Rip off Britain again

[DomValente]

Oh thanks Paul, :roll: now all I can smell is a good cup of cofffee.

Dom

 

[Dave S]

come here and it's rubbish at a big price :? and of course paper cups

paul :wink:

It's sad how many places you go to now where, if you order a coffee, they just shove a cup under a vending machine and fill it with something vaguely brownish that doesn't even taste like instant, let alone real coffee. I always check first, and I do get some strange looks when I refuse to buy it.

My wife and I seriously considered setting up a Campaign for Real Coffee, along similar lines to the Campaign for Real Ale and Campaign for Real Bread (anyone else remember that one?), but we simply don't have the time.

Dave

 

[engineer one]

but will you get sponsored by starbucks dave :lol: :twisted: :roll:

it's true it is easier to get an ALMOST decent cup of tea out now.
as long as it isn't twinings tea bags. amazing how many foreigners think twinings is the biggest selling tea in the uk. because it is exported so much.

paul :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

It's sad how many places you go to now where, if you order a coffee, they just shove a cup under a vending machine and fill it with something vaguely brownish that doesn't even taste like instant, let alone real coffee.

You can't beat a double expresso (and a Grappa :wink: ) in a good Italian restaurant

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[engineer one]

aw come on paul that's way of topic FOOD :lol: :twisted:

but you are right about the concept. :roll:

paul :wink:

 

[Dave S]

but will you get sponsored by starbucks dave :lol: :twisted: :roll:

I've actually never had one! In Norwich I know where to go to get a decent cup, so I've never been in. The chain pubs didn't do much for real ale, IMO, so I tend to avoid chain coffee shops too.

it's true it is easier to get an ALMOST decent cup of tea out now.
as long as it isn't twinings tea bags. amazing how many foreigners think twinings is the biggest selling tea in the uk. because it is exported so much.

paul :wink:

Reminds me. Many moons ago I was a motorcycle courier in London. One of our accounts was a tea importer on Upper Thames Street. Fantastic building inside - oak panels, leather Chesterfields. You could just sense the history as soon as you walked through the door. Sometimes I would arrive there in the winter and they would take pity and offer me a cup of tea. I'd be standing there in full winter bike gear, dripping water on the floor, drinking a fresh cup of tea from a bone china teaset. It always seemed so odd

Dave

 

[engineer one]

yes, both tea and coffee taste better in china or porcelain :lol: :twisted:

paul :wink:

 

[DomValente]

Stop, stop, Coffee, Grappa ( drool)

Dom

 

[Paul Chapman]

Stop, stop, Coffee, Grappa ( drool)

There are five bottles of Grappa on top of the bookcase behind me as I type - am I a collector :-k :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Good Surname or what ?]

Paul,

Depends if they are full or empty ? If full your a c*llect*r, if empty..... :lol:

 

[engineer one]

or a drunk :twisted: :twisted: :lol:

actually with me its the malt, strange you get a heart condition, and they say the "water of life is bad for you "

paul :wink:

 

[dolmen]

I wouldn't waste your time - just took a quick peek and it appears to be the god squad proseletising again. Why do they need to do that?

Sorry if you didn't like the 'quick peek', but I did say you need to watch it all, particularly parts 2 & 3 to get the full picture, it is just someones opinion after doing their research.

Did anyone give it a chance to run?


Cheers

 

[mr]

I wouldn't waste your time - just took a quick peek and it appears to be the god squad proseletising again. Why do they need to do that?

hmm i don't think you were watching the same film, or at least not paying attention.

Mike

 

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

hmm i don't think you were watching the same film, or at least not paying attention.

Wot? You sayin' I wus wrong? Being the unfortunate child of a Jehovah's Witness I can usually spot similar bigotry, i.e. Mormons, Scientologists, Seventh Day Adventists, etc. at a 200 paces. Perhaps the radar might get a service if I could be assured that picture of the Holy Bible I saw on fast forward was a mirage. If it was a mirage then I think I might ask leave of the Pope to claim a miracle. :wink:

Now where could I fit the shrine? And what's the going rate for entry these days? Oh decisions, decisions!

 

[mr]

Wot? You sayin' I wus wrong?

Yes I am saying you are wrong.
Cheers Mike

 

[Dave S]

Perhaps the radar might get a service if I could be assured that picture of the Holy Bible I saw on fast forward was a mirage.

So you took a 'quick peek' at a two hour movie, saw an image of the bible on fast forward, and decided it's the 'god squad proseletising again'.
In other words you've come to your conclusion without bothering to check the facts.
No change there, then.

Dave

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi all

Please note that the rules state that neither politics nor religion shall be discussed.

Please don't make me lock this down.

Thanks
Neil

 

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

In other words you've come to your conclusion without bothering to check the facts.
No change there, then.

Oooh vitriolic! Have I upset you somehow young David?

 

[Newbie_Neil]

I will also remind you about this: -

"UKW expects members to behave respectfully and not to personally attack or be abusive to other members."

You have been warned.

Thanks
Neil

 

[Dave S]

In other words you've come to your conclusion without bothering to check the facts.
No change there, then.

Oooh vitriolic! Have I upset you somehow young David?

Why do you keep quoting me and then addressing your comments to someone else?

Dave