Re: i want some fish n chips...

On 2007-11-14, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I was taken to the original Ramsden's chippy up in the
Lancashire-Yorkshire border region (I forget exactly where it was) some
time in the '70s, and it was certainly a top-notch chippy. I haven't
visited any of the chain or franchise versions personally, but they do
look as though the hype has overtaken the quality.

I've tried it: the food they serve is unremarkable canteen-type stuff.
Why did I do it? Motorway service station, and seeking the lesser evil.

[snip]

That's how the fast-food chains work; the general grimness of the
experience is reliably uniform and that familiarity is somehow more
comforting than risking the unknown. (But big lorries parked around a
small caff not on a motorway, is generally a good sign).

True, but if your journey involves belting down the M6, and your tank
range says `Hilton Park Services is where I have to stop', and you don't
know the places just off the motorway that'd be better - well, it's
fish-n-chips or burgers or the normal hot food counter.

At least the tea is usually decent.

Ah, well, my beat-up old Citroën 1.9 litre diesel gets almost 400 miles to
a tankfull :))

There is much to be said for the A road method - but I like to make good
progress, especially when it's a long journey, and there's no faster way
of getting from here to Rebecca's mum's place than `motorway all the
way' aside from the first and last couple of miles. Yer bum goes numb,
mind.

Numb bumb is is something else I don't get from my Citroën <G> I don't
much like motorways, particularly the M4, but parts of the M5 and M6 are
quite invigorating.

I keep thinking that I should get myself one of those 90mph diesel
bikes. I'm sure I'm enough of an old fart to be happy riding something
like that - it's just that, werl...

BMW make scooters with a roof, and Piaggio make scooters with two wheels
at the front. I'd quite like to have go with one of the more modern
Messerchmitt-style bubble-cars.

In defence of canteens, I must say that those I had access to in two of
my places of work were pretty good on the food front even if the décor was
less than inspiring.

Well, yeah - that's why I called it `unremarkable canteen-type stuff'.
Some canteens do serve very tasty food. It's just that a lot of 'em
don't rise above a basic level of okay-ness.

Yes.

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