stew 46
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Well was talking to a customer this week a great artist and they couldn’t get cardboard to send finished canvases in until yesterday because of a shortage because of Amazon  that just shows the impact down to the nitty gritty.
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if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: Stay at Home. One of the lives you save could be your own.
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That is just Amazon trying to force them to send their stuff via Amazon. Plenty cardboard then, I'll bet. A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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| 23rd Dec 2020 8:34 pm |
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mick-ne
Member Since: 27 Nov 2020
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Funny enough the Printer who does my stationary brought me some Invoice books that were wrapped in paper, They are usually boxed.
When I joked about them being a Christmas present he said his supplier could not supply boxes due to Amazon causing Industry cardboard shortages.
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| 23rd Dec 2020 8:47 pm |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
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stew 46 wrote:Well was talking to a customer this week a great artist and they couldn’t get cardboard to send finished canvases in until yesterday because of a shortage because of Amazon that just shows the impact down to the nitty gritty.
Stew
Some of the stuff we’ve had in ‘oversized’ boxes is ridiculous, no wonder there’s a shortage 
Surprised you’ve not been censured and keyboard warriors not on your back with use of ‘racial connotation’ words there Stew 
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| 24th Dec 2020 12:04 pm |
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G3Z
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I now feel guilty with the amount of cardboard boxes I’m about to take to the recycling tip. I Defender 110 2.4 TDCi Utility Station Wagon.
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| 24th Dec 2020 12:22 pm |
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Paul J.
Member Since: 09 Dec 2005
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astonbuilder wrote:stew 46 wrote:... the nitty gritty.
Stew
Surprised you’ve not been censured and keyboard warriors not on your back with use of ‘racial connotation’ words there Stew
Every day is a school day - I wasn't aware of that connotation. I'll need to use alternatives, such as getting down to the "fundamental issue", being careful of course not to misspell that as the "fundament issue", which would open up a (w)hole new matter to be offended about. An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......
..... now on the JLR electric highway.
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| 24th Dec 2020 12:40 pm |
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stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
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Well I didn’t know  I’m only 55 just googled
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, 'nitty gritty' now refers to “the basic facts of a situation”. But it is believed the phrase once had less palatable connotations, with many considering the term to have roots to be in the slave trade – its use is already banned in institutions like the police force.2 Jul 2020 -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
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| 24th Dec 2020 1:11 pm |
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Washwipe
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
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But it seems there is no money in recycling cardboard now, for years our cardboard bin at work was rental only, no charge for emptying it, as from 1st Jan, rental has gone up, a charge now to empty it, and the charge goes up depending on the weight of it, the more you recycle the more it costs.
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| 24th Dec 2020 4:26 pm |
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RootinTootin
Member Since: 23 May 2013
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“There is no evidence to support the suggestion that 'nitty-gritty' has any connection with slave ships. It may have originated in the USA as an African-American expression, but that's as near as it gets to slavery. It isn't even recorded in print until the 1930s, long after slave ships had disappeared, and none of the early references make any link to slavery.”
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| 24th Dec 2020 5:43 pm |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
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^^^^^ exactly that. The words ‘nitty gritty’ are a common parlance at work in respect of ‘getting to the relevant facts’ basically 
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| 24th Dec 2020 7:37 pm |
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highlands
Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
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Hadn't realised there was a shortage.
Thankfully no.1 son has about 6 months supply of packaging in stock.
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| 24th Dec 2020 8:25 pm |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Washwipe wrote:But it seems there is no money in recycling cardboard now, for years our cardboard bin at work was rental only, no charge for emptying it, as from 1st Jan, rental has gone up, a charge now to empty it, and the charge goes up depending on the weight of it, the more you recycle the more it costs.
£70 per ton, last time I checked...
Weve always had to pay for our cardboard recycling, £9 a fortnight. And we always seem to have  loads of the stuff  My D3 Build Thread
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| 24th Dec 2020 8:29 pm |
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ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
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You might like to see www.news25.org/the-millions-made-from-cardboard-theft.
Originally from the BBC.
Edit This link does not seem to go directly to the right item but if you search for cardboard theft on the News24 site you get there.
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| 24th Dec 2020 10:36 pm |
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
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John Lewis make upwards of £500,000/year from "graciously" removing the packaging from you when you have stuff delivered.
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| 24th Dec 2020 11:45 pm |
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