Re: [OT] Food exports?
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 didn't... hmmm... Did you go to Menserat(bad spelling) by any chance? > Pick up some of their xocolate or wonderfull liquers? This was an exploratory trip to see if we liked it. I'll add those to the todo/toget list for the real visit: thank you. I read your final sentence as "wonderful xocolate liquers" and wondered (a) how come I hadn't heard of same and (b) what on earth it would be like! -- Chris Benson
Re: [OT] Food exports?
> 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 didn't... hmmm... Did you go to Menserat(bad spelling) by any chance? Pick up some of their xocolate or wonderfull liquers?
Re: [OT] Food exports?
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 Netherlands will have all dairy products removed on arrival" or something like that (the English version was rather worn away by people who have to point at words). I bought non-milk xocolate with my remaining pesetas. -- Chris Benson
Re: [OT] Food exports?
"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 http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: [OT] Food exports?
"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 http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
Re: [OT] Food exports?
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 last year he struggled to get 10 quid a head for his lambs ... and his mate on Anglesey ended up burying his. This year he got 120 quid a head, and someone was kind enough to turn up and shoot them all for him as well. Spread like wildfire in bits of North Wales it did .. amazing. I can't tell you how upset he was .. mainly cos its got too many 'll's in it. -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
Re: [OT] Food exports?
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 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 http://www.deep-purple.com > Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy > >
Re: [OT] Food exports?
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 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 http://www.deep-purple.com > Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy > >
[OT] Food exports?
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 http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
