These were my favourite back when I could afford to smoke them - Santa Damiana Gigante:
I think they're more than a tenner each now.
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These were my favourite back when I could afford to smoke them - Santa Damiana Gigante:
I think they're more than a tenner each now.
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My old man used to sell them in the shop, along with Villager (was it?) and something called 'Cafe Creme', or something like that. I used to sell them in school, during 5th and 6th year (to teachers and fellow pupils), along with all the favourite fags of the day - made a nice wee profitOriginally Posted by struth
Better selling 'em, than smoking them!
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Themz propa... I don't smoke, but I love the smell (and even looks) of proper handmade cigarsThese were my favourite back when I could afford to smoke them - Santa Damiana Gigante:
I think they're more than a tenner each now.I had an uncle who smoked Montecristos.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Normally quite laid back about things, but this bit of news has really got me dander up, heard on the radio this morning: Cadburys are to reduce the size of four of their chocolate bars, to get their calorie count below 200. But the price will stay the sameThis really takes the piss, and up with this I will not put, we should all boycott Cadburys products... who am I kidding, I'll still be buying them. But I will be eating them with an angry face
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
Boycott them - along with Rowntree (now part of the Nestlé group).
Buy proper chocolate with at least 70% cocoa.
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I'm Alan.
I bought a chocolate bar on the good chance I'd like it.
Moser Roth Organic Peruvian Caramel and Sea Salt, ooohhhhhh, orgasmic in a chocolate bar. I love caramel and sea salt but this was exquisite.
Aldi - I've got to get some more.
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Location: Chorley Lancs
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I'm Steve.
I'm probably the only person in the world not to like salted caramel, but I think caramel is perfectly good without salt. Similarly I wouldn't care for Victoria sponge cake if they swapped the jam for ketchup. Sweet things should be left sweet.
Neither am I happy with the assumption that everyone likes mayonnaise on their sandwiches. Disgusting stuff
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T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
Just buy the £1 bars they do, still 500 calories in them.Normally quite laid back about things, but this bit of news has really got me dander up, heard on the radio this morning: Cadburys are to reduce the size of four of their chocolate bars, to get their calorie count below 200. But the price will stay the same
Went in the other day and they had no Cadburys or Galaxy left so bought a 'Euroshopper' bar as a last resort. Turns out it's actually 'proper' chocolate made in Germany - bloody lovely.
Current Lash Up:
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I'm slightly addicted to chocolate raisins. Yum!
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i was , probaly still am.. if i buy a bag i eat them all at once lol.. i dont buy them because of thatI'm slightly addicted to chocolate raisins. Yum!
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