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In Luxembourg the fruits of the seasons still play a big part in Supermaket marketing.
Presently we are in the quech season (part of the plum family I think) well today outside a large branch of our local supermarket chain Cactus a local Basketball club were allowed to cook quech preserve in a large open vat. This was then being placed in jars and sold.
Would you see that in the UK? I don't think so. Luckily many of the UK "let's take the fun out of this" laws have never made it across the channel.
There was also the mandatory hot dogs and beer being sold.There will be no Brexit dividend for Britain.0 -
You need a student on work experience....Funnily enough I just found this!
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/corpinfo/illustrated/environment/emissions-co2-e.html
Case solved!
Now just another 500 or so gaps to fill and then perhaps 250 serious inconsistencies to explain and I'm home and hosed. This gets presented to the board before the end of September and I've got a week off booked.
We were just having a discussion in the office - apparently if we got an apprentice we would only have to pay them 2.70 an hour plus there are loads of grants. Then if we got them trained up enough to do junior consultant work at £500 per day it would earn us a nice margin...and I can imagine the press would have a field day if they found out.PasturesNew wrote: »See... things CAN spontaneously combust
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3230732/Could-laundry-burn-house-Fire-started-washing-spontaneously-combusted-folded-away.html
I would say that I'd never fold/put away anything that was wamish as I'd have worried the inner head would've done that.
The bit about the heat going into dish-towels contaminated with oil confused me - surely if you put away your clean dish-towels they don't have oil in them?I think....0 -
In Luxembourg the fruits of the seasons still play a big part in Supermaket marketing.
Presently we are in the quech season (part of the plum family I think) well today outside a large branch of our local supermarket chain Cactus a local Basketball club were allowed to cook quech preserve in a large open vat. This was then being placed in jars and sold.
Would you see that in the UK? I don't think so. Luckily many of the UK "let's take the fun out of this" laws have never made it across the channel.
There was also the mandatory hot dogs and beer being sold.
That's something I miss sorely in the UK. Fruit 'in season' available in bulk at ridiculously cheap prices.
Last trip across the channel we bought 2-3 kgs of 'Reine Claude' (greengages) in a supermarket in France, €1.99 per kg. Then I come here and greengages in Sainsburys are packed 6 or 7 units in a plastic punnet for £2.
By the way, I love greengages. Nom Nom NOM!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »See... things CAN spontaneously combust
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3230732/Could-laundry-burn-house-Fire-started-washing-spontaneously-combusted-folded-away.html
I would say that I'd never fold/put away anything that was wamish as I'd have worried the inner head would've done that.
Interestingly, the instructions for every tumble dryer I've had have warned the user to empty the dryer as soon as it had finished, and not to put the laundry away until it had cooled down.
I always shake each item at the back door to get some cooler air into it before folding. Just in case!
ETA Wheezy We have a greengage tree! It wasn't there when we moved in 32 years ago, but I think one of the children who lived here before us must have planted a greengage stone to see what would happen (Nothing, from their point of view, as they'd moved away before it got above ground
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The fruit tends to be too high up for us to reach, but we do manage to get a few, or pick them up when they fall, as long as insects haven't got there first.
gfplux I love the idea of jam-making in the street, but as you say it would never happen here!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »See... things CAN spontaneously combust
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3230732/Could-laundry-burn-house-Fire-started-washing-spontaneously-combusted-folded-away.html
I would say that I'd never fold/put away anything that was wamish as I'd have worried the inner head would've done that.
Our big fire was caused by washing being put away and catching fire in a cupboard. There was a light in the cupboard that was operated by the door, which was left ajar. I think that electrical faults are far more likely to cause a blaze than the washing spontaneously combusting, which is a pretty rare thing to happen.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Our big fire was caused by washing being put away and catching fire in a cupboard. There was a light in the cupboard that was operated by the door, which was left ajar. I think that electrical faults are far more likely to cause a blaze than the washing spontaneously combusting, which is a pretty rare thing to happen.
I find the 'big' qualifier slightly alarming...I think....0 -
I find the 'big' qualifier slightly alarming...
I remember the insurance company's loss adjuster muttering "complete burnout" under his breath.
We took the insurance money and sold the burnt-out wreck to a property developer, in the end.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Our washing is frequently "ironed" on the top of the aga. It gets toasty. OH complains when his underwear and socks get crispy edges.
We have a number of greengage trees growing in a hedgerow. We have to race the wasps to get them first.0 -
I remember the insurance company's loss adjuster muttering "complete burnout" under his breath.
We took the insurance money and sold the burnt-out wreck to a property developer, in the end.
It was more that 'big' suggested that there were other less big ones as well....I think....0 -
Serena a choker - who'd a thunk it?I think....0
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