Christmas Party
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captain clutterbuck
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There's some very small writing on that cart can make out some of it there's an "AU" , an "I" and a fading "WAI" were you even at that age "running" for Auntie selling door to door. Looks like your Customer is in someway related to Nora the likeness is there for all to see.
You had a Mcflurry last year leaving little in the budget for anything else
I thought you said it was at Greggs this year?
I am doing my best, I have been out most nights going around the washing lines for stock
captain clutterbuck
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Rather upmarket in Newcastle , within the Fenwicks store they have opened Greggs Champagne bar where you can enjoy their products with a glass of bubbly for example their sausage roll served with a hot honey chilli sauce which comes in at £4 , Cheese and Onion pastie[ they call them bakes now] with Romesco sauce £4.75 cheapest drink is a bill and ben'r £10 for a glass of Prosecco or £37 a bottle
On the subject of yesteryear prices, I pointed out to my mates a few weekends ago that I was paying less for a pint in Wetherspoons than I did when I started drinking in the very early 90's!
We used to pay £1.85 at my local when I was 18 and many of the real ales in 'Spoons are £1.79, I even used CAMRA vouchers which give 50p off so I was paying £1.29 a pint!!!!! Fair play to them particularly when some of the more trendy pubs charge over £6 for a pint near me!!!!!!
captain clutterbuck
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Was in a Spoons in Newcastle on Tuesday when Sir Tim Martin made a surprise visit checking on his Milecastle refurb lots of the barflies were staggering up to shake his hand . I have heard he has stated that whilst beer was marked down 1p a pint in the budget he will inevitably have to increase prices because of the effect of NI increase, I imagine it will have to happen across all hospitality businesses .
Yes I did have to grin when I heard a BBC commentator stating that with the budget discount for every 499 pints you buy you'll get the 500th free at the UK average price of a pint
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captain clutterbuck
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Speaking of discount a few years back when they first brought out reward cards in the pub where you bought a pint and they stamped the card a friend of mine bought and drank ten pints and then cashed in the full card for an eleventh . When he got home eventually he got a Nora like tongue lashing and was told in no uncertain manner that his tea was in the oven and don't think about anything else other than eating every last morsel.
As he staggard to the oven and opened the door he saw it was a Salad
and looking a tad worse for wear , he dutifully ate every morsel, two hours later he brought it up in the big white telephone along with the remnants of the beer. Undoubtedly some dollup of a Chef has at sometime thought a Salad served warm is a good idea , we thought for my friend's dish an appropriate name for a menu was Vesuvius Salad.
As he staggard to the oven and opened the door he saw it was a Salad
and looking a tad worse for wear , he dutifully ate every morsel, two hours later he brought it up in the big white telephone along with the remnants of the beer. Undoubtedly some dollup of a Chef has at sometime thought a Salad served warm is a good idea , we thought for my friend's dish an appropriate name for a menu was Vesuvius Salad.
theatrically_inclined
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"Warm Salad. That's a very 'shi-shi' starter" (Dolly: dinnerladies)Speaking of discount a few years back when they first brought out reward cards in the pub where you bought a pint and they stamped the card a friend of mine bought and drank ten pints and then cashed in the full card for an eleventh . When he got home eventually he got a Nora like tongue lashing and was told in no uncertain manner that his tea was in the oven and don't think about anything else other than eating every last morsel.
As he staggard to the oven and opened the door he saw it was a Salad
The sort of thing she would have served when she worked at Cafe BonBon