I have a first cousin once removed in Inverness. I was chatting to him at a funeral a few years back and he encouraged me to visit. He vaguely tried to extol its virtues: "It's very central… (View Post)

A similar anecdote from 20 years ago: Boots the Chemist did a similar thing. Promoted the same items across all its stores. Sometimes this was fine, other times it met opposition from store managers.… (View Post)

Thanks! As you can see, it instinctively has a different meaning for me! (View Post)

To be fair to Barty, those of us who have been here more than three or four years know perfectly well what his IRL name is and indeed his rough area of work, geography, etc. He's one of the leas… (View Post)

That is sad. And also baffling. It always seemed to be doing well when I went in there. And you'd have thought it recession-proof - sell stuff that people actually need, cheaply. It's not l… (View Post)