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Modern Shopping

So there I was. Standing at a Boots the Chemist counter with what I thought was a simple request. ?

Do you sell new blades for my Phillips shaver I asked.. “Oh yes was the reply... £31 quid.... and how much is a new shaver I ventured to ask...  £35 quid she said..

Stone me.. Talk about built in redundancy.  Was a time you could nip down Romford market and pick up a set for a fiver?  Now it’s a case of sling out the old and buy in the new.  And they call this progress.



Written by Dennis Rookard
Posted in Sunday Affair
22 Aug 2009



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