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    Nation Of Caffeine Addicts

    's according to 'War on Waste' campaigner, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall ... who reckons Brits - in common with Americans and Italians - consume more cups of coffee per person than can be found just about ANYWHERE else on the planet. You only need take a stroll along any street in ... ... any town of reasonable size, he says, to come across people clutching cardboard containers (fused with a special substance called polyethylene). And the guy has a point!

    Consequently, it is estimated some 2.5 billion of these emptied receptacles a year are dumped in recycling bins ... a BIG mistake, given the cartons are made of *non~recyclable materials. And, of course, ... *therein lies the problem - NOT, in fact, - as the man himself, explains:

    www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36882799


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    Well maybe it's time our idiot government brought in a law making it compulsory to use recyclable materials for such things, in-between wasting Parliamenary time and taxpayers' money on nonsense like same-sex marriage etc, which affects a tiny minority of this country's population, and is of miniscule importance compared with the serious environmental issues which are set to destroy our planet's ecosystem !

    It's about time the litter laws were properly enforced too... should we happen to see an odd police officer out of his or her car.


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    Never drank coffee or tea, I've never been a fan of hot drinks and even soup is a rarity for me (in a bowl). When I see how much people spunk in coffee shops I just shrug my shoulders and move on. America is definitely more addicted than the UK though.


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    Yes, and some of these same people paying £2 for a cuppa in Costa, are on benefits... complaining (in between puffs on their fag) that they cannot afford to feed themselves and their two pit bull terriers without visiting a food bank.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Yes, and some of these same people paying £2 for a cuppa in Costa, are on benefits... complaining (in between puffs on their fag) that they cannot afford to feed themselves and their two pit bull terriers without visiting a food bank.
    Never ever bought a cup of coffee, have it at home if I ever want one


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    I love my cups of tea, better if made by someone else and even better if we are out and someone else pays,


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    I made sure I took my sarnies and a bottle of water with me even when I had a window-shopping trip over to Leeds market yesterday... using my free bus pass of course.

    30-mile round-trip, and I bought 4lbs of spuds.


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    On the drive from Manila to San Jose City we stopped at a service station coffee shop.
    I paid P110 for a smallish cappuccino
    It was nice, but I thought very expensive. The place was pretty full too.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Yes, and some of these same people paying £2 for a cuppa in Costa, are on benefits... complaining (in between puffs on their fag) that they cannot afford to feed themselves and their two pit bull terriers without visiting a food bank.
    Agree, on the benefits programs they deliberately film them with fags going to wind us up, me thinks

    I do not use any High St coffee shops at their rip off prices, wait until I get home, then I drink mostly Bovril.
    Mick.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    On the drive from Manila to San Jose City we stopped at a service station coffee shop.
    I paid P110 for a smallish cappuccino
    It was nice, but I thought very expensive. The place was pretty full too.
    I bet the till was too. Hmmm yeah P110 for a coffee in the Phils isn't exactly cheap is it? Perhaps that's the 'foreigner' price!


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    I'd be wanting a meal for two for 110 pesos !

    Even in Malate I found a place doing instant coffee for p10 a cup.





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