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?
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?
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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
[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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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
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* 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 badly? "God, I need a cigarette." "Here you go, you can scab one of mine." "No thanks, I'm fine." Alex, stalking dha around the 'net dha : Say, whats up Doc? alex : be verry verry quiet, i'm hunting adlers dha : Adlers you say, how can you spot them? alex : well they know too much about monty python dha : you mean things like ``the how to recognise body parts'' sketch from series 2 took 18 takes, as palin and cleese couldn't stop laughing at each other alex : yeah thats right, say .. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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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 -
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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
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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 :)
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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 REALLY hungry. I'll be at the New World at one O'Clock. -- 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 -
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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
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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 of Wendys in London in the early 80s, but they all turned into Pizza Huts in about 1983. The big Pizza Hut on the Strand was a Wendys, as was the one on Cambridge Circus. For some reason the Wendys on Praed St was the only one that didn't change. Dave... [who realises that he probably knows too much about this subject] The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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David Cross scribbled: 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, while we're on the subject, does anyone know what happened to the few Taco 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
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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
