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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
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Posted - 28/04/2008 : 09:12:08
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| There's been an 11 year drought in Australia ... 3 minute showers are the norm - and I am not talking about rain showers |
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Control Panel
Discworld

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Posted - 28/04/2008 : 10:54:35
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quote: Originally posted by No Expert
There are no branches of Greggs here in Australia
Showing how little civilisation has developed here.
Has No Expert got used to the psychological disturbance of water going down the plughole the other way?
Though I do not think I have ever watched which way it does so here. |
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Borninhove
Discworld

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Posted - 28/04/2008 : 12:59:45
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quote: Originally posted by Control Panel
quote: Originally posted by No Expert
There are no branches of Greggs here in Australia
Showing how little civilisation has developed here.
Has No Expert got used to the psychological disturbance of water going down the plughole the other way?
Though I do not think I have ever watched which way it does so here.
Alas, this particular urban legend about water going down the other way down under is not a FACT
http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp
A very persistent urban myth, but alas untrue |
Valhalla, I am coming! |
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No Expert
Calaspia

612 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 00:46:05
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quote: Originally posted by Miriam Binder
Glad to see you arrived safely and even managed to find a broadband connection there NE.
Oh yeah, got broadband as I'm at work 
Hope they don't monitor usage..
*looks over shoulder*
Now where can I get a highqualitypastyand80ptea in this god forsaken country? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 00:48:25
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Just say the word NE and we will send over a greggs cross parcel  |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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No Expert
Calaspia

612 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 01:08:22
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Arf! I can just see a grease sodden package sat in the mailbox now...
Yum! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 01:13:09
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The funnel web spiders will love it! And we will get specially insulated grease proof paper to wrap it up in  |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Borninhove
Discworld

1035 Posts |
Posted - 29/04/2008 : 08:06:48
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quote: Originally posted by No Expert
Arf! I can just see a grease sodden package sat in the mailbox now...
Yum!
You're in Oz! If memory serves every shop in the country serves meat pies, always (for some weird Antipodean reason) served with little sachets of tomato 'sauce' (their word for ketchup). I'm sure the lack of Greggs won't be too much of a handicap. Which town are you in, by the way? Down south they serve that gourmet addition to world cuisine: the meat pie floater ...

I had one of these after a night's fairly heavy drinking in Adelaide (not much else to do there of an evening). Now, if you have a belly full of beer and can't find the requisite donar kebab with extra chiles, then this fills the spot quite nicely. A meat pie covered in tomato 'sauce' served in a bowl of thick pea soup served from a kerbside pie cart. Delicious (and so rewardingly colourful on its way back!).
Let's see Greggs serve one of these! Hah! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

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Posted - 29/04/2008 : 09:52:59
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quote: Originally posted by Borninhove
quote: Originally posted by No Expert
Arf! I can just see a grease sodden package sat in the mailbox now...
Yum!
You're in Oz! If memory serves every shop in the country serves meat pies, always (for some weird Antipodean reason) served with little sachets of tomato 'sauce' (their word for ketchup). I'm sure the lack of Greggs won't be too much of a handicap. Which town are you in, by the way? Down south they serve that gourmet addition to world cuisine: the meat pie floater ...

I had one of these after a night's fairly heavy drinking in Adelaide (not much else to do there of an evening). Now, if you have a belly full of beer and can't find the requisite donar kebab with extra chiles, then this fills the spot quite nicely. A meat pie covered in tomato 'sauce' served in a bowl of thick pea soup served from a kerbside pie cart. Delicious (and so rewardingly colourful on its way back!).
Let's see Greggs serve one of these! Hah!
If this were a picture of a Greggs pie, everybody would naturally assume that the green element is the mould spreading from underneath. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

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long time no see
Earthsea

United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
Posted - 30/04/2008 : 10:38:59
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Prices change in every area and place but Greggs on London Road still offer the best value.
Life In The City. |
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No Expert
Calaspia

612 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 00:49:16
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| That meat pie floater looks strangely appealing BiH. I've not frequented any kebabby style places here but will kepp an eye out. If I could find a place that serves it with Quality tetley tea and real milk I'm in! |
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Borninhove
Discworld

1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 07:43:10
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Forget Tetleys! You're in Oz! Drink Bushells!! It's great stuff.
Their Extra Strong Teabags are much better than Tetleys FACT
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Valhalla, I am coming! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

1715 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 08:58:30
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quote: Originally posted by Borninhove
Forget Tetleys! You're in Oz! Drink Bushells!! It's great stuff.
Their Extra Strong Teabags are much better than Tetleys FACT
     
The colour on those packets, the tea looks more like soup. Perhaps that's Oz for you. |
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Borninhove
Discworld

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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

1715 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 11:34:12
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| Can we expect some Lamington to lift the London Road, Brighton from its current doldrums? |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

1715 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 17:49:10
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| Yes ... the teacosy moved a while back ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

1715 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 17:51:29
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| So it was driven out of Hanover? Or did the owner feel that the locals did not meet his standards? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 17:57:03
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| I think it was a bit of both ... but certainly the owners of the cosy did launch a bit of a diatribe against what they perceive as the Hanoverian tendency to spend time gazing at their own Sigmoid Colon. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Furzewick
Barsoom

United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 19:08:01
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| According to the Guardian's Insider's guide to Brighton Festival one Taj branch is in Hove but the restaurant nearby and a little to the east is 'towards Hove'. |
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long time no see
Earthsea

United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2008 : 14:42:56
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Ref:London Road Somerfield are now open 7-10pm each day ready for the Mega Aldi Fight when they open in a few months.
Life In The City. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

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Daveb
Earthsea

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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

1715 Posts |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld

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long time no see
Earthsea

United Kingdom
7262 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 06:44:47
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quote: Originally posted by long time no see
Nothing to do with Greggs this is to do with going to that American Place or KFC etc.
Oh I don't know LTNS. Considering the amount of goo in one of Greggs' famous roast chickenless pasties ... I'd say it is equally as relevant whether long legs or not have a bearing on Alzheimer  |
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Borninhove
Discworld

1035 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 07:06:38
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| Miriam, Gregg's food cannot harm anyone because it is not American. |
Valhalla, I am coming! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea

United Kingdom
6640 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 07:08:45
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quote: Originally posted by Borninhove
Miriam, Gregg's food cannot harm anyone because it is not American.
I know BiH ... Ludicrous ain't it  |
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