Mundane facts about your day...

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Gramaisc

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staffordjas said:
Just heard a few absolutely massive claps of thunder which shook the house. Looked out as I thought a plane was crashing at first! (Well, at least I'm hoping it was thunder..)
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It was - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public...&fcTime=1533855000&zoom=8&lon=-2.12&lat=52.81

I like to do a weekly job on a Friday and it is not something that should be done with a risk of lightning around the place, so I signed up for Met Office weather alert emails.

For four out of the last five Fridays, the Met Office have sent me lightning warnings. three were clearly false and could be safely ignored, the other was vaguely plausible, but nothing actually happened - today is the one when I didn't get one, even after it had actually started.
 
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Thehooperman said:
I've just been charged an extra 5p for having my Starbucks coffee in a takeaway plastic cup!!!

And you don't even get a refund if you take the cup back.

I was told it was to help the environment so I suggested they make their cups out of recyclable materials as I'm sure my 5p will be going into Starbucks pockets and nowhere else.

I shan't be using this chain ever again.
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most places are starting to charge for takeaway cups. I've brought a re-usable one for £3 from waitrose which has already paid for itself as if you have a waitrose card you get a free coffee per visit :)
 
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Lucy said:
Yes, the point of it is absolutely right. Even if the cup is recyclable it takes a lot of resources to recycle.
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Surely the point is they should be using recyclable cups isn't it?

How else can customers take their coffee away without using a cup?
 
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Thehooperman said:
Surely the point is they should be using recyclable cups isn't it?

How else can customers take their coffee away without using a cup?
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They want you to take your own reusable one. You can get them from lots of places. You can even get collapsible ones for stashing away.
 
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Gadget said:
They want you to take your own reusable one. You can get them from lots of places. You can even get collapsible ones for stashing away.
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I haven't bought a re-useable one on the basis that I don't want to carry a dirty cup around in my bag all day if I'm out of the office. Plus it would take up too much space.

I wasn't aware of the collapsible ones so will look into that for use when I am able to clean it.

I still think it's Starbucks trying to squeeze early single penny they can out of customers and they don't really give a damn about the environment.
 
Thehooperman

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I've just had a reply from Starbucks and apparently they are donating my 5p to a charity called Hubbub who are "environmental charity and behaviour change experts".

They will monitor if customers' behaviours change as a result of the extra charge.

Interesting that Starbucks' own behaviour isn't changing and they will still be using non-recyclable cups isn't it?

Anyway I am now the proud owner of a collapsible coffee cup and shall be using this at any coffee establishment other than Starbucks.

Thanks for the heads up on these cups @Gadget.
 
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That-Crazy-Rat-Lady said:
My life really is mundane!

I know I shouldn't bemoan school holidays but I'm bored!!

The most exciting thing that happened to me today is I ate crackers for lunch!
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I took 4 teenagers to a birthday bowling do today, Ive never seen such fed up faces!

Apparently the £2 'Hurricane' machine was the best thing there - I could of blown my hairdryer in their faces full blast for free at home if I thought it would cheer them up!
 
Glam

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That-Crazy-Rat-Lady said:
Day got a bit more interesting!

Accidentally made enough spaghetti bolognese for a small family of 5...
Accidentally ate enough spaghetti bolognese for a small family of 5...

Then watched Pride and Prejudice which I've has recorded since Christmas!

Good night in so far!
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When I was preggers with the youngest, I had spaghetti bolognese twice a day, every day. Nothing else but onion and garlic sauce would do. The day we brought him home from the hospital, the ex cooked spag bol. I hadn't got the heart to tell him it was the last thing I wanted eat.
 
Gramaisc

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staffordjas said:
'new, improved test, called a faecal immunochemical home test kit or FIT, is being rolled out to everyone age 60 and over in the autumn.'

Does that mean that even though I did the original test this January , I will need to do another 'improved' one this autumn as well?
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I suspect that you will still have your two years off to look forward to.
 
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staffordjas said:
'new, improved test, called a faecal immunochemical home test kit or FIT, is being rolled out to everyone age 60 and over in the autumn.'

Does that mean that even though I did the original test this January , I will need to do another 'improved' one this autumn as well?
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I didn't think it was compulsory.
 
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