tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
And yet luton Airport is free parking in the mid stay for 2 hours irrc, stanstead the same, both with free shuttle buses. Midlands airports really do rip you off.
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staffordjas
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If I'd have checked the national news beforehand , I'd have found out that all UK airports arrivals have been affected and in chaos...
Airports issue travel warnings as passport e-gates hit by nationwide outage
Passport e-gates are down in the UK on Saturday, 27 May
Next time Im going with my original plan of stopping off in Hopwood services until they are out of the airport .
staffordjas
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When I got there I had a walk to the drop off exit barriers where the prices are displayed , to see what it would cost if I overstayed my 20 free minutes ( well 15 minutes actually as there was a big queue to get off the carpark so allowed 5 minutes to get out of the barriers).
Up to 5 minutes over = £4
5-10 minutes over = £5
10-15 mins over = £10
Etc etc rising to a whopping £35 for 35-40 minutes over.
Then additional £5 for every 15 mins over that...
Moving to the short stay multistorey at £7.50 per hour ( or part of hour) was the cheapest option !
At least I got to nip to the loos once parked up , before then hitting the bank holiday queues that had then built up for the journey back. One expensive wee!
Gadget
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Care home most likely, from the stethoscope and walking stick.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
In Luton you can park up, help them with bags to the main terminal, say goodbye at security then still have plenty of time to get out for free. If over 2 hours it was a fiver at Stanstead iirc.When I got there I had a walk to the drop off exit barriers where the prices are displayed , to see what it would cost if I overstayed my 20 free minutes ( well 15 minutes actually as there was a big queue to get off the carpark so allowed 5 minutes to get out of the barriers).
Up to 5 minutes over = £4
5-10 minutes over = £5
10-15 mins over = £10
Etc etc rising to a whopping £35 for 35-40 minutes over.
Then additional £5 for every 15 mins over that...
Moving to the short stay multistorey at £7.50 per hour ( or part of hour) was the cheapest option !
At least I got to nip to the loos once parked up , before then hitting the bank holiday queues that had then built up for the journey back. One expensive wee!
littleme
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Calling @staffordjas ....according to the carer, Aldi stock Povey's *oatcakes ....not sure if it's all Aldis, but worth a try .... He says they are a little thiner but still really nice..
poveysoatcakes.com
...* I can't stand the things
**Calling, not selling
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...* I can't stand the things
**Calling, not selling
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Glam
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You don't like Oatcakes?! Hush thy mouth girl and give it a good wash out with Carbolloc!
littleme
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Selling @staffordjas ....according to the carer, Aldi stock Povey's *oatcakes ....not sure if it's all Aldis, but worth a try .... He says they are a little thiner but still really nice..
...* I can't stand the things
...* I can't stand the things
Same.... That's what I thought I was getting when I met the carer....cheese and oat crackers....how wrong was I .....wet polystyrene with melted cheese was what I got.....
staffordjas
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Used to get Poveys from Aldi in Stafford. Buti Aldis around here don't sell them.
The ones in the supermarket packets are not a patch on the ones I used to get from the corner oatcake shop in Hanley, still hot off the massive hotplate ( or whatever it was called) when I was a kid.
I used to be sent to buy ''O'' cakes , and thought it was "old cakes". None of the fancy fillings in those days though, just the basic oatcake served to take home to have with breakfast.
littleme
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The hole in the wall went a long time ago, way before covid.....maybe 10 years ago? That was a 'special treat' for me....not.
staffordjas
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That's a thought.....had so many left on friday with todays date on they might still have loads left to clear . (I've already filled a lot of sons freezer up with 'bargains' as mine's full though... ). Should have brought my little ancient rusty , but still working , chest freezer down with us when we moved instead of paying someone to scrap! This new fridge/freezer we bought when we moved in might be easier to get stuff out , but rather limited on space.
Cue
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They used to do free parking for 20 minutes at the premium drop off at BHX if you charged your car, but since the prices ramped up they’ve stopped doing it
I’ve had the odd moment where they let me out for free for some reason, but not recently
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How much do you want for her?
littleme
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With the amount of chaos she causes, she's priceless!
staffordjas
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Errrm....going paperless for bank statement, it wouldn't let me view on the app but had to download to Google drive.
Scary thing is.....looked on google drive & couldn't find my bank statement there. BUT....told me that @Gramaisc , but named him by his real name, had changed a document today and it marked his location on a map
Don't know where my bank statement has disappeared to , but if it comes to you @Gramaisc don't spend it all at once!
Scary thing is.....looked on google drive & couldn't find my bank statement there. BUT....told me that @Gramaisc , but named him by his real name, had changed a document today and it marked his location on a map
Don't know where my bank statement has disappeared to , but if it comes to you @Gramaisc don't spend it all at once!
Gramaisc
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I couldn't spend all that in one go.Errrm....going paperless for bank statement, it wouldn't let me view on the app but had to download to Google drive.
Scary thing is.....looked on google drive & couldn't find my bank statement there. BUT....told me that @Gramaisc , but named him by his real name, had changed a document today and it marked his location on a map
Don't know where my bank statement has disappeared to , but if it comes to you @Gramaisc don't spend it all at once!