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Re: Argos Tent: end of an era

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  1. Steve Orrell said:

    for those who may be procrastinating over buying a Pro-Action 1 its
    about to cease to be, Argos are now listing it as a "clearance item" @
    £19.99

    You swine, you. I will be £19.99 poorer by tomorrow, and I didn't even need
    a tent...

    --
    All I want to know is: WHY ME?

    Mail john rather than nospam...

  2. John Laird said:

    You swine, you. I will be £19.99 poorer by tomorrow, and I didn't even need
    a tent...

    Ha ha! And you could have got it for £14.99 only a couple of weeks
    ago.

    Judith (Still bitter at spending £30 on my first one. grrr)

  3. "John Laird" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Steve Orrell said:

    for those who may be procrastinating over buying a Pro-Action 1 its
    about to cease to be, Argos are now listing it as a "clearance item" @
    £19.99

    You swine, you. I will be £19.99 poorer by tomorrow, and I didn't even


    need

    Quoted message said:

    a tent...

    I am *now* £23.94 poorer, I'm getting it delivered. I do enough sleeping in
    the car, haunted bothies etc I may as well buy a tent!

    KRO

  4. On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "KRO" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    I am *now* £23.94 poorer, I'm getting it delivered. I do enough sleeping in
    the car, haunted bothies etc I may as well buy a tent!

    Haunted bothies...?? Whassat....

    (Eeek! :-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

  5. "Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "KRO" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    I am *now* £23.94 poorer, I'm getting it delivered. I do enough sleeping


    in

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    the car, haunted bothies etc I may as well buy a tent!

    Haunted bothies...?? Whassat....

    (Eeek! :-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/

  6. Chris 159 said:


    "Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "KRO" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    I am *now* £23.94 poorer, I'm getting it delivered. I do enough sleeping


    in

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    the car, haunted bothies etc I may as well buy a tent!

    Haunted bothies...?? Whassat....

    (Eeek! :-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/


    <Blush> Sorry :-) <fx: kicks self in shin> I meant:-

    Haunted bothys...?? Whassat....

    (Eeek! :-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

  7. "Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    John Laird said:

    You swine, you. I will be £19.99 poorer by tomorrow, and I didn't even need
    a tent...

    Ha ha! And you could have got it for £14.99 only a couple of weeks
    ago.

    Judith (Still bitter at spending £30 on my first one. grrr)

    I bought my first for £19.99. Argos always reduce the price after a few weeks.

    Of course, they blindsided me with the reduction to £14.99, which means they
    have £5 of mine that they shouldn't, but I'm STILL NOT BITTER.
    --
    Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

  8. Peewiglet said:
    Chris 159 said:


    "Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "KRO" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]
    >I am *now* £23.94 poorer, I'm getting it delivered. I do enough sleeping


    in

    Quoted message said:

    >the car, haunted bothies etc I may as well buy a tent!

    Haunted bothies...?? Whassat....

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/

    He is "Both" or "Beefy" - I doubt very much whether he would take to
    being called by a diminutive form of his name.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    <Blush> Sorry :-) <fx: kicks self in shin> I meant:-

    Haunted bothys...?? Whassat....

    An incorrect plural in normal English usage.

    http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/

    Quoted message said:


    (Eeek!

    Eeek! Eeek! - Must be the resident mouse. All bothies have mice.
    --
    Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

  9. Judith said:
    John Laird said:

    You swine, you. I will be £19.99 poorer by tomorrow, and I didn't even need
    a tent...

    Ha ha! And you could have got it for £14.99 only a couple of weeks
    ago.

    It'll still be a bargain, according to everyone here.

    --
    I think, there for I am... so what's your excuse?

    Mail john rather than nospam...

  10. [email hidden] said...

    Quoted message said:

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/


    No. Beefy's the man you're thinking of. Bothies is a pluralised
    Bothy.
    --
    Fran
    If you need my email address please ask.

  11. [email hidden] said...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/


    <Blush> Sorry :-) <fx: kicks self in shin> I meant:-

    Haunted bothys...?? Whassat....


    Relax, you were right the first time. BTW Peewiglet - just to
    satisfy my curiosity, 'cos I'm incurably nosy, are you male or
    female?
    --
    Fran
    If you need my email address please ask.

  12. "Fran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] said...

    Quoted message said:

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/


    No. Beefy's the man you're thinking of. Bothies is a pluralised
    Bothy.

    I know about beefy. i was being humorous ;-)

  13. Fran said:

    [email hidden] said...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    bothie ? wouldnt that be ian botham the cricketer ? :-/


    <Blush> Sorry :-) <fx: kicks self in shin> I meant:-

    Haunted bothys...?? Whassat....


    Relax, you were right the first time. BTW Peewiglet - just to
    satisfy my curiosity, 'cos I'm incurably nosy, are you male or
    female?

    I'm............. female :-)

    (Are there male peewiglets?? ;-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

  14. On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:10:25 +0100, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I'm............. female :-)

    Oh goody, Another girlie. (Please come to a URW Expedition .....
    help to dilute the machosity. Hm? Did I make up that word? Red wine
    is good for the creative part of the brain.)

    Well asked, Fran. I was wondering the same thing myself.

    Judith

  15. On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:16:54 +0100, Judith
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    Oh goody, Another girlie. (Please come to a URW Expedition .....

    I'd like to, thanks :-)

    Quoted message said:

    help to dilute the machosity. Hm? Did I make up that word? Red wine
    is good for the creative part of the brain.)

    Red wine - yum! I read last night that regular drinking is good for
    verbal fluency and mathematical agility! V. Cool :-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

  16. In message <[email hidden]>, Peewiglet
    <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:

    On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:16:54 +0100, Judith
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    Oh goody, Another girlie. (Please come to a URW Expedition .....

    I'd like to, thanks :-)

    Quoted message said:

    help to dilute the machosity. Hm? Did I make up that word? Red wine
    is good for the creative part of the brain.)

    Red wine - yum! I read last night that regular drinking is good for
    verbal fluency and mathematical agility! V. Cool :-)


    I'm a trainer and tomorrow I am delivering a course on creative
    thinking. What time does the off-licence open in the morning?

    --
    Martin Richardson
    239/284 Munros - 15% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls - 0% to go
    42/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
    442/1552 Marilyns - 72% to go

  17. Martin Richardson said:

    What time does the off-licence open in the morning?

    Well, what time do you *usually* get there?

    Judith

  18. Peewiglet <[email hidden]> wrote in
    news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:16:54 +0100, Judith
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    Oh goody, Another girlie. (Please come to a URW Expedition .....

    I'd like to, thanks :-)

    Quoted message said:

    help to dilute the machosity. Hm? Did I make up that word? Red wine
    is good for the creative part of the brain.)

    Red wine - yum! I read last night that regular drinking is good for
    verbal fluency and mathematical agility! V. Cool :-)

    I find that is only the case up to a point. Then flerbal vuency starts to
    become a problem. Mathematical agility does change though - number of
    pints said to be drunk moves from a linear to an exponential scale.

  19. Darren G said:
    Quoted message said:

    Red wine - yum! I read last night that regular drinking is good for
    verbal fluency and mathematical agility! V. Cool :-)

    Quoted message said:

    I find that is only the case up to a point. Then flerbal vuency starts to
    become a problem. Mathematical agility does change though - number of
    pints said to be drunk moves from a linear to an exponential scale.

    I wasn't quite sure either, and I don't really like to accept this
    sort of thing at face value, so I'm planning a series of tests and
    experiments over the course of the next few weekends.

    ;-)

    Best wishes,
    --
    Peewiglet

  20. Peewiglet <[email hidden]> wrote in
    news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:
    Darren G said:
    Quoted message said:

    Red wine - yum! I read last night that regular drinking is good for
    verbal fluency and mathematical agility! V. Cool :-)

    Quoted message said:

    I find that is only the case up to a point. Then flerbal vuency
    starts to become a problem. Mathematical agility does change though -
    number of pints said to be drunk moves from a linear to an exponential
    scale.

    I wasn't quite sure either, and I don't really like to accept this
    sort of thing at face value, so I'm planning a series of tests and
    experiments over the course of the next few weekends.

    ;-)

    I see a good opportunity for a for a 16 (or 17) day test in the not so
    distant future. Working out a north-corrected back bearing should at
    least prove one half of the hypothosis :-)

    Darren

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