http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Fresh food and fuel in short supply" en Sun, 31 May 2026 10:42:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18272 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:55:15 +0000 chdot 18272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Panic buying strips shelves as fuel supplies near crisis point"</p> <p><a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Panic-buying-strips-shelves-as.6648545.jp" rel="nofollow">http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Panic-buying-strips-shelves-as.6648545.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18258 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:47:46 +0000 gembo 18258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gr*ggs without pies - that is a definite rupture in the space time continuum. Was it just no pies or were the sausage rolls away too? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18224 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:49:11 +0000 Min 18224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who ate all the pies? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18219 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:13:03 +0000 riffian 18219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gr*ggs on Pennywell Road had no pies yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18175 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:35:54 +0000 kaputnik 18175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5227132627/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5227132627_c11b51a0e9.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/5227132627/">Sold out!</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">kaputniq</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18168 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:40:05 +0000 chdot 18168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waitrose - milk arrived, no packet bread. </p> <p>No half-price cheesecake. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18166 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:36:14 +0000 spitfire 18166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lidl - no bread no milk (they had skimmed but that doesn't count) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18131 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:19:24 +0000 druidh 18131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only 20% of normal fuel supplies are getting through from Grangemouth.</p> <p>Well, since only 20% of car drivers seem to be using any, what's the problem? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18123 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:42:28 +0000 kaputnik 18123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The little Scotmids in Marchmont were out of bread and milk the other night. I don't need to do a "big shop" so have steered clear of Waitrose </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18120 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:26:35 +0000 chdot 18120@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"@chdot - Waitrose? Pffft, there's the problem right there, shopping in the one shop there is of that type in town"</p> <p>Yeah I know (Though there are <em>two</em> Ws in Ed.)</p> <p>'Other shops are available'</p> <p>I go to some too.</p> <p>It was just the first one down the hill that I 'knew' would have milk. I got it in <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=morningside+road&amp;sll=55.954686,-3.152931&amp;sspn=0.000737,0.002186&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Morningside+Rd,+Edinburgh+EH10,+United+Kingdom&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.928719,-3.209495&amp;panoid=JtnVDkMFkvFYgOmNd_gYnQ&amp;cbp=12,108.48,,1,3.18&amp;ll=55.927447,-3.207321&amp;spn=0.011709,0.034976&amp;z=15">the second</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18109 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:15:36 +0000 spitfire 18109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD - "<em>I made two batches of Christmas puddings yesterday, cinnamon buns being rolled as I type, and a Christmas cake ready to go in the oven once the buns come out.</em>"</p> <p>Can I come round? Like, now?</p> <p>@chdot - Waitrose? Pffft, there's the problem right there, shopping in the one shop there is of that type in town so all other shoppers who crave the waitrose bags go there too.. I'll post later from Dalry Lidl and let you know how they are for bread and milk </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18107 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:12:47 +0000 kaputnik 18107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Christmas cake ready to go in the oven once the buns come out.</em></p> <p>Ooh, Matron! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18102 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:04:42 +0000 cb 18102@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waitrose had run out of sliced bread yesterday, but they seemed to have good supplies of freshly baked stuff so they were obvioulsy running their bakers at maximum speed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18101 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:01:02 +0000 chdot 18101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So does <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=morningside+road&amp;sll=55.954686,-3.152931&amp;sspn=0.000737,0.002186&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Morningside+Rd,+Edinburgh+EH10,+United+Kingdom&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.928719,-3.209495&amp;panoid=JtnVDkMFkvFYgOmNd_gYnQ&amp;cbp=12,108.48,,1,3.18&amp;ll=55.927447,-3.207321&amp;spn=0.011709,0.034976&amp;z=15">Costcutter</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18100 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:56:58 +0000 DaveC 18100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sainsbury's in St Andrew Sq has plenty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18094 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:37:06 +0000 SRD 18094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Was just in Waitrose. No milk."</em></p> <p>None yesterday either (although lots the day before apparently). Holy Corner Tesco similarly emptied, but Scotmid had been resupplied yesterday. And Cameron Toll Sainsbury's has lots of milk.</p> <p>Waitrose had tonnes of ready-made, party-food type stuff reduced for quick sale, but huge queues of people shopping...can't quite believe everyone was stocking up for baking, but maybe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18093 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:32:28 +0000 SRD 18093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I made two batches of Christmas puddings yesterday, cinnamon buns being rolled as I type, and a Christmas cake ready to go in the oven once the buns come out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18092 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:17:26 +0000 PS 18092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Cycling without cake"</p> <p>Sacrilege! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18091 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:16:02 +0000 kaputnik 18091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling without cake </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18090 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:13:54 +0000 chdot 18090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coffee without milk</p> <p>Whisky without water</p> <p>Bike without gears</p> <p>Some things are more meant to be than others... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18088 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:10:03 +0000 kaputnik 18088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And I've got good coffee in too, so no need to equalise it with milk </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18084 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:04:45 +0000 PS 18084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Likewise. A weekend's breadmaking beckons. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18083 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:03:28 +0000 kaputnik 18083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No threat to bread supplies in Argyle Place. I stocked up on bread flour at the first sign of snowflakes and have enough yeast to last for months. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1804#post-18071 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:26 +0000 chdot 18071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p> http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Fresh-food-and-fuel-in.6647550.jp</p> <p>Was just in Waitrose. No milk. </p> <p>Man on 'help' counter - 'We'll get a delivery when they re-open the Forth Bridge'</p> <p>Me - 'oh, is it shut again?'</p> <p>Mohc - 'it's been shut since yesterday'</p> <p>Me - 'it opened yesterday afternoon'</p> <p>Mohc - 'we have no more information.' </p>