(10 Dec 2014, 10:32 pm)Jimmi wrote Wow, I've had wrong orders in McDonalds but they haven't been that bad.

The Arnison Centre one was the worst I've been in for mistakes.

Also went into one on Blackpool Seafront and was served by a lass called Ocean.

(10 Dec 2014, 10:43 pm)Jimmi wrote The last complaint I saw someone make in McDonalds was someone came up and said they wanted a cup of hot water (I imagine that they were putting one teabag in two cups to save money).

(10 Dec 2014, 10:56 pm)Jimmi wrote Something that amuses me in places like McDonalds is when people ask for really unhealthy selections and then ask for Diet Coke... Like that's going to make all the difference.

(10 Dec 2014, 11:32 pm)aureolin wrote I think taste is a lot to do with it when it comes down to Coke/Diet/Zero. I'll always drink Pepsi Max over any other cola, but because I think it tastes nicer, rather than what's in it.

(11 Dec 2014, 9:05 am)Andreos1 wrote Just to join in with the craic, always the fruity drinks for me. Tango, Lilt, Sprite, 7up etc.

Can anyone remember the tropical drinks years ago, that were in a can, but dead cheap?
There was Panda pop and the stuff the pop man used to bring round on a lorry - but there was one (brand name escapes me), that was generally sold in the greengrocers or cheap shops.
Tasted vile.

Anyway, for those of you who like KFC - this may tickle your taste buds.
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/12/11/kfc-to-debut-boneless-feast-trough-for-hungry-customers/

(11 Dec 2014, 9:12 am)Andreos1 wrote Nah, Fozz - it wasn't a local pop literally off the back of a lorry, like Sykes, Villa or Greys'.

(11 Dec 2014, 9:20 am)marxistafozzski wrote I remember, round Murton when I was a kid, we used to have a few people selling stuff out of a boot or the back of a van...I remember a bloke had a Pirate Video Rental Empire who came round twice a week, he had his normal customers and iirc correctly he had his 'SPECIAL' Customers with who he provided who he provided the kind of Videos you would not find in Blockbuster Video I think the Ice Cream Man used to have an under the counter Porn Video Empire...

I had an Amstrad CPC464 computer as a kid, and the Video man would get hold of game cassettes for me

(11 Dec 2014, 1:20 pm)Andreos1 wrote Rio!

The name of the cheap, nasty pop was Rio!

(11 Dec 2014, 1:26 pm)Andreos1 wrote Is it in date?
Didn't even know it was still being made!

(11 Dec 2014, 5:11 pm)Tom wrote Very impressive. I can't even write two lines of a poem, never mind that! Thankfully we didn't have to write a poem in English, just comparing two poems.

I'm not sure what it is about though - the ''Two ears floppy'' and ''Tail wags in joy...'' suggests it is about your dog though?

(11 Dec 2014, 5:15 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Cheers, Tom!

Well, there's two characters in it. It's called 'On The Streets', one is an abandoned old female dog.

Figured both are two subjects that are raised a lot in these situations, and they'd be good to use for the poem.

With a sonnet, the rhyming thingy has to be like ABABCDCD, so for example, the first line rhymes with the third and the second rhymes with the fourth, etc. - so I felt like having two characters would fit in nicely making each line of contrast to the next.

(11 Dec 2014, 5:15 pm)Tom wrote Is the other one by any chance your Grandad?

(11 Dec 2014, 5:17 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote No, no. I wish I had now.

It's actually a serviceman whose come back from Afghanistan and ended up homeless! My grandad was never homeless, although during the Miner Strikes in 1984 him, my grandma and my mam were really struggling. Thankfully my mam was 21 by then, and she was working to support them all.