That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is going
on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth using
- they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is going
>on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth using
>- they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!

I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s

On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>>That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>
> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s

Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon over to
dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links. Converting back
may be a challenge.

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>
>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>
> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon over to
> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links. Converting back
> may be a challenge.
>

And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button / link
/ option might be please.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>
>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>
>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon over to
>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links. Converting back
>> may be a challenge.
>>
>
> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button / link
> / option might be please.
>
Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home in
Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.

On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union flag
icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon gives
rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is not
available in the app, but currency settings may be picked up from your
user profile.

If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your delivery
address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?

--
Ric

On 03/04/2024 17:50, Mike McMillan wrote:
> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is going
> on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth using
> - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!

Another day, another dolour.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 03/04/2024 22:45, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 17:50, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is going
>> on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth
>> using
>> - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>
> Another day, another dolour.
>
But Americans are non-u!

--
Ric

On 03-Apr-24 23:12, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 22:45, Clive Arthur wrote:
>> On 03/04/2024 17:50, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>> going
>>> on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth
>>> using
>>> - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>
>> Another day, another dolour.
>>
> But Americans are non-u!

👍

--
Sam Plusnet

On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>>
>>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>>
>>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon
>>> over to
>>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links. Converting
>>> back
>>> may be a challenge.
>>>
>>
>> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
>> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button /
>> link
>> / option might be please.
>>
> Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home in
> Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.
>
> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union flag
> icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon gives
> rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is not
> available in the app, but currency settings may be picked up from your
> user profile.
>
> If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your delivery
> address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?
>
Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use it
more often.

I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the Amazon
name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the word
"All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under which
you will find "Currency Settings".

In message <l774dtFe4ceU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
08:50:21, John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
[]
>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>>flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon
>>gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is

(Did that solve it, Mike? I found the same thing.)
[]
>Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use
>it more often.

Yes - there are a range of such useful words! (You could also use
"thereon" in this example, I think.) Such as therefor (not the same as
therefore), whither, whence, hither, hence, thither, thence, thereunder,
....
>
>I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the Amazon
>name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the word
>"All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under which
>you will find "Currency Settings".

Those three horizontal bars - which I've seen people refer to as a
hamburger, presumably meaning between the two halves of a bun - have
become the international symbol for a menu (in the software sense). I
don't like that fact, but of course there's nothing I can do about it.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

What's awful about weird views is not the views. It's the intolerance. If
someone wants to worship the Duke of Edinburgh or a pineapple, fine. But don't
kill me if I don't agree. - Tim Rice, Radio Times 15-21 October 2011.

On 03/04/2024 18:07, Vicky wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is going
>> on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth using
>> - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>
> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s

YAaSilkieAICM5Pilchards

On 04/04/2024 08:50, John Armstrong wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
>> On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>>>
>>>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon
>>>> over to
>>>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links.
>>>> Converting back
>>>> may be a challenge.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
>>> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button /
>>> link
>>> / option might be please.
>>>
>> Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home in
>> Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.
>>
>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon
>> gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is
>> not available in the app, but currency settings may be picked up from
>> your user profile.
>>
>> If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your delivery
>> address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?
>>
> Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use it
> more often.
>
Somewhat (he said in understatement) surprisingly it was the only word I
could think of to fit the purpose. "On it" and all similar words or
phrases had completely departed my brain.

> I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the Amazon
> name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the word
> "All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under which
> you will find "Currency Settings".

--
Ric

On 04/04/2024 09:47, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>
> Yes - there are a range of such useful words! (You could also use
> "thereon" in this example, I think.) Such as therefor (not the same as
> therefore), whither, whence, hither, hence, thither, thence, thereunder,
> ...

This might be an appropriate place to enquire about "toward(s)".

Miss Beddoes, my sister's satnav lady, told us the other day to "take
the right turn toward the ..." My sister queried whether it should be
"... towards the ...". I wasn't sure but did think that "untoward" was
not the opposite of what Miss Beddoes was saying, so perhaps "towards"
was indeed right.

--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <l774dtFe4ceU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
> 08:50:21, John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>> On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
> []
>>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon
>>> gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is
>
> (Did that solve it, Mike? I found the same thing.)
> []
>> Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use
>> it more often.
>
> Yes - there are a range of such useful words! (You could also use
> "thereon" in this example, I think.) Such as therefor (not the same as
> therefore), whither, whence, hither, hence, thither, thence, thereunder,
> ...
>>
>> I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the Amazon
>> name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the word
>> "All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under which
>> you will find "Currency Settings".
>
> Those three horizontal bars - which I've seen people refer to as a
> hamburger, presumably meaning between the two halves of a bun - have
> become the international symbol for a menu (in the software sense). I
> don't like that fact, but of course there's nothing I can do about it.

Nil, Nada, Zilch, Cube root of S’d all, not none of the suggestions seem to
be there on my iPad screen.🤨

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>>
>>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>>
>>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon
>>> over to
>>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links. Converting
>>> back
>>> may be a challenge.
>>>
>>
>> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
>> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button /
>> link
>> / option might be please.
>>
> Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home in
> Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.
>
> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union flag
> icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon gives
> rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is not
> available in the app, but currency settings may be picked up from your
> user profile.
>
> If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your delivery
> address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?
>
When I said "in the app" above I actually meant "on android" as opposed
to on a laptop.

--
Ric

On 04/04/2024 13:08, Mike McMillan wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> In message <l774dtFe4ceU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
>> 08:50:21, John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>> On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
>> []
>>>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>>>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon
>>>> gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is
>>
>> (Did that solve it, Mike? I found the same thing.)
>> []
>>> Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use
>>> it more often.
>>
>> Yes - there are a range of such useful words! (You could also use
>> "thereon" in this example, I think.) Such as therefor (not the same as
>> therefore), whither, whence, hither, hence, thither, thence, thereunder,
>> ...
>>>
>>> I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the Amazon
>>> name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the word
>>> "All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under which
>>> you will find "Currency Settings".
>>
>> Those three horizontal bars - which I've seen people refer to as a
>> hamburger, presumably meaning between the two halves of a bun - have
>> become the international symbol for a menu (in the software sense). I
>> don't like that fact, but of course there's nothing I can do about it.
>
> Nil, Nada, Zilch, Cube root of S’d all, not none of the suggestions seem to
> be there on my iPad screen.🤨
>
There appears to be a large number of YouTube videos on how to change
this. Have you tried Google? Can you try on other than an iPad?

If all fails you'll have to move.

--
Ric

In message <l77cbiFfbskU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
11:05:38, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> writes
[]
>This might be an appropriate place to enquire about "toward(s)".
>
>Miss Beddoes, my sister's satnav lady, told us the other day to "take
>the right turn toward the ..." My sister queried whether it should be
>"... towards the ...". I wasn't sure but did think that "untoward" was
>not the opposite of what Miss Beddoes was saying, so perhaps "towards"
>was indeed right.
>
Good point to ponder!

Thinking about it, I think I'd say towards in some circumstances -
"towards town" for example; "toward town" would feel odd. But now,
saying them in my head a few times, both now seem acceptable!

At first on reading your query, I wondered if the more metaphorical use
might use the other one (though I'm not sure which way round now!):
"raise some funds toward[s] getting the clubhouse a new ..." - i. e.
"with the aim of" rather than "in the direction of".

I suspect, at least nowadays, both are in general use for both uses.
(And if one was ever incorrect, I can't think which!)

I think I prefer towards for directions.

[When I hit Post, my spellchecker didn't object to either version.]
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Galbraith's Law of Human Nature: Faced with the choice between changing one's
mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on
the proof." - John Kenneth Galbraith

In message <uum58k$ks15$1@dont-email.me> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024 12:08:53,
Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes
[]
>Nil, Nada, Zilch, Cube root of S’d all, not none of the suggestions seem to
>be there on my iPad screen.?
>
What _do_ you see?

When I (laptop running Windows 7, Chrome browser) go to amazon.co.uk, I
get a black stripe across the top of the screen, with below that a dark
blue-grey stripe, then the meat of the page.

The black stripe shows: amazon.co.uk with the smile arrow; Deliver to J.
and Charing and part of my postcode; a search box; a flag; Hello;
Returns; and a basket (trolley) symbol.

The dark blue/grey box has: the "hamburger" three lines and the word
All; then menu items - Music, Prime, CustServ, Buy Again, Today's,
Prime, BestSellers; then something from HelloFresh.

The flag in the black stripe is the Union flag/jack, and if hovered over
- I don't even need to click it - generates a popup square, the first
item in which is change currency.

The hamburger/"All" in the blue/grey stripe generates - I _do_ have to
click - a long dropdown; if I scroll down that, Currency Settings is
third from bottom. Clicking that lets me change my preferred.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Galbraith's Law of Human Nature: Faced with the choice between changing one's
mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on
the proof." - John Kenneth Galbraith

On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 13:52:04 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote:

>In message <l77cbiFfbskU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
>11:05:38, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> writes
>[]
>>This might be an appropriate place to enquire about "toward(s)".
>>
>>Miss Beddoes, my sister's satnav lady, told us the other day to "take
>>the right turn toward the ..." My sister queried whether it should be
>>"... towards the ...". I wasn't sure but did think that "untoward" was
>>not the opposite of what Miss Beddoes was saying, so perhaps "towards"
>>was indeed right.
>>
>Good point to ponder!
>
>Thinking about it, I think I'd say towards in some circumstances -
>"towards town" for example; "toward town" would feel odd. But now,
>saying them in my head a few times, both now seem acceptable!
>
>At first on reading your query, I wondered if the more metaphorical use
>might use the other one (though I'm not sure which way round now!):
>"raise some funds toward[s] getting the clubhouse a new ..." - i. e.
>"with the aim of" rather than "in the direction of".
>
>I suspect, at least nowadays, both are in general use for both uses.
>(And if one was ever incorrect, I can't think which!)
>
>I think I prefer towards for directions.
>
>[When I hit Post, my spellchecker didn't object to either version.]

While untoward sounds fine toward just doesn't. I feel it always needs
the s. BICBAM

John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
>> On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>>>
>>>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon
>>>> over to
>>>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden
>>>> links. Converting back
>>>> may be a challenge.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
>>> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button
>>> / link
>>> / option might be please.
>>>
>> Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home
>> in Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.
>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking
>> thereupon gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change
>> currency. This is not available in the app, but currency settings
>> may be picked up from your user profile.
>> If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your
>> delivery address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?
>>
> Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to use
> it more often.
>
> I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the
> Amazon name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to the
> word "All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings", under
> which you will find "Currency Settings".

Ah, that takes me back to my days of computerising forex trades! Some
changes since then – there were no AZNs, KZTs or even EURs then but we
did have to work with the nice distinction between BECs, BELs and BEFs.

I see there's no option for BTN (Bhutan Ngultrum) which used to be my
favourite. I feel cheated.

Rosie

"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:

> In message <l774dtFe4ceU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
> 08:50:21, John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
> []
>>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking
>>> thereupon gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change
>>> currency. This is
>
> (Did that solve it, Mike? I found the same thing.)
> []
>> Agreed. And I do like the word "thereupon". I must make a note to
>> use it more often.
>
> Yes - there are a range of such useful words! (You could also use
> "thereon" in this example, I think.) Such as therefor (not the same as
> therefore), whither, whence, hither, hence, thither, thence,
> thereunder, ...
>>
>> I also discovered, on the LHS of the Amazon home page, under the
>> Amazon name and logo, that there are three horizontal bars next to
>> the word "All". Click on this, and scroll down to "Help & Settings",
>> under which you will find "Currency Settings".
>
> Those three horizontal bars - which I've seen people refer to as a
> hamburger, presumably meaning between the two halves of a bun - have
> become the international symbol for a menu (in the software sense). I
> don't like that fact, but of course there's nothing I can do about it.

I regret that a vaguely bat-shaped thing, presumably some sort of
electronic console, seems to be replacing a playing card of the
traditional French design as the symbol for games. It's as if anything
you can't plug in doesn't count.

Rosie

On 04-Apr-24 13:52, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <l77cbiFfbskU1@mid.individual.net> at Thu, 4 Apr 2024
> 11:05:38, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> writes
> []
>> This might be an appropriate place to enquire about "toward(s)".
>>
>> Miss Beddoes, my sister's satnav lady, told us the other day to "take
>> the right turn toward the ..."  My sister queried whether it should be
>> "... towards the ...".  I wasn't sure but did think that "untoward"
>> was not the opposite of what Miss Beddoes was saying, so perhaps
>> "towards" was indeed right.
>>
> Good point to ponder!
>
> Thinking about it, I think I'd say towards in some circumstances -
> "towards town" for example; "toward town" would feel odd. But now,
> saying them in my head a few times, both now seem acceptable!
>
> At first on reading your query, I wondered if the more metaphorical use
> might use the other one (though I'm not sure which way round now!):
> "raise some funds toward[s] getting the clubhouse a new ..." - i. e.
> "with the aim of" rather than "in the direction of".
>
> I suspect, at least nowadays, both are in general use for both uses.
> (And if one was ever incorrect, I can't think which!)
>
> I think I prefer towards for directions.
>
> [When I hit Post, my spellchecker didn't object to either version.]

To my ear, "heading towards town" has more than a hint of the present
tense about it, whilst "heading toward town" seems less fixed in time.

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On 04-Apr-24 13:44, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 20:08, Joe Kerr wrote:
>> On 03/04/2024 18:54, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Jim Easterbrook <news@jim-easterbrook.me.uk> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:07:23 +0100, Vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>>>>> going on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t
>>>>>> worth using - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>>>>
>>>> Quids for me too. I suspect Mike has accidentally switched Amazon
>>>> over to
>>>> dollars, perhaps by clicking on one of their hidden links.
>>>> Converting back
>>>> may be a challenge.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And if this is the case (as it definitely shows Amazon.co.uk) I would be
>>> bitternly grateful if anyRat knows where and what the hidden button /
>>> link
>>> / option might be please.
>>>
>> Okey Dokey. This may depend on your environment, not a loving home in
>> Reading but app/webste, iOs/Android/Windows/'Nix, etc.
>>
>> On the website, just to the right of the search bar I have a Union
>> flag icon (other national flags may be available). Clicking thereupon
>> gives rise to a dropdown with an option to change currency. This is
>> not available in the app, but currency settings may be picked up from
>> your user profile.
>>
>> If that doesn't work for you: Does it think that you, or your delivery
>> address are in Transpondia or some other dollar using land?
>>
> When I said "in the app" above I actually meant "on android" as opposed
> to on a laptop.

T'other day, Wofe was trying to purchase sundries[1] from Amazon.

She was doing that complicated juggling act, where you try to avoid the
"We're giving you 30 days free Prime..." mantrap - and attempting to pay
either nothing or the minimum possible for delivery, when she found that
they were about to charge her (roughly) £99 delivery on (also roughly)
£24's worth of goods.
She backed out of the transaction.

[1] Do sun dried tomatoes count as sundries?

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On 04-Apr-24 10:20, BrritSki wrote:
> On 03/04/2024 18:07, Vicky wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That Amazon.co.uk now quotes prices in USD? (Spit) What the hell is
>>> going
>>> on? Are we such a piddling little nuisance, our currency isn’t worth
>>> using
>>> - they are happy enough to take the money! HARRUMPH!
>>
>> I'm seeing today's seals in ££ s
>
> YAaSilkieAICM5Pilchards

I thought she must have been using some very decorative font.

P.S. What is the purpose of fonts which seem to go to great lengths to
make text unreadable?

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On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 19:42:44 +0100, Sam Plusnet wrote:

> P.S. What is the purpose of fonts which seem to go to great lengths to
> make text unreadable?

Publishing government consultation documents. Or party manifestos. Or etc.

I saw something today claiming that "respectable" scientific journals are
using AI to peer review papers (or maybe the paid reviewers are
outsourcing to AI). One counter measure I thought of would be sending the
papers for review as hard copy, in a difficult to scan font or binding.

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