Sue

Starts with stomach cramps, then feeling very sick. OK could have handled that. Thought it was something I'd eaten till I heard from a work colleague it was a thing going round. But very sore eyes?? Headache? Is this part of the same bug or just some horrible coincidence? May have to miss my first Goose gig ever :-S:-$

Starts with stomach cramps, then feeling very sick. OK could have handled that. Thought it was something I'd eaten till I heard from a work colleague it was a thing going round. But very sore eyes?? Headache? Is this part of the same bug or just some horrible coincidence? May have to miss my first Goose gig ever :-S:-$

SueJ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I also later workeed in Thistels which is now Le > Chardon. As Thistels it was a wine bar which used > to do a great Sunday Lunch. Before that, I am > told, it was a butchers? > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It was an old David Greig's, a chain of shops whose symbol was a thistle. They were old fashioned grocer type shops selling cheese, ham etc cut at the counter. If my ailing memory is correct. I never knew the one in ED but I do remember them in Streatham, don't know if they were just a Sarf Lahndon thing or national. Anyway, I could never understand why Thistels wasn't called Thistles, particularly as it had pix of thistles around (and presumably Le Chardon still does ..... )

SueJ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I also later workeed in Thistels which is now Le > Chardon. As Thistels it was a wine bar which used > to do a great Sunday Lunch. Before that, I am > told, it was a butchers? > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It was an old David Greig's, a chain of shops whose symbol was a thistle. They were old fashioned grocer type shops selling cheese, ham etc cut at the counter. If my ailing memory is correct. I never knew the one in ED but I do remember them in Streatham, don't know if they were just a Sarf Lahndon thing or national. Anyway, I could never understand why Thistels wasn't called Thistles, particularly as it had pix of thistles around (and presumably Le Chardon still does ..... )

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PinkyB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When small insects fall into my drink. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you for making me laugh, I've had a shit day :))

PinkyB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When small insects fall into my drink. > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you for making me laugh, I've had a shit day :))

Well I think they may have got the picture when I asked for some avocado and then went wandering round the room looking for some dressing. It wasn't very busy, it was in the afternoon. Maybe they're reading this thread as I type!

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, what did you think of your salad? xxxxxxx I think I already answered that in the original post at the start of the thread? I thought it was a very strange mix of ingredients, only they weren't mixed and they were all in separate piles on the plate. I thought olives and crab made strange bedfellows, especially when the olives were in separate bowls with stones still in. And why both green and black olives? I thought it was odd to have both cherry tomatoes and sundried tomatoes, and I didn't think the sundried tomatoes were great with crab, either. I thought they should have remembered to bring the dressing - and to include the avocado in a "crab and avocado salad". As I already said, the crab was excellent. However taken as a whole, I thought the salad was not a success, not worth the money and I wouldn't have it again. But willing to give them another chance as the coffee and juice were both good and my OH enjoyed his meal.

cate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was unusual being asked what I wanted in my > salad but delightful. Hope it > happens every time! xxxxxxxx Er, no, it doesn't. As posted above, I got a huge heap of identical lettuce leaves, a smaller heap of cherry tomatoes, some grated carrot in a little pile, another separate heap of sun dried tomatoes, a bowl of green olives with stones in, a bowl of black olives with stones in, and no dressing either on or off the salad. On asking where the avocado was (in a crab and avocado salad) I then received a few slices of rather unripe avocado. The crab was delicious, in contrast to the somewhat Liver in Lager (as in Life is Sweet) feel of the rest of the plate. Had they asked me how I wanted the salad, I should certainly have asked for crab and avocado (it being a crab and avocado salad), passed on the olives and the sun dried tomatoes (I love them, but not with crab) and suggested they mix the components of the rest of the salad up and provide some dressing :) But hey, each to their own, I will order something else next time :))

antijen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I preferred to give them free as there was > many people who could not afford to shop at the > charity shops. I knew a number of people who did > this, as there was quite a few homeless people. > Although this may not be the case in ED I have met > quite a few people who cannot afford the prices in > the mind shop. xxxxxxxxxxxx This is a good point and thanks for making it, as it had never occurred to me before to leave stuff outside for that reason. Prices at charity shops have got higher and higher and in some cases you can buy items new cheaper than from certain charity shops. They are certainly no longer a cheap option for people with very little money.

Wish I'd been asked what I wanted in my salad :)

I guess if they depend on volunteers and they don't have enough or someone doesn't turn up, not much they can do.

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Have you tried looking in the phone book for example to see if any Watsons live in SE22??

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I'd have thought Primark might have been interested, their existing store in Peckham is very small and from memory the old Woollies is bigger?

jctg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Just cross out the address, write "Addressee > unknown. RTS" on the package and put it in a > postbox. It'll go to Royal Mail's return letter > office in Belfast where it'll get opened and > hopefully returned to sender. xxxxxxx I'm not sure they bother to do this any more unless the return address is actually on the outside of the packet. Maybe that's just for letters.

I gave up on the incompetence theory some time ago. Edited to add: But it's not just Somerfield. I bought three bottles of wine for a tenner in Iceland recently and got charged for four. The cashier expressed no surprise when I pointed this out (I've now started checking all my receipts in supermarkets, sad though it may be). Nor did the person in charge seem surprised when they refunded me my money. Another customer said "Good thing you checked your bill." Yeh.

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Home > A family of long tailed tits feeding in the > garden, > runner beans climbing up the canes, > a plum tree smothered in plums, > birds nesting in my garden always makes me feel > like I'm honoured, > unexpected visit or phone call from a long lost > friend, >> an act of kindness, > someone who truly loves you looking out for you, xxxxxxxx OK I deleted some of them, but of those that are left - respect :)