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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/04/2007 : 11:15:18
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Greggs are now open on London Road.
80p will get you a quality tetley tea.
It is next door to the Sony shop.
Also Somerfields have a better store now more room
new layout,
and better tills set up.
Life In The City.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1239 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 11:20:10
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| Perhaps we are a bunch of cheapskates here in Portslade, but a fiver buys you a vacuum flask - and infinte tea for next to nothing. |
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Borninhove
Calaspia
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Control Panel
Discworld
1167 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 11:52:53
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posted by Infinite Poppadum
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Perhaps we are a bunch of cheapskates here in Portslade, but a fiver buys you a vacuum flask - and infinte tea for next to nothing.
All is now explained. Portslade people can drink that tea and milk mixture which has been slopping around in a flask all day and so it no longer tastes like tea.
No wonder they voted for Sue John! |
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fartin1976
Alagaësía
United Kingdom
89 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 12:04:19
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| It is quality threads like this that keep me coming back. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1239 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 12:34:07
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| It's all right for Fartin to sit in the Hotel du Vin lobby and spin out a double espresso and ignore those hard-pressed people who have just a moment to nip into Greggs. |
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pickypockypook
Barsoom
229 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 12:38:45
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| im sure i heard on the radio a few days back that it doesn't matter what tea bags you use we still have the worst tea in the world. you can't beat a cup of tea made with evporated milk. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 12:49:52
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London Road is getting better.
Sign Of The Times. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1167 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 13:14:13
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posted by pickypocckypook
[quoteyou can't beat a cup of tea made with evporated milk.][/quote]
Especially - as they do in Portslade - when you tip it over tinned peaches. |
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Borninhove
Calaspia
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Posted - 03/04/2007 : 13:14:31
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you can't beat a cup of tea made with evporated milk
HERESY!!! You'll be telling us you put the milk in FIRST next! Tea with evaporated milk is just ghastly but, unfortunately, is the most common type sold here in Arabia. In a thick polystyrene cup. With about half a kilo of sugar in. Yuck!
The tiny "stickana" cups of tea stuffed with fresh mint leaves and a bit of sugar are quite good, and the 'Elachi Chai' the Indians drink which is boiled with milk, sugar and cardoman isn't bad, but you can't beat a good, strong cup of PG Tips with real, fresh, whole milk (none of yer fishy-tasting skimmed nonsense, either).
Still, at least it's better than in the USA where, when not tossing the stuff into harbors, the beastly Americans serve up a cup of tepid water with a pathetic attempt at a teabag stapled to a paper tag and piece of string nestling in the saucer. With a stale slice of lemon. Gak!
Right. Tea rant over. I'm off to Starbucks.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1239 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 13:22:56
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| Control Panel's spaceship cannot be as well travelled as all that if it has not spotted the signs that Portslade residents are beginning to include those who put a tasty herbal in their vacuums and wait for organic fruit in season rather than bung tins in the trolley. |
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pickypockypook
Barsoom
229 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 13:24:22
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| starbucks is a fantastic place we should have more of them. the one in sainsburys in lewes road is a great little place. hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnimon sprinkled on top on a freezing cold day. mmmmm |
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BLONDIE
Alagaësía
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Posted - 03/04/2007 : 14:23:31
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Teabags should be outlawed. One teaspoon per person and one for the pot. Warm the pot first and always take to pot to the kettle. Let it brew for three or four minutes. Now you will have a cup of tea that was renowned throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire. Remember the old slogan during the war, "Tea revives you".
One lump or two? |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 14:37:19
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Blondie it is a Take away.
No other way.
At least it is just 70p.
Good News for London Road. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1167 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 15:37:43
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| Is Greggs a national outfit? |
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Captain Hawkeye
Barsoom
United Kingdom
391 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 15:39:43
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| Since the mass defection to this forum, I was wondering how long it would take before Portslade made a guest appearance. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1239 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 16:04:24
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| You can get free tea and coffee from a machine at the front of the Co-Op bank in Westen Road and sit down to read the paper there. |
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pickypockypook
Barsoom
229 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 17:59:00
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| so thats where they spent the money they over charged peoples accounts |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 18:04:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Control Panel
Is Greggs a national outfit?
Yes. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1239 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 18:46:23
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It really gets my goat to see "Country Kitchen" baguettes coming out of a Brakes Bros van.
Country Kitchen, my foot! |
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uno mirena
Alagaësía
37 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 19:26:37
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| Hailing from Lancashire, it irks me to say this, but you really can't beat Yorkshire Tea. They have thoughtfully come up with a hard water blend for us down here. Nothing else comes close. |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
204 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 20:05:15
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| So LTNS, how does Greggs tea compare to Benjys which I believe to be the yardstick against which you measure all other teas? |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6457 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 21:11:53
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Originally posted by Martha Gunn
So LTNS, how does Greggs tea compare to Benjys which I believe to be the yardstick against which you measure all other teas?
Greggs,
hands down. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1167 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 22:15:46
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| Where is Benjys? |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
204 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2007 : 22:28:54
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| sorry, double post |
Edited by - Martha Gunn on 03/04/2007 22:33:07 |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
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Posted - 03/04/2007 : 22:30:06
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| It was on North Street but closed down about 6 months ago. LTNS was taken with their tea that was served, no less, with real milk |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1167 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 06:44:06
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posted by Fartin 1976
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It is quality threads like this that keep me coming back.
It has proved to be a very popular topic, already got that flaming thing |
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Borninhove
Calaspia
934 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:02:59
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| One of the greatest achievements of tea is that it has preserved the Great British (and Irish) people from the hell that is the Californian way of dealing with life's problems. Rather than rushing to overpriced therapists, buying inumerable "self-help" books, sharing your most intimate feelings with total strangers or sitting around a camp fire banging drums and getting in touch with your "inner child", we have evolved a fool-proof way of coping when life gets tough - Failed an exam? Been dumped? Got fired? Lost out on a promotion? Had a run-in with a rude person? Had a terrible day? - What is the best way to deal with any of these? Put the kettle on! |
Valhalla, I am coming! |
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flaming pie
Alagaësía
89 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:55:02
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| What - no mention yet of camomile tea or mint tea? |
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Borninhove
Calaspia
934 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:59:03
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| I've just drunk a cup of camom ... ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
Valhalla, I am coming! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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