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Comparison on BonArea and Pyrenees

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So recently 'belle and I came back from Tarragona on our own.  It was quite hard for 'belle as we've had the same videos in the car for a while, and I could hear her sign heavily within about 45 mins. We got as far as Guissona and I saw that the lights at BonArea were on.  So I figured a break was probably a good idea, although it was getting late. The restaurant section was open, as was about half of the main shop.  There was a curtain placed what seem arbitrarily across the middle of the store.  In the UK we used have a similar thing when Sunday opening, but the supermarkets weren't allowed to sell booze.  But I could see all kinds of things behind the curtain, like cleaning products etc, things that certainly wouldn't come under any religious ban.  Anyway... I kept the receipt and then some time later I went round the Pyrenees.  Bit of an unfair comparison I guess as we 20mins away from the Pyrenees and 2hrs from BonArea. Saying that there is a BonArea in

Short phone numbers Hall of Shame

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Another common problem on the Internet I have often encountered (in addition to the apostrophe problem with my name) is web forms not accepting the very short phone numbers we have in Andorra, which is where I live. So often the process of form filling is fraught with difficulties. Lots of times have I filled in forms only to find that the final step, maybe activation via SMS or phone call has failed. So like my other Hall of Shame I get to let off steam by posting the failing websites addresses here.  First off a big one.  Twitter. 1)  Twitter does not accept short phone numbers for its "add mobile to account" form. 2) They even auto-detect my IP and give me STA Andorra Telecom (The only phone company) as a choice e.g.  https://twitter.com/settings/devices?carrier_name=Andorra+Telecom    but lo and behold the short number still does not work.