I tried to buy Elton John's Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding from iTunes. You could buy every other song from that album separately, but not that one. To get that song, you had to buy the whole album. Fuck that. I already owned most of the songs from that album because I bought his greatest hits years ago. I just wanted to fill in the one big missing song. They wouldn't sell it to me.

Did you try other vendors?

In a manner of speaking.

Going back to socks - buy in bulk!
If every sock you own is the same brand and make and age you can pair them with impunity.

How do I know this? I used to work for Dr Solomn's Software (RIP) and we would throw out socks at conventions. The tag? Dr Solomon's Blows Your Socks Off. Really - IT Managers on £60k+ would scramble for them. I was wearing mine (mostly honestly obtained - hey - I was a slim but buxom blonde in those days, did they want me on the stand knowing the product? Hell, yes!) for about 5 years. They outlasted my marriage.

They were hardly designer socks. Just that if'n I kept my toenails trimmed they lasted. And always, always, always matched. And when the ones at the front of the drawer needed to retire, those at the back could take their place.

I think I said that in fewer words ;)

I'm a spammer getting paid by the word.
Ha.

I mean, ha ha.

Ha ha ha.

Yeah, sorry. I'm verbose.

I just felt unloved, ignored and unread :cry:

I read you and love you.
But now you owe me £s for quoting me.

Good loving don't come for free.

Usually Monnie just can't resist the urge of correction and addendum, as illustrated in the last few pages of this thread.;)

Hey Cappie, go fuck yourself :)

Hey Cappie: go fuck yourself. :confused:

Just kidding. I love monster's corrections and addendums. :)

Courgette?? If your talking 'bout zucchini call it zucchini...(Sneaky damn Aussies...);)

What the hell is about to happen in that picture???

I think they're getting ready to sew together a new bong.

I don't read foreign. You got me mixed up with Smooth.

Addenda!


I AM THE ANALEST!!!!

Behold, the alpha-anus!

Damn, I just lost my job title. I've been stripped of my analest.

analevenlesser?

That sounds like some kind of attire in the Alps.

Woo Hoo! :yum:

Yuppers. Anyone ends up with a white Bic, they know it's probably mine. ;)

1. A collection of eyeglass screws, reasonably cheap. Everyone says, "oh, you can get them at the local drug store" --- NO YOU CAN'T. I know. I've looked. :rar:
2. Travel lint brushes for less than $15. They take like a whole $0.15 to make. Sheesh.

They take all the screws that DON'T fit eyeglasses and put them in those kits. They are evil.

Hey Pie, here's one that's less than $3.00...

Thanks, clod. Have you dealt with that merchant before?

I too am searching for a box of mixed small screws in the 2mm to 6mm range. Can't get them anybloodywhere.

ETA In the past I have habitually disassembled old broken gadgets to salvage parts like screws. Whenever sunglasses broke I used to collect the remeining screws in a film cannister. I guess I should start doing this again.

Nope, sorry. I usually just walk into an eyeglasses store and tell them my husband bought his glasses there a couple years ago, and ask if I can have some extra screws for him. Mr. Clod also destroys nosepads like no one I've ever seen, so I sometimes ask for some of those too. I know not everyone has my complete lack of moral scruples in this regard... but they've always been happy to just dump a pile in my hand without blinking, so I think they must have huge stock bags of the stuff.

All apartments should be required to have a laundry room. Today I am dragging every washable item I own to the laundromat. What a pain. I have 16 umpteen loads at least. And no, I couldn't get to the laundromat any sooner than now. The next place I live is going to have a washer-drier. :mad:

They look cool, Spex, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to actually buy something on their site! :rar:

Clicking the shopping cart;