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Quite short for Paul Barber?

Yes - they were! It's just I couldn't see it - all I could see was the second there's. It always amazes me how your eyes/mind can automatically change spelling mistakes to what the word is meant to be, without any conscious action. Even when you are specifically looking for it. It wasn't...

"There's 5 week days when the shops are a lot less busy. Never quite worked that out?" Took me about five readings to work out what you two were on about - I couldn't see anything wrong with the above!

And you don't have to wait and hunt for a member of staff to come and verify that they are your shopping bags on the scale (why, if they are encouraging us to have reusable jute bags and so on, can their scales not recognise that when you put a bag on it and press 'bag' that it might actually be...

Are we doppelgangers?

That might be me actually. I often pop in to the co-op to get only a couple of things - so don't bother with a basket. Then I find that the cat food (or whatever) is on offer, and end up with loads. And of course the bag I took isn't big enough (because I was only buying two things), and I...

And it's these little comments that make reading stuff on NSC all worthwhile!

Presumably it will be all packed up and ready for you by your other half - and so effectively 'click and collect' for you...??! Good wheeze - might try that myself and avoid having to pay. The real key is.......don't. I have just strolled out, bought the venison and chicken from the butcher...