Old-fashioned manners or weird foible?

[BA to the Stars]

Whatever happened to Ever Ready?

[ZARDOZ]

Whatever happened to Ever Ready?

It went the way of white dog poo. A question on which should be on any British Citizen test.

[escapeUK]

I never heard about it being bad manners, but unlucky.

[EternalOptimist]

If you ever drop a knife, make sure you have a stanley in reserve in yer parker pocket, or fish-hooks in yer lapels

old superstitious nonsense I know, but possibly still resonates with some today

[vetran]

Varta seemed to top it for longevity and Kodak price / performance :

Testing 30 brands of batteries - Hack a Day

[doodab]

Varta seemed to top it for longevity and Kodak price / performance :

Testing 30 brands of batteries - Hack a Day

I use low self discharge NiMH cells for most things these days.

[seyre1972]

I get told off by SHMBO for doign this

Not at all.

I make a point of saying "You're welcome" anyway.

My wife tells me off for this - but I was raised to believe that "manners cost nothing".

She says I'm too agressive .... yet she's the one who stuck a knife in my leg one time (by accident she says) and was banned from playing hockey @ school ...