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Pasta and sauce confusion

Got some pasta and sauce to microwave for lunch, really had nothing else left. Instructions say:1 Place 400ml of cold water and the contents of the packet into a non metallic bowl and stir2 Cover and microwave on full power for 5 1/2 minutes3 Halfway...

RE: Something apparently "as pikey as Wilkinsons" to open in Folkestone

Shop owners tend to do market research, which is why M&S closed down, why Sainsbury's in town can't sell any of their top-end lines and why we're getting a Wilko rather than a Waitrose. You can't expect a bevvy of blue-rinse bingo-bothering biddies t...

All mine all mine

James Herbertesque sort of weather today, very foggy at home, and all the way into London... makes things seem a bit quieter, I wonder if the fog is really absorbing sound...Great weekend, tiring though, I could do with being asleep right now. After ...

Rated 8.27/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Weekend review

I did a massive amount of driving at the weekend, borrowed a car and went to Bluewater. We hit some insane rain on the M20 and had to pull over until we could see again. It feels like the sort of place I ought to go "oh no, we had to go to Bluewater"...

It's more of an indoor window box

No, I said above, it's four little rows of seeds, one each of Chives, Basil, Mint and Thyme... it's not even really a propagator, it's a plastic tray with a clear plastic lid, 1.99 from Waitrose, including the seeds... I'll post a picture tonight.I t...

In defence of

Hmmm... maybe you got them on a bad night. It can be quiet, and that combined with the fact that the chef likes high romantic classical music playing in his kitchen can make it a slightly surreal experience for those used to Ravi Shankar and loud con...
Rated 1.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Here's a more positive review

Waitrose got a lot more out of The India than we did... Read their review.
Rated 1.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Derren Brown

I have it on good authority, from a trusted source, that at an unspecified time last week, Derren Brown, psychological illusionist, was spotted buying litre bottles of mineral water in Waitrose, pushing them round in one of those old ladies trolley-b...

Nigel Havers

Coming out of Waitrose on the Kings Road.
He was shorter than imagined.

Zoe Ball

Sunday, 19th Jan, day after the split. Looked like she needed a good meal.

George Harrison

He was going into Waitrose at approx. 10:30AM on 6th October 2000 with a blonde woman in a suit with spectacles.George himself was wearing a pair of brown cord trousers and a big dark green jumper, which was obviously purchased in Henley as jumpers o...