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[Oldhippy]

McDonalds is one of the few exceptions for me. I know it's not brilliant, but it's reliable, you can get hot drinks at a sensible price, you can bum park, and there's a loo.

My standard pack-up tends to be a cheese and chutney sandwich, a bag of crisps, a tesco's own brand version of a kit kat, some nuts and dried fruit, plus a tangerine and a banana. And depending on the weather etc, either a 750ml bidon of water or a flask of tea.

Not dissimilar bar the tangerine. I would have to on the point of starvation before giving McD's any money though I'm afraid.

 

[Reynard]

It was a sausage and onion chutney toastie. Not enough cheese and the chutney was very sweet with virtually no vinegary tang to it. I reckon chutneys should have something of a sweet and sour thing going.

Ah, my perennial bugbear with commercial preserves - not just chutneys. They are just so achingly sweet.

Ergo I make my own. And yes, I do like the sweet-sour thing going on as well. I also like a bit of "oomph" so tend to use chilli and ginger as well.

I also confess to having won first prizes in produce shows for my chutneys and marmalades. Although mum once trumped me and went overall Best in Show with her raspberry jelly...

 

[Reynard]

Not dissimilar bar the tangerine. I would have to on the point of starvation before giving McD's any money though I'm afraid.

It's more the affordable and the sit down where McDonalds scores for me.

 

[tyred]

I got drenched when out on my walk.

 

[Oldhippy]

I got drenched when out on my walk.

That'll be the rain wot did it.

 

[Reynard]

It's raining here too.

I need another

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm drinking hot chocolate in Welwyn Garden City.
I get paid to do this, you know 😎

 

[Speicher]

My mother was a seamstress and during the war years seemed to have a procession of women passing through the house as she altered and made garments. I remember getting a variety of jackets made for school. She made garments from oddments and later from swathes of new material. She made my wife's wedding dress and my then fiance remarked that it was a good thing that she had to get it altered several times as she was losing weight round the waist rather than expanding.
I was also taught how to sew properly as well as darn socks which came in useful in later life.

I have replaced zips in trousers, and "turned" a collar.

Yes I agree, it is very useful to sew properly or even just sew on buttons and darn socks.

 

[Reynard]

I have a and one of those Mr Kipling winter whirl things.

 

[Speicher]

Not dissimilar bar the tangerine. I would have to on the point of starvation before giving McD's any money though I'm afraid.

Same here really, I have been in McD's a total of three times in my life.

The first visit, in England, it was someone else who chose to go there. I just had coffee.

Second visit, Dusseldorf, at a very busy lunchtime, it was the only place that was not extremely expensive or already packed with people.

Third visit was in Basle. If you try to get a meal about 7pm in Basel, there is very expensive places or McD's. Sadly I had totally forgotten that if you have your passport with you and can access the French side of the station, that is where to go. Blame it on tiredness after travelling all day from Waterloo.

 

[Reynard]

I wasn't allowed to eat fast food while growing up, so if I could sneak out and have a McDonalds, then I would. Pocket money allowing, of course. And forbidden fruit (or food) always tastes better...

Now I'm not so fussed, but it's an affordable bite to eat, especially if you go for their "wrap of the day" - and as @Speicher says, they're often open when other places aren't.

 

[mybike]

Well well Midlife seems to have nailed it.
The thing I saw is near enough one of the pictures shown and so is a powered glider almost certainly.

https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BZYT.html

No picture, sadly.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

So, it appears that McD's can be both first and last - first aid food and last resort.

 

[midlife]

Fray Bentos "all day breakfast" pie for tea, never had one before so not sure what to have it with.

 

[Reynard]

Fray Bentos "all day breakfast" pie for tea, never had one before so not sure what to have it with.

Hmm... They should be filed in the same category as an Amblongus pie.