What was the last thing you purchased?

[Fran]

^ I bet you felt that petrol, too. Seems like i top up every second day.

God yea .... 1.42 a litre

[StephenKingman]

1.44 in Topaz near me, i have stopped using the car for small journeys at this stage, walking to work is helping!

[Fran]

I don't do a lot of driving but it's still costing me about EUR32.00 a week

[Rockersmith]

Tickets of $ ome last night of the new decades. I have two sets I played the third set was the overall total of $ 4.00 to $ 2.00 to win nothing. A set of numbers on one of the other lotto game that I have been playing for eighteen years.

[Tralala]

There is no rock salt in this entire city. I bought coffee and cheetos.

[Maud Fitch]

As the Sydney Morning Herald would say I've just purchased "a quirkily brilliant book" by Welshman Jasper Fforde. This brand new 388 page paperback, the sixth book in the delightfully odd fiction-within-fiction Thursday Next series entitled "One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing", cost me AU$32. But I won't even begin to outline the plot unless you've read at least three other Ffordian novels. JurisFiction is recruiting now!
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[StephenKingman]

A packet of crisps on the plane home. Just curious- what do people here think of plane food? How would you rate the different airlines? I have to say for me Aer Lingus is the best- got chicken casserole with salad, fresh roll with butter, water and cheesecake for dinner, a lovely ham and cheese croissant and orange juice for a snack and free soft drinks. They only charge you for sandwiches and crisps and i found the quality of the food very high. Same with short trips with Aer Arann, however i have never eaten with Ryanair because the look of the food puts me off.

Plane food gets a bad rap, like hospital food, but has anyone found plane food nice?

[Fran]

Choc Ice & a Mars Bar ... Mars Bar was for my nephew

Airline food ... forget it IMO. I just go for those little packets of biscuits or crackers & I'd take a chance on their tea or coffee but that would be it. I dare say on long haul they make a better effort.

[Maud Fitch]

I dare say on long hauls they make a better effort.

Take it from me, Fran, they don't. (Oh, and I just bought 6 lady finger bananas AU$10.45)

Apart from the usual plastic food, I have been offered a sealed sandwich which had mould in it. Also, the flying time from Australia to UK is approx 22 hours and during this time flight attendants ply you with so much food you feel like a suckling pig. Certain airlines even wake you up to serve you more food!

Travellers tip: Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.

[StephenKingman]

I dare say on long hauls they make a better effort.

Take it from me, Fran, they don't. (Oh, and I just bought 6 lady finger bananas AU$10.45)

Apart from the usual plastic food, I have been offered a sealed sandwich which had mould in it. Also, the flying time from Australia to UK is approx 22 hours and during this time flight attendants ply you with so much food you feel like a suckling pig. Certain airlines even wake you up to serve you more food!

Travellers tip: Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.

I agree with the constant food comment, i had two snacks, free soft drinks and a big dinner on a 9 hour flight so that did me for the day. Short haul tends to be less quality but not in all cases-i find Aer Arann to be quite good with sandwiches and also Aer Lingus gives a nice fry-up on morning flights for just 9euro!

[GotThatSwing]

Drops for sorethroat

[Fran]

Drops for sorethroat

Swing ... was it too much singing?
or as we say in Ireland 'drinking out of a wet glass'

[GotThatSwing]

Haha. I guess I just took off my jacket too early when it got warm during my weekend in Cracow

[Woodland Nymph]

A cheeseburger and sweet tea through the McDonald's drive-through.

[Teesie]

put gas in the car and cigaretts for the boyfriend. god, I wish he'd quit, it cost too much dang money. And it's like committing slow, drawn out, miserable, hacking sick suicide.