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owlfish at 09:19pm on 07/04/2006
owlfish at 09:19pm on 07/04/2006There is little in life so satisfying as having one's books finally in order (with nearly enough bookshelf space for the most necessary of them)...
except for the satisfaction of a truly fabulous jar of Apple and Elderflower Chutney -
and except for the very great pleasure of a leisurely wander around the Borough Market in delightful company of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fjm, miramon, and matociquala (who offered to send me popcorn if I should become desperate for sources of it!).
On Monday, I ran out of A4 printing paper.
On Tuesday, I found there were no stationers in Canary Wharf, so no printing paper could be purchased there.
On Wednesday, I found that the company from which I was mail ordering printing ink charged for postage purely based on weight - so paper wasn't worth ordering from them.
On Thursday, I found that all the stationers in the City close at 6pm - and I arrived there around 6:15.
On Friday, I went to the Borough Market and bought A4 printing paper. (Well... across the street from it.)
except for the satisfaction of a truly fabulous jar of Apple and Elderflower Chutney -
and except for the very great pleasure of a leisurely wander around the Borough Market in delightful company of
fjm, miramon, and matociquala (who offered to send me popcorn if I should become desperate for sources of it!).On Monday, I ran out of A4 printing paper.
On Tuesday, I found there were no stationers in Canary Wharf, so no printing paper could be purchased there.
On Wednesday, I found that the company from which I was mail ordering printing ink charged for postage purely based on weight - so paper wasn't worth ordering from them.
On Thursday, I found that all the stationers in the City close at 6pm - and I arrived there around 6:15.
On Friday, I went to the Borough Market and bought A4 printing paper. (Well... across the street from it.)
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Still, it was a charming offer.
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me neither.
I'm addicted to yeast powder on it. If that's to your taste, make sure you buy "debittered" yeast powder from HB (I can't get the flakes tho which is what I really like)
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I acquired the taste while at a Quaker college in 1994. Popcorn with yeast flakes was about as exciting as snack food got. Unless you hankered after cottage cheese.
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I knew yeast was used in brewing, but it never occurred to me what kind of yeast. Clearly I should know more about yeast - for history of brewing and baking reasons, if nothing else.
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Up until this minute, I hadn't a clue where my nearest Sainsbury's was. Now I do - and I also now know why I didn't know - none of the closest five are the least bit convenient for me. But I'm sure there's a centrally-located one which shall be.
I can see why I was scared off of the Staples online site - it claims it's for business customers only. Do they offer free shipping over X pounds or other such reasonable way of ordering cheap-and-heavy supplies?
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Waitrose Food and Home in Canary Wharf may have A4 printing paper; I'm not sure. I'll look next time I'm there, I know there is some sort of stationery section upstairs and also a bit that has electronics and computer accessories, so there's a good chance. Somewhere like Dixons might also, and there is a Tesco Metro floating around somewhere which might have it. ASDA at Crossharbour definitely does, but that might be a bit further than you wanted to go.
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I suspected the ASDA would stock it, but it didn't even occur to me to look at the Waitrose or Tesco - didn't seem their style.
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