BFTD Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Outrageous. Pretty sure that Club biscuits had also shrunk last time I checked. Perhaps we just need to eat more. This is reminding me of a letter sent in to a newspaper (reprinted in Private Eye) where the writer was moaning about the decline in acidity of the modern lemons he used in his gin & tonics. The solution he'd discovered was to add more gin which, frankly, is probably a useful solution to the biscuits/Big Mac problem, and any other too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, BFTD said: Outrageous. Pretty sure that Club biscuits had also shrunk last time I checked. Perhaps we just need to eat more. This is reminding me of a letter sent in to a newspaper (reprinted in Private Eye) where the writer was moaning about the decline in acidity of the modern lemons he used in his gin & tonics. The solution he'd discovered was to add more gin which, frankly, is probably a useful solution to the biscuits/Big Mac problem, and any other too. My gran used to drink gin and bitter lemon, which was usually too bitter for her. Rather than adjust the amount of bitter lemon she used, she would continue to use the same amount of mixer, but just top the gin up to taste. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 18 hours ago, hk blues said: We used to get them from the Ice Cream van, would've been around the mid 1970s. As you say, a poor man's Fry's Cream - the chocolate wouldn't melt and the filling was tasteless. Cheap though. Memory could be playing tricks but an MB bar was stuck in a slider was it called a Lochee? Or was a Lochee a 99 but using a mallow cone? Was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Just now, Eednud said: Memory could be playing tricks but an MB bar was stuck in a slider was it called a Lochee? Or was a Lochee a 99 but using a mallow cone? Was Maybe a local thing? I was brought up in Ardler so a wee bit more sophisticated! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 23 hours ago, DA Baracus said: As an aside, I hate how Americans pronounce 'lager'. The one that always grated with me is the way they pronounce "pasta" but it turns out they just adopted the correct pronunciation from immigrants over 100 years ago and it stuck, whereas the "correct" pronunciation's changed since. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 5 hours ago, hk blues said: Maybe a local thing? I was brought up in Ardler so a wee bit more sophisticated! I remember Ardler when it was Blackshade and prefabs. Linlathen for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: The one that always grated with me is the way they pronounce "pasta" but it turns out they just adopted the correct pronunciation from immigrants over 100 years ago and it stuck, whereas the "correct" pronunciation's changed since. More irritating is that they call each individual piece of pasta a 'noodle'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Eednud said: I remember Ardler when it was Blackshade and prefabs. Linlathen for me. I was in the Multis - the last one across from the golf course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 17 hours ago, coprolite said: It's only perception at this stage but i'm sure someone on the net will have researched it. It would be weird to not think that, say, club biscuits or cans of juice had got equally smaller and single out Wagon wheels. I'll do some research and get back to you. From the Daily Mirror, so practically a peer reviewed journal: Pretty sure Gregg Wallace disproved this on his grinning-gimp-factory programme that he hosts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I can’t remember these 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Say no more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Eednud said: I can’t remember these I can, popcorn with a peanut in the middle. Didn't last long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 A brilliant advert, fantastic biscuit and a John Peel voiceover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabGaz Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Arch Stanton said: A brilliant advert, fantastic biscuit and a John Peel voiceover. You can still get Trios. Not sure if they’ve only recently made a comeback but I picked up some at my local Co-op the other week. They were a fine accompaniment to a cup of tea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Eednud said: Say no more Pretty sure you still get those, they do a cracking Caramac version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Eednud said: I remember Ardler when it was Blackshade and prefabs. Linlathen for me. Did they make up the Scottish badges? That Clyde one looks a bit staunch... Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 These were nice 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: I can, popcorn with a peanut in the middle. Didn't last long. You can still get it in the US but it’s called Cracker Jack. It’s pretty dece. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Eednud said: Say no more Easy seeing you’ve been away too long. Still very much on the go here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I've just finished my 7th Marathon in 7 days, or, as they're called these days, Snickers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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