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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18/07/2007 : 11:30:26
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Originally posted by Pelagia
Naughty girl Mim, go and stand in the corner.
Yessum m'am |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 11:41:33
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posted by Pelagia
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We need a dribble thread!
I notice there is a poster called drizzlecake, which sounds like something mooted by that "Sandwich Development Assistant" at Greggs who came up with the Chinese mayo.
Meanwhile, on London Road, Greggs 75p tea has evidently inspired the directors of Lidl to open up one of their stores. What even dizzier heights will now be chieved by this bustling cosmopolitan thoroughfare |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 11:45:49
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Horrible bunch of Clone stores in churchill Sq
So Greggs on London Road does not look like all the other Greggs?
And Woolworth's, isn't that everywhere? British Bookshops? Richer Sounds? Maplins? Blockbuster? Forfars?
Perhaps LTNS needs to find an independent equivalent of Specsavers and then look at London Road with less misty eyes, which have been made that way by the steam rising from all those cups of 75p tea. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 11:48:52
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posted by Infinite Poppadum
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all those cups of 75p tea.
Don't forget that not so long ago it was only 70p! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5305 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 11:57:48
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Originally posted by Control Panel
Don't forget that not so long ago it was only 70p!
A price hike of 7.15% (+/-) in one fell swoop! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 12:09:38
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Yes, as we have preciously observed, it is no wonder that such inflationary pressures have made the Bank of England look so carefully at the interest rates.
It might be a cup of tea to LTNS but the consequence to others it is a monthly mortgage payment. |
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No Expert
Barsoom
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 12:26:48
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Originally posted by No Expert
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Originally posted by long time no see
But London Road may soon have a New Big Store
taking over that Co-Op building.
Churchill Sq is full of clone shops
it has nothing special in it.
So a New Special Store
first time in Brighton in London Road
would overtake Churchill (Bland) Sq, easy.
Sign Of The Times.
I agree
1 major store will turn rundown London Road
into the destroyer of a 470,000 sq ft
85 shop, 5 restaurant and 1,600 parking space mall.
Churchill square has no chance.
we saw this coming
now with the low low prices of aldi
churchill square will be on the ropes
in fact
they are putting a 'for sale' board on it now
and the price is only £100,000 - as nobody wants it
due to the the twin pronged attack
of newgreggslondonroadaldi |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6428 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 12:58:22
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Originally posted by Pelagia
Dunno about info on the London Road, but this is the funniest thread since the demise of Tribal Sussex.
Sure Pel you are a Special Member here
It still has great info on London Road Brighton UK.
For Example
walk up to Sainsburys Hot Food section
get a Split sausage in a Roll.
Sit outside on the New Seats next to that sainsburys.
With Your great Value cup of Greggs Tea.
Life In The City. |
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Pelagia
Barsoom
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:01:26
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| Don't know about anyone else on here, but I tried gthe new Sainsburys a couple of days after it opened. Wasn't impressed, the stock was very low. Has it improved. I love their spit-roast chickens, although my tummy doesn't - too much grease. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6428 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:14:33
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Yes the New Hot Food section is as you go in.
stores like that get better all the time. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:21:18
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It is against Health and Safety regulations to carry hot cups of Greggs tea all the way to a bench at Sainsbury's.
How does LTNS know that most people consult thsi thread for the latest hot news about London Road?
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6428 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:25:04
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Originally posted by Control Panel
It is against Health and Safety
Another CP Joke.
You are going right in to Sainsburys with your Tea
it has a lid on it plus a Card protection around it.
No Problem at all.
You then Buy you Hot Food and go to the fast till
then sit outside
away from the traffic stink.
Life In The City. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:28:09
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| No more news yet of the treacle well in London Road. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:31:14
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LTNS appears to be suggesting now that in fact the hot food at Sainsbury's is superior to that in Greggs.
Sir Michael Darrington will have something to say about that as he tours the country from branch to branch in his Bentley . |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6428 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:39:51
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Originally posted by Control Panel
LTNS appears to be suggesting now that in fact the hot food at Sainsbury's is superior to that in Greggs.
Wrong
Sainsburys Hot Food
is not the same as Greggs.
You have great choice on London Road
even the Somerfield Hot Food section.
And the best Value Greggs Tea ( which has a lid on it)
so you can take it into any Store.
FACT. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:44:27
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| But the lid on a hot tea is required to have a hole in it for the steam to get out. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:49:03
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If Greggs is such an economic driver if the life of the city, why have we never heard Simon Fanshawe address the subject? What representatives does Greggs have on the Economic Partnership?
Oh, I know, LTNS will of course say that the Partnership is not of a calibre to attract such people as Sir Michael Darrington to its meetings. Let's just hope he does not spill any of that tea as he travels around in the Bentley. Perhaps it has a custom-built slot in the arm rest designed to hold a Greggs 75p tea. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 13:49:12
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| So in fact it is a holy lid! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Pelagia
Barsoom
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 14:01:45
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Don't laugh folks, but the first time I had a cup of coffee with that hole thinggy in the side of the lid (at Brighton Station) I thought it was a non-spillage device and you drank through the whole so the coffee didn't spill over you as the train moved! Duh!!
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5305 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 14:08:37
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Do you think that it is the holy lid that is responsible for the price hike?
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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No Expert
Barsoom
398 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 14:12:32
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Originally posted by Miriam Binder
Do you think that it is the holy lid that is responsible for the price hike?
The price was never hiked. It was always 75p. The 70p price was just a lie to get us all to marvel at what a low price it was. |
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No Expert
Barsoom
398 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 14:29:13
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| And Oh how we marvelled... |
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The Duke of Uranus
Barsoom
293 Posts |
Posted - 18/07/2007 : 14:45:22
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Originally posted by Pelagia
Don't laugh folks, but the first time I had a cup of coffee with that hole thinggy in the side of the lid (at Brighton Station) I thought it was a non-spillage device and you drank through the whole so the coffee didn't spill over you as the train moved! Duh!!
Been there, done that and dribbled boiling hot black coffee all down my front |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 18/07/2007 : 16:30:30
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Duh!!
The official Simpsons spelling is D'oh! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1235 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2007 : 09:16:13
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| What will happen to the hot food at the London Road Sainsbury's if the bunch from the Middle East take over? There will be no more hot sausage rolls for LTNS. He will have to buy some dolmades instead. |
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Captain Hawkeye
Barsoom
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19/07/2007 : 09:29:02
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Originally posted by Pelagia
Dunno about info on the London Road, but this is the funniest thread since the demise of Tribal Sussex.
This is probably TribalGreggsLondonRoad
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6428 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2007 : 09:58:58
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Originally posted by Infinite Poppadum
What will happen to the hot food at the London Road Sainsbury's if the bunch from the Middle East take over? There will be no more hot sausage rolls for LTNS. He will have to buy some dolmades instead.
They are not sausage rolls,
it is a fresh roll with split Sausages in it.
The Sainsburys buy out
is to sell off land first.
Products will stay the same
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Edited by - long time no see on 19/07/2007 10:01:50 |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2007 : 10:18:35
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And so LTNS presents us with another philosophical
conundrum: when is a sausage roll not a sausage roll?
What is the answer, if there is one? |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 19/07/2007 : 10:25:01
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| The Argus reports that next week the Council will vote to fix up the Bandstand. We should know more then whether Greggs will in fact be helping with the funding of this. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5305 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2007 : 10:35:11
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| Can a sausage roll be said to exist at all? According to I-think-therefore-I-am Descartes it would appear that there really is no such thing as a sausage roll because it doesn't .... think that is. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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