Novocastrian

5 years? the New Castle in Newcastle has been there since 1177.

BristolUK

Well that's a good example of what's old in Canada isn't really.

Pizzawheel

Well, your old light bulb (technically it's a lamp) has a tungsten filament and creates light via incandescence. But so do the various tungsten halogen types- capsules and dichroics. So they were technically called GLS- General Lighting Service.

The new ones are Compact Fluorescent Lamps.

There's nearly a dozen other types I had to deal with too. The LED revolution is making life much easier!

BristolUK

Someone must have had a bright idea.

Pizzawheel

Did you work on it Novo?

Novocastrian

If I had I would've used wifi technology.

withabix

Coltsfoot is going down a bit too quick

Good job we're over again in October!

The Nesquik was a family order. 300g tubs are the new 'large'.

Most things can be got on Amazon these days. PG Tips we order when we get down to the last box. 480 bags for $25 is almost UK shop price... We also get Bisto Best online.

Walmarts do British stuff in 'some' stores and Thrifty Foods does Wensleydale.

Siouxie

You can get a lot of British products online with Walmart, even stuff you don't see in their stores (like Chocolate Hobnobs!).

Stinkypup

Weirdly, Hobnobs make me cough after eating them. The only biccy that does. I have no allergies. Maybe I should not try and swallow them whole

BristolUK

They sell Chocolate Hobnobs in ours...but I prefer the plain ones, which they don't have. Not the last time I looked anyway. Dad's oatmeal cookies are an acceptable alternative. The have the same 'feel' about them.

I wish they'd sell Club Biscuits that were not just the orange ones. Why do they think people are only interested in orange?

It's not like people don't have other mint things here and if Cadburys can sell fruit and nut here, why not fruit club biscuits?

Novocastrian

I left Canada over a year ago and have spent more than half of the time since then in the UK. I'm yet to buy even a single product mentioned in this thread (OK except bacon). Actually, I've never even heard of most of the rest.

Just saying.

BristolUK

You'll be telling us you never heard of Tango next.

Novocastrian

I have. It's the new trading name of ING.

I didn't watch the video though.

Stinkypup

Are you actually Rip Van Winkle Novo?

DeeMB

Maynards! The ones in Canada are just rubbish and even the wine gums which I thought would taste the same are really horrible. I want Sports Mixture and proper wine gums. Don't fancy spending money on air fare to get some though! It's not like popping down to the corner shop.