FabSwingers.com forum: When did they become crap?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

When did clothes pegs become shit?

Doesn't matter where you buy them from, they fall apart in moments.

Also...shoe laces have suddenly, over the last 36 months, become crap...

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By *he rover returnedWoman
over a year ago

xxx

Jesus wanna sit down and really talk about these issues?

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size

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By *ratos87Man
over a year ago

Galway

"Jesus wanna sit down and really talk about these issues?

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By *he rover returnedWoman
over a year ago

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"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size "

Double deckers are really single deckers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size "

They aren't smaller they are diet bars.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size "

Shook my head in despair last week as the 12yr old girl in front of me at the Centra checkout bought a Yorkie bar...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Jesus wanna sit down and really talk about these issues?

Definitely..

..like yourself doing a lot of fitness the last 18months...which means more washing...which means more clothes on the line..

...and continually surrounded by broken pegs!!!!

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Chuck them in the dryer no need for pegs I gave up on them year's ago especially the storm pegs..

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size

Double deckers are really single deckers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And umbrellas last one day and there lying all over the place

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Chuck them in the dryer no need for pegs I gave up on them year's ago especially the storm pegs..

Ah but an average drier uses 40c of electricity per cycle...and i am trying to save the workd after a lot of David Attenborough documentaries...

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By *ensualandslow321Man
over a year ago

Tullamore

"Jesus wanna sit down and really talk about these issues?

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By *he English OneMan
over a year ago

west

Remember when there was 2ltr bottles of but now it's 1.75 ltr same price same great taste

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Remember when there was 2ltr bottles of but now it's 1.75 ltr same price same great taste

"Shrinkflation"

Brought about as supermarkets demand round price points

€1

€1.50

€2

Etc.

So if your product is fixed at €1, but your costs rise by 5c a year, then you eventually have to shrink what you offer to cut costs

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By *unsigntwoCouple
over a year ago

athlone

"Jesus wanna sit down and really talk about these issues?

Love it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They have ways been shite....

Have you only just started using them by any chance

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!"

Buy the sharing bags and don't share

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!"

And the size of The Tin Of Roses.

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By *allyWally19Woman
over a year ago

The Road to Nowhere

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size "

Bundle this with 99 calorie packet of crisps. 99 calories coz there's 4 crisps in the pack

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hot dogs come in packs of 10 but the buns in 6s, fecking burgers come in packs of 4 and the buns in 6s too.

I can't cope..

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!

Buy the sharing bags and don't share"

My kinda woman

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!"

Yip, and the packet is pumped full of air to puff the bag up to make it look fuller

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size

Double deckers are really single deckers

Minibus

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Ice pops are smaller too or maybe they just looked bigger as a child.

Looking forward to grabbing a big 99 with lime sauce...as least in some places they're still huge

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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago

on the hill NordWest of

When did clothes pegs become shit?

Doesn't matter where you buy them from, they fall apart in moments.

Also...shoe laces have suddenly, over the last 36 months, become crap...

I've goven up on clothes pegs, tried them all, they're sheit, rubbish and useless.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hot dogs come in packs of 10 but the buns in 6s, fecking burgers come in packs of 4 and the buns in 6s too.

I can't cope..

Wtf are you supposed to do with a leftover burger bun..??

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

"Hot dogs come in packs of 10 but the buns in 6s, fecking burgers come in packs of 4 and the buns in 6s too.

I can't cope..

Wtf are you supposed to do with a leftover burger bun..??"

Usually burn the 1st one on the grill and drop another at some stage

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By *ookingforfun222Couple
over a year ago

cavan

Don't mention wagon wheels

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't mention wagon wheels "

Oh good shout

I'm sure I kinda liked them as a kid.

Tried one recently...horrendous

Another thing that has become crap:

The wire you put into strimmers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

McDonald's chicken nuggets 9 in a pack like why 9 ? Always a row over the last one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a naive newbie here a few years ago I kept getting will you peg me messages. In my innocence I presumed they had some sort of clothes pegging fetish. A quick Google eventually gave me the answer.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"As a naive newbie here a few years ago I kept getting will you peg me messages. In my innocence I presumed they had some sort of clothes pegging fetish. A quick Google eventually gave me the answer."

I bet you still laugh hanging out the washing

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"McDonald's chicken nuggets 9 in a pack like why 9 ? Always a row over the last one "

Don't feckin share then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Killeen used to sell fantastic clothes pegs made from polypropylene that were virtually indestructible. Some of the old fashioned hardware shops in West Cork still have them in stock apparently.

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By *omtom1969Man
over a year ago

ashbourne

When did clothes pegs become shit?

Doesn't matter where you buy them from, they fall apart in moments.

Also...shoe laces have suddenly, over the last 36 months, become crap...

Got wooden ones in Aldi last week ,, perfect

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Another thing that is currently crap...

...and has been since fianna fail got into government...

...is the weather

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By *ustin-SiderMan
over a year ago

Belfast

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!

Buy the sharing bags and don't share"

I buy the sharing bags and my partner has them stolen and all eaten before I even take a notion for them.

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

When did clothes pegs become shit?

Doesn't matter where you buy them from, they fall apart in moments.

Also...shoe laces have suddenly, over the last 36 months, become crap...

Got wooden ones in Aldi last week ,, perfect "

Wooden shoe laces?

I'd say thats great craic

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By *antra MassageMan
over a year ago

Wicklow

And where can you buy 10 eggs? I don't need a dozen, just 10.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"And where can you buy 10 eggs? I don't need a dozen, just 10. "

You can buy packs of 10 eggs ...i actually thought that they'd decreased the quantity and kept the price the same.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tesco sell them in 10s

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

Don’t forget about the price of a Freddo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just bloody use your tumble dryer...

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By *he SophisticatsCouple
over a year ago

Casa Del Fun

"And where can you buy 10 eggs? I don't need a dozen, just 10.

You can buy packs of 10 eggs ...i actually thought that they'd decreased the quantity and kept the price the same."

Suppose I just wanted 9, what then?

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Go to Lidl. They have packs of 6, 9, 10, 12, 15 and 20 eggs at different sizes and prices.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Jaysus if I ever thought this site would be discussing eggs ...the ones that came out of a feckin chicken wasn't the ones I was thinking of

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By *oserMan
over a year ago

where the wild roses grow

"And where can you buy 10 eggs? I don't need a dozen, just 10.

You can buy packs of 10 eggs ...i actually thought that they'd decreased the quantity and kept the price the same.

Suppose I just wanted 9, what then?

Break one

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By *upermanslovechildMan
over a year ago

Glasnevin

Remember when Freddo bars were actually 10c? The country's gone to the daaawgs I tell you what

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Remember when Freddo bars were actually 10c? The country's gone to the daaawgs I tell you what"

And a bag of chips from the chipper 10 pence!

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By *DSGCouple
over a year ago

That place in

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size

They aren't smaller they are diet bars."

I've no problem with that, but they should sell the non diet versions as well and let us decide which we want. Plus I'm sure a non diet one would be a lot cheaper than 3 diet ones...

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By *DSGCouple
over a year ago

That place in

"No

But i'm sure they have suddenly got worse..

Like umbrellas, shoe laces, shrinking chocolate

By the way...crisp packets now only have five crisps in them!!!"

Where did you find them, I only seem to get 4 in the bags I get

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

"The ever shrinking multi pack choc bars.

They should re-lable as sweet size

They aren't smaller they are diet bars.

I've no problem with that, but they should sell the non diet versions as well and let us decide which we want. Plus I'm sure a non diet one would be a lot cheaper than 3 diet ones..."

I used to run a warehouse stocking more than 10,000 different product lines and every week 100 lines had to be recoded because of a 2-5g difference in pack size designed to keep prices unchanged.

Multipacks were the worst because everyone wanted the £1 deals and that was the only way of doing it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

That's it...similar point to the one i made above on price points

And remember the actual product (biscuit, crisps) only makes up 30% of the costs

Packaging, profit, distribution, marketing, store profit...can't easily be changed so the producer reduces the number of biscuits/crisps/etc in a packet

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