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Earth Shattering Local News

Started by Blumf, June 23, 2011, 04:34:22 PM

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Fambo Number Mive

#960
Current top story on the Oxford Mail:

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19106259.witney-pensioner-boycotts-co-op-shredded-wheat-coupon/

QuoteJohn Osman, 91, visited the Co-op in Witney's High Street, looking to use a voucher he had previously been given in the store.

However, Mr Osman, who has been a loyal shopper at Co-op stores for more than 70 years, did not show the voucher to staff until after he had purchased his items.

Subsequently, staff at the store rejected Mr Osman's attempts to use the coupon..."I have no intention of boycotting other Co-op stores elsewhere.

"So I'll make an offer to end my one-man boycott of the High Street store if a managerial representative there offers me fifty pence.

"We shall all have struck a blow against the all too common practice of relying too heavily on computers for everything."

When contacted by this newspaper, a spokesperson for Co-op: "We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customer, and we would be pleased to welcome them back in to the store at their convenience to collect the fifty pence."

I remember once the staff at a Tesco being unreasonable because I had mistakenly selected two items that were in a meal deal and one that wasn't. When I replaced the one that wasn't in a meal deal with one that was to try and get the meal deal, they still refused to give me the meal deal and I left the shop without buying anything. I managed to avoid going to the local paper over that.

Could he not just use the voucher next time rather than going to the local paper about it?

I do feel that the Oxford Mail is often unfairly criticised by the assortment of people in its comment section but in this case I think some of the criticism is justified.

imitationleather

You'd be gutted if your local supermarket was a Co-Op. Stuff costs a fortune in there.

Stoneage Dinosaurs


Mr Banlon

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/new-parks-leicester-boat-chase-man-arrested-police-180829838.html
Reminds me of this from Beef And Dairy Network (from 11:30) https://Spam/episodes/beef-and-dairy-network/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-episode-30-phillip-mushroom/

MojoJojo

https://Spam/episodes/beef-and-dairy-network/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-episode-30-phillip-mushroom/

Mr Banlon


Blumf

He he, a flock of sheep, heh, a flock of sheep escape their field into a neighbouring <smirk> park, and... he hee... and the headline is <huff, huff> the headline is "Sheep flock to Himley Hall and Park in unexpected 'ram' raid"

Hoooo HAAA HAAA HAAARRRRRR!!!

https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/19267858.sheep-flock-himley-hall-park-unexpected-ram-raid/

Also

Himley Hall briefly shut as 'ram raiders' strike
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2021/04/29/ram-raiders-strike-himley/

...I don't get it.


Mr Banlon


Blumf

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/could-idas-cooker-oldest-britain-20485138
QuoteCould Ida's cooker be the oldest in Britain at 67 YEARS old?

It's so ancient, rationing was still in place when she first bought it as a newlywed; now the 92-year-old is finally getting rid



...

"I rang the company - Belling - to tell them about it," says Elza.

"The automated system said 'press two if the appliance is still under warranty' - which made me laugh.





gabrielconroy

Quote from: turnstyle on May 12, 2021, 10:20:01 AM
Why is that Cyberman packing?

Quote from: Kent OnlineMr Kent says the Cyberman was created by an art student, Dave Goulding, who made the fibreglass mould using his own body at what then was the Middlesex Polytechnic.

Mr Kent, quoted in Kent Online, confirms that Dave Goulding fixed in fibreglass the outline of his own member so that it may stand for some time in display in the front garden of Mr Kent, 68, from Kent, reported Kent Online.

Blumf

Brawl at Wibbly Wobbly play centre after family fight erupted at children's party
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bedlam-wibbly-wobbly-play-centre-20613851

That was the front page on the print edition.

Alberon

Vigil for cow killed by the police



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-57208065

QuoteProtestors have held a vigil for a runaway cow that was rammed and killed using a police van.

The cow, which was one of several that escaped from a nearby farm, was hit in Woodley, Berkshire, on 13 May.

The event was organised by the Vegan Action for Animals group.

Thames Valley Police said the cow had injured a woman and an officer, and officers only drive into it after all other options were ruled out.

kalowski

Quote from: Alberon on May 22, 2021, 10:40:22 PM
Vigil for cow killed by the police



Sgt Pepper remake album "not as good as originally planned" says producers.

bgmnts

Imagine being so inept that the only way to stop a fucking cow is to ram it with a van.

Police just love killing don't they?

Shoulders?-Stomach!


Fambo Number Mive

Could they not have used a tranquilliser dart on the cow? Given how many of the areas Thames Valley Police patrol are rural, you'd think they would know how to get hold of such a thing.

They probably considered leaving a gun by the cow or something to claim it was more dangerous that it was.

Dex Sawash


Blue Jam



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-57382810

QuoteA giant tortoise managed to make it about a mile across a town before being apprehended by police.

Titan, who weighs in at a whopping nine stone (60kg), was found in Kesgrave, near Ipswich, on Friday.

It took three police officers to lift the wayward pet into a van and drive him home to his worried owner.

Richard Aston said it was a "mystery" how Titan made it that far as he had not broken through his shelter. "Maybe he teleported there"

Fambo Number Mive

This is how my desperate-for-clicks local paper headlined their report on Johnson meeting Biden

QuoteFormer Oxford University student meets Joe Biden on US president's first trip to England



buttgammon


Butchers Blind

Quote from: Alberon on May 22, 2021, 10:40:22 PM


The woman holding the 'COWS BEWARE' sign. Has someone explained to her that cows lack the ability to read.

Cuellar

Quote from: buttgammon on June 28, 2021, 10:47:02 AM
I'm imagining that as Air (French lads, not the Chicago jazz titans) but for FBPEs.

From what I've heard on spotify I think 'new genre' is pushing it.

Just the headline reminded me of Partridge saying 'I think I've just invented a new drum beat'.

Fambo Number Mive

Bin needs emptying in Botley (West Oxford)

QuoteThe bin is located off Tilbury Lane in Botley and residents called on the council to empty the 'eye sore'. However, the bin is the responsibility of housing developer Persimmon Homes.

A spokesperson for Persimmon Homes said: "We are committed to the maintenance of the development and the bins are on a fortnightly schedule for emptying. We would like to thank the customer for drawing our attention to the situation on Tilbury Lane and for people taking care to use the bins provided. We have now arranged for an additional visit for the bin to be emptied."

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19442300.concerns-raised-health-hazard-bin-botley/