Stew,,, there`s this Indian restaurant in Manchester, i`ve forgotten the name of the place but it`s right in the middle of the main "food shop road"- if you know where i mean

& it makes the best dam yummyest nasteyest hotest meanest curry ever,,, i`d dearly love it if you brought some of that over with you, maybe in an esky or something

ah well,,, maybe not hey?

ok, i`ll go back to sending e-bay nastey e-mails

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

They also have vegemite & milo too

Although the milo was somewhat different ...

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Nah - you can actually get a lot of stuff but depends on how much you can be arsed going to the ex-pat food shop - there's quite a few around anywhere where there's enough ex-pats or backpackers. I'd imagine there'd be a few around Brisbane and the Gold Coast for sure.

Problem with the crisps is that by the time they ship them out here, they've only got about 5 weeks left on their best before date, they're twice the price and you don't get mutlipacks either!

When we went back to UK for 3 months last (northern) summer I did spend the first 3 or 4 weeks just gorging on all the little things that i'd missed. I also emptied the vending machine at work of Kit Kats in the first 5 days (Aussie ones just aren't the same)

But goddamn it, after 2 years in Oz, I really missed Turkish Bread and BBQ sauce when I was in the UK

I occassionally get 'care packages' from friends in the UK with Party Rings, Monster Munch and the like - makes for a nice nostalgic suprise!

You'll survive Stew, good luck with the organisation and the packing and the move. PS what the heck happened to Minifinity? - it's gone all weird since I last looked and lost all the helpful stuff like tech library etc!

blimey didnt realise finity has got all messed up, havent been on in about 6 months now, will have to take a peek.

theminiman - nah never been to manchester so dont know where you mean, im more of a southern lad!

yeah my wifes been to the aussie shop in covent garden a few weeks ago, got loads of nice stuff which we gorged on, like tim tams (like penguins over here).

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Used to have 2000 Cooper Classic Sport 500, No 338, currently miniless

We introduced our Scottish friends to TimTam slams - you take a TimTam and nibble the a small bit out of diagonal corners. Then use the Tim Tam to suck hot coffee up like a straw. when the coffee hits your mouth you quickly pop the whole thing in your mouth - Hmmmmmmmmmmm

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!