Mr Darn

I think i had it, after an accident involving a head injury, but it was nothing near as bad as that. With me it was a simple case of walking up the stairs required a 10-15 minute sit down, as i went light headed and found i had to physically make my chest fill and empty my lungs, instead of it happening naturally. With me it was like an asthma attack, mostly only coming on if i do something that made me breathless, but sometimes just randomly too. When it hits, simple things like lifting your arm to point is really difficult, like someone has a bungee rope around your waist, attached to your arm, or like having a 2 stone watch on. Your head becomes heavy, and you become generally lethargic. The only way i can describe it is like a Mini stroke, but everywhere, not just down one side. Mine lasted for around 6 months-ish, and left as quick as it came. With me, sitting in a computer chair was fine, as when it hit i could just sit back and relax till it passed, and it really reduced how often it did actually happen. Its also the reason i got into computers in the first place. With me, computer based work at home would have been ok to do, as long as it was flexi based, ie web design, but i was not nearly talented enough for anything like that. Luckily for me, at the time, i was unemployed. I also knew nothing about ME, and did not know anything until only a year or two ago. it was totally undiagnosed, but from what i've read on it, its exactly what was happening to me. Being called an attention seeker was the worst thing for me, and i never sought help from anyone after that comment. I'd hate to go through it again, but i guess it would be easier now people are more aware.

Nothing been released as far as plans go as yet... but possibly. Not an ASDA as such, but a non-food ASDA Living store possibly.

[rant] Come on FourGee! you should know as well as anyone that links break! Could you not follow Threegee's example and actually quote the relevant point, so those of us that can't be bothered to read through the whole page you link too, get an idea of what its all about? [/rant]

If there has been only 30,000 posts, how come your post is number 31,929?

So who will pick up the tab then? The emphasis at this time is the material the bags are made of. we need, no, MUST reduce this as a waste commodity. Who do you think currently pays for the free bags? Certainly not ASDA. Its the customers. The cost has always been taken from the profit made on the things you buy. so in effect, you already pay for them, its just not labelled as such on your receipt. What SHOULD be happening is, a discount on the shopping should be given to those who DO bring in their bags!

All the carrier bags supplied by the top 4 come from the same place. The difference is ASDA are pro-actively trying to reduce them. Have you seen what a full pallet of carrier bags per week, per store, actually looks like once they are decompressed? This is the last i have to say on the matter, unless a valid argument shows it's self.

Oh, i see. Anyways, good points Monsta... plenty of parking available. What's missing is a need for those spaces.

I was wondering which part of the posted quote was "straight from the horses mouth" Nothing sinister

Not for long, and its exactly that attitude that's forced all the big supermarkets hands.

what is?

This is the single most reason why i do not currently own an IPhone.I want one, and it would be useful to me, but the fact they openly advertise them from $99 yet over here your talking £200+ Its totally wrong. Why should the same item cost 4 times as much here as it does over there?

Our point was never that there are viable alternatives now, and the key word here is "viable". Our point is, the technology IS here, its just not in production because of the cost. As you acknowledged, the technology is here now, but would cost millions of pounds to implement. the whole argument is based on price, and because of that, will never be won by any other power source other than combustible. Would you have one if the government would swap your car for one of these for free? (yeah, yeah, i know, you don't own a car! my point stands though.)

Its White.

I take it by your statement you will also be driving on holiday to foreign countries such as greece, Austrailia, America etc, as obviously, you just paid 23,000 for a car, why can't you use it? Ok, ok. the battery wont get us that far, as is just won't last that long. Scalextric has been around since i was a kid. are you telling me placing a track in the road to boost cars battery is also a non starter? It wouldn't even have to be in all lanes, you could place it in a slow lane, so you just pull off the main road and drive along that section at a slower speed for half an hour to recharge, before rejoining the main carriageway. ( I find your defeatist attitude on this to be in the same league as Monsta and Bedlington's development. Instead of pointing out what we can't do... how about pointing out something we can do?

I'm with monsta here... If i want to travel to london, what better way than to use one of the many car-share schemes? Park your car at the train station, Bit of a play on the laptop on the way down (and at an average speed much higher than the car!) then hire another electric car with a short range when your down there. It's on its way! Embrace it!

ASDA dont sell branded items? My Sony Bravia 42" has been running no problem now for over 3 years... Also seen brands like Kenwood HP/Compaq Epsom Samsung Toshiba Philips All the major gaming consoles: XBox360, Wii, Playstation PSP Which brands exactly would you like?

There is a simple solution to the 30 minute charge. Have removable batteries. I've touched on this in another thread i'm sure. You drive into the station, over a machine that drops your battery out of your car and replaces a new one in less time it takes an F1 car to have 4 wheels changed and a tank of fuel filled. Simples! These "garages" simply have a few of these on charge at once. Say it takes (realistically) 5 minutes to swap a battery once the system is refined. That means, in a half hour charging period, you can get 6 batteries charged, on a rolling system (the one thats removed gets put straight on charge, and is in the queue to be replaced in at least 30 minutes (Depending on demand of course)) with a few spares on hand just in case one of them is broken/needs fixed/taken from service. so, for a standard garage, with 8 pumps, you would need say 50 batteries charging on the premises at any one time and easily cope with demand. Seeing as how an average fill-up and payment now takes an average of 6.5 minutes (Source: ASDA petrol station training manual) and you get an average of 300 miles on a tank (i do anyways) that reduces this "inconvenient" 2 hour figure to about 15-20 minutes. Refining the changeover further you could easily get it to less than a minute per changeover. That's got to rival your 5 hour journey... surely!

I find it quite amusing that when i say "non-food" you only think about clothes. They also do Music, Video and Games Televisions DVD players / recorders Computers Cameras and Photography Furniture Garden equipment Plus lots more my poor little hungover head cant think about just yet. Still a bad thing? or are you of the same mind as Mr Spooner (I Robot): Classic!

well, i'll be... monsta don't agree with development! *SHOCK*

That's the easiest way to accommodate the bag crisis, just put up the average cost of 10 products up by a percentage that equates to what the government want you to charge, then you get a free bag with every 10 items, which isn't really free, because you have paid for it by buying the items in the first place. Then, if you bring your own bags, you could get the discount, with some sort of loyalty card?

Word is, ASDA like the size of all the Netto stores, as they are small enough to accommodate a decent sized "Living" store, which will sell only non-food items, and therefore not monopolise the towns as they would if they were food stores. Good news for bedlington if that is the case, an ASDA Living store there would surely be a good idea... wouldn't it monsta?

Possibly, but think back to the first mobile phone. The battery was a car battery (ok ok, i exaggerate, but it wasn't far off!), that had a handle to carry it round. Now they have developed a battery that is bendable, paper thin (120gsm paper) and at A4 size can power an led picture frame light for over a week. Every season in F! we see more technology that makes the car more efficient, to the point of a toddler can push it along the track like a baby walker. (i saw a press release somewhere, i'll dig it out) The only hurdle is cost. If they can find a use to Mass Produce these developments regularly, to fund further research, a huge range is not far away. They can make a car now that can do 500 miles on a charge, the problem is it costs £300,000,000 (ish) to build! The simple facts in all this is simple. The government wont allow mass production of efficient electric cars, because of the tax they get from the pumps, and the back handers they get from the oil company's to keep it that way! Even if it is unprovable, i still think its the case, and it will take alot to make me think otherwise. Was it not the case, tobacco and alcohol would have been banned years ago.

I'm no expert, and i have not given it half the thought you seem to have, but i've watched the progress made on things like laptops and phones. The phone i'm using now, if i make no calls, the battery lasts for 3 days + My first phone, on standby, lasted for 4 hours. My Laptop, it has a 4 hour range. Before, it was said there would never be a battery made to power a computer. Batteries are at the stage of development now, where they contain a small charging device, that actually CHARGES the battery using radio waves. As these waves pass the charger, they create a positive and negative effect on a certain part, creating movement. They are attempting to use this small movement to create an alternating current which in turn will charge the battery. I believe they already have a working prototype based on Bluetooth technology, but has to be within a very short distance at the moment, and does not charge well enough, or last long enough at the moment to be effective. My point is, the technology is on its way, and i believe it will be here in my lifetime.

Let us know when! i got some stuff to list

That depends entirely on you, and how far ahead you plan. The free ones aint that good for the planet, and for a one off cost, you can have a much better bag that will last for life. (if it wears out, they replace it free) So, technically, after the initial cost (what? about 45p is it?) you then have a much more sturdy bag you can re-use, and never buy another bag again. Personally, my answer would be: "one paid for one, and the rest free" each time i shop, until i have enough to do my full shop without free ones. I do see, however, that some people either just can't be arsed to carry re-useable bags with them, or don't have the fore-thought to remember to bring them along.