Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

vivatifosi

Zero_Sum wrote: »

I'm suprised no ones tried to get around that, by the fact McD's don't sell chips. They sell fries, which are much thinner & crispier than chips. Two totally different products IMHO

Exactly! It's mad. The portions of everything else were pretty much grown up size, so the kids either shared something like cod and chips (£8.10 without drink) which was allowed, or went without, or more likely, got fed sweets instead.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

In a lot of areas stags/hens are just too much hassle. It's a locals pub, for locals.

That ties in with my earlier question about dodgy areas we've lived in. This pub wasn't in Royston Vasy was it?:eek:

vivatifosi

Have found another house for you pastures:

Detached yes
Garage yes
Conservatory yes
En Suite yes
Conservatory yes
New (ish) build yes
In budget yes
Right (ish) area yes

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I've given a lot of thought to your requirements and the one I wouldn't bend on if I was you is being detached. That way, no matter how noisy your neighbours, its your own little bit of space.

Or alternatively this one, in the same area. There are quite a few similar properties around here and they tick many of your boxes:
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For something completely different, I like this one:
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zagubov

Have caught up with recent posts.
CK sorry to hear about your GM's condition.

LIR has anything been resolved?

I'm currently on holiday at a location which was shown on the opening ceremony of the Games!

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

I'm currently on holiday at a location which was shown on the opening ceremony of the Games!

You're camping on England's green and pleasant lands?

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

You're camping on England's green and pleasant lands?

Er, no. It was on one of the video inserts:D

mystic_trev

vivatifosi wrote: »

The only downside was that there were a lot of kids there who just wanted a portion of chips, but they couldn't buy them as McDonalds had a monopoly on chip selling at the Olympics. This is in spite of the fact that there wasn't a McDonalds outlet in Wembley Stadium. Stupid...

The Olympic Stadium has the largest McDonalds in the World. Apparently they do this every Olympics and then dismantle it after the Games.:rotfl:

You should have seen the queues when I was there last week :eek:

misskool

michaels wrote: »

Those of us who weren't watching may need a little more info re what you were talking about?

Badminton finals.

Spirit_2

PN I'm joining in the virtual house hunt.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34433752.html?premiumA=true

zagubov

mystic_trev wrote: »

The Olympic Stadium has the largest McDonalds in the World. Apparently they do this every Olympics and then dismantle it after the Games.:rotfl:

You should have seen the queues when I was there last week :eek:

When I visited Berlin after the wall came down, it was fascinating. I had a burger in the West Berlin burger bar that all the east Berliners queued up to eat at when the wall came down.

Made me wonder if they got disappointed when they sat down and realised they were just eating a minced meat sandwich. And washing it down with a carbonated vegetable drink which tasted pretty much like Pepsi (which they already had in the east)

Meat sandwich companies need to get a grip on their position in the grand scheme of things. Banning rivals isn't a healthy way to promote products and generate a positive vibe.

Also they could try making better chips/fries/whatever they want to call them. BK don't seem to have any problem making tasty ones IMHO (and does anybody remember Wendy's - there used to be one in Richmond, Chewie).