XTreme Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 It's the Perfect Storm! Due to Covid we're restricted to staying within the town perimeters, but we're just about out of our Brit food.....inc tea bags! However, the Brit supermarkets are all in Albox, Almeria. And I think you're all familiar with my bi-monthly visits by now! To make things more tricky, I suspect home confinement is heading our way soon.......with Xmas approaching! So after carefully studying the regulations it appears as if we can leave the town area, and the province, if it's work related! And what do you know? I have a client in Albox! So I rang him today, told him the score, and he's giving me an alibi in case I get a pull. So tomorrow, it's keep business papers and laptop in the car, along with tax returns to prove the existence of the business. And the destination will be Albox! Fingers crossed I don't get to experience...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 This is more like 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 The drama of a brit being left out of his tea bags 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 I've got plenty of form for this.......2010.......and a DR650 returning from Albox with 2200 tea bags in the box! Never thought I'd ever see the day where I could be potentially breaking the law by going to buy tea bags! And let's be fair......I've seen a lot of days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 That's so brit it hurts, @XTreme, can´t you buy the damned tea bags and have them delivered? Are they not good for more than 2 months? You are forbidden to criticize any UK residents for a week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Pedro said: That's so brit it hurts, @XTreme, can´t you buy the damned tea bags and have them delivered? Are they not good for more than 2 months? You are forbidden to criticize any UK residents for a week I've always said that the ONLY thing I miss about Britain is British Tea......nothing else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, XTreme said: I've always said that the ONLY thing I miss about Britain is British Tea......nothing else! Yes, Britain is full of tea fields or hills ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 A month from now you'll see a washing line outside the XTreme hacienda with teabags drying out in the winter sun for re-use 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Just now, Pedro said: Yes, Britain is full of tea fields or hills ... Ahh yes, full of them, not forgetting the jam butty mines. Google the 'Rhubarb Triangle'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pedro Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, yen_powell said: Google the 'Rhubarb Triangle'. I just have. My hope on humanity has dropped another 1,5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Psst, dude, i got the good chit yo, lipton, how much ya want? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 I'm going in! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Send lawyers guns and money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Pedro said: I just have. My hope on humanity has dropped another 1,5% They had a news item on it a few years ago and the reporter was stood in a vast candle lit space. He said that if you stood quietly (obviously there is no breeze) you could hear the rhubarb growing, a sort of creaking noise. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 50 minutes ago, yen_powell said: They had a news item on it a few years ago and the reporter was stood in a vast candle lit space. He said that if you stood quietly (obviously there is no breeze) you could hear the rhubarb growing, a sort of creaking noise. Sort of like watching paint dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 Left at 10......and back by 1.30! A round trip of 140 miles! First stop Brit shop 1...... Filled up half the boot there......starting with the most important first! 3300 Tea Bags! Then it was Brit shop 2...... Culminating in this...... Saw two Guardia......one was pulling a gypo on the motorway.....and the other coming from the opposite direction. Mission accomplished without incident! I believe this is what is known as Dark Shopping! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 How many tea bags do you use per day, @XTreme? Sounds like you could import them by the pallet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Pedro said: How many tea bags do you use per day, @XTreme? Sounds like you could import them by the pallet! I'm not sure Pedro.....I'd say a big bag would last us about 5 to 6 weeks. They'll go further in Summer though cos it gets a bit hot for tea! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Left at 10......and back by 1.30! A round trip of 140 miles! First stop Brit shop 1...... Filled up half the boot there......starting with the most important first! 3300 Tea Bags! Then it was Brit shop 2...... Culminating in this...... Saw two Guardia......one was pulling a gypo on the motorway.....and the other coming from the opposite direction. Mission accomplished without incident! I believe this is what is known as Dark Shopping! What's in the cardboard boxes? Bike polish or dunking biscuits? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 38 minutes ago, yen_powell said: What's in the cardboard boxes? Bike polish or dunking biscuits? More grub Yen! Though I did manage to pick up a degreaser spray and a dashboard spray while I was there! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 I tell you what none of them sell......Welsh Cakes! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2020, the year of the bog roll and tea in a rag, whats next, a women wins man of the year? We;re all doomed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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