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Post by walterpaisley on Jan 4, 2023 9:25:17 GMT
I don't use the chain cafes (we have a Costa in town and it's always busy..).
Coffee costs me £2.50 in my regular, very smart, very hip, stopping place, and it's free if I call in at the cinema. (We charge - I think - £1.50 for an excellent filter coffee, and the markup on hot drinks is HUGE.)
The decline of the high st - even ours, which has been named "Britain's Best High Street" twice in recent years - does seem terminal. I still use shops for groceries and small items, but they simply can't compete with online for anything big ticket or for books, movies, etc.
(I buy a LOT of books from time to time, especially when I'm in "research mode". Even if I were able to find them on the high st - and there's not much call for histories of medieval Spain or books about Byzantine architecture, etc - no independent seller has the purchasing power to be able to offer discounts. I often use "Abebooks" - which at least means I'm still supporting an independent dealer..)
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Post by Steve on Jan 4, 2023 9:35:03 GMT
Actually I bought two, never a good look using straws to share one coffee cup with Mrs K For about the price of two coffees you could have shared a perfectly acceptable bottle of Shiraz during a romantic evening with your wife. I can do both but Shiraz isn't my choice of red. |
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Post by Morgan on Jan 4, 2023 10:09:11 GMT
For about the price of two coffees you could have shared a perfectly acceptable bottle of Shiraz during a romantic evening with your wife. I can do both but Shiraz isn't my choice of red. Try anything with McGuigans Black Label on it.  |
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Post by Steve on Jan 4, 2023 17:48:57 GMT
I can do both but Shiraz isn't my choice of red. Try anything with McGuigans Black Label on it. Jam Shed Red (Malbec) is same price and what Mrs K relies on so I doubt she'll change. I'm more a lager drinker |
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Post by Steve on Jan 5, 2023 23:07:57 GMT
I can do both but Shiraz isn't my choice of red. Try anything with McGuigans Black Label on it. Well here's a thing Today was tidy up the house day (cleaners coming) so time to sort through all the presents received and what did we find at the bottom of the hamper our bestest friends made for us . . . . . . . . . . . a bottle of McGuigans Black Label! It will be sampled and soon |
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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 6, 2023 0:29:05 GMT
Jack Daniels single barrel. Never heard of it until recently. How should I describe it, I'm not going to wax lyrical but it's delicious. Is it as good as Glenmorangie? I never thought I'd say this, but the jury's out. I jest not it's a close thing.
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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 6, 2023 1:34:50 GMT
Really? You like JD, I'm suspicious. You sound more like a Babycham sort of a chap to me. But hey, who am I to judge.  |
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Post by Steve on Jan 6, 2023 2:11:32 GMT
Been drinking JD in moderation and using it in food for decades, if you'd looked you'd have seen I was first to mention in on this forum.
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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 6, 2023 2:47:48 GMT
Been drinking JD in moderation and using it in food for decades, if you'd looked you'd have seen I was first to mention in on this forum. Yes me too, JD is one of those drinks that I've always come across occasionally. I don't dislike it, but it's never been my fave. That is until now. Well maybe not fave it may be a fad. Have you tried JD single barrel select? It's nice, it's very nice. I have a 12 year old Glenmorangie that I havent touched this evening, that's how good this JD is. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Post by Steve on Jan 6, 2023 10:37:18 GMT
No not tried that, still got best part of a full bottle of the regular JD. With my home consumption rate of JD it's likely to outlast me - bit  that |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 6, 2023 15:20:13 GMT
Anyone had English whisky?
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Post by Toreador on Jan 6, 2023 19:09:26 GMT
Anyone had English whisky? English Scotch. |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 6, 2023 20:19:12 GMT
Anyone had English whisky? English Scotch. No such thing . No Irish scotch either . |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 6, 2023 20:55:48 GMT
Gulliver's
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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 8, 2023 23:30:27 GMT
Anyone had English whisky? No. Just Scottish and American for me, although I'm told Japanese whisky is very good. |
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