Tea Imports.

[happy daze john in oz]

The last cup of tea I ever had was way back in 1961 on the Windsor. I threw up after drinking it and have never touched the stuff since, black coffee no sugar. The smell of the stuff is now enuogh to turn my stomach.

[John Arton]

Apparently P.G. have reduced the quantity of tea in their tea bags without advertising this. So now if you want a strong cuppa you will either need two bags or revert to using loose leaf tea.
Not that this bothers me as I stopped drinking tea when I was 14 years old due to an aversion to pasteurised milk. Previously our local farmer delivered our milk directly untreated but new laws that came in meant he was unable to do that any more.
rgds
JA

[gray_marian]

#12, I'm working my way through an 1,100 PG catering pack John so have not yet sampled the latest ones.....How do you obtain your calcium? My youngest has to top up with supplements as she does not like milk either

[j.sabourn]

When lived in the UK the tea used to get delivered by Ringtons. Whose claim to fame was that the tea was made to match the water locally. My wife wouldn't buy anything else, her fads and tastes and in some cases morality got a severe shock when we moved to Australia. Ringtons also produced various chinaware and are supposed to be collectors items in some cases. We have all sorts of this on display. Someone else may benefit when we are gone which goes against all my instincts. JS

[happy daze john in oz]

#12, I'm working my way through an 1,100 PG catering pack John so have not yet sampled the latest ones.....How do you obtain your calcium? My youngest has to top up with supplements as she does not like milk either

Calcium can be obtained from so many other sources, most other dairy foods, fresh fish, broccoli, and offal. I have not touched milk since 1961nd according to my GP am fitter than some half my age. Family ad friends who call on us know to bring their own tea bags and milk as her indoors only uses Soy milk and also only drinks black coffee

[j.sabourn]

#15 Suppose one has to also bring their own grog as well. Usually drink that straight and don't take milk or sugar in. My doctor says I am twice the age of someone of the same age. Must have been the good life have lead. sailed with a ch. eng. once who had been stationed in Malta during part of the war, would never take ice in his pink gins, asked why and he said even the ice was contaminated in Malta at the time and he finished up with dysentery. Cheers JS

[John Arton]

When lived in the UK the tea used to get delivered by Ringtons. Whose claim to fame was that the tea was made to match the water locally. My wife wouldn't buy anything else, her fads and tastes and in some cases morality got a severe shock when we moved to Australia. Ringtons also produced various chinaware and are supposed to be collectors items in some cases. We have all sorts of this on display. Someone else may benefit when we are gone which goes against all my instincts. JS

JS
Ringtons tea is still going strong but you don't see their vans delivering these days. Sister in Law used to have the Ringtons tea man deliver weekly, they also used to deliver bread and cheese at the same time along with coffee.
The Ringtons tableware you have could be worth a tidy sum, There have been auctions where items have gone for a couple of hundred quid so hold onto it, it may just be increasing in value
rgds
JA

[j.sabourn]

#17 Suspected that John. However as said someone else will probably get and sell. Anything out here over 50 years old is considered an antique, had some woodwork tools brought out an old block plane and a few chisels they finished up in a museum. Went one time to the new Nautical Museum in Fremantle and was a set of Apprentices Indenture on Display, well after mine, and they were considered antique. Doesn't give one much room for manoeuvre when over 50, and yet they want you to work until 70. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

#15 Suppose one has to also bring their own grog as well. Usually drink that straight and don't take milk or sugar in. My doctor says I am twice the age of someone of the same age. Must have been the good life have lead. sailed with a ch. eng. once who had been stationed in Malta during part of the war, would never take ice in his pink gins, asked why and he said even the ice was contaminated in Malta at the time and he finished up with dysentery. Cheers JS

John just hang in there mate and let your GP see you are not as old as he is. Don't forget an alcoholic is someone who drinks more than his doctor.

[gray_marian]

#15, Now Happy Daze before I visit I'll just run through the check list. Will have to bring my own "grog", tea, milk not forgetting butter anything else?