the lockdown height, we’re in the Tesco panic mode. <br />That giant superstore on the M5 had adapter, quite cleverly, their door counter that tracks customer numbers, to tell the Covid guard when to let more people in.<br /><br />I counted 200 in the queue with me. All singles as now couples allowed.<br />The counter the Covid marshal was using was 30.<br /><br />30 people in the store at any one time. That is less than one per aisle in that store. They have 15 lanes and the self service.<br /><br />More likely to catch Covid queuing to go in, than from going in. One way. Item limits. Very strict policing of it all.<br /><br />I have not been back since. That’s about a year ago now.<br /><br />Lidl, Aldi, Morrison’s, ( after a panicky start) on the other hand, did what HMG suggested. Not more, or less. And were busy throughout.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-43057303829297294572021-04-28T13:42:28.554+01:002021-04-28T13:42:28.554+01:00Sainsbury's, on a busy Saturday morning only 3...Sainsbury's, on a busy Saturday morning only 3 tills were open and the self-service ones are smaller that at Tescos and Morrisons so it's very cramped. They also stopped selling the German rye breads so why bother, especially when the safe spaces the CEO announced are always packed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10603987317820861401noreply@blogger.com