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Badger Jun 2022 11:29am, 25 Jun 2022 15,355 posts	Quote Pin Badger Ah! With you in at least two senses now. That would have been so cool to get to.
Hunkyteddy Jun 2022 7:02pm, 25 Jun 2022 6,540 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy Out for a pint in town. Been to two pubs now and for both I was greeted at the door with 'have you booked?'. Said no and was told it was full! These are pubs I've had no problems going in before. Is this the future? Having to book a table just to have a pint?
um Jun 2022 7:32pm, 25 Jun 2022 6,204 posts	Quote Pin um [ Try saying yes ... see if you need a name. If so, depending on age group, clientele class, location, say 'I dunno, my mate' and a guess ... Dave/Chas/Cedric or others. Or point to a large group and say - "I'm with them" Mind you, I tend to bypass pubs that need bouncers! ]
Dvorak Jun 2022 1:41pm, 26 Jun 2022 25,515 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak A weekend of mediocre weather, after a week of warm and sunny weather in which I was at work broiling in a big tin shed. (To add insult to injury, it comprehensively clouded over most of the time post-work.)
ChrisHB Jun 2022 8:04pm, 26 Jun 2022 21,766 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Search engines. To me this is a clear-cut request: loose-fitting 7-inch chino shorts for men. I could ask for that in a shop and in seconds be told there's no demand for them. I do not want to see cargo shorts, swimming shorts, lycra shorts, trousers, dresses, women's shorts. Above all I do not want to see skin-tight shorts. No wonder the search engine reports five million hits when it is incapable of excluding what I don't want. If I looked at the five-millionth, it would probably be a 1955 Austin 7. If the search engine doesn't understand "loose-fitting" for instance, it could ask me for clarification. They're meant to be capable of learning.
Hunkyteddy Jun 2022 8:21pm, 26 Jun 2022 6,566 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy (Have you tried ecosia. They seem to have more specific results than G**gle and you're planting trees too...
ChrisHB Jun 2022 10:40pm, 26 Jun 2022 21,767 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB that is ecosia AND google. Come to think of it, Bing is quite good for narrowing down shopping choices.
Rosehip Jun 2022 11:33pm, 26 Jun 2022 25,658 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip (Try cutting down the description, maybe ‘classic chino shorts mens’ or similar, I find the more words in the search the more google goes off on a tangent )
um Jun 2022 8:28am, 27 Jun 2022 6,210 posts	Quote Pin um Or inverted commas round the 'brief' text?
LazyDaisy Jun 2022 1:36pm, 27 Jun 2022 36,175 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy OH claimng that there's nothing wrong with his hearing