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I see Alex Hornby has been hard at work using his former Transdev skills in his Northern Rail role :D

I'm by no means an 'eco warrior' but I'm more than happy to not require a receipt if I'm just popping in to somewhere for a meal deal or whatever - however the geniuses at my local Lidl have recently introduced self checkouts with a gate at the exit that require you to scan a code on a receipt...

This always used to catch me out on trips to America especially as I generally prefer to spend in cash rather than card whilst there 'Ah great this item is $10 I've got a $10 note handy' 'That'll be $10.68 please!'

As much as I'm a fan of rail the last time I went to Leeds Bradford Airport I just caught the bus from (at the time) right outside Leeds rail station which took around 40 minutes, dropped off right outside the entrance to the airport and security took a whole couple of minutes to get through...

The marketing team have obviously done their job well by getting people talking about it! :D One unique thing about London is the (old school) cabbies, who will happily have an (albeit usually rather expensive!) chat, up North pretty much every taxi these days has a Wolverhampton badge stuck to...

A route I travel on if I don't split the ticket I'm only offered a 'Off Peak Return' but I can split at a station and obtain 2 'Off Peak Day Returns' instead which instantly saves me £7

My old job was 4 weekly, my current one is 27th of each month (although that can vary too as if the 27th happens to fall on a weekend you get paid on the Friday instead) The period between getting paid just before Christmas and January always feels like an absolute killer though! Annual leave...

I've not been to a car boot sale for years now but actually used to work on one with a family friend back in the early 2000s selling mainly stationery but all sorts of odds and ends (one of the most popular 'lines' he would buy factory reject socks in bulk and sell them at 50p a pair - these...

Camden Town used to be exit only on Sunday afternoon due to a flood of tourists visting the market although I don't think it is these days apart from perhaps the odd few one off times (no doubt because these days a lot of the market comprises of the same old tat at a rather inflated price so the...

I find sticking the 'Do Not Disturb' hanger on the door from the moment I check in to the moment I check out does the trick in keeping the cleaners from potentially deciding to come in and if I saw that as another customer I would assume I had been given the incorrect room too!

Netflix has crashed already so well done on that idea :D

Today I travelled with my mother on a return journey to Manchester involving a split with a Senior Railcard (for her :D) ticket and a Duo ticket So 2 x Off Peak Day Return, 1 discounted with a Senior Railcard 1 x Duo Not sure if the presence of a railcard and/or Duo triggered it but the entire...

Just on a York - Manchester via Wakefield Transpenine Express service and they seem to have updated the on board announcements! They no longer seem to insist on starting a new. sentence every 3. words although I think the announcer is the same male voice? One curiosity is instead of ‘This is...

We had our back door one replaced the other day as we had a tradesman round for some other work who pointed out the existing lock (from 20+ years ago) could be picked with something as simple as a screwdriver! Apparently the newer locks have a lot more 'technology' to make it rather more...

As someone that also (used) to work in IT for the NHS there is also potentially just one IT person 'on call' over the weekend who will obviously do their best to get things back up and running but you can't expect them to resolve everything without the wider team being available to help out...

I'm Northern if it makes a difference and my first instinct would always be 'Loos' too for some reason!

Maybe they'll sell up to the new owners for £2 to double their original investment :D The problem with Poundland these days is in general it is basically whatever you can get in Home Bargains / B&M / The Range etc. but they have a wider range anyway so you don't need to bother going to...

I used to have a grudge against Comic Sans but these days I'm starting to appreciate people who at least have a go at their own signs rather than the dreaded AI generated ones! Here is one I made earlier simply by typing in 'can you do a flyer for my cafe business rail cafe'

I've travelled a lot e.g. Wakefield Westgate / York / Doncaster and must admit I've never really paid any real attention to this 'zones' business before! It is amusing though how the UK will queue up perfectly fine in a semi orderly fashion for a bus, a checkout, even a pint but train...forget...

I always find it really positive when there is a major delay on a train (in particular the late evening ones) where the guard will come down the train and try to check with every single passenger what their destination is and take it upon themselves to arrange the logistics for any passengers...