paranoid android Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Can you still get Scott's Porage Oats? All I can see in shops is that Quaker pish. Who'd have thought Quaker Pish would be so popular? Edited October 19, 2022 by paranoid android 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 49 minutes ago, paranoid android said: Can you still get Scott's Porage Oats? All I can see in shops is that Quaker pish. Who'd have thought Quaker Pish would be so popular? A quick search on google suggests the brand is still available. Scotts had a factory just outside Cupar, but were taken over by Quaker's years ago, chances are, you get the same stuff in different packages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 The shot putter on Scott's Porridge Oats boxes was first used in 1924. Based on a soldier in Dreghorn Barracks the original design was by Tom Curr. Curr also came up with the artwork for the Buttercup Dairy Company which you can still see in various places in South East Scotland. He also did match cartoons for the Evening News. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, tamthebam said: The shot putter on Scott's Porridge Oats boxes was first used in 1924. Based on a soldier in Dreghorn Barracks the original design was by Tom Curr. Curr also came up with the artwork for the Buttercup Dairy Company which you can still see in various places in South East Scotland. He also did match cartoons for the Evening News. All very well, but what school did he go to? Edited October 19, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: All very well, but what school did he go to? Not one beginning with St- anyway. His biography says he was a strict Baptist.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 20 hours ago, paranoid android said: Can you still get Scott's Porage Oats? I think it's only available in bags now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn Terrier Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Still on the go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Young folk will be thinking "That's the funniest-looking mobile I've ever seen!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 20 hours ago, tamthebam said: The shot putter on Scott's Porridge Oats boxes was first used in 1924. Based on a soldier in Dreghorn Barracks the original design was by Tom Curr. Curr also came up with the artwork for the Buttercup Dairy Company which you can still see in various places in South East Scotland. He also did match cartoons for the Evening News. The gut who played him in the adverts was Rory McCann who also played The Hound in Game of Thrones and Lurch in Hot Fuzz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 5 hours ago, DA Baracus said: The gut who played him in the adverts was Rory McCann who also played The Hound in Game of Thrones and Lurch in Hot Fuzz. He was also in the hugely underrated Channel 4 programme The Book Club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: He was also in the hugely underrated Channel 4 programme The Book Club The Book Club was fucking tremendous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 17/10/2022 at 16:05, Honest_Man#1 said: I had a flight booked with Qatar Airways, in which they changed one of the legs by 6 hours or so and made it unworkable. I had an online chat with them, and eventually they agreed that because they’d changed the flight I could cancel and would not be charged the standard cancellation fees of about £200 per ticket (and therefore would get full value back as a refund). Kept the chat log, because as I expected when I did cancel I was charged the fees so I’m missing about £400 of the refund. I opened a case with them and provided the chat log showing then agreeing that I wouldn’t be charged cancellation, but it’s been nearly a month and have yet to have any update. Should I go to the ombudsman, or is there any better way to get this moving? This is properly winding me up now. They responded back that they had already sent the refund, so when I clarified that they had sent a partial refund, not the full refund as they had promised (along with the evidence of the conversation confirming it) they have then gone back to ignoring me. They have also ignored my social media attempt to get a response. Looked up the financial ombudsman and doesn’t look like they deal with airlines so no idea where to go to get my £400 back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: This is properly winding me up now. They responded back that they had already sent the refund, so when I clarified that they had sent a partial refund, not the full refund as they had promised (along with the evidence of the conversation confirming it) they have then gone back to ignoring me. They have also ignored my social media attempt to get a response. Looked up the financial ombudsman and doesn’t look like they deal with airlines so no idea where to go to get my £400 back. You could try a charge back on the card you used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: This is properly winding me up now. They responded back that they had already sent the refund, so when I clarified that they had sent a partial refund, not the full refund as they had promised (along with the evidence of the conversation confirming it) they have then gone back to ignoring me. They have also ignored my social media attempt to get a response. Looked up the financial ombudsman and doesn’t look like they deal with airlines so no idea where to go to get my £400 back. Raise a complaint with ABTA. https://www.abta.com/help-and-complaints/customer-support/register-a-complaint Assuming you flew with an airline that's an ABTA member. First thing ABTA will do is pass the complaint to the Airline for their resolution and comment, but they'll also set a timescale* for the Airline taking action, plus the timescale will also include a requirement for updating ABTA with what's happening. *Timescale won't be very quick, be a wear. But at least it should move things on a little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Raise a complaint with ABTA. https://www.abta.com/help-and-complaints/customer-support/register-a-complaint Assuming you flew with an airline that's an ABTA member. First thing ABTA will do is pass the complaint to the Airline for their resolution and comment, but they'll also set a timescale* for the Airline taking action, plus the timescale will also include a requirement for updating ABTA with what's happening. *Timescale won't be very quick, be a wear. But at least it should move things on a little. Just read back, and see its Qatar. Might need to do same process with IATA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Raise a complaint with ABTA. https://www.abta.com/help-and-complaints/customer-support/register-a-complaint Assuming you flew with an airline that's an ABTA member. First thing ABTA will do is pass the complaint to the Airline for their resolution and comment, but they'll also set a timescale* for the Airline taking action, plus the timescale will also include a requirement for updating ABTA with what's happening. *Timescale won't be very quick, be a wear. But at least it should move things on a little. Think ABTA only works for package holidays, not for flights on their own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 This is properly winding me up now. They responded back that they had already sent the refund, so when I clarified that they had sent a partial refund, not the full refund as they had promised (along with the evidence of the conversation confirming it) they have then gone back to ignoring me. They have also ignored my social media attempt to get a response. Looked up the financial ombudsman and doesn’t look like they deal with airlines so no idea where to go to get my £400 back.Assuming you paid with a credit card your safest bet would be to make a Section 75 claim from your credit card company. MSE explain the process pretty well - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-your-purchases/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Any Dundee folk know of anywhere in Dundee that sells these? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 13:00, johnnydun said: Of course that's not it. That was fuckin awful. This is in no way a thinly disguised way of posting a video of the wonderful Anita and her spacey outfit. Could you have confused space with a pinball machine? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 42 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: This is in no way a thinly disguised way of posting a video of the wonderful Anita and her spacey outfit. Could you have confused space with a pinball machine? No no, no no no no, no no no no. That's not it. More late 90's early 2000's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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