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Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for
pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop - u1 exactly. :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.
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On 07/08/2025 10:01, Bri. wrote:

Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop - -u1 exactly. :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop. Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each. But as we pick them ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!
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On 7/8/25 11:58 am, kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 10:01, Bri. wrote:

Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for
pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop - -u1 exactly. :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop. Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each. But as we pick them ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

Here's the one that gets me - when I was a kid a postage stamp for a
letter was 1.5p (3d) - any shape, and up to 4 ounces in weight. Now it's -u1.70 for a small, wafer thin letter.
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kat wrote:

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop. Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at u1 each. But as we pick them ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

That's interesting, kat, I didn't know you could grow them locally.
I'd love to see a piccy of it, if you have one handy.
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Bob Henson wrote:

Here's the one that gets me - when I was a kid a postage stamp for a
letter was 1.5p (3d) - any shape, and up to 4 ounces in weight. Now it's u1.70 for a small, wafer thin letter.

Bus fares, too. It used to cost 4+d for a ride into town. The same
trip is over u3 now.
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On 07/08/2025 12:15, Bob Henson wrote:

On 7/8/25 11:58 am, kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 10:01, Bri. wrote:

Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for
pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop --a -u1 exactly.-a :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop.-a Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen >> figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each.-a But as we pick them
ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

Here's the one that gets me - when I was a kid a postage stamp for a letter was
1.5p (3d) - any shape, and up to 4 ounces in weight. Now it's -u1.70 for a small,
wafer thin letter.

I recall tuppence ha'pennyfor a postcard too.:-)
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On 07/08/2025 12:36, Bri. wrote:

kat wrote:

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop. Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen >> figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each. But as we pick them
ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

That's interesting, kat, I didn't know you could grow them locally.
I'd love to see a piccy of it, if you have one handy.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0cwc2mj4erjq9xae8zwud/DSC_0370cropped.JPG?rlkey=5huyqg65el2jlaen5cy3zstde&st=82hx6npf&dl=0

or https://tinyurl.com/3s6pbcdj

This was taken last summer, the fig tree is in the middle.
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On 07/08/2025 11:58, kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 10:01, Bri. wrote:

Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for
pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop --a -u1 exactly.-a :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop.-a Fresh figs, stewed figs,
frozen figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each.-a But as we pick them ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

I remember stewed figs being served as part of school dinners. I tried
them once, didn't like them much and always chose an alternative when
they were on offer.

Then a couple of years ago a friend gave me a fig picked less than half
an hour ago. I mentioned that I didn't like the stewed figs I had tried
at school, and he said fresh ones taste entirely different. So I ate
it, and it was delicious. No wonder you pick them ripe.

I have never bought any from my local greengrocer's though, because I
don't know how fresh they would be.

Jim

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kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 12:36, Bri. wrote:

I'd love to see a piccy of it, if you have one handy.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0cwc2mj4erjq9xae8zwud/DSC_0370cropped.JPG?rlkey=5huyqg65el2jlaen5cy3zstde&st=82hx6npf&dl=0

This was taken last summer, the fig tree is in the middle.

Thanks, kat, nice pic.
The Dropbox link worked fine.
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Here's the one that gets me - when I was a kid a postage stamp for a
letter was 1.5p (3d) - any shape, and up to 4 ounces in weight. Now it's -u1.70 for a small, wafer thin letter.

I believe its actually 100 grammes, (so around 12 grammes less than 4
ounces)

and max thickness of 5 mm - which is quite a generous thickness for a wafer

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I recall tuppence ha'pennyfor a postcard too.:-)

or an unsealed envelope - usually for a birthday card
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On 8/8/25 8:35 am, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

Here's the one that gets me - when I was a kid a postage stamp for a
letter was 1.5p (3d) - any shape, and up to 4 ounces in weight. Now it's
-u1.70 for a small, wafer thin letter.

I believe its actually 100 grammes, (so around 12 grammes less than 4
ounces)

It's 100g *now*, but was four ounces when it cost 3d. Four ounces is
actually 113.3981g, but I didn't think I needed to go into that degree
of picky detail to make my point.

and max thickness of 5 mm - which is quite a generous thickness for a wafer

But not anywhere near as thick as it could be in the good old days when
weight was the only designator for a letter. I have, many times of late,
had to pay even more for what I consider to be a letter and is now
designated a "large letter" or even a parcel.

Again, I didn't think I would need to spell it out in that degree of
detail to make a simple point. As the pharmacist son of an aeronautical
chief inspector I thought I was as pedantic and picky as one could get. However, it's nice to meet someone who has me well beaten in that regard.
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On 07/08/2025 13:43, Indy Jess John wrote:

On 07/08/2025 11:58, kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 10:01, Bri. wrote:

Good morning all.
Rising prices sometimes comes home with a bump. We needed a tomato for
pack-up so Marg picked up a beef tomato from Asda during her morning
shop --a -u1 exactly.-a :-(
My dad would have been a wealthy man if he could have sold his
tomatoes for a quid each.

We have a fig tree, with an abundant crop.-a Fresh figs, stewed figs, frozen
figs, fig jam... Good thing we like figs!

The greengrocer round the corner sells figs at -u1 each.-a But as we pick them
ripe they wouldn't keep long enough to sell!

I remember stewed figs being served as part of school dinners.-a I tried them
once, didn't like them much and always chose an alternative when they were on
offer.

Then a couple of years ago a friend gave me a fig picked less than half an hour
ago.-a I mentioned that I didn't like the stewed figs I had tried at school, and
he said fresh ones taste entirely different.-a So I ate it, and it was delicious.
No wonder you pick them ripe.

I have never bought any from my local greengrocer's though, because I don't know
how fresh they would be.

Jim

Picked Under ripe for a start, so not so sweet. I assume the stewed figs were dried ones, like prunes. never did much like prunes.
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On 07/08/2025 16:07, Bri. wrote:

kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 12:36, Bri. wrote:

I'd love to see a piccy of it, if you have one handy.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0cwc2mj4erjq9xae8zwud/DSC_0370cropped.JPG?rlkey=5huyqg65el2jlaen5cy3zstde&st=82hx6npf&dl=0

This was taken last summer, the fig tree is in the middle.

Thanks, kat, nice pic.
The Dropbox link worked fine.

Done in a bit of a hurry, off on holiday to Kent today. Glad it worked.
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On 08/08/2025 08:39, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

I recall tuppence ha'pennyfor a postcard too.:-)

or an unsealed envelope - usually for a birthday card

Which could have an age badge which tends to be too thick now!
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kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 16:07, Bri. wrote:

Thanks, kat, nice pic.
The Dropbox link worked fine.

Done in a bit of a hurry, off on holiday to Kent today. Glad it worked.

It worked fine, thank you.
Enjoy your holiday, we're not far behind you. ;-)
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On 08/08/2025 17:43, Bri. wrote:

kat wrote:

On 07/08/2025 16:07, Bri. wrote:

Thanks, kat, nice pic.
The Dropbox link worked fine.

Done in a bit of a hurry, off on holiday to Kent today. Glad it worked.

It worked fine, thank you.
Enjoy your holiday, we're not far behind you. ;-)

I did, and I hope you do too!
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kat wrote:

On 08/08/2025 17:43, Bri. wrote:

Enjoy your holiday, we're not far behind you. ;-)

I did, and I hope you do too!

Thanks, kat, we did. We arrived home a couple of hours ago, did some
shopping for tomorrow and pulled in a little unpacking but now time
for a few drinks and an early night.
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On 23/08/2025 19:06, Bri. wrote:

kat wrote:

On 08/08/2025 17:43, Bri. wrote:

Enjoy your holiday, we're not far behind you. ;-)

I did, and I hope you do too!

Thanks, kat, we did. We arrived home a couple of hours ago, did some
shopping for tomorrow and pulled in a little unpacking but now time
for a few drinks and an early night.

You did better than we did then, but we had a horrendous drive home, and were shattered!

Shopping had to wait but we had some essentials in the freezer.:-)
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kat wrote:

On 23/08/2025 19:06, Bri. wrote:

We arrived home a couple of hours ago, did some shopping for
tomorrow and pulled in a little unpacking but now time for a few
drinks and an early night.

You did better than we did then, but we had a horrendous drive home, and were
shattered!

Shopping had to wait but we had some essentials in the freezer.:-)

I can understand that, I hate driving back from Devon, the motorway is
so slow. We'd been on a cruise though and the return journey (via
coach) was a doddle. We had to shop as we always turn the freezer off
during a 2 week break.
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On 24/08/2025 17:37, Bri. wrote:

kat wrote:

On 23/08/2025 19:06, Bri. wrote:

We arrived home a couple of hours ago, did some shopping for
tomorrow and pulled in a little unpacking but now time for a few
drinks and an early night.

You did better than we did then, but we had a horrendous drive home, and were
shattered!

Shopping had to wait but we had some essentials in the freezer.:-)

I can understand that, I hate driving back from Devon, the motorway is
so slow. We'd been on a cruise though and the return journey (via
coach) was a doddle. We had to shop as we always turn the freezer off
during a 2 week break.

We were in Kent, a supposed 2 1/2 hour drive, add a bit for a comfort stop. Took 5. Everywhere was congested! Our son coming the same way described his jorney as "painful" and our daughters ignored the dartford crossing completely and went through the Blackwall tunnel - but they were heading more that way.

I have far too much in my freezer to turn it off!
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