Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime. He probably
spent £200 on food and beer but saved £300 on the alterations as no-one
wanted to charge him extras.

--
Adam

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...
Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife
did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would
quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime. He
probably spent £200 on food and beer but saved £300 on the alterations as
no-one wanted to charge him extras.


It always astonishes me how many people think they have to adopt a them and
us attitude. The secret of getting the best out of any worker is to treat
them properly. I always introduce myself and ask them to use first name
terms. Then I treat them just as I would any other visitor to my home. I
have always found it paid handsomely over many years and lots of little
extras have been done for no extra cost. Tea or coffee chocolate biscuits is
particularly efficacious with BT engineers!

Peter Crosland

Peter Crosland wrote:

Tea or coffee chocolate biscuits is
particularly efficacious with BT engineers!

Going to school with one works out better ;-)

In article , Peter
Crosland wrote:
"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...
Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the
tips to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his
wife did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times
and would quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at
dinnertime. He probably spent £200 on food and beer but saved £300 on
the alterations as no-one wanted to charge him extras.


It always astonishes me how many people think they have to adopt a them
and us attitude. The secret of getting the best out of any worker is to
treat them properly. I always introduce myself and ask them to use first
name terms. Then I treat them just as I would any other visitor to my
home. I have always found it paid handsomely over many years and lots of
little extras have been done for no extra cost. Tea or coffee chocolate
biscuits is particularly efficacious with BT engineers!

quite some years ago I arranged to have the electricity supply cut (by
removal of the 'company fuse') so that I could replace the consumer unit.
I asked the electricity board man when he might return - he was suitably
vague, so I said if you reconnect me in a two hours' time, I can put the
kettle on. He came back then.

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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...
Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife
did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would
quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime. He
probably spent £200 on food and beer but saved £300 on the alterations as
no-one wanted to charge him extras.

--
Adam

I always took butties and did not expect the customer to go to the chip shop
for me.
I always took a flask of coffee and did not expect the customer make coffee
for me.

On 06/09/2011 18:06, Mr Pounder wrote:
wrote in message
...
Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife
did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would
quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime. He
probably spent £200 on food and beer but saved £300 on the alterations as
no-one wanted to charge him extras.

--
Adam

I always took butties and did not expect the customer to go to the chip shop
for me.
I always took a flask of coffee and did not expect the customer make coffee
for me.

If I get people in for a short job I make tea or coffee as required.

For a longer job I enquire whether they would prefer me to leave them a
spare kettle and tea, coffee etc. Also arrange a variety of biscuits
which we never usually keep in the house.

Most bring their own lunch although it is quite a while since we had
anyone in.

Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
On 06/09/2011 18:06, Mr Pounder wrote:
wrote in message
...
Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out
the tips to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He
said what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations
(or his wife did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at
reasonable times and would quite happily do a run to the
chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime. He probably spent £200 on food
and beer but saved £300 on the alterations as no-one wanted to
charge him extras. --
Adam

I always took butties and did not expect the customer to go to the
chip shop for me.
I always took a flask of coffee and did not expect the customer make
coffee for me.

If I get people in for a short job I make tea or coffee as required.

Offering a brew is minimum requirement for anyone who is not a social
inadequate.

It's just good manners.


For a longer job I enquire whether they would prefer me to leave them
a spare kettle and tea, coffee etc. Also arrange a variety of biscuits
which we never usually keep in the house.

Indeed, keep the goodwill coming and the workers will respond in a positive
manner.


Most bring their own lunch although it is quite a while since we had
anyone in.

Most do fetch or buy their own lunch. But when someone offers to buy it
would be rude not to accept.

This guy really did get involved with the work, he knew every workers name
(as Peter Crosland does) and wanted a good job doing with happy workers.

His attitude did not alter the quality of the work but it did alter the
price of his work. Who else could invest £200 and turn it into £300 in 8
weeks?

--
Adam

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

--
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On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

There is no junk food, only a junk diets.





--
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On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:



On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
*wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.

He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

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- Show quoted text -

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Cheers
Richard

geraldthehamster wrote:
On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Inserts tongue in cheek
Good for a quick surge of energy due to the partially dissolved sugars,
with a bit of a tail of energy due to the fat content, which is all
unsaturated nowadays, so not much damage to your cholesterol levels,
either..

Frying it correctly doesn't damage the flavonoids in the chocolate much,
either, so they still do some of the good things they normally do.

If you want stuff that's *really* not good for you, have a Chinese or
Indian takeaway. Lots of fat, incredible amounts of salt, loads of fast
acting carbohydrates...

--
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John.

John Williamson wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Inserts tongue in cheek
Good for a quick surge of energy due to the partially dissolved
sugars, with a bit of a tail of energy due to the fat content, which
is all unsaturated nowadays, so not much damage to your cholesterol
levels, either..

Frying it correctly doesn't damage the flavonoids in the chocolate
much, either, so they still do some of the good things they normally
do.
If you want stuff that's *really* not good for you, have a Chinese or
Indian takeaway. Lots of fat, incredible amounts of salt, loads of
fast acting carbohydrates...

And illegal levels of colourings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14768096

--
Adam

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:38:34 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote:

Tea or coffee chocolate biscuits is
particularly efficacious with BT engineers!

Offers of biscuits have always been refused when BT (OR) engineers
have visited me. Most are even in too much of a hurry to drink tea.
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On 07/09/2011 09:46, John Williamson wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Inserts tongue in cheek
Good for a quick surge of energy due to the partially dissolved sugars,
with a bit of a tail of energy due to the fat content, which is all
unsaturated nowadays, so not much damage to your cholesterol levels,
either..

Frying it correctly doesn't damage the flavonoids in the chocolate much,
either, so they still do some of the good things they normally do.

If you want stuff that's *really* not good for you, have a Chinese or
Indian takeaway. Lots of fat, incredible amounts of salt, loads of fast
acting carbohydrates...

Is that why they taste so good?

--
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 07/09/2011 09:46, John Williamson wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Inserts tongue in cheek
Good for a quick surge of energy due to the partially dissolved sugars,
with a bit of a tail of energy due to the fat content, which is all
unsaturated nowadays, so not much damage to your cholesterol levels,
either..

Frying it correctly doesn't damage the flavonoids in the chocolate much,
either, so they still do some of the good things they normally do.

If you want stuff that's *really* not good for you, have a Chinese or
Indian takeaway. Lots of fat, incredible amounts of salt, loads of fast
acting carbohydrates...

Is that why they taste so good?

It's an inverse relationship. The better it tastes,the worse it is for
you. Well known fact.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In article ,
John Williamson wrote:

Is that why they taste so good?

It's an inverse relationship. The better it tastes,the worse it is for
you. Well known fact.


At least Tesco are doing their bit to help with this. Their traffic light
system is great -

red = tasty

Think that's how it works anyway.

Darren

On 07/09/2011 20:54, D.M.Chapman wrote:
In ,
John wrote:

Is that why they taste so good?

It's an inverse relationship. The better it tastes,the worse it is for
you. Well known fact.


At least Tesco are doing their bit to help with this. Their traffic light
system is great -

red = tasty

Think that's how it works anyway.

Darren


Good tip Darren - cheers.

--
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On 07/09/2011 22:32, Owain wrote:

And McDonalds are helpfully putting calorific values on their menus.
That will make it much easier to work out which Happy Meal offers most
calories for the money, which will be a boon to hard-working families
on low incomes.

http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2006/02/15

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 01:10:23 -0700 (PDT), geraldthehamster
wrote:

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Or haggis, pizza, mutton pie.
Yum.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 01:10:23 -0700 (PDT), geraldthehamster
wrote:

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Or haggis, pizza, mutton pie.
Yum.
If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it *before* I
tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy not
far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In article ,
Owain wrote:

And McDonalds are helpfully putting calorific values on their menus.
That will make it much easier to work out which Happy Meal offers most
calories for the money, which will be a boon to hard-working families
on low incomes.


Ah, McDonalds. I used to rather like the chicken nuggets (I know, but we all
have guilty secrets :-)).

A few years ago they suddenly changed to "Low salt, 100% chicken breast meat"

No taste at all now. Still unhealthy, but now complety pointless :-(

Darren

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:59:12 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 01:10:23 -0700 (PDT), geraldthehamster
wrote:

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Or haggis, pizza, mutton pie.
Yum.
If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it *before* I
tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy not
far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

We like haggis, but my wife decided to get some deep fried haggis one
night while walking back over South Bridge.

It stayed down about an hour.



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Owain wrote:

On Sep 7, 8:54 pm. (D.M.Chapman) wrote:
At least Tesco are doing their bit to help with this. Their traffic light
system is great -

red = tasty

Think that's how it works anyway.

A bit like household cleaning products - they're rated for cleaning
effectiveness in little yellow triangles. One triangle works, two
triangles works with a pleasing fizz, three triangles dissolves burnt-
on kryptonite.

And McDonalds are helpfully putting calorific values on their menus.
That will make it much easier to work out which Happy Meal offers most
calories for the money, which will be a boon to hard-working families
on low incomes.

Cigarette companies got there first, putting tar content of fags on the
packet. This enables smokers to work out the cheapest way of achieving
their aim of killing themselves.

On Sep 7, 8:11*pm, John Williamson
wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 07/09/2011 09:46, John Williamson wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 7 Sep, 08:26, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
There is no junk food, only a junk diets.

You'd be pushed to argue that for a deep fried Mars bar.

Inserts tongue in cheek
Good for a quick surge of energy due to the partially dissolved sugars,
with a bit of a tail of energy due to the fat content, which is all
unsaturated nowadays, so not much damage to your cholesterol levels,
either..

Frying it correctly doesn't damage the flavonoids in the chocolate much,
either, so they still do some of the good things they normally do.

If you want stuff that's *really* not good for you, have a Chinese or
Indian takeaway. Lots of fat, incredible amounts of salt, loads of fast
acting carbohydrates...

Is that why they taste so good?

It's an inverse relationship. The better it tastes,the worse it is for
you. Well known fact.


How does it go again...

Junk food - the packaging is more nutritious than the food.
Health food - the packaging is tastier than the food.

--
Halmyre

On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

David

In message , Lobster
writes
On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

Why do brikkies/labourers prefer putting the milk and tea bag in the cup
before the hot water?

regards
--
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:04:47 +0100, Lobster wrote:

On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the
tips to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his
wife did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times
and would quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at
dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

Calamine is horrible in tea.

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On 08/09/2011 08:04, Lobster wrote:
On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the
tips
to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He
said what
he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his wife
did) as
the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times and would quite
happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

David



:-)


--
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Lobster :
Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

:-)

I was once offered calamine tea, from a CrossCountry train trolley. I
declined.

--
Mike Barnes

Halmyre wrote:
On Sep 7, 8:11 pm, John Williamson
wrote:
It's an inverse relationship. The better it tastes,the worse it is for
you. Well known fact.


How does it go again...

Junk food - the packaging is more nutritious than the food.
Health food - the packaging is tastier than the food.

Got it in one. :-)

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 8 Sep 2011 05:56:34 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it *before* I
tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Yes; it's odd, that.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy not
far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

I like chippy haggis, but...

We like haggis, but my wife decided to get some deep fried haggis one
night while walking back over South Bridge.

It stayed down about an hour.

.... you never know what you're getting. Best to find a good one and
stick with it.

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:08:41 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On 8 Sep 2011 05:56:34 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it *before* I
tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Yes; it's odd, that.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy
not far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

I like chippy haggis, but...

We like haggis, but my wife decided to get some deep fried haggis one
night while walking back over South Bridge.

It stayed down about an hour.

... you never know what you're getting. Best to find a good one and
stick with it.

I know nice places to eat in Edinburgh, but this was very late....

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I
avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I
don't get to use it much these days.



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On Sep 8, 12:57*pm, Bob Eager wrote:

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I
avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I
don't get to use it much these days.

Which one?

Twenty years ago (!) the best chippy was over in Wincheap: the woman
behind the counter had a nose that looked like Karl Malden's. Another
good one was the one near the King's School gate. The chap there had
an amazing comb over, and sold rock eel, pee fritters and banana-
flavoured pop. The most popular touristy one though was the one near
The Canterbury Tales (St Margaret's Street?).

Are any of the three still going? Canterbury certainly did seem to
have a good supply of fine chippies back then.

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:35:36 -0700, mike wrote:

On Sep 8, 12:57Â*pm, Bob Eager wrote:

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I
avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I
don't get to use it much these days.

Which one?

Twenty years ago (!) the best chippy was over in Wincheap: the woman
behind the counter had a nose that looked like Karl Malden's.

Yes, I used to live near there. Haven't been that way for years except in
heavy traffic, and certainly not tried it.

Another
good one was the one near the King's School gate. The chap there had an
amazing comb over, and sold rock eel, pee fritters and banana- flavoured
pop.

Borough Fish Bar? Yes, used that quite a bit. Changed hands. I'm told
it's not what it was.

The most popular touristy one though was the one near The
Canterbury Tales (St Margaret's Street?).

That's the good one now...St Margaret's Street, opposite Waterstones.
They do a roaring trade so always freshly cooked, and very good. Even the
bloke who ran our local (very good) chippy used to use it! City Fish Bar.


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On Sep 8, 1:50*pm, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:35:36 -0700, mike wrote:
On Sep 8, 12:57*pm, Bob Eager wrote:

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I
avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I
don't get to use it much these days.

Which one?

Twenty years ago (!) the best chippy was over in Wincheap: the woman
behind the counter had a nose that looked like Karl Malden's.

Yes, I used to live near there. Haven't been that way for years except in
heavy traffic, and certainly not tried it.

*Another
good one was the one near the King's School gate. *The chap there had an
amazing comb over, and sold rock eel, pee fritters and banana- flavoured
pop.

Borough Fish Bar? Yes, used that quite a bit. Changed hands. I'm told
it's not what it was.

*The most popular touristy one though was the one near The
Canterbury Tales (St Margaret's Street?).

That's the good one now...St Margaret's Street, opposite Waterstones.
They do a roaring trade so always freshly cooked, and very good. Even the
bloke who ran our local (very good) chippy used to use it! City Fish Bar.

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You've got me wanting fish 'n' chips now!

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:04:53 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Lobster :
Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

:-)

I was once offered calamine tea, from a CrossCountry train trolley. I
declined.

On a cross-desert caravan one might be offered camelmile tea - has foam on
top.
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On 08/09/2011 08:41, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:04:47 +0100, Lobster wrote:

On 06/09/2011 23:57, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:07 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:

Just finished off an extenstion and the customer then asked

"Would you like a crate of Bud or Fosters?" as he was handing out the
tips to the workers.

The guy certainly knew how to get the best out of the workers. He said
what he wanted doing up front but did make a few alterations (or his
wife did) as the job progressed. He supplied tea at reasonable times
and would quite happily do a run to the chippy/sandwich shop at
dinnertime.


He'd probably have done better to provide healthy sustenance rather
than junk food. Little wonder that there's so much obesity around.

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

Calamine is horrible in tea.

Depends on if you drink it or rub it in!


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Owain wrote:
On Sep 8, 8:04 am, Lobster wrote:
Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat
dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they
insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

I was rather shocked when a tradesman expressed a preference for
*coffee*.

I blame continental holidays.

Next they'll be wanting two hour lunch breaks and garlic mayonnaise on
their cheese butties.

You should have seen us when we worked in the Indian takeaway and the owner
cooked for us.

It looked like a National Geographical programme about
piranhas..............

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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:26:22 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:08:41 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

On 8 Sep 2011 05:56:34 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it
*before* I tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Yes; it's odd, that.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy
not far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

I like chippy haggis, but...

We like haggis, but my wife decided to get some deep fried haggis one
night while walking back over South Bridge.

It stayed down about an hour.

... you never know what you're getting. Best to find a good one and
stick with it.

I know nice places to eat in Edinburgh, but this was very late....

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I
avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I
don't get to use it much these days.

Which one's that then?

City Fish Bar, St Margarets Street, opposite Waterstones.



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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:04:47 +0100, Lobster
wrote:

Typhoo stuff rather than a nice
raspberry and calomine infusion

I'd run a mile if you offered me that.