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07-01-2022 8:37pm

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stabilio

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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!!!!!

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#2 07-01-2022 8:39pm
SCOOP 64

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News to me too and im 57!

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#3 07-01-2022 8:46pm
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Nice to know. It will be useful for those who no longer carry much cash.

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#4 07-01-2022 11:01pm
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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058226531/how-did-i-not-know-this

You use your key?

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#5 08-01-2022 12:10am
stabilio

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

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

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#6 08-01-2022 12:13am
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I figured that out a few years ago OP. Annoying when the trolley wants a €2 instead of a €1 though

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#7 08-01-2022 12:13am
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Which slot????

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#8 08-01-2022 12:14am
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Seen that "life hack" mentioned a few times. Handy out.

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#9 08-01-2022 12:15am
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Tesco 1euro trolleys will work with 20c coin too

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#10 08-01-2022 12:15am
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Stick in two keys?

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#11 08-01-2022 12:18am
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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.

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#12 08-01-2022 12:24am
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I think he was joking

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#13 08-01-2022 12:26am
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Gregor Samsa is not a man to joke.

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#14 08-01-2022 12:28am
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I do jokes just fine. It’s rhetorical questions I take very seriously.

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#15 08-01-2022 12:48am
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Do you, indeed?

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#16 08-01-2022 1:05am
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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

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#17 08-01-2022 7:37am
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I came to this thread just to post the exact same thing!
Only learned it from Twitter a while back.

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#18 08-01-2022 2:49pm
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A blonde is a woman with blond hair.

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#19 08-01-2022 4:16pm
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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

Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!

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#20 08-01-2022 7:24pm
stabilio

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😂😂😂

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#21 08-01-2022 8:22pm
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Old 2P works in €2 slot.

Not your ornery onager

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#22 08-01-2022 8:31pm
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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???

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#23 08-01-2022 8:38pm
Esel

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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.

Not your ornery onager

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#24 08-01-2022 8:40pm
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Can you not just keep a €2 there? 🤣

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#25 08-01-2022 8:42pm
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See my edit. Pick your emoji.

Not your ornery onager

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#26 08-01-2022 8:46pm
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Just being light hearted mate. Have a good evening

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#27 09-01-2022 1:47pm
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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

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#28 09-01-2022 6:04pm
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As does a current English 2p. Both are 25.9 mm diameter, and the €2 is 25.75.

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#29 09-01-2022 8:35pm
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2p or not 2p, that is the question.

Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.

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#30 09-01-2022 8:37pm
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I use Trolkey. Class yoke.

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#31 09-01-2022 9:01pm
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Thank God for that, thought i'd just paid 300k for a trolley

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