Couldn't agree with you more Brian. We've stopped eating at so many places, the only place we'll eat soon is home. We are down to three local pub/restaurants in which we will eat. Even our favourite local can't provide hot chips - we are certainly not spending our hard earned cash on some of the rubbish served up today. As for the public health guy giving your name, I think that's criminal and he should have been reported to his superiors. I'm fed up of dirty glasses, grubby cutlery and whatever happened to the great British tablecloth? Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 4:20 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Public services and public hygiene > I never thought anyone would ever hear me say this. In fact, if some of my > army pals could hear me now they'd turn in their graves. I've just visited > five pubs in the Stoke area and left each one without finishing my pint. I > have never been so disgusted at the standards in the British Pub. Foul beer > and ignorant staff. Two of the pubs serve Thwaites Beer, one of the best > brews in the country - except here in the Midlands. The answer is, if your > visiting the Midlands - avoid the Twaites sign. > > A couple of months ago I reported two pubs to the local Environmental Health > Department for filthy practices in the kitchen and whose inspector > immediately told the licensees who had reported them making things rather > difficult for me. I ask you, who's side are they on? One actually had > kittens walking the bar amongst the optics. > > Public health is a major problem in this country nowadays, mainly because a > lot of the younger generation have not been taught basic cleanliness. That > is obvious when you watch the kids. In pubs and restaurants the kids walk > around the room eating - don't tell me you haven't seen it. OK, it's a joke > to some but it passes on to the rest of us, even if we only use the same > glass or the same cup as a dirty person which has not been cleaned properly. > > Be careful. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please change the Subject line when the subject of the reply > changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

They say that one shouldn't boil the goodness out of vegetables as we do but I detest the crunchy veg that some places serve up. On Friday we went to a pub at Grains Bar for lunch and together with crunchy veg we got home made potato and meat pie with crunchy meat. They won't be seeing us again. When asked did you enjoy your meal I said not very much and initiated an awkward silence. So we just walked out. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. -----Original Message----- From: Bubbles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Public services and public hygiene Couldn't agree with you more Brian. We've stopped eating at so many places, the only place we'll eat soon is home. ....... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02