Luxor4u

21 posts on onions & other veggies, fascinating almost catching up on the coming election.
Personally, I try never to get involved at how much things cost, never had never will now I'm a rich OAP.
It's a sod being old & rich....

Who2 wrote:21 posts on onions & other veggies, fascinating almost catching up on the coming election.
Personally, I try never to get involved at how much things cost, never had never will now I'm a rich OAP.
It's a sod being old & rich....

I rather assumed A-Four, who allegedly knows his onions, introduced Scotland Yard (Old & New) specifically in order to attract your attention to this fascinating topic.

But Dr, is it not your good-self that always posts his recipes on here, or inveigles us with your dining out in London and the prices you paid?
I agree with your last remark though, I don't know how we manage to get by But anyway, as Teresa is maybe considering scrapping the pensioners triple lock and perhaps the Winter Fuel Allowance for the better off, I have decided to send her a list of people who do not need it and put your name at the top

Its a funny old world, but people that live here long term tend to talk about such things. Probably the reason that I have little or no interest to keep banging on about expensive pints of beer, cider and £300+ bottles of wine that are readily available in the UK. I mean, who really gives a flying ****. Give me my fresh bottle of full cream milk, large bottle of Pepsi or Fanta, all bought locally for bargain prices, any day.

What about the MOST important Dusak a cuppa

carrie wrote:What about the MOST important Dusak a cuppa

100 Egyptian pounds for a nice cup of coffee or tea in Copenhagen.

Has anyone had a taste of Egyptian water? I mean the stuff from the street taps. It is so refreshing with no side affects - well not as far as I have found. I like to take risks and now I drink it all of the time. Cold and delicious.

If your water has any taste at all, I'd avoid it

Drinking the tap water in Egypt is a bit like driving a car here.

Do it often enough and the chances are that your luck will eventually run out

It's now surprising how you can be traced, we had a letter asking us if we intended staying where we are, it stated according to your passport you entered C---- at 6.30pm on 11/3/2017. So it now seems your passports are linked to Government Departments. Not before time either, this will stop the cheats.

Adamantium wrote:Has anyone had a taste of Egyptian water? I mean the stuff from the street taps. It is so refreshing with no side affects - well not as far as I have found. I like to take risks and now I drink it all of the time. Cold and delicious.

Yeah, good luck with that......

carrie wrote:What about the MOST important Dusak a cuppa

Quite right carrie, I forgot to mention my 20+mugs a day.

Adamantium wrote:Has anyone had a taste of Egyptian water? I mean the stuff from the street taps. It is so refreshing with no side affects - well not as far as I have found. I like to take risks and now I drink it all of the time. Cold and delicious.

I generally drink the local tap water when I am in Egypt. I also share the communal cup when in the homes of Egyptian friends. I'm still here to tell the tale.

Dusak wrote:

carrie wrote:What about the MOST important Dusak a cuppa

Quite right carrie, I forgot to mention my 20+mugs a day.

A man after my own heart.....

I never drink the tap water direct.

It comes to me through my filtration system....and then I never drink it neat preferring - like Dusak & Zooropa - to take it, after boiling, via umpteen cups of tea.

Maybe that's why I've never had an upset tummy in Egypt.....never

Id think twice before flying in the face of sensible advice, so if its good enough for Newcastle its good enough for me.

Cant see why anyone would take the risk?

If someone who lives there wouldnt then that should be an indicator.

Given that bottled water is so cheap for us tourists its a no brainer.

My stupid brother lets his dog chew his empty beef can, when i first witnessed this i questioned it, told him it was dangerous, he could choke, cause internal bleeding or cut himself externally.

His response?

The dog has been doing it for years trouble free.

The other day the dog cut his face and mouth.

You cant give away good and sensible advice to some people.

I've been drinking local water in various parts of Africa since the 1980's without any problem. There are situations, eg on a cruise boat, when I will only drink bottled water. (But then often forget to use it for cleaning my teeth!)
I usually carry hand gel sanitisor with me everywhere but never remember to use it either.

My general advice when asked is to take all the precautions, but that doesn't mean I have to be bound by them myself.

I have always drunk the local water in luxor never been ill. But wouldn't in hurghada. Horrid water there.

I used to love drinking the water from the refrigerated boxes at the side of roads, most tasted ok with the added bonus of being cold, the last few years I was there I would only drink from them if they looked newish, I have seen them doing some maintenance or cleaning on a few of the older ones, the filters or whatever they pulled out looked like a fish tank that had not been cleaned for years, dirty brown/green slime. YUK

Half my post wad missing above. lol I've added the missing bits

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DJKeefy wrote:I used to love drinking the water from the refrigerated boxes at the side of roads, most tasted ok with the added bonus of being cold, the last few years I was there I would only drink from them if they looked newish, I have seen them doing some maintenance or cleaning a few of the older ones, the filters or whatever they pulled out looked like a fish tank that had not been cleaned for years, dirty brown/green slime. YUK

Your last sentance reminds me somewhat of ice machines I've seen in various places.