How did I not know this!

stabilio

Firstly Happy New Year fellow Boardsies!

So in Lidl today, went to get a trolley. Discovered I had no one Euro coin or trolley coin in my bag. Hubby suggests I take my house key off my key ring. It works! How is it that I have reached the ripe old age of 54 and only just found this out!!!!!

SCOOP 64

News to me too and im 57!

AyeGer

Nice to know. It will be useful for those who no longer carry much cash.

CGI_Livia_Soprano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058226531/how-did-i-not-know-this

You use your key?

stabilio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118436513#Comment_118436513

Yep stick the key in, 'coin-shaped' end in the slot!

Pawwed Rig

I figured that out a few years ago OP. Annoying when the trolley wants a €2 instead of a €1 though

Gusser09

Which slot????

SamStonesArm

Seen that "life hack" mentioned a few times. Handy out.

Dtp1979

Tesco 1euro trolleys will work with 20c coin too

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437016#Comment_118437016

Stick in two keys?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437033#Comment_118437033

A €2 is not the same thickness as 2 stacked €1 coin. Neither is 2 stacked €1 coins the same width as a €2 coin.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437048#Comment_118437048

I think he was joking

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437072#Comment_118437072

Gregor Samsa is not a man to joke.

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437091#Comment_118437091

I do jokes just fine. It’s rhetorical questions I take very seriously.

NickNickleby

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437098#Comment_118437098

Do you, indeed?

Potential-Monke

I loved maths as a kid. Today, at 38, I learned that getting a percentage of a number also works backwards, ie:

8% of 25 = 25% of 8

Mindsplosion

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437268#Comment_118437268

I came to this thread just to post the exact same thing!

Only learned it from Twitter a while back.

vriesmays

A blonde is a woman with blond hair.

TheValeyard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058226531/how-did-i-not-know-this

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058226531/how-did-i-not-know-this

Where the fcuk were you yesterday when I was searching all over the car for a euro for a trolley!!!!!!!!

TIL

stabilio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118439352#Comment_118439352

😂😂😂

Esel

Old 2P works in €2 slot.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118440616#Comment_118440616

Whatever chance I have of there being a €2 coin in my pocket Who TF carries around obsolete currency???

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118440660#Comment_118440660

Car coin tray, simples. Our you could keep it with your chill pills.

If you have 2P in your pocket, there's a 100% chance it will be there when you need it.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118440694#Comment_118440694

Can you not just keep a €2 there? 🤣

Esel

See my edit. Pick your emoji.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118440726#Comment_118440726

Just being light hearted mate. Have a good evening

Ubbquittious

I think I'll 3d print a load of €2-shaped bits of plastic and leave them in when I finish the shopping. Less hassle than returning the trolley

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118440616#Comment_118440616

As does a current English 2p. Both are 25.9 mm diameter, and the €2 is 25.75.

Hotblack Desiato

2p or not 2p, that is the question.

Radharc na Sleibhte

I use Trolkey. Class yoke.

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437005#Comment_118437005

Thank God for that, thought i'd just paid 300k for a trolley

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118445830#Comment_118445830

Back in the 80s, before the coin deposit system, the Superquinn in Northside Shopping Center had a big problem with the locals using the trolleys to walk their shopping home, and then they'd just leave them abandoned on the roads and footpaths. So Superquinn bought in a £20 deposit system. There was a woman at a desk beside the trolleys, and you'd have to hand over your 20 quid to her, and she'd let you take a trolley. She didn't keep records of your name or anything, so anyone who brought back a trolley belonging to the shop would get 20 quid from her.

This meant that you had to guard your trolley with your life in the supermarket. If you didn't, some miscreant would be liable to swipe it, dump the contents, and make themselves a handy score.

Also, the locals around places like Bunratty Road still wanted to walk home with their shopping, but didn't want to carry it. So they continued to use the trolleys to bring it home. Only they didn't want to walk back with the empty trolley to get their 20 quid - a significant amount of money - back. So they started keeping the valuable trolleys in their gardens - chained with bicycle locks to their fences. Basically the attitude was that if you paid 20 quid for one, you owned it, and loads of houses around there had their own personal shopping trolley as a result.

stabilio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118445830#Comment_118445830

😂😂😂

razorblunt

Trolley wise, these are the boys you need: https://www.webrandit.co.uk/shop/printed/W15139/151537/0/-blue-printed-multi-euro-trolley-stick?gaid=27&keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAiAz--OBhBIEiwAG1rIOlj2ZLZNGdiy4dhvvBsO0doCucc1iC5lRlzdip7qXMNStWtYNt_ErBoC_hkQAvD_BwE

Maths wise, the percentage hack is great until you need to get 14% of 23, 'oh easy, I'll reverse it, then it's just 19% of ... fúck it'.

Poulgorm

Shocking discovery: (8 x 25)/100 = (25 x 8)/100

You would want to be a genius to figure that out.