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    #21
    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    I've come to enjoy the quiet Sundays
    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    I love that the shops are closed on Sundays. It forces one to resort to something other than pointless materialism for entertainment.
    Originally posted by stek View Post
    Agree actually, and it gives a cycle to a week - a beginning and an end. Here in UK it seems like one long drawn out earning and spending eternity...
    Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post
    I agree. Shops should close far more often. I think in the entire year shops are only closed for two days. My wife hates those two days but at least it would force her to be with the family. It would also reduce the government's VAT intake and that is really all what they care about these days.
    we need to start some sort of campaign to reinstate sunday closing in the UK
    Coffee's for closers

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      #22
      Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
      why? wouldn't you have to pay then? and also use that horrific iTunes application
      Yes, you would. Thereby avoiding being a thief. iTunes is actually quite good on it's native platform.
      ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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        #23
        Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
        Yes, you would. Thereby avoiding being a copyright infringer. iTunes is actually quite good on it's native platform.
        FTFY

        Being caught stealing is a relatively minor crime in the UK, nothing compared to the horrors perpetrated by those that flaunt the copyright laws
        Coffee's for closers

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          #24
          Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
          we need to start some sort of campaign to reinstate sunday closing in the UK
          Just boycott the shops on sunday. Go for a nice walk or something instead. Or just lie in bed / on the sofa in front of the telly.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #25
            Originally posted by doodab View Post
            Just boycott the shops on sunday. Go for a nice walk or something instead. Or just lie in bed / on the sofa in front of the telly.
            I do! The Mrs on the other hand... actually she is starting to learn that after working all week, the last thing I want to do is shopping which is more of a chore than what I do for a living.
            Coffee's for closers

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              #26
              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              we need to start some sort of campaign to reinstate sunday closing in the UK
              like ****, I'd prefer to have the choice and don't want to have to do my shopping on sat.... just cos they are open don't mean you have to go
              sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

              there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

              everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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                #27
                Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
                Yes, you would. Thereby avoiding being a thief. iTunes is actually quite good on it's native platform.
                well its a TV show so no different to recording it imo - used iTunes to get some new songs on my exs ipod using her mac- synchronised the ipod to the mac itunes like it forced me to and removed the old songs off the ipod - what a load of pony, wouldn't touch it again
                sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

                there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

                everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post
                  I agree. Shops should close far more often. I think in the entire year shops are only closed for two days. My wife hates those two days but at least it would force her to be with the family. It would also reduce the government's VAT intake and that is really all what they care about these days.
                  It wouldn't really make any difference to VAT.

                  All people have done is decided to shop at different hours.

                  If I go to the supermarket at 10pm or midnight the clientèle are either students, who would have used the local corner shop that would be illegally open or petrol station, or people like me who hate crowds. In fact one supermarket near me changed from having 24 hour opening to 14 hour opening when they calculated they weren't making more money.
                  "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
                    well its a TV show so no different to recording it imo - used iTunes to get some new songs on my exs ipod using her mac- synchronised the ipod to the mac itunes like it forced me to and removed the old songs off the ipod - what a load of pony, wouldn't touch it again
                    You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.

                    I can't really decipher the above gripe but suffice to say it's a closed ecosystem that plays nice with other stuff in the ecosystem.

                    It will, however, start playing downloads to your apple tv prior to completion.
                    ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                      we need to start some sort of campaign to reinstate sunday closing in the UK
                      Originally posted by 2BIT View Post
                      like ****, I'd prefer to have the choice and don't want to have to do my shopping on sat.... just cos they are open don't mean you have to go
                      I liked Sunday shopping when it first came in. I could use Saturdays to just stay at home and wind down after an often hard commute home on Friday evening.

                      But with the extended hours we now have during the rest of the week, it isn't a big deal any more.
                      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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