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Grumpy Old Gastronome By Charlie on 4/13/2009 4:58 PM

Tesco isn't the only retailer i've been boycotting over the last three or four years.  When I bought some dates from Julian Graves during one of their promotional offers I didn't expect an 'Added Bonus' which came in the form of a one and a half inch rusty wire nail in the middle of one of them on which I almost broke a tooth.  After the initial shock I started to think about the consequences if I had swallowed it, or perhaps even worse if a young child had got it instead of me!  Of course, I contacted the local Trading Standards office who took up the responsibility of contacting Julian Graves for an initial explanation.  After a week or so Trading Standards got back to me sayimg they had received a probable explanation plus an apology about which we got together to discuss.  After talking with Trading Standards they asked me if I wished them to follow up with a prosecution.  ...

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Spelling mistakes
Grumpy Old Gastronome By Charlie on 4/9/2009 3:09 PM
Can't find out how to edit my blogs
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Boycotting
Grumpy Old Gastronome By Charlie on 4/9/2009 1:32 PM
One person boycotting a business may not make much difference but it doesn't half make you feel better!
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Starters
Grumpy Old Gastronome By Charlie on 3/28/2009 8:01 PM
I just spent half an hour typing out my first Blog' about annoying things and got 'timed out' without knowing it until I pressed 'Update'. How annoying is that for starters???
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Digital photo frames - Beware!
Gwyn Carwardine By Gwyn Carwardine on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
This year's must-buy-for-grandma gift is the digital photo frame. But all is not as it would appear
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Traffic information on the web
Gwyn Carwardine By Gwyn Carwardine on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Traffic information websites that may not be well known. One good one and one not so good one.
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Times Past and Pastimes
EDF compensation By Peter on Monday, July 23, 2007
The many past uses for the Village Hall
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Traffic Speed
EDF compensation By Peter on Sunday, July 22, 2007
Speed of traffic through the village has been a bone of contention for over 100 years
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Aspartame
EDF compensation By Peter on Thursday, July 19, 2007
As many of the more diligent shoppers amongst you will know the major food retailers are (at last) removing all products from their shelves which contain ASPARTAME.
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Spitfire crash in 1940
EDF compensation By Peter on Tuesday, July 03, 2007
With the majority of HD residents only settling here in the last 30 years very little is known about past events and personalities
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Cheap calls with 18185
Gwyn Carwardine By Gwyn Carwardine on Tuesday, June 05, 2007
In the war between new phone call providers 18185 is the current winner
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