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Old Mar 4th 2018, 7:07 pm
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That Dyson Ball cleaner is not what you think.
For the price those things cost it bloody well should be.
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Old Mar 4th 2018, 7:50 pm
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I can heartily recommend 'No Name' Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings. One or other of the 454g/908g boxes always seems to be priced at $5/$10. A nice peppery kick. Comes with sauces but you don't need them.

They'll do in the absence of the crispy Village brand that Giant Tiger doesn't seem to sell anymore.
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They'll do in the absence of the crispy Village brand that Giant Tiger doesn't seem to sell anymore.
My GT store has gone out of meat altogether. They still have frozen, just no more fresh beef or chicken, etc.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
I can heartily recommend 'No Name' Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings. One or other of the 454g/908g boxes always seems to be priced at $5/$10. A nice peppery kick. Comes with sauces but you don't need them.

They'll do in the absence of the crispy Village brand that Giant Tiger doesn't seem to sell anymore.
Make your own. Two tips; firstly, toss them in some baking powder, secondly, use some of that non-stick tin foil. Then just crank up the oven to 425/50 and jut turn them over every 15 mins. Crispy deliciousness.
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Make your own. ..
I do occasionally, but they're ridiculously expensive for such scrappy things...almost as much as skinless boneless chicken breasts.

Superstore does 20 cooked wings for $10 about every three weeks and 10 minutes in the oven makes them really good.
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I dislike 24 hour blood pressure monitors. They're not 'weighty' but they still feel as if your head is being tugged down and the tube gets in the way. If you're out and it beeps you get funny looks.

But the night time is the worst. The action is reduced to hourly from every 30 minutes but last time I remember 'anticipating' it and waking up 10 minutes before it went and taking another 10-15 minutes to fall back asleep and waking 35 minutes later...and repeat through the night.
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Idiots !!!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada...-ont-1.3828016

I bet they used Gov funded roads to get there and how many will throw away their passports and drive licence

Hamilton -- A band of masked vandals describing themselves as "ungovernables" roamed through a stretch of an Ontario city hurling rocks at small businesses and causing up to $100,000 in damage, local police said Sunday.
Cafes, stores and vehicles along a roughly one-kilometre stretch of road in Hamilton took the brunt of the damage as between 20 and 30 people marched along the route on Saturday night.
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Hamilton -- A band of masked vandals....
So that's where that was. I heard it on the radio but in my half awake state I didn't catch where.
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Make your own. Two tips; firstly, toss them in some baking powder, secondly, use some of that non-stick tin foil. Then just crank up the oven to 425/50 and jut turn them over every 15 mins. Crispy deliciousness.
Ugh. Skin and gristle. I just hate the idea on eating wings - so I don't.
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Ugh. Skin and gristle. I just hate the idea on eating wings - so I don't.
Ahhh, well roasted chicken skin. A delicacy as is crunchy crackly roasted pig skin on pork and gammon roasts.

Like many I thought that chicken wings and legs were overpriced when compared to white meat... but now I've changed my mind, a bit messy but tasty nonetheless if you stick to the salt and pepper crispy variety and forget the saucy barbeque stuff.
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Strange event, any ideas?
Two critical after Salisbury substance 'exposure' - BBC News
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Fentanyl according to the telegraph
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Strange event, any ideas?
The plit thockens

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Was the Grauniadesque typo deliberate?
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