The horror!!!!

[Gob]

Woke up this morning to find we had no tea, nor coffee, in the house!! Shops don't open for an hour either..

(Luckily I found some Earl Grey I keep in case I fancy some, so we're having that.)

[oldr_n_wsr]

Woke up this morning to find we had no tea, nor coffee, in the house!! Shops don't open for an hour either..

(Luckily I found some Earl Grey I keep in case I fancy some, so we're having that.)

Ever hear of 7-11?
Open 24/7/366 (this year anyway)

In addition to many other "marts" that are open all the time.

[Gob]

No bread either!!

[dales]

Hard to find decent help nowdays, isn't it?

[Lord Jim]

Ever hear of 7-11?

Excellent point...

You live in 21st Century Antioch California, Dale....

Not mid-20th Century Mayberry....

[dales]

Older_n_wsr posted that question, not I.

There must be some type of convenience market near Gob.

You DO live in a first world nation, do you not, Gob?

[Gob]

A civilised one, one where one does not attend the provisioners before tiffin. Whatever would ones contemporaries think?

[oldr_n_wsr]

does not attend the provisioners before tiffin.

When/what the heck is "tiffin"?

The Indians/Pakistanies here never sleep, never go home and are always proprieters of the local 7-11's. And if for some reason they are not open (aka Sandy) there are plenty of other stores manned by the same that are open 24/7/366.

[Gob]

Tiffin, old boy, one simply cannot do without tiffin!

[oldr_n_wsr]

After Lunch!?!?!!?

Where does one get the morning coffee in Australia? I leave for work at 6am, if I don't have my coffee by 6:05am, I'm crabby the whole day.

[Sean]

Precisely why one must have coffee available at one's domicile first thing in the morning oldr, what-what?

[No Greater Fool]

Someone should have a word with the procurement person at your residence.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Precisely why one must have coffee available at one's domicile first thing in the morning oldr, what-what?

My wife is still asleep when I leave in the morning. And I don't make coffee, she says I make too much of a mess. So it's off to see Habib at the 7-11 first thing every day (except saturdays and sundays when my wife makes it).

[Jarlaxle]

does not attend the provisioners before tiffin.

When/what the heck is "tiffin"?

The Indians/Pakistanies here never sleep, never go home and are always proprieters of the local 7-11's. And if for some reason they are not open (aka Sandy) there are plenty of other stores manned by the same that are open 24/7/366.

THIS is Tiffin!

[oldr_n_wsr]

So it's a Winnebego.

[Jarlaxle]

No, it's a TIFFIN. Winnebago makes Winnie, Itasca, and Era motorhomes and Sunnybrook trailers. Tiffin makes only Tiffin motorhomes (Allegro, Allegro Red, Allegro Bus, Allegro Breeze, Zephyr, and Phaeton), which are pretty high-end. Calling it a Winnebago is like calling a VW Rabbit a Rolls-Royce.

[Lord Jim]

Any place where there is nowhere that you can drive to within five minutes at five o'clock in the morning to obtain a hot cup of coffee, is unqualified to be described as, "civilized"....

[Gob]

Anyone who needs to drive to for five minutes at five o'clock in the morning, just to obtain a hot cup of coffee, should sack their servants for being incompetent. And then fire themselves, for having such gauche taste as to drink coffee.

[Joe Guy]

I like coffee but I also found vegemite appealing.

I think I must have issues I need to deal with but I'd most rather not.

[Jarlaxle]

Any place where there is nowhere that you can drive to within five minutes at five o'clock in the morning to obtain a hot cup of coffee, is unqualified to be described as, "civilized"....

Hot, yes. Palatable, usually not.