Gavin

Lover of coffee, curry, tea, chihuahaus and Blackpool FC. Sometimes grumpy and not really an owl.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

Managed to fight through legions of Arsenal fans to get to @RoyalAlbertHall to see @ladychatterley this evening. Absolute magic. It was a brilliant show and a real pleasure to be there. Even managed to get the last sensible train home. Result!

[BFI @BFI]

Badger, badger, badger... MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM 🍄

Jonti Picking's flash animation - and earworm - set the world alight in 2003, becoming one of the internet's most iconic memes. Now preserved in the BFI National Archive.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@TheStingisBack Every so often this film returns to my mind and I keep intending to rewatch. Thanks for the reminder!

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

An excellent way to spend the evening. Craft beer and Muse. Not bad at all.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

What have they done to Revolutions by Jean-Michel Jarre on streaming platforms?! 🤢

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@TicketmasterCS It wouldn’t allow this. The payment window was greyed out and the spinning image just kept spinning.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@TicketmasterCS what has happened here? Using Safari on an iPhone to try and purchase tickets, it would not allow me to enter any payment details. Just a faded box with a spinning ‘wait’ indicator that never updated.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@MCRSeasiders Hang on… I’m sure one of them was actually Scrooge…

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@UridiumAuthor @_dareDev That and Interstellar are probably the 2 ‘must see in IMAX if you get a chance’ films for me.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@UridiumAuthor @_dareDev Ah you missed a treat watching it in Imax. Fantastic on that huge screen, and probably the best film released in 3D.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@JonSpaceman @sainsburys Coming back on this. I think they’ve also forced a 1 gift card per shopping basket restriction. Again unannounced, and as far as I can tell not obvious in their t&cs. At least I’ve think that’s the case. The alternative is that they’ve managed to lose £50 of mine.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@sainsburys I have a delivery pass and just tried doing an order that was significantly more than the qualifying amount. If I used over a certain amount of vouchers to pay it tried to apply a £5 delivery charge, but free if I used less. Surely some mistake there?

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@sainsburys Another week another issue. I have attempted to apply an E-gift card onto an order and it just disappeared. Please assist.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@JonSpaceman @sainsburys I feel like I’m single handedly doing Sainsburys job of reporting phishing scumbags who are impersonating them.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@JonSpaceman @sainsburys Incidentally, as a side issue, I've also had people trying to phish as a result of this. Would suggest that for Sainsburys to put people in a position where they are in the dark, necessitating the enquiry is unacceptable.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@JonSpaceman @sainsburys Cheers. 👍

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@Lord_Arse @Kragos80 I lost a summer to Elite in the 80s. Elite Dangerous I can dip into for a few hours here and there.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

@Lord_Arse @Kragos80 I’m with you on this. Followed closely by Elite.

[Gavin @GrumpyOwl]

Another late Thursday, another ridiculous wait due to cancellations because @GNRailUK won’t employ enough people to cover for staff shortages on the London to Peterborough ‘service’.