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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 8:56:56 GMT
When I grew up in the rough part of St.Albans (yes there was one!), most of my friends families originated from places like Barbados, Italy, Pakistan and Afghanistan. At that age the colour and race did not come into it. I suspect that’s because children make judgements more on the way they are treated as friends than labels. It’s a pity us adults struggle to do the same. It doesn’t take long for us to become ‘conditioned’ so we call to the tune of divide and conquer....
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 24, 2019 8:59:14 GMT
I agree with all you have written (bargemast), although I can't see Donald Trump ending up in prison, and I don't know what he eats. I tend to ignore him as, as I have said earlier, he's largely an irrelevance. I don't think anyone takes him seriously, he's just a puppet having his strings pulled from higher up.
There are bad McDonalds (such as the one in Harlow Broad Walk (Essex), full of screaming brats and their chav parents) and good ones such as in Kokkola where I have had some pleasant breaks, sitting in a quiet corner doing my paperwork whilst munching on a couple of ordinary hamburgers which are just 1 Euro each, and usually hot because they never have any ready so have to cook them specially for me. What I don't like about McDonalds is that standards of cleanliness have clearly dropped since they were first introduced in Europe, with the floors swimming in food that has been dropped, and wet floors after someone has lazily waved a mop at the floor - also, they don't empty their bins often enough. In McDonalds no-one comes to bother you, asking if everything is OK with your meal, or to chase you away because you have sat there too long.
The concept of fast food and a clean, warm 'restaurant' is one that I like. There is no reason for the food not to be nutritious - I like to think a bit of beef and bread goes somewhere to help, and it fills my tummy so that I can ignore it for a while whilst I get on with whatever else I want to get up to. The British had their own opportunity to create these kind of 'restaurants' but only came up with greasy-spoon cafes filled with a smoky atmosphere from burnt bacon around in them and mugs of tea in which obviously inferior cheap teabags have been used.
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Post by bargemast on Mar 24, 2019 9:45:07 GMT
I agree with all you have written (bargemast), although I can't see Donald Trump ending up in prison, and I don't know what he eats. I tend to ignore him as, as I have said earlier, he's largely an irrelevance. I don't think anyone takes him seriously, he's just a puppet having his strings pulled from higher up. There are bad McDonalds (such as the one in Harlow Broad Walk (Essex), full of screaming brats and their chav parents) and good ones such as in Kokkola where I have had some pleasant breaks, sitting in a quiet corner doing my paperwork whilst munching on a couple of ordinary hamburgers which are just 1 Euro each, and usually hot because they never have any ready so have to cook them specially for me. What I don't like about McDonalds is that standards of cleanliness have clearly dropped since they were first introduced in Europe, with the floors swimming in food that has been dropped, and wet floors after someone has lazily waved a mop at the floor - also, they don't empty their bins often enough. In McDonalds no-one comes to bother you, asking if everything is OK with your meal, or to chase you away because you have sat there too long. The concept of fast food and a clean, warm 'restaurant' is one that I like. There is no reason for the food not to be nutritious - I like to think a bit of beef and bread goes somewhere to help, and it fills my tummy so that I can ignore it for a while whilst I get on with whatever else I want to get up to. The British had their own opportunity to create these kind of 'restaurants' but only came up with greasy-spoon cafes filled with a smoky atmosphere from burnt bacon around in them and mugs of tea in which obviously inferior cheap teabags have been used. If you enjoy eating their (what you call) nutritious food (read crap) then go ahead with it, I won't stop your pleasure. I very rarely eat in a restaurant, but avoid going to places like your favorite McDo's, unless I desperately need to make use of their facilities, and if it's really quiet there when I'm on the road, I may use their free wifi too, and at the most have a cup of hot-chocalate there in that case. There are regular non official screaming competitions, where I think parents take their kids to, to prepare and train them for the world championship screaming contests into a McDo to compair their kids to all the others, and these parents are always looking very proud if their kids can scream louder than all the others. When I was a kid, if we went to a restaurant and I raised my voice louder the my parents thought good for the other clients of the place, they would first tell me to shut up, and the next thing would be a physical correction by my dad, to make sure I wasn't spoiling the other clients peace and quiet. Times have changed, and in many cases not for the better. In case you want to know what Trumps diet is like : www.eatthis.com/donald-trump-diet/
Peter.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 24, 2019 11:40:36 GMT
Here ya go Bargey:
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Post by bargemast on Mar 24, 2019 11:55:25 GMT
Thanks a lot, I pass, but you're very welcome to continue with your food choice in Trump style . Peter.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 24, 2019 12:28:25 GMT
I'd have to be desperately hungry and have no other options to go in MacDonalds in this country. It's a vile experience, from start to finish. Elsewhere though, if you pick and choose, it's not too bad. In Malaysia a couple of quid gets you the breakfast with limitless coffee refills, good wifi, excellent air conditioning and a quiet experience. In Indonesia people go mad for ice cream. Most of what is sold is crap but badged 'gelato'. Indonesians being, generally, highly gullible think that as it's Italian it must be the best so are happy to pay silly money for a cone of shite. In MacDonalds on the other hand, the can get decent ice cream for little money and again, excellent air conditioning.
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Post by Jim on Mar 24, 2019 13:04:29 GMT
yeah, right, they come from the wild west, innit? When asked about your nationality do you reply "British" or "European"? Human.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 13:07:11 GMT
When asked about your nationality do you reply "British" or "European"? Human. Ug.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 24, 2019 13:12:42 GMT
In MacDonalds on the other hand, the can get decent ice cream I used to make the 'ice cream' in McDonalds. It's just powder that comes in bags, you mix it with water and tip it into the freezing/mixing machine.
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Post by Jim on Mar 24, 2019 13:13:04 GMT
you must have a VERY limited experience of Turks. To be fair, everyone I have met who has been on holiday to Turkey have said it's great there. There are a couple of Turks who have taken over the now derelict / closed down petrol station in this village where we live - guess what it is now? Another kebab-pizza joint. How original. Anyway, I popped in there about 3 years ago as I noticed vehicles tanking, to ask if the petrol station had re-opened. Yes, it had, as a 'cold' station (do it yourself, no staff), the Turks are just running their kebab business - but the way the man spoke to me, rather rudely, has put me off becoming one of their customers. I also saw after 9/11 when the Americans were bombing Iraq that Turkey sneakily tried to move in to Iraq, until the Americans told them to keep out of it - obviously trying to snatch some land for themselves. So why didn't some enterprising moomin take the opportunity! If it was derelict then there was a need for someone to do something. Perhaps they were crying out for a heart stopping full fat lardy English chippy. I've heard they have trouble with migrants stealing Finnish women, maybe you are right to be worried.
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Post by bargemast on Mar 24, 2019 13:13:10 GMT
Are you suffering of that nasty cough again caveman ? Hope you'll get better soon. Peter.
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Post by Jim on Mar 24, 2019 13:15:44 GMT
Ug Ug! Neanderthals are welcome here. We can interbreed you know. Mrs Tabby is a fine example.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 14:12:14 GMT
yeah, right, they come from the wild west, innit? When asked about your nationality do you reply "British" or "European"? Bugger off you self obsessed English Twat . A proper Morissons will have at least three varieties of haggis to go, including veggie, which is vey nice, not tried Grant's tinned haggis, but surely it has proper offal, not just lung? www.grantsfoods.com/grants-haggis/ made in Ayrshire by Rabbie's Bairns
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 24, 2019 16:27:06 GMT
When asked about your nationality do you reply "British" or "European"? Bugger off you self obsessed English Twat . A proper Morissons will have at least three varieties of haggis to go, including veggie, which is vey nice, not tried Grant's tinned haggis, but surely it has proper offal, not just lung? www.grantsfoods.com/grants-haggis/ made in Ayrshire by Rabbie's Bairns 1. Point of order - I'm 75% Scottish (dad's parents - Edinburgh/Fife, mum's mother- Darkest Aberdeenshire). I have spent a few years doing family tree research and know a great deal about my ancestors. I usually say I'm 'British'. Finns refer to the whole of the UK as 'England' so I tell them I'm English, keeps them happy. 2. I have only seen Grant's haggis in tins in Morrisons. Read the ingredients yourself - it's only lambs' lungs in there, no heart or liver. It tastes OK.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 24, 2019 18:19:08 GMT
I agree with all you have written (bargemast), although I can't see Donald Trump ending up in prison, and I don't know what he eats. I tend to ignore him as, as I have said earlier, he's largely an irrelevance. I don't think anyone takes him seriously, he's just a puppet having his strings pulled from higher up. There are bad McDonalds (such as the one in Harlow Broad Walk (Essex), full of screaming brats and their chav parents) and good ones such as in Kokkola where I have had some pleasant breaks, sitting in a quiet corner doing my paperwork whilst munching on a couple of ordinary hamburgers which are just 1 Euro each, and usually hot because they never have any ready so have to cook them specially for me. What I don't like about McDonalds is that standards of cleanliness have clearly dropped since they were first introduced in Europe, with the floors swimming in food that has been dropped, and wet floors after someone has lazily waved a mop at the floor - also, they don't empty their bins often enough. In McDonalds no-one comes to bother you, asking if everything is OK with your meal, or to chase you away because you have sat there too long. The concept of fast food and a clean, warm 'restaurant' is one that I like. There is no reason for the food not to be nutritious - I like to think a bit of beef and bread goes somewhere to help, and it fills my tummy so that I can ignore it for a while whilst I get on with whatever else I want to get up to. The British had their own opportunity to create these kind of 'restaurants' but only came up with greasy-spoon cafes filled with a smoky atmosphere from burnt bacon around in them and mugs of tea in which obviously inferior cheap teabags have been used. I very rarely eat in a restaurant, but avoid going to places like your favorite McDo's, unless I desperately need to make use of their facilities AKA "Having a McShit".
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