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IN today some GU10 lightbulbs - just in time as one of mine is on the blink, literally. I'll change all 6 of them to the new ones.
Also IN from one of my regulars - jars of curry and pasta sauces, sultanas & dates and some rice cakes which I don't like but Ted does!
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IN some cupboard clearout stuff from the lady whose husband works in Azerbaijan - Orzo, red lentils, split peas, salted peanuts and a few oddities, Balsamic Dressing mix, powdered ginger and Chinese 5 spice, a sachet of something with strawberries on the front from Azerbaijan (even goggle can't translate it), LIDL chocolate from ?Budapest & a toothpaste-like tube of Cokocrem (I'm guessing its like Nutella).
OUT went the adapter and powercable from my old laptop.
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IN from a regular - frozen food - mostly meat based though  plus a bottle of satay sauce and some child-size chocolate biscuits.
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Just collected from a regular - some Easter treats. 
A Thornton's dinosaur egg, 3 chocolate rabbits, 3 Creme eggs and 9 small chocolate eggs..........and 3 huge carrot cakes. They were part of a box of 6 that cost £7.49!!
I don't understand why people give away chocolate - just because Easter is over. I'm always happy to help out.
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It baffles me too. The hypothetical waste is incredible. You perform a public service Veggie. BTW I've never thrown away chocolate, nor likely ever will.
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The Thornton's Egg has a use by date of 9/11/26. No hurry to eat that one!
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(09-04-2026, 07:11 PM)Veggie Wrote: The Thornton's Egg has a use by date of 9/11/26. No hurry to eat that one!
Are these people made of money!!?
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Some of the people who give the most expensive food away are the ones who, superficially, appear to have the least. Maybe they never learnt to be thrifty - or are compulsive buyers?
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One of my regulars is clearing her cupboards out! I've just collected 4 carrier bags of food - mostly tinned and dry goods. There were 8 tins of chicken soup, tins of baked beans, 5 packets spaghetti, egg noodles, cup a soups, instant custard, angel delight jelly, Pataks curry sauces and 3 boxes of Jacobs cracker biscuits +++.
Most of this stuff is now being re-offered locally.
This "regular" is the one that started my food collection hobby - many years ago! They're like old friends now. Her husband said that she hasn't started on some of her cupboards yet so there may be more to come.
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