Click to enlarge? I've heard that happens whenever you wave a mouse over your lap top, LJ.
Listen up, rAy... right click with the cursor on the image doesn't give a "View Image" option. Not on my rodent. There's a "Show Picture" option - but it's greyed out, which means there is no image to show. I can copy the Picture; I can Save the Picture; I can Print the Picture and I can even Email the Picture but I can't Show the picture.
You people probably have devices that do more than just make/take phone calls and send Text messages which my excellent flip phone does for only $25 per month. If the money runs out, no more calls or messages in or out
Y'all have excessive affluence, you loosers!
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Tell me something, Meade, do you also go downstairs and shovel coal into your furnace every so often, get a big block of ice for the refrigerator every couple of days, and have to get out of your car to turn a crank hanging out of your car's radiator when you want to start it too? Jeez, man, come up to at least the new millennium, move up to a smartphone (you can get good one second-hand real cheap), and turn that old flip-phone into a paperweight or a doorstop or something useful. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
I use a flip phone as well; I have no real need for a smart phone as I usually have a tablet with me that can get into wifi free of charge in most areas if I need to get online access (something I do not see quite as inconvenient as shoveling coal, changing the ice in the ice box/emptying the tray, or crank starting my car); the phone service is perfectly fine on the flip phone.
Bill, I am still sitting here patiently waiting for the coalman to deliver; the mailman to walk up to my door with mail; the rubbish men to walk around the back of the house, pick up the bins, take 'em to the front to empty into their truck and then take the bins to the back of the house again (quietly); the milkman to leave an Xtra Pint in response to my note on the doorstep; the gasman to come read the meter (followed by the electricity man to empty the coins out of theirs); the rag and bone man to drive his horse and cart past the house singing out "rags-n-bones, rags-n-bones"; the ice cream truck to stop on the road and play their bloody tune; the Cooperative laundry man to bring the clean sheets in a brown paper parcel and take away the dirty ones from last time; and the insurance man to come to the door to collect the weekly penny for the life insurance.
I've forgotten someone... if I had a phart smone I could look that up while sitting in a restaurant with my family and ignore them while getting that vital information. Why do that when I can sit here and ignore them?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
MajGenl.Meade wrote:Bill, I am still sitting here patiently waiting for the coalman to deliver; the mailman to walk up to my door with mail; the rubbish men to walk around the back of the house, pick up the bins, take 'em to the front to empty into their truck and then take the bins to the back of the house again (quietly); the milkman to leave an Xtra Pint in response to my note on the doorstep; the gasman to come read the meter (followed by the electricity man to empty the coins out of theirs); the rag and bone man to drive his horse and cart past the house singing out "rags-n-bones, rags-n-bones"; the ice cream truck to stop on the road and play their bloody tune; the Cooperative laundry man to bring the clean sheets in a brown paper parcel and take away the dirty ones from last time; and the insurance man to come to the door to collect the weekly penny for the life insurance.
I've forgotten someone... if I had a phart smone I could look that up while sitting in a restaurant with my family and ignore them while getting that vital information. Why do that when I can sit here and ignore them?
We had a local bakery which delivered bread, donuts and sweet rolls via station wagons fitted with bread racks in the back. I think this disappeared about when milk delivery disappeared.
There... I knew I forgot one. The baker's van, of course. Thanks rubato and welcome back
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Are you kidding? My mum was too busy walking to the shops every single day (except Sunday when they all closed) because she had the odd habit of keeping her cold items (cheese, butter, meat) in merchant's refrigerators instead of her own 'fridge because she didn't have one.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
One of the early internet failures was home delivery of groceries. Anyone recall Webvan? Not that it discourages others from trying: FreshDirect, Peapod, Instacart and Relay Foods are all trying to make it.
I don't really have a rooting interest in this. I'm just curious as to whether anyone will make it work.
Groceries deliveries are a pretty big thing in the summer months on the Outer Banks of NC. Every weekend there is a big turnover of renters and the delivery trucks (PeaPod IIRC) ar all around. We have used them the last few times we vacationed there. Put in the order before we left NY and the stuff was there an hour or so after we arrived.
Last thing you want to do after a 10hour drive is go to the supermarket.
Online grocery shopping is big business, and is expected to get bigger: according to analysts at IGD the market will almost double in value by 2016 to £11.2bn.
Tesco has announced it plans to build a national network of online-only stores to cater for the surge in popularity of internet grocery shopping, although one expert recently warned that delivery charges may go up to as much as £15 to reflect the true cost to retailers.
We thought it was a good time to compare what the main chains offer, who has the lowest charge and who keeps you hanging around for the shortest time.
Lowest delivery charges
Waitrose seems to offer the best deal at first glance – it is the only store to offer free delivery (although only for orders in excess of £50) regardless of the time of day.
Ocado offers free delivery after 10pm most evenings, while Sainsbury's offers free delivery Tuesday to Thursday if you spend more than £100.
Otherwise, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda all charge bewteen about £3 and £6. Before 10pm Ocado's varies from free to as much as £6.99.
Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Waitrose also offer a Click and Collect service, where customers can collect pre-ordered groceries in-store – however, Tesco charges a minimum of £2 for this service, where the others do it for free.
Shortest slot length
Sainsbury's and Ocado both have one-hour booking slots, allowing a more specific timeframe for delivery and causes minimum disruption to your day. Some of Tesco's branches also offer one-hour slots, but the rest only provide buyers with two-hour slots.
Longest delivery hours
Ocado is the standout winner in this category, with delivery times stretching from 6am to 11.30pm – highly convenient for anyone with long working hours and commitments during the day. Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose all offer similar delivery times, ranging from about 8am to 10pm, seven days a week.
Free delivery offers
Asda offers free delivery for anyone who spends more than £99 using an Asda Reward credit card, giving them a chance to build up points for future transactions. Ocado works on a similar system, with shoppers able to save long-term by buying a Delivery Pass which provides year-long free delivery after the initial payment of £109.99.
Minimum spend
Customers might be mildly inconvenienced if they wish to do a quick online shop for a few items at either Asda or Ocado, as Asda operates a £25 minimum spend and Ocado £40.
Sainsbury's has no minimum spend but does charge more for delivering orders below £40. The maximum delivery fee is £6.95 compared with £5.95 on larger orders.
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