The UK
#168
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Location: Valencia
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Re: The UK
I didnt mean that you were on the dole, paropeople and retired are examples of people who have have the time to go to the market or whatever.
Those with a pension or maybe savings can, however, the majority cannot and will never be able to and so yes some of them might envy your life style choice but will not be able to do anything about it.
#171
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Location: Alicante province
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Re: The UK
I can walk to Mercadona, two Indian and countless Chinese take-aways, and they all deliver too. Having been on my own for ten days, I’m pleased that my wife is returning from the UK tomorrow and she has bought me some new underpants.
#172
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Re: The UK
Assuming you´ve lost the instructions to the washing machine and forgotten about hand washing, you could have raided her nicker drawer and worn hers
#173
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Location: Vejer de la Fra., Cadiz
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Re: The UK
Well, my everyday clothing is subject to great abuse, and tesco's were always cheap, so easily replaceable. Getting paint on a pair of jeans that cost a fiver is far less important than a good quality expensive pair.
#174
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Re: The UK
Apart from that black, silky pair that stretches, with the nice smell.
#175
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Location: Valencian Province
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Re: The UK
There's always the rumage stall at the market . Designer labels usually 2 for 5 euros and often brand new and a million stalls for underwear. really trendy good quality, or plain boring usually 3 pairs for five euros so no need to go naked.
#176
Re: The UK
some ingredients that your wife - or I - might use regularly in the UK aren't as readily available here
I even had someone bring several HUGE tubs of bisto granules over
we can now get most - including bisto - where I live
but for several years we couldn't get that sort of thing & it took me a while to adapt my cooking to what I could get
and a while for our tastebuds to adapt
cottage pie without an oxo cube took a bit of doing - but I got there in the end
then they opened an Iceland in my town & all was available at a reasonable price & I and every English mum I know went mad buying all those things we missed
& yes, I do have Bisto in the cupboard - I looked at it yesterday & it's a solid lump in the tub through lack of use
#178
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Joined: Oct 2006
Location: West Midlands, ex Granada province
Posts: 2,140
Re: The UK
or the bisto (or other similar 'helpers')
some ingredients that your wife - or I - might use regularly in the UK aren't as readily available here
I even had someone bring several HUGE tubs of bisto granules over
we can now get most - including bisto - where I live
but for several years we couldn't get that sort of thing & it took me a while to adapt my cooking to what I could get
and a while for our tastebuds to adapt
cottage pie without an oxo cube took a bit of doing - but I got there in the end
then they opened an Iceland in my town & all was available at a reasonable price & I and every English mum I know went mad buying all those things we missed
& yes, I do have Bisto in the cupboard - I looked at it yesterday & it's a solid lump in the tub through lack of use
some ingredients that your wife - or I - might use regularly in the UK aren't as readily available here
I even had someone bring several HUGE tubs of bisto granules over
we can now get most - including bisto - where I live
but for several years we couldn't get that sort of thing & it took me a while to adapt my cooking to what I could get
and a while for our tastebuds to adapt
cottage pie without an oxo cube took a bit of doing - but I got there in the end
then they opened an Iceland in my town & all was available at a reasonable price & I and every English mum I know went mad buying all those things we missed
& yes, I do have Bisto in the cupboard - I looked at it yesterday & it's a solid lump in the tub through lack of use
Maybe where I live I don't have the choice that others do. Fatty pork, chicken and rabbit in the meat line, sugary bread or airy baguette and tatty veg's.
#179
Re: The UK
You see where I live there are none of these shops; even the nearest Mercadona is nearly an hour's drive away. Thereare a few local small shops that sell things like Bisto, but that's about it.
Maybe where I live I don't have the choice that others do. Fatty pork, chicken and rabbit in the meat line, sugary bread or airy baguette and tatty veg's.
Maybe where I live I don't have the choice that others do. Fatty pork, chicken and rabbit in the meat line, sugary bread or airy baguette and tatty veg's.
maybe everything goes bad just there aren't enough people to buy it
we have all the supermarkets nearby & also small independent shops for amazing bread & tasty fruit & veg
the fruit & veg often does look tatty admittedly - but usually tastes good
and the fat is what gives the meat the flavour - so you don't need the bisto
#180
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Joined: Oct 2006
Location: West Midlands, ex Granada province
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Re: The UK
lynnxa
Location: on the right side of the mountain
I'm obviously on the WRONG side of the mountain!
Location: on the right side of the mountain
I'm obviously on the WRONG side of the mountain!