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From: S'mee on 30 Jun 2010 11:16 On Jun 30, 2:45 am, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > Jim wrote: > > On 30/06/2010 08:56, CT wrote: > > > The van at the bottom of the A404 at Marlow does lovely burgers& > > > bacon baps. It's a shame I don't use that route for my commute any > > > more - I sometimes used to stop off there on the way to work for > > > breakfast. > > > We have a van which brings the bacon sandwiches to us. It turns up > > every morning at about 10am, parks outside our building and hoots the > > horn. > > Oh, we get one of those too. It's not asgood though as the bacon isn't > cooked to order. It's pre-cooked and kept in a heated container. > > > I think it's some kind of Pavlovs nerds type experiment. > > heh Indeed, when I was in the army we called them "roach coaches" they roamed all over the post, independant contractor. Made good money iirc.
From: S'mee on 30 Jun 2010 11:18 On Jun 30, 2:58 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > CT wrote: > > SIRPip wrote: > > > > Loafing up the road today, I could no longer ignore the growling > > > stomach - so I turned to the good lady wife and enquired as to > > > whether she might consider the consumption of a greasy roadside > > > burger as brunch-suitable. The biwordal response: "With onions?" > > > > Next layby, flag flying. Ten minutes later, wiping grease from > > > beard. Nothing better when it's the only thing that'll hit the > > > spot. > > > The van at the bottom of the A404 at Marlow does lovely burgers & > > bacon baps. It's a shame I don't use that route for my commute any > > more - I sometimes used to stop off there on the way to work for > > breakfast. > > There's a van in a layby off the A507 at Arlesey (nods to WUN) that has > the most extensive menu* I've ever seen in a mobile - and the food > utterly rocks. > > * Including such exotica as choices of black, white or red pudding, > venison steaks and sausages, buffalo and ostrich products, four > different 'ordinary' sausages, four varieties of bacon (ffs!) infinite > combinations of 'breakfast in a roll' ingredients, a host of veggie > gear and twenty-odd types of tea (with free refills). > Oh that sounds like an excuse for a road trip if I ever heard one. Well...food is THE BEST excuse to travel I've found yet. Then again I can't stand the tourist stuff.
From: Hog on 30 Jun 2010 11:27 S'mee wrote: > roamed all over the post, independant contractor. Made good money <screams and waves> spelling -- Hog
From: darsy on 30 Jun 2010 11:58 On Jun 27, 10:30 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > One so often ignores stuff that's on the doorstep, to one's eventual > disbenefit when it isn't there when one wants it. a bit late to this thread, but I was just considering earlier today that, having lived where I do now for nearly 4 years, and given the fact that well - it's me! - that I've never been in the Majestic wine merchants 2 minutes walk up the road. Though I see that recently they've reduced their minimum purchase requirements to 6 mixed bottles, so I may have to give them a go. -- d.
From: S'mee on 30 Jun 2010 13:06
On Jun 30, 9:27 am, "Hog" <sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > > roamed all over the post, independant contractor. Made good money > > <screams and waves> > spelling hmmm....spelling nazi. I know how to deal with THAT tripe. Any ways complete is improper it's incompleate. Stupid modern conventions... iIi picture that as me holding up three fingers...read between the lines. 8^) |