And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:34:04 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

>>> You'll notice I purchased it from John Lewis. In other words, if there  
>>> *is* a problem, I'll actually _get_ some ****ing _SERVICE_. ;-)
>>  Indeed certain stores of a certain group don't have the best in  
>> after-care service. It may cost a little more now, but it can often  
>> make the difference.
>
> Indeed. I bought a large LCD computer monitor from John Lewis. After  
> about 8 months, the backlight quit working. IIRC, it took something like  
> a week for them to deliver a brand new replacement monitor and take the  
> old one away. Which isn't bad really, eh?

Not bad.

> Also nice is the fact that their staff generally *have* a clue...  
> although there's not what I'd call "experts", they at least have some  
> idea what they're talking about.
>
> The only problem is that they don't sell a huge range of stuff. (Or at  
> least, stuff I'd want to buy.) Having just said that, last week they  
> sold me a Tilby and some rather fetching gloves...

Tilby? Hmm I'm trying to picture you in a trilby.

>> Obviously on commission :-P
>
> Clearly. ;-)
>
> On the other hand... don't you just hate it when you go somewhere and  
> you're all like "yes, I'd like to buy this £2,000 item here please" and  
> they're all like "meh, I can't be bothered, go away". (!!)

Nah never had that... oh wait ;-)

>>> And it only cost, like, £2 for the gift wrap. (YOU try wrapping  
>>> something this big! It's not easy... They did a far better job than I  
>>> ever could. Even if the wrapping paper *was* lame.)
>>  Actually I'm not bad at wrapping various shapes up having had large  
>> amounts of practice when young, sometimes it can be fun as in when I  
>> wrapped up a round tin in two sheets of paper (simple silver foil and a  
>> translucent gold) to make it look like a giant toffee.
>
> See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are  
> too blunt to cut the paper,

And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:07:40 -0000, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom>  
did spake thusly:

> Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)

Leatherman; let the fight begin :-)

> and a reel of tape that's wider in the center than at the edges, so the  
> tape always curls when you pull it off.

Que?

> Plus the scisors won't get the tape either.

Wow how blunt are these scissors? Sounds like you need a whetstone.

> One thing I *have* discovered though... paper weights aren't just pretty  
> to look at. Those buggers are USEFUL too!! ;-)

Mugs are also useful... especially if you can get them to just put their  
finger there for just a moment.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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