Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-28 Thread Chris Benson
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 07:22:11PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Someone just laid what I think is a fresh urban myth on me, but is there any kind of embargo on comestibles going from England to France? Like even wrapped chocolate? A sign at Barcelona airport says that passengers to GB and

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-28 Thread Redvers Davies
A sign at Barcelona airport says that passengers to GB and Netherlands I went to Barcelona during the height of FMD. They told us on the plane that we were going to be sterilised on arrival. (Poor choice of words there methinks). I bought non-milk xocolate with my remaining pesetas. Who

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-28 Thread Chris Benson
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 12:45:30PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: A sign at Barcelona airport says that passengers to GB and Netherlands I went to Barcelona during the height of FMD. They told us on the plane that we were going to be sterilised on arrival. ... and did they?? :-) Who

[OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Someone just laid what I think is a fresh urban myth on me, but is there any kind of embargo on comestibles going from England to France? Like even wrapped chocolate? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Barry Pretsell
embargo has been due to foot and mouth, embargo is bi-directional and covers meat as well. - Original Message - From: Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: [OT] Food exports? Someone just laid what I think is a fresh

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Barry Pretsell
Here's the leaflets given to travellers http://www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/misc/foot/flyer.pdf - Original Message - From: Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: [OT] Food exports? Someone just laid what I think

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Tue, 22 May 2001, Barry Pretsell wrote: Here's the leaflets given to travellers http://www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/misc/foot/flyer.pdf Strangely enough .. I have friends in North Wales who had reason to have speach (in welsh, unsurprisingly) with a local farmer the other day. Seems

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Barry Pretsell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's the leaflets given to travellers http://www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/misc/foot/flyer.pdf oops :-) -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Re: [OT] Food exports?

2001-05-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Barry Pretsell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: embargo has been due to foot and mouth, embargo is bi-directional and covers meat as well. Any references to this? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star

Re: FOOD

2001-01-05 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Alex Page ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:55:09PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: I drink badly too. I'm sorry, but that parsing of Jonathan's comment indicates that he *needs* badly. His drinking skills are indeterminate at this point. Erm, how does one need

FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com

RE: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread Simon Batistoni
on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) Barf. Yeah, but at the moment you get to barf *twice* each visit :)

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
dcross - David Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you all mad? Wendy's. Obviously. The best diner style burgers and fries I've ever had were in a Denny's of all places in Watertown NY. Plenty of dill pickles, coleslaw, bacon, relish. Yum. Back when I ate meat, of course. OK, Now I'm

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:25:42AM +, David Hodgkinson typed: OK, Now I'm REALLY hungry. I'll be at the New World at one O'Clock. Are you going to set your machine's clock to the right time first? Roger

RE: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread dcross - David Cross
From: Simon Batistoni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 January 2001 12:21 Are you all mad? Wendy's. Obviously. Dave... They're dead and gone. All their locations in London are now McD's. But this is terrible news. When did it happen? Actually it happened once before. There were loads

RE: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread Matthew Freake
Bell's in this country ? They seemed to suffer a similar fate; which was a great shame 'cos they were one of the more-veggie friendly fast food chains going. ...and thinking about it, didn't the Wendy's on Shaftesbury Avenue used to be a Taco Bell as well ? Cheers Matt Freake

Re: FOOD

2001-01-04 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:54:23PM -, Matthew Freake typed: ...and thinking about it, didn't the Wendy's on Shaftesbury Avenue used to be a Taco Bell as well ? I don't think so; there was one on the other side of Haymarket, though, towards Leicester Square. R