The FOC thread.

[HorlocksWalk]

We'd have the same scruffy old bloke come to the front door every Thursday or Friday night collecting our pools entry and stake money.

I always wondered if he ever actually sent the entries and money to Llittlewoods or Vernons. Then... I got a paper round at our local newsagents. Every week I'd see the same scruffy old bloke come in with a fistful of pools entries and a bag of cash, and hand them over to the newsagent, apparently for collection by yet another intermediary who'd (presumably) take them to Liverpool.

We did win once (only about £12 iirc), so the process did work!

I worked as an computer engineer back in the day and occasionally I would have to go to the big office in dipperland where Littlewoods hand checked every coupon for winners. They did everything but an orifice search to make sure you did not sneak a coupon in after the event.

 

[eboblue]

We'd have the same scruffy old bloke come to the front door every Thursday or Friday night collecting our pools entry and stake money.

I always wondered if he ever actually sent the entries and money to Llittlewoods or Vernons. Then... I got a paper round at our local newsagents. Every week I'd see the same scruffy old bloke come in with a fistful of pools entries and a bag of cash, and hand them over to the newsagent, apparently for collection by yet another intermediary who'd (presumably) take them to Liverpool.

We did win once (only about £12 iirc), so the process did work!

Our "pools man" was the brother of Jimmy Cumbes, 70's goalie at Villa I think - but no inside info for my dad!

 

[city2]

If you had 25 penny pieces in your pant pockets they would fall down weighed a fucking ton.

 

[Bill Walker]

I worked as an computer engineer back in the day and occasionally I would have to go to the big office in dipperland where Littlewoods hand checked every coupon for winners. They did everything but an orifice search to make sure you did not sneak a coupon in after the event.

There's actually people on here that would enjoy that.

 

[Bill Walker]

If you had 25 penny pieces in your pant pockets they would fall down weighed a fucking ton.

Your post made me think, I've forgotten what it's like to carry cash !

Coins in your pocket rattling around ffs

 

[mexico1970]

Your post made me think, I've forgotten what it's like to carry cash !

Coins in your pocket rattling around ffs

I always carry cash and barely use a card, saying that I collect coins from Roman to the modern era.

 

[Lavinda Past]

I always carry cash and barely use a card, saying that I collect coins from Roman to the modern era.

I only carry £1 coins to put in supermarket trolleys.

 

[Bill Walker]

I only carry £1 coins to put in supermarket trolleys.

Don't need to do that here, trolley is free.

 

[mexico1970]

I only carry £1 coins to put in supermarket trolleys.

The wife always uses those fake coins for trolleys, I'm a passive shopper in supermarkets when we shop, we usually mooch around pretending to think about what we buy but we generally always come out with the same stuff we always do.

 

[Bill Walker]

I always carry cash and barely use a card, saying that I collect coins from Roman to the modern era.

I think about 8 years cashless. Don't miss it. Pay for everything with cc and get airmiles for every dollar.
Plus you have a record of everything you've spent with the monthly statement.

Pay it immediately so zero interest.

 

[york away to this!]

I only carry £1 coins to put in supermarket trolleys.

Don't they just fall through that metal mesh stuff?

 

[mexico1970]

I think about 8 years cashless. Don't miss it. Pay for everything with cc and get airmiles for every dollar.
Plus you have a record of everything you've spent with the monthly statement.

Pay it immediately so zero interest.

Try banging that in a shopping trolley you modern bugger ;-)

 

[Bill Walker]

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Try banging that in a shopping trolley you modern bugger ;-)

This is not rip off Britain mate, trolleys here are free :)

Very impressive that coin is it Roman it looks like it is. But I know sod all about coins.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

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Try banging that in a shopping trolley you modern bugger ;-)

Have you been going through @Blue Mist loose change in his pocket??

 

[mexico1970]

This is not rip off Britain mate, trolleys here are free :)

Very impressive that coin is it Roman it looks like it is. But I know sod all about coins.

It is mate it's Roman Valentian I it's around 1700 years old, you could by 2 arrow bars and a bar six with one of them back in the day :)

 

[oldius]

My dad, equipped with long coat and cosh, collected the pools coupons in the Hulme bullring back in the late 60s/early 70s.

 

[KS55]

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I worked as an computer engineer back in the day and occasionally I would have to go to the big office in dipperland where Littlewoods hand checked every coupon for winners. They did everything but an orifice search to make sure you did not sneak a coupon in after the event.

So you literally had £1m up your arse?

 

[Lavinda Past]

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Try banging that in a shopping trolley you modern bugger ;-)

 

[HorlocksWalk]

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So you literally had £1m up your arse?

In pound coins :-)

 

[Lavinda Past]

The wife always uses those fake coins for trolleys, I'm a passive shopper in supermarkets when we shop, we usually mooch around pretending to think about what we buy but we generally always come out with the same stuff we always do.

I suspect most husbands could do the 'weekly big shop' blindfolded in about 10 minutes, and not miss one item if their missus wasn't with them.