Month: May 2019

  • Sainsbury’s, their computer system and problems with returns.

    I took my boots back that I bought from Sainsbury’s earlier this year because the stitching has started to peel on one of them. I hadn’t got the receipt so I copied the entry from my bank statement to prove that I had purchased from Sainsbury’s on my debit card. I have used that card…

  • The best test results I’ve had in ages!

    I went for my annual blood count check up a few days ago. I have just logged into my account to check whether the results had come back. They have just been put on the system. These are the highest my levels have been for a while. Full blood count: Total white blood count 6.7×10⁹/L…

  • Knitting malfunction and other unfortunate stuff.

    I managed to somehow completely mess up my knitting yesterday. I had to fix that today by unravelling it and rethreading the stitches up until where it malfunctioned. I did my best but it isn’t very neat because I just avoided leaving noticeable holes in the knitted rows. It doesn’t look too awful. I certainly…

  • Knitting progressing well and a warning about fatbinder diet supplements.

    Knitting progressing well and a warning about fatbinder diet supplements.

    I have been knitting my scarf. It seems to be going quite well… so far (see above photo). I’m freestyling my own pattern to get used to different stitches. I’m hoping that, as it gets longer, the threading doesn’t come off the needle when I’m moving it around to start another row. That will be…

  • A solution to Trump and supermarket self service checkout scales issues.

    I have figured out the solution to the self service checkout scale (weight) error. I do this trick regularly when the self service machine has a wobbly about the weight on the scales not being correct. If you put the item that has errored onto the floor next to the bagging area. That clears the…