Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
Dec 3rd 2005, 2:34 am
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Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
Room service: Ford Abbey, Pudleston, Herefordshire
Paddy Burt finds that going Dutch is all very well, but what happened
to the full English?
(Filed: 03/12/2005)
http://tinyurl.com/c33dj
'Absolutely idyllic,' says Mrs JS about Ford Abbey, near Leominster.
From this hotel's brochure, we also learn that we will find "exquisite
surroundings with exquisite food available for guests who demand the
highest standards."
On arrival, we find that at the entrance of Ford Abbey is a gate that
is opened by an electronic keypad. We manoeuvre the car, the interior
light allows us to read the instructions and, after a bit of
button-pressing, the gate opens. Voila!
At the bottom of the driveway is a cluster of old and beautiful
buildings and a little river. We are greeted by very tall Michael, who
takes us via passageways and a winding flight of stairs to The Matins
Suite. "Mind your heads on the beams," he warns us.
In this suite we find a personally addressed letter, which reads:
"Welcome to your home, far away from home. Welcome to Ford Abbey.
Matins is the moment for morning worship and time to savour the
medieval mood of harmony and peace, which is the trademark of Ford
Abbey."
So, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the television is hidden
inside an elegant cabinet. On top is a silver tray with tea- and
coffee-making apparatus, including a silver teapot, two bottles of
mineral water and shortbread biscuits. There's also an armchair and,
next door, a large bath, loo and washbasin arranged around a central
island. Towels? There are mountains of them... and bathrobes.
Downstairs is a beautiful, stone-floored sitting-room, with rugs, big
squashy sofas and comfortable chairs. Among a pile of magazines is a
glossy Dutch lifestyle one. What look like family photographs on the
mantelpiece include some members of the Dutch and Belgian royal
families. Michael explains that they are of the Dutch owners and:
"Yes, they're friends."
We order drinks and look at the menu, which tells us that "everything
is guaranteed to be freshly sourced locally, with seasonal vegetables
from our own vegetable garden". One thing's for sure: it won't be
difficult to make up our minds - there are just two choices for each
course.
I decide on Italian pomodori salad soup with coriander leaves; my
husband settles for the bombe of pasta salad wrapped with Serrano ham,
served with a parsley Parmesan pesto.
"A bit heavy on the pasta," he says. What's very nice, we agree, is
the home-made tapenade, pesto and chutney in little dishes along with
bread rolls.
"Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us, adding that the
owners have another hotel and six shops in Hereford. As one of these
is a patisserie, we wonder why they need to import bread rolls from
Holland.
My next course - red mullet on safran (sic) risotto with a sauce of
king prawn and tomato - leaves a curious aftertaste that I would
normally associate with factory-produced food
. My husband, who has chosen medium-baked sirloin steak with
carrot-potato mash and shitake mushroom sauce, comments: "All right,
but uninspired." Puddings ditto. At �35 each, it seems pricey. We do
enjoy our bottle of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, though...
Although our room is comfortable, the only window is in the door
leading on to a staircase, and we can't see any obvious way of letting
in some fresh air.
There's a sumptuous bath, but the shower seems potentially dangerous
as the mixer control is a projecting chrome handle not far from the
shower and about thigh height. Someone could easily knock it to the
hot position.
In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
"Could I have poached egg and bacon, please?" my husband asks. To our
astonishment, this consists of two broken, overcooked eggs and some
bacon on a piece of soggy toast, all saturated with vinegar. "Quite
repulsive," he says, having eaten just enough to give an opinion.
"The toast in the toast rack feels as if it's just come out of the
fridge," I add.
We agree that this place - although beautiful - is quite bizarre.
Ford Abbey, Pudleston, nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 ORZ
(www.fordabbey.co.uk, 01568 760700), has six suites. Paddy Burt paid
�155 for b&b; �27.20 for drinks and wine; �70 for dinner for two.
Total: �252.20.
--
Martin
Paddy Burt finds that going Dutch is all very well, but what happened
to the full English?
(Filed: 03/12/2005)
http://tinyurl.com/c33dj
'Absolutely idyllic,' says Mrs JS about Ford Abbey, near Leominster.
From this hotel's brochure, we also learn that we will find "exquisite
surroundings with exquisite food available for guests who demand the
highest standards."
On arrival, we find that at the entrance of Ford Abbey is a gate that
is opened by an electronic keypad. We manoeuvre the car, the interior
light allows us to read the instructions and, after a bit of
button-pressing, the gate opens. Voila!
At the bottom of the driveway is a cluster of old and beautiful
buildings and a little river. We are greeted by very tall Michael, who
takes us via passageways and a winding flight of stairs to The Matins
Suite. "Mind your heads on the beams," he warns us.
In this suite we find a personally addressed letter, which reads:
"Welcome to your home, far away from home. Welcome to Ford Abbey.
Matins is the moment for morning worship and time to savour the
medieval mood of harmony and peace, which is the trademark of Ford
Abbey."
So, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the television is hidden
inside an elegant cabinet. On top is a silver tray with tea- and
coffee-making apparatus, including a silver teapot, two bottles of
mineral water and shortbread biscuits. There's also an armchair and,
next door, a large bath, loo and washbasin arranged around a central
island. Towels? There are mountains of them... and bathrobes.
Downstairs is a beautiful, stone-floored sitting-room, with rugs, big
squashy sofas and comfortable chairs. Among a pile of magazines is a
glossy Dutch lifestyle one. What look like family photographs on the
mantelpiece include some members of the Dutch and Belgian royal
families. Michael explains that they are of the Dutch owners and:
"Yes, they're friends."
We order drinks and look at the menu, which tells us that "everything
is guaranteed to be freshly sourced locally, with seasonal vegetables
from our own vegetable garden". One thing's for sure: it won't be
difficult to make up our minds - there are just two choices for each
course.
I decide on Italian pomodori salad soup with coriander leaves; my
husband settles for the bombe of pasta salad wrapped with Serrano ham,
served with a parsley Parmesan pesto.
"A bit heavy on the pasta," he says. What's very nice, we agree, is
the home-made tapenade, pesto and chutney in little dishes along with
bread rolls.
"Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us, adding that the
owners have another hotel and six shops in Hereford. As one of these
is a patisserie, we wonder why they need to import bread rolls from
Holland.
My next course - red mullet on safran (sic) risotto with a sauce of
king prawn and tomato - leaves a curious aftertaste that I would
normally associate with factory-produced food
. My husband, who has chosen medium-baked sirloin steak with
carrot-potato mash and shitake mushroom sauce, comments: "All right,
but uninspired." Puddings ditto. At �35 each, it seems pricey. We do
enjoy our bottle of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, though...
Although our room is comfortable, the only window is in the door
leading on to a staircase, and we can't see any obvious way of letting
in some fresh air.
There's a sumptuous bath, but the shower seems potentially dangerous
as the mixer control is a projecting chrome handle not far from the
shower and about thigh height. Someone could easily knock it to the
hot position.
In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
"Could I have poached egg and bacon, please?" my husband asks. To our
astonishment, this consists of two broken, overcooked eggs and some
bacon on a piece of soggy toast, all saturated with vinegar. "Quite
repulsive," he says, having eaten just enough to give an opinion.
"The toast in the toast rack feels as if it's just come out of the
fridge," I add.
We agree that this place - although beautiful - is quite bizarre.
Ford Abbey, Pudleston, nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 ORZ
(www.fordabbey.co.uk, 01568 760700), has six suites. Paddy Burt paid
�155 for b&b; �27.20 for drinks and wine; �70 for dinner for two.
Total: �252.20.
--
Martin
Dec 3rd 2005, 3:40 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:41:43 +0100, DDT Filled Mormons
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>it aint a Dutch breakfast.
The whole thing sounded iffy. Who would import bread rolls every day?
--
Martin
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>it aint a Dutch breakfast.
The whole thing sounded iffy. Who would import bread rolls every day?
--
Martin
Dec 3rd 2005, 3:41 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
it aint a Dutch breakfast.
--
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
it aint a Dutch breakfast.
--
---
DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
---
--
Dec 3rd 2005, 4:05 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >
> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
G;
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >
> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
G;
Dec 3rd 2005, 4:09 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On 3 Dec 2005 09:05:59 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >
>> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
Have you got Internet at home now?
>(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
--
Martin
>DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >
>> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
Have you got Internet at home now?
>(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
--
Martin
Dec 3rd 2005, 4:21 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
what a bore
"Martin" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> Room service: Ford Abbey, Pudleston, Herefordshire
> Paddy Burt finds that going Dutch is all very well, but what happened
> to the full English?
> (Filed: 03/12/2005)
> http://tinyurl.com/c33dj
> 'Absolutely idyllic,' says Mrs JS about Ford Abbey, near Leominster.
> From this hotel's brochure, we also learn that we will find "exquisite
> surroundings with exquisite food available for guests who demand the
> highest standards."
> On arrival, we find that at the entrance of Ford Abbey is a gate that
> is opened by an electronic keypad. We manoeuvre the car, the interior
> light allows us to read the instructions and, after a bit of
> button-pressing, the gate opens. Voila!
> At the bottom of the driveway is a cluster of old and beautiful
> buildings and a little river. We are greeted by very tall Michael, who
> takes us via passageways and a winding flight of stairs to The Matins
> Suite. "Mind your heads on the beams," he warns us.
> In this suite we find a personally addressed letter, which reads:
> "Welcome to your home, far away from home. Welcome to Ford Abbey.
> Matins is the moment for morning worship and time to savour the
> medieval mood of harmony and peace, which is the trademark of Ford
> Abbey."
> So, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the television is hidden
> inside an elegant cabinet. On top is a silver tray with tea- and
> coffee-making apparatus, including a silver teapot, two bottles of
> mineral water and shortbread biscuits. There's also an armchair and,
> next door, a large bath, loo and washbasin arranged around a central
> island. Towels? There are mountains of them... and bathrobes.
> Downstairs is a beautiful, stone-floored sitting-room, with rugs, big
> squashy sofas and comfortable chairs. Among a pile of magazines is a
> glossy Dutch lifestyle one. What look like family photographs on the
> mantelpiece include some members of the Dutch and Belgian royal
> families. Michael explains that they are of the Dutch owners and:
> "Yes, they're friends."
> We order drinks and look at the menu, which tells us that "everything
> is guaranteed to be freshly sourced locally, with seasonal vegetables
> from our own vegetable garden". One thing's for sure: it won't be
> difficult to make up our minds - there are just two choices for each
> course.
> I decide on Italian pomodori salad soup with coriander leaves; my
> husband settles for the bombe of pasta salad wrapped with Serrano ham,
> served with a parsley Parmesan pesto.
> "A bit heavy on the pasta," he says. What's very nice, we agree, is
> the home-made tapenade, pesto and chutney in little dishes along with
> bread rolls.
> "Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us, adding that the
> owners have another hotel and six shops in Hereford. As one of these
> is a patisserie, we wonder why they need to import bread rolls from
> Holland.
> My next course - red mullet on safran (sic) risotto with a sauce of
> king prawn and tomato - leaves a curious aftertaste that I would
> normally associate with factory-produced food
> . My husband, who has chosen medium-baked sirloin steak with
> carrot-potato mash and shitake mushroom sauce, comments: "All right,
> but uninspired." Puddings ditto. At �35 each, it seems pricey. We do
> enjoy our bottle of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, though...
> Although our room is comfortable, the only window is in the door
> leading on to a staircase, and we can't see any obvious way of letting
> in some fresh air.
> There's a sumptuous bath, but the shower seems potentially dangerous
> as the mixer control is a projecting chrome handle not far from the
> shower and about thigh height. Someone could easily knock it to the
> hot position.
> In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> "Could I have poached egg and bacon, please?" my husband asks. To our
> astonishment, this consists of two broken, overcooked eggs and some
> bacon on a piece of soggy toast, all saturated with vinegar. "Quite
> repulsive," he says, having eaten just enough to give an opinion.
> "The toast in the toast rack feels as if it's just come out of the
> fridge," I add.
> We agree that this place - although beautiful - is quite bizarre.
> Ford Abbey, Pudleston, nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 ORZ
> (www.fordabbey.co.uk, 01568 760700), has six suites. Paddy Burt paid
> �155 for b&b; �27.20 for drinks and wine; �70 for dinner for two.
> Total: �252.20.
> --
> Martin
"Martin" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> Room service: Ford Abbey, Pudleston, Herefordshire
> Paddy Burt finds that going Dutch is all very well, but what happened
> to the full English?
> (Filed: 03/12/2005)
> http://tinyurl.com/c33dj
> 'Absolutely idyllic,' says Mrs JS about Ford Abbey, near Leominster.
> From this hotel's brochure, we also learn that we will find "exquisite
> surroundings with exquisite food available for guests who demand the
> highest standards."
> On arrival, we find that at the entrance of Ford Abbey is a gate that
> is opened by an electronic keypad. We manoeuvre the car, the interior
> light allows us to read the instructions and, after a bit of
> button-pressing, the gate opens. Voila!
> At the bottom of the driveway is a cluster of old and beautiful
> buildings and a little river. We are greeted by very tall Michael, who
> takes us via passageways and a winding flight of stairs to The Matins
> Suite. "Mind your heads on the beams," he warns us.
> In this suite we find a personally addressed letter, which reads:
> "Welcome to your home, far away from home. Welcome to Ford Abbey.
> Matins is the moment for morning worship and time to savour the
> medieval mood of harmony and peace, which is the trademark of Ford
> Abbey."
> So, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the television is hidden
> inside an elegant cabinet. On top is a silver tray with tea- and
> coffee-making apparatus, including a silver teapot, two bottles of
> mineral water and shortbread biscuits. There's also an armchair and,
> next door, a large bath, loo and washbasin arranged around a central
> island. Towels? There are mountains of them... and bathrobes.
> Downstairs is a beautiful, stone-floored sitting-room, with rugs, big
> squashy sofas and comfortable chairs. Among a pile of magazines is a
> glossy Dutch lifestyle one. What look like family photographs on the
> mantelpiece include some members of the Dutch and Belgian royal
> families. Michael explains that they are of the Dutch owners and:
> "Yes, they're friends."
> We order drinks and look at the menu, which tells us that "everything
> is guaranteed to be freshly sourced locally, with seasonal vegetables
> from our own vegetable garden". One thing's for sure: it won't be
> difficult to make up our minds - there are just two choices for each
> course.
> I decide on Italian pomodori salad soup with coriander leaves; my
> husband settles for the bombe of pasta salad wrapped with Serrano ham,
> served with a parsley Parmesan pesto.
> "A bit heavy on the pasta," he says. What's very nice, we agree, is
> the home-made tapenade, pesto and chutney in little dishes along with
> bread rolls.
> "Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us, adding that the
> owners have another hotel and six shops in Hereford. As one of these
> is a patisserie, we wonder why they need to import bread rolls from
> Holland.
> My next course - red mullet on safran (sic) risotto with a sauce of
> king prawn and tomato - leaves a curious aftertaste that I would
> normally associate with factory-produced food
> . My husband, who has chosen medium-baked sirloin steak with
> carrot-potato mash and shitake mushroom sauce, comments: "All right,
> but uninspired." Puddings ditto. At �35 each, it seems pricey. We do
> enjoy our bottle of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, though...
> Although our room is comfortable, the only window is in the door
> leading on to a staircase, and we can't see any obvious way of letting
> in some fresh air.
> There's a sumptuous bath, but the shower seems potentially dangerous
> as the mixer control is a projecting chrome handle not far from the
> shower and about thigh height. Someone could easily knock it to the
> hot position.
> In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> "Could I have poached egg and bacon, please?" my husband asks. To our
> astonishment, this consists of two broken, overcooked eggs and some
> bacon on a piece of soggy toast, all saturated with vinegar. "Quite
> repulsive," he says, having eaten just enough to give an opinion.
> "The toast in the toast rack feels as if it's just come out of the
> fridge," I add.
> We agree that this place - although beautiful - is quite bizarre.
> Ford Abbey, Pudleston, nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 ORZ
> (www.fordabbey.co.uk, 01568 760700), has six suites. Paddy Burt paid
> �155 for b&b; �27.20 for drinks and wine; �70 for dinner for two.
> Total: �252.20.
> --
> Martin
Dec 3rd 2005, 4:21 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
iffy you are indeed, my friend cochon
"Martin" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:41:43 +0100, DDT Filled Mormons
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>>>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>>>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>>>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>>Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>>it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> The whole thing sounded iffy. Who would import bread rolls every day?
> --
> Martin
"Martin" <[email protected]> a �crit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:41:43 +0100, DDT Filled Mormons
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>>>English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>>>The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>>>the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>>Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>>it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> The whole thing sounded iffy. Who would import bread rolls every day?
> --
> Martin
Dec 3rd 2005, 6:33 am
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On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us,
I fell for that line once when I was buying tomatoes.
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>"Fresh every day from Holland," Michael assures us,
I fell for that line once when I was buying tomatoes.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Dec 3rd 2005, 5:18 pm
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
"DDT Filled Mormons" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >
> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> --
> ---
> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
> ---
> --
Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
Gerrit - Oz
message news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >
> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> --
> ---
> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
> ---
> --
Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
Gerrit - Oz
Dec 3rd 2005, 8:46 pm
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:18:39 +0800, "Gerrit 't Hart" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"DDT Filled Mormons" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >
>> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>> --
>> ---
>> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
>> ---
>> --
>Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
LOL
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Martin http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
wrote:
>"DDT Filled Mormons" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >
>> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>> --
>> ---
>> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
>> ---
>> --
>Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
LOL
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Martin http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
Dec 4th 2005, 4:28 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
Martin wrote:
> On 3 Dec 2005 09:05:59 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
> >> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> >> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> >
> >I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
> Have you got Internet at home now?
You're kidding, right? We only just got a phone. They quote an
indicative time of 20 working days more to get internet. Even then I'll
be surprised if it materialises.
> >(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
> LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
We have Casema now. Everyone said how crap they are so we decided to
get Internet via ADSL. Big mistake, in retrospect - Casema may well be
crap but they seem to be less crap than KPN. I have never ever ever met
such a bunch of incompetents. They make France Telecom and Noos look
like models of efficiency.
G;
> On 3 Dec 2005 09:05:59 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
> >> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
> >> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
> >> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
> >> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
> >> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
> >
> >I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
> Have you got Internet at home now?
You're kidding, right? We only just got a phone. They quote an
indicative time of 20 working days more to get internet. Even then I'll
be surprised if it materialises.
> >(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
> LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
We have Casema now. Everyone said how crap they are so we decided to
get Internet via ADSL. Big mistake, in retrospect - Casema may well be
crap but they seem to be less crap than KPN. I have never ever ever met
such a bunch of incompetents. They make France Telecom and Noos look
like models of efficiency.
G;
Dec 4th 2005, 4:30 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
> Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
LOL - we had fish and chips for lunch. Had to pay extra for the
ketchup!
G;
> Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
LOL - we had fish and chips for lunch. Had to pay extra for the
ketchup!
G;
Dec 4th 2005, 4:42 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On 4 Dec 2005 09:28:47 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>> On 3 Dec 2005 09:05:59 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> >> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>> >
>> >I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
>> Have you got Internet at home now?
>You're kidding, right? We only just got a phone. They quote an
>indicative time of 20 working days more to get internet. Even then I'll
>be surprised if it materialises.
>> >(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
>> LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
>We have Casema now. Everyone said how crap they are so we decided to
>get Internet via ADSL.
There had been floods of criticism about Casema's cable Internet. I
thought it was all sorted out now.
>Big mistake, in retrospect - Casema may well be
>crap but they seem to be less crap than KPN. I have never ever ever met
>such a bunch of incompetents. They make France Telecom and Noos look
>like models of efficiency.
A word of warning. They informed me that I was "now" connected to
ADSL. I spent two days trying to sort out what I had done wrong with
my DIY ADSL box installation before I found out I wasn't connected,
they didn't actually connect until several days after they told me
that they had. The instructions with their DIY install kit had faults
there was an unconnected wire when I had finished following the
instructions. Luckily a friend had got his to work by trial and error
so I could consult him. Since it was connected three years ago I have
never had a problem.
When I had ISDN installed by a KPN professional, the guy tried to
claim he had used 15metres more wiring than foreseen in the quote KPN
had made for the job and that I would get an extra bill for the cost.
He dropped this when I asked him to get his manager on the phone so
that we could discuss how this had happened.
--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
>Martin wrote:
>> On 3 Dec 2005 09:05:59 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >DDT Filled Mormons wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:34:54 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >In our welcome letter, we're promised a "lovely Dutch" or "full
>> >> >English" breakfast, but we're soon wondering what lovely Dutch means.
>> >> >The individual packs of Kelloggs, the muesli, the jug of orange juice,
>> >> >the foil-topped containers of jam, marmalade and Marmite?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Unless you have to teeter chocolate bits on top on a piece of bread,
>> >> it aint a Dutch breakfast.
>> >
>> >I assumed it meant you have to wait till around lunchtime to be served.
>> Have you got Internet at home now?
>You're kidding, right? We only just got a phone. They quote an
>indicative time of 20 working days more to get internet. Even then I'll
>be surprised if it materialises.
>> >(Or till next Easter if you order the "KPN Special")
>> LOL and Casema Digital TV encrypted BBC this morning.
>We have Casema now. Everyone said how crap they are so we decided to
>get Internet via ADSL.
There had been floods of criticism about Casema's cable Internet. I
thought it was all sorted out now.
>Big mistake, in retrospect - Casema may well be
>crap but they seem to be less crap than KPN. I have never ever ever met
>such a bunch of incompetents. They make France Telecom and Noos look
>like models of efficiency.
A word of warning. They informed me that I was "now" connected to
ADSL. I spent two days trying to sort out what I had done wrong with
my DIY ADSL box installation before I found out I wasn't connected,
they didn't actually connect until several days after they told me
that they had. The instructions with their DIY install kit had faults
there was an unconnected wire when I had finished following the
instructions. Luckily a friend had got his to work by trial and error
so I could consult him. Since it was connected three years ago I have
never had a problem.
When I had ISDN installed by a KPN professional, the guy tried to
claim he had used 15metres more wiring than foreseen in the quote KPN
had made for the job and that I would get an extra bill for the cost.
He dropped this when I asked him to get his manager on the phone so
that we could discuss how this had happened.
--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
Dec 4th 2005, 4:43 am
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Re: Lovely Dutch or Full English breakfast
On 4 Dec 2005 09:30:10 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
>> Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
>LOL - we had fish and chips for lunch. Had to pay extra for the
>ketchup!
Take your own vinegar next time. Make Magda happy.
--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
>Gerrit 't Hart wrote:
>> Did they have to pay separately for it? No? Then it ain't Dutch either! :-)
>LOL - we had fish and chips for lunch. Had to pay extra for the
>ketchup!
Take your own vinegar next time. Make Magda happy.
--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz
