nobody knew what it was
or what to do with it
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Sat 26 May 2007, 15:43,
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in supermarkets
they would have had to look up the codes in the little book.
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amazingmikeyc internet ninja,
Sat 26 May 2007, 15:45,
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HA!
when i worked in waitrose, and was often on the fruit'n'veg weighing point, i knew what everything was, and what most of the funny codes were.
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mutster101 fell over,
Sat 26 May 2007, 15:47,
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4065
=some kind of apple.
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amazingmikeyc internet ninja,
Sat 26 May 2007, 15:52,
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they were all proprietary codes back then
rather than some strange International Standard Vegetable Number
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mutster101 fell over,
Sat 26 May 2007, 15:54,
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Aaaah
Why am I finding this conversation fascinating?
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amazingmikeyc internet ninja,
Sat 26 May 2007, 16:02,
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to hazard a guess...
...because you're bored on a saturday afternoon and are padding out the time before you start drinking again.
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mutster101 fell over,
Sat 26 May 2007, 16:17,
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