Thanks! I wasn't expecting a lot. Cadbury has changed a bit and here, they have some Hershey's chocolate mix instead of Cadbury chocolate, unless I go to the Indian stores and the Fruit and Nut bars come from England, but the company is in Porttugal.
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Marks and Spencer’s food is generally really very good, but you do pay for the quality.
There’s been something of a debate here re Cadburys quality slipping since the infamous take over. To my mind (and YMMV) it doesn’t seem as good anymore.
*Laughs in Swiss* Actually I always liked Cadbury if we're talking big manufacturers.
Thanks and I am already feeling better today. A friend brought me some cheese and sausage after a trip to Vienna so had that this morning with fresh local bread ("country" loaf)
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My personal preference has always been dark chocolate - even as a child, I detested milk chocolate (in common with my father), and I always loathed Cadbury's Milk Chocolate.
Now, their - that is, Cadbury's - dark chocolate was always very good ("very good" that is, for chocolate from a major manufacturer).
However, as both you and as @scubachap have pointed out, - and I am in agreement with you - the quality (of Cadbury's) has deteriorated since the (most unfortunate and deeply regretted) takeover.
Not much of a chocolate fan myself, but I do like some dark chocolate in winter - November to February - on a miserable, dark, dreary afternoon, it can bring a little light into one's life, especially when served with a nice mug of good quality coffee.
Hershey's, no thank you.
When I was a kid, we also had not just Cadbury's, but Terry's of York (they produced some excellent chocolate, and their dark chocolates were very good indeed), Fry's (they made terrific dark chocolate), and Rowntree; actually, a surprising number of the historical (British) chocolate makers were Quakers, and had a history of treating their employees - by the standards of the time - ethically and very well.
Agreed.
I shop there for some products and concur completely re quality - and reliability.
Agreed.
Okay: No argument. I will readily concede that both Belgium and Switzerland are in a different league entirely as far as the production - and quality - of chocolate is concerned to anywhere else in the rest of the known world.
Bliss.
Sounds like my kind of treat; do enjoy.
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I honestly can’t remember the last time I had any chocolate. Probably won’t until next year. I will probably have a hot chocolate at some point but that’s not really the same thing.
In winter, I will buy a few bars of dark chocolate - at the moment, I am actually out of the Lindt dark chocolate I had bought - and will have - or, treat myself to - a square, or two, whenever I have an afternoon coffee, (not, note, a morning coffee), on a dark, dreary, miserable day over the winter months.
That means that a bar of dark chocolate will easily last me for up to a fortnight.
In any case, I don't eat biscuits, (with the possible exception of shortbread, which I am rather partial to).
We don’t eat biscuits of chocolate here. Don’t really eat any treats at all as it goes.
My waist line is better off that way.
I used to love Perugina chocolates but it became almost nothing. I found some of their chocolates at a huge electronics retailer.
I recently got some Meiji chocolate from a Korean supermarket chain because I love Meiji chocolate and ice cream, and it's impossible to find normally.
Aldi at Christmas had a load of inexpensive German goodies, including chocolate and Christmas Stollen, somewhere far away.
I had the strangest experience last evening.
I was looking at NHK (Japanese broadcasting) World's Instagram account. They had some Japanese lesson and I couldn't remember the word for "rice cooker". I wrote that as a comment. I got a reply from someone I thought worked for NHK, asking in which prefecture (province, state) I lived. Later, I looked closely, and it was someone pretending to be the new Prime Minister.
I was looking at NHK (Japanese broadcasting) World's Instagram account. They had some Japanese lesson and I couldn't remember the word for "rice cooker". I wrote that as a comment. I got a reply from someone I thought worked for NHK, asking in which prefecture (province, state) I lived. Later, I looked closely, and it was someone pretending to be the new Prime Minister.
Just test drove a 2025 Civic Sport, and now I'm afraid I have no choice but to purchase it. It was amazing.
A brand new car and buying a house. Good for you.
Nice! Reckon I won’t buy a car for another two years, probably. No need for one at the moment. I can borrow a parent’s car the few times I do.
Thank you. Finally enjoying the fruits of my labor after years of working and saving.
Yeah if you have reliable access then there's no need. Im getting a civic so I can drive it into the ground. Ideally it will last me 15-20 years. Fingers crossed, my old civic was an 03 and it did so well up until it was vandalized by a homeless person.
Have just received both COVID and flu shots. Hope I don't feel too awful tomorrow, because I have a doctor's appointment. If so I'll tough it out. Thankfully no performance like was the case last year.
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All I want is a simple alarm clock.
One with a big button on top that stops the alarm till tomorrow.
I don't want snooze. It just means that I have to find and press another button.
I don't want a choice of noises. I just want one noise.
I don't want temperature, humidity, etc, etc, etc, I just want the time.
I am a simple man. All I want is a simple clock.
It used to be that I could go into a shop and buy a simple alarm clock, that told the time, had an alarm you could set, and a big button on the top that would turn it off till tomorrow.
You can't get them any more.
One with a big button on top that stops the alarm till tomorrow.
I don't want snooze. It just means that I have to find and press another button.
I don't want a choice of noises. I just want one noise.
I don't want temperature, humidity, etc, etc, etc, I just want the time.
I am a simple man. All I want is a simple clock.
It used to be that I could go into a shop and buy a simple alarm clock, that told the time, had an alarm you could set, and a big button on the top that would turn it off till tomorrow.
You can't get them any more.
I have one which does what you want but it's old, and the glow in the dark hands and numbers are hard to see but the alarm works that way though I use my iPhone as well.
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A couple months ago my current fairly simple Casio digital alarm clock became unsettable. I looked on Amazon for replacements, and ended up using the keywords travel alarm clock with moderate success. Without "travel", the scope of size and function was far too large.
I didn't end up replacing the one I have. I opened it up and cleaned the switch contacts. Put it back together and it's working.
I think Im going to include "WSIK" in my Linkedin header. People will assume it some sort of certification but in reality it stands for work sucks, I know.
Felt pretty awful earlier, so I didn't sleep all too well. I'd say I'm 80% better now. Definitely more than a litle nervous for this appointment though
I’ve never understood snooze on an alarm clock. As I get older I find my bladder works as the perfect device to make sure I never sleep in.
Until you have that really important meeting to get up for!