sds chisels
Stephen
Are all sds plus chisels created equal or are some better than others?
I wondered whether a cheap 40mm one was just as good as the Bosch
version that costs three times as much?
Are the expensive ones made of a harder metal or do you just pay for
the name?
Can they all be sharpened in a bench grinder when blunt?
Thanks,
Stephen.
Bruce
>
>Are all sds plus chisels created equal or are some better than others?
>I wondered whether a cheap 40mm one was just as good as the Bosch
>version that costs three times as much?
>
>Are the expensive ones made of a harder metal or do you just pay for
>the name?
I bought a cheap set from Aldi, thinking I could buy a better set when
they wore out. But despite getting a lot of hard use, they didn't
wear out.
>Can they all be sharpened in a bench grinder when blunt?
Yes, the ones from Aldi can.
Steve Firth
> Are all sds plus chisels created equal or are some better than others?
> I wondered whether a cheap 40mm one was just as good as the Bosch
> version that costs three times as much?
Some are better than others, but you can't tell based on price alone.
Most of the big name manufacturers chisels are the same as non-name
Chinese brands in my experience. The chisels I bought from a local tool
store were much tougher than the Bosch set that came with my SDS drill.
There's also a wider range available from decent tool stores, and it's
possible to make a much better job with the right tools.
Dave
"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
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I've had the opposite experience. I've tried cheap drills, chisels and
screwdriver bits. Cheap drills always bent on first use, chisels blunted
quickly and the screwdriver bits rounded off straight away. I then decided
to buy 'decent' bits. I got a really nice set of Dewalt SDS masonary bits
which are the dogs ********, they'll go through engineering brick and
concrete with ease. The same with Dewalt screwdriver bits, they have lasted
for ages. Bosch screwdriver bits are really good too.
I also bought a set of Clarke SDS chisels, which although they have had a
lot of use, still haven't needed sharpening yet.
So, I really wouldn't recommend the cheapest chisels as they are usually of
softer metal, nor would I go for the most expensive.
It depends upon how much and how often you intend to use them I suppose.
Wavey Dave
Steve Firth
> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1isbg5q.x6jc6c1yub1zwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
> > Stephen <inv...@invalid.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Are all sds plus chisels created equal or are some better than others?
> >> I wondered whether a cheap 40mm one was just as good as the Bosch
> >> version that costs three times as much?
> >
> > Some are better than others, but you can't tell based on price alone.
> > Most of the big name manufacturers chisels are the same as non-name
> > Chinese brands in my experience. The chisels I bought from a local tool
> > store were much tougher than the Bosch set that came with my SDS drill.
> >
> > There's also a wider range available from decent tool stores, and it's
> > possible to make a much better job with the right tools.
>
>
> I've had the opposite experience.
I don't think you have, or you have misunderstood what I said.
> I've tried cheap drills, chisels and screwdriver bits. Cheap drills
> always bent on first use, chisels blunted quickly and the screwdriver bits
> rounded off straight away.
Umm hmm, where did I advise anyone to buy "cheap" steels or bits?
> I then decided to buy 'decent' bits. I got a really nice set of Dewalt
> SDS masonary bits which are the dogs ********, they'll go through
> engineering brick and concrete with ease. The same with Dewalt
> screwdriver bits, they have lasted for ages. Bosch screwdriver bits are
> really good too.
I found Bosch to be of variable quality, but of invariant price.
> I also bought a set of Clarke SDS chisels, which although
> they have had a lot of use, still haven't needed sharpening yet. So, I
> really wouldn't recommend the cheapest chisels as they are usually of
> softer metal,
I didn't recommend the cheapest chisels.
> nor would I go for the most expensive.
I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
> It depends upon how much and how often you intend to use them I suppose.
So, your experience is not "the opposite", it's "the same".
Dave Plowman (News)
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
Indeed. I bought a set from Lidl a few months ago and they appear to be at
least the equal as the originals which came with my DeWalt.
Lidl also sold sets of HSS twist drills - 0.5 - 10mm in 0.5 steps - in a
steel case for quite a bit less than Screwfix, and I can't fault the
quality.
I'm beginning to like Lidl so much I'm going to Argos to get a silver
choker...
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To e-mail, change noise into sound.
Steve Firth
> In article <1iscedu.si3fqw1v73etwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> > I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
>
> Indeed. I bought a set from Lidl a few months ago and they appear to be at
> least the equal as the originals which came with my DeWalt.
I bought several boxes of SDS steels and drill bits from Lidl for my
forrin building project. I intended to throw them away as they wore out,
but so far, despite 12 hours per day use not even the drill bits have
worn out.
Dave Plowman (News)
> > In article <1iscedu.si3fqw1v73etwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
> >
> > Indeed. I bought a set from Lidl a few months ago and they appear to
> > be at least the equal as the originals which came with my DeWalt.
> I bought several boxes of SDS steels and drill bits from Lidl for my
> forrin building project. I intended to throw them away as they wore out,
> but so far, despite 12 hours per day use not even the drill bits have
> worn out.
What disguise did you wear to visit Lidl?
--
*What hair colour do they put on the driver's license of a bald man? *
Bruce
>In article <1isciru.1bvqv1d1wpwyu8N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
>> Dave Plowman (News) <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > In article <1iscedu.si3fqw1v73etwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
>> > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
>> > > I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
>> >
>> > Indeed. I bought a set from Lidl a few months ago and they appear to
>> > be at least the equal as the originals which came with my DeWalt.
>
>> I bought several boxes of SDS steels and drill bits from Lidl for my
>> forrin building project. I intended to throw them away as they wore out,
>> but so far, despite 12 hours per day use not even the drill bits have
>> worn out.
>
>What disguise did you wear to visit Lidl?
I often see professional people I know shopping at Lidl for items such
as smoked salmon, Parma and Serrano ham, lobster ... the list goes on.
No need for a disguise. ;-)
Steve Firth
> In article <1isciru.1bvqv1d1wpwyu8N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> > Dave Plowman (News) <da...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > In article <1iscedu.si3fqw1v73etwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>,
> > > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > I also pointed out that price alone is not an indicator of quality.
> > >
> > > Indeed. I bought a set from Lidl a few months ago and they appear to
> > > be at least the equal as the originals which came with my DeWalt.
>
> > I bought several boxes of SDS steels and drill bits from Lidl for my
> > forrin building project. I intended to throw them away as they wore out,
> > but so far, despite 12 hours per day use not even the drill bits have
> > worn out.
>
> What disguise did you wear to visit Lidl?
I grew a grey pony tail and carried a microphone. The place is full of
sound recordists from "independent" production companies.
Steve Firth
>
> I often see professional people I know shopping at Lidl for items such
> as smoked salmon, Parma and Serrano ham, lobster ... the list goes on.
I wouldn't touch any of that stuff at Lidl. I made the mistake (once) of
trying prawns from Lidl. Over-salted shite. I've also tried their smoked
salmon <shudder>. I get that sort of thing at the local fishmonger or
Waitrose if I need to shop on a Sunday. Lidl's tools are OK if one shops
carefully, but I don't put those in my mouth.
Bruce
Your loss.
Steve Firth
Not at all, unless you count avoiding food poisoning as "a loss". I
realise that the majority of Brits would eat a dog turd if it was dusted
with icing sugar. And I take it you're happy to be part of the majority.
Bob Mannix
> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>> >
>> >I wouldn't touch any of that stuff at Lidl.
>>
>>
>> Your loss.
>
> Not at all, unless you count avoiding food poisoning as "a loss".
Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have you a
reference?
The staff in one Lidl's store in Sweden were poisoning food they put in the
dumpster but that's hardly company policy - a few other nebulous Google
returns. A Google search for "waitrose food poisoning" reveals more
concrete ones however.
> I realise that the majority of Brits would eat a dog turd if it was dusted
> with icing sugar.
No they wouldn't
--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)
Steve Firth
> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1iscmms.1wwxvzra5jp19N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
> > Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
> >
> >> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> >> >
> >> >I wouldn't touch any of that stuff at Lidl.
> >>
> >>
> >> Your loss.
> >
> > Not at all, unless you count avoiding food poisoning as "a loss".
>
> Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have you a
> reference?
I have references to Lidl adulterating food, yes. I've posted them here
before.
> The staff in one Lidl's store in Sweden were poisoning food they put in the
> dumpster but that's hardly company policy - a few other nebulous Google
> returns. A Google search for "waitrose food poisoning" reveals more
> concrete ones however.
Umm hmm.
> > I realise that the majority of Brits would eat a dog turd if it was dusted
> > with icing sugar.
>
> No they wouldn't
Oh yes they would.
Dave Plowman (News)
Not surprised they're shopping rather than working if they look like that.
Soooo '70s.
I do work with one boom op who might fit the bill - apart from the grey
bit. But then his other job is the bass guitarist for the Bay City Rollers
- so he's entitled to be a bit eccentric.
--
*Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"
Steve Firth
> I do work with one boom op who might fit the bill - apart from the grey
> bit. But then his other job is the bass guitarist for the Bay City Rollers
> - so he's entitled to be a bit eccentric.
I've been filmed for a documentary that's going out next year. I've had
several days of being followed around by a cameraman and a recordist
(and a director, continuity girl, author, and even god help us a lawyer)
the recordists have all had grey ponytails.
Unless it's the same one changing his face fungus each day, of course.
Bruce
I take Mr Firth's comment's about food poisoning at Lidl quite
seriously. I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
Tel: 0870 444 1234
mailto:customer...@lidl.co.uk
Steve Firth
> I take Mr Firth's comment's about food poisoning at Lidl quite
> seriously. I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
> customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
Perhaps Lidl can find the time to explain why they passed off
adulterated product as fit for human consumption? So far they haven't
responded to me, or to any of the journalists who have asked them about
their practices.
And perhaps you could get your head out of your arse? The fact that you
want to eat cheaply does not mean that the evidence of Lidl's chicanery
goes away.
Bruce
>Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> I take Mr Firth's comment's about food poisoning at Lidl quite
>> seriously. I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
>> customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
>
>Perhaps Lidl can find the time to explain why they passed off
>adulterated product as fit for human consumption? So far they haven't
>responded to me, or to any of the journalists who have asked them about
>their practices.
I will be quite happy to pass your contact details, together with
copies of your postings on here, to Lidl UK's Legal Department.
Steve Firth
> I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
> customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
> Tel: 0870 444 1234
> mailto:customer...@lidl.co.uk
<http://ie.euronewspages.com/irish-independent/2008-11-7_lidl-outlet-ord
ered-to-close-over-food-safety-concerns>
<http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1248338.ece>
<http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/BB_News.asp?BB_Bulletin_ID=1893>
<http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shops-take-bottled-water-off-sh
elves-over-bacteria-scare-1574932.html>
<http://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/docDetail.aspx?docid=1006470&docType=ART&nid=
11374>
<http://the-news.net/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=658-24>
<http://www.mdrgf.org/pdf/Supermarche_pesticide/HUNGARY%20(20%20Nov).pdf
>
<http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DQA/is_2000_Feb_17/ai_59870871>
<http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=436605>
<http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Quality-Safety/E.-coli-outbreak-from
-ground-beef-suspected-in-child-s-death>
And how does Lidl treat its staff?
http://www.beppegrillo.it/eng/2006/07/
Perhaps you and the other people who don't care what they put in their
mouth should be writing to Lidl to ask some questions?
Steve Firth
Bob Mannix
> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
>> customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
>> Tel: 0870 444 1234
>> mailto:customer...@lidl.co.uk
>
> <http://ie.euronewspages.com/irish-independent/2008-11-7_lidl-outlet-ord
> ered-to-close-over-food-safety-concerns>
> <http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1248338.ece>
> <http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/BB_News.asp?BB_Bulletin_ID=1893>
> <http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shops-take-bottled-water-off-sh
> elves-over-bacteria-scare-1574932.html>
> <http://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/docDetail.aspx?docid=1006470&docType=ART&nid=
> 11374>
> <http://the-news.net/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=658-24>
> <http://www.mdrgf.org/pdf/Supermarche_pesticide/HUNGARY%20(20%20Nov).pdf
>>
> <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DQA/is_2000_Feb_17/ai_59870871>
> <http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=436605>
> <http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Quality-Safety/E.-coli-outbreak-from
> -ground-beef-suspected-in-child-s-death>
>
>
Interesting and of concern but these were all supplier problems and your
earlier post referred to "Lidl adulterating food", which is not supported by
any of the above. Supplier problems have affected all supermarkets.
> And how does Lidl treat its staff?
>
> http://www.beppegrillo.it/eng/2006/07/
>
A different matter, important for different reasons.
ARWadsworth
What documentary and when?
Adam
Steve Firth
> Interesting and of concern but these were all supplier problems and your
> earlier post referred to "Lidl adulterating food",
No it didn't. It referred to the passing off of adulterated food, which
is what has happened. In the particular case of olive oil, sold under an
own-brand label it's difficult to know how a supermarket could claim to
be an innocent victim of the supplier when the price charged in the
supermarket is below the cost of production of the product in question.
> which is not supported by any of the above. Supplier problems have
> affected all supermarkets.
The products in question were mostly "own brand". Even if they were not,
in English law, the supplier carries the can for the quality of goods
that they supply. Donahue vs Stevenson. Trying to claim that it's all
the fault of someone else is ignoring UK precedent about who carries the
can for the supply of adulterated/contaminated goods.
If supermarkets wish to avoid the consequences of "rogue" suppliers then
the supermarket should have appropriate quality control processes in
place to monitor the performance of their suppliers. They cannot duck
responsibility, as you seem to wish them to, by claiming that someone
else let them down.
Steve Firth
> What documentary and when?
None of your fucking business.
Bob Mannix
> Bob Mannix <b1o...@mannix.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Interesting and of concern but these were all supplier problems and your
>> earlier post referred to "Lidl adulterating food",
>
> No it didn't. It referred to the passing off of adulterated food, which
> is what has happened.
Your post at 13:26 today said:
> Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have you
> a
> reference?
I have references to Lidl adulterating food, yes. I've posted them here
before.
Steve Firth
> Your post at 13:26 today said:
>
> > Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have
> > you a reference?
I take it you now admit that food poisoning cases have been traced to
Lidl purchases (including the death of a child)?
> I have references to Lidl adulterating food, yes. I've posted them here
> before.
Oh righto. And?
Are you denying the facts in that case? Would you have been happier if I
had used the terms in this article?
http://www.oliveoilsource.com/scripts/dictionary.asp?p_do=item&p_id=51
You may well like the products from this supermarket. If you do, all
power to your elbow. I won't be eating anything they offer.
However you seem to be either blinkered or determined to mislead with
your "Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases"
when there are documented cases. Indeed you went as far as to speak
about "nebulous Google returns", when the evidence is far from nebulous.
You've also attempted to shift the responsibility from the supermarket
to the "suppliers" when (a) this is a denial of liability in UK tort law
(b) you're conveniently overlooking the fact that the products in
question are own-label products. If Lidl is not responsible for own
label products, who is?
Bob Mannix
> Bob Mannix <b1o...@mannix.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Your post at 13:26 today said:
>>
>> > Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have
>> > you a reference?
>
> I take it you now admit that food poisoning cases have been traced to
> Lidl purchases (including the death of a child)?
Yes, along with many other supermarkets and food outlets and caterers - but
then I never said I didn't, I said I wasn't aware of any and asked for the
references which you gave.
>
>> I have references to Lidl adulterating food, yes. I've posted them here
>> before.
>
> Oh righto. And?
I said you had accused Lidl's of adulterating food. You said you hadn't.
>
> Are you denying the facts in that case? Would you have been happier if I
> had used the terms in this article?
I am denying no facts merely trying to get at them, nor am I happier or
unhappier.
>
> http://www.oliveoilsource.com/scripts/dictionary.asp?p_do=item&p_id=51
>
>
> You may well like the products from this supermarket. If you do, all
> power to your elbow. I won't be eating anything they offer.
>
> However you seem to be either blinkered or determined to mislead with
> your "Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases"
> when there are documented cases. Indeed you went as far as to speak
> about "nebulous Google returns", when the evidence is far from nebulous.
Many/most of the cases were not Lidl only suppliers and the cases clearly
represented a food health problem lower down ( much like BSE, salmonella in
poultry etc).
>
> You've also attempted to shift the responsibility from the supermarket
> to the "suppliers" when (a) this is a denial of liability in UK tort law
> (b) you're conveniently overlooking the fact that the products in
> question are own-label products. If Lidl is not responsible for own
> label products, who is?
I didn't say they didn't carry the responsibility under the sale of goods
(and any other) legislation but "adulterating food" is an even more serious
charge, implying Lidl are taking stuff from their suppliers and then
modifying or adding to it in a way that is unhealthy (in this context) for
their customers. I don't believe any mass retailers do this. It is true that
supply chain problems may result from low pricing which is Lidl's market
sector but if the contract is to provide food of a certain quality, no
supermarkets have the resources to test everything and suppliers have to
take their responsibility. "Own label" makes not a jot of difference to
anything above.
Steve Firth
> "adulterating food" is an even more serious charge, implying Lidl are
> taking stuff from their suppliers and then modifying or adding to it in a
> way that is unhealthy (in this context) for their customers. I don't
> believe any mass retailers do this. It is true that supply chain problems
> may result from low pricing which is Lidl's market sector but if the
> contract is to provide food of a certain quality, no supermarkets have the
> resources to test everything and suppliers have to take their
> responsibility. "Own label" makes not a jot of difference to anything
> above.
I take it you haven't bothered to read the report then?
Bob Mannix
Well if you are referring to the Olive oil report, yes I have. It deals
nowhere with adulteration but with mislabelling as "[extra] virgin olive
oil" when it isn't. While this is clearly illegal, it has nothing to do with
adulteration and even less with food poisoning. The consideration of the
qualities of various supermarkets is not enhanced by egging the stories into
something they are not. There are some things I would buy at Lidls and some
things I would not. "Extra virgin olive oil" clearly isn't (or wasn't) and I
wouldn't buy such a product there anyway. Again the fact that it is own
label is irrelevant, as I said, it's the fact it is labelled "extra virgin"
whatever the rest of the label says.
Alan
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote
>Bob Mannix <b1o...@mannix.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Interesting and of concern but these were all supplier problems and your
>> earlier post referred to "Lidl adulterating food",
>
>No it didn't. It referred to the passing off of adulterated food, which
>is what has happened. In the particular case of olive oil, sold under an
>own-brand label it's difficult to know how a supermarket could claim to
>be an innocent victim of the supplier when the price charged in the
>supermarket is below the cost of production of the product in question.
The link you gave us last time told us that some "experts" couldn't tell
the difference between the best quality 'extra virgin olive oil' and
what was on sale in Lidl and Aldi. They had to resort to some obscure
extra chemical testing to find out that the oil had been heat treated,
which in isn't necessarily a bad thing.
On price, I found in a few minutes of web searching that the wholesale
price of extra virgin olive oil in both Spain and Australia was well
below the price that these supermarkets were charging. The cost of
supply isn't below the cost of production.
Your vendetta against Lidl and Aldi seems to based on the fact that they
can sell some products at a lower price than the cost of production from
in some EU peasant farming communities. Wake up and smell the coffee,
European consumers are no longer willing to pay high prices to subsidise
some inefficient olive growers.
--
Alan
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ARWadsworth
> ARWadsworth <adamwa...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > What documentary and when?
>
> None of your fucking business.
A documentary about tourettes perhaps?
Adam
Dave Plowman (News)
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> > I do work with one boom op who might fit the bill - apart from the
> > grey bit. But then his other job is the bass guitarist for the Bay
> > City Rollers - so he's entitled to be a bit eccentric.
> I've been filmed for a documentary that's going out next year. I've had
> several days of being followed around by a cameraman and a recordist
> (and a director, continuity girl, author, and even god help us a lawyer)
> the recordists have all had grey ponytails.
I wouldn't know about doccos. I really only do drama these days. And I can
assure you I don't know of any male recordist with a pony tail out of the
many I see around.
--
*If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? *
Steve Firth
> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1iscyla.ezljcc1wtwjtsN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
> > Bob Mannix <b1o...@mannix.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> "adulterating food" is an even more serious charge, implying Lidl are
> >> taking stuff from their suppliers and then modifying or adding to it in a
> >> way that is unhealthy (in this context) for their customers. I don't
> >> believe any mass retailers do this. It is true that supply chain problems
> >> may result from low pricing which is Lidl's market sector but if the
> >> contract is to provide food of a certain quality, no supermarkets have
> >> the
> >> resources to test everything and suppliers have to take their
> >> responsibility. "Own label" makes not a jot of difference to anything
> >> above.
> >
> > I take it you haven't bothered to read the report then?
>
> Well if you are referring to the Olive oil report, yes I have. It deals
> nowhere with adulteration but with mislabelling as "[extra] virgin olive
> oil" when it isn't.
Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
olive oil which is not "extra virgin"). What else does one refer to the
blending of a food product with an inferior quality of food as if not
"adulteration"?
> While this is clearly illegal, it has nothing to do with adulteration and
> even less with food poisoning.
It has everything to do with adulteration. No one claimed that the olive
oil lead to food poisoning, the food poisoning was a separate issue,
covered by a separate report.
> The consideration of the qualities of various supermarkets is not enhanced
> by egging the stories into something they are not.
No one has done such a thing, I suggest that you read the article again,
and this time that you actually get to the end of it.
> There are some things I would buy at Lidls and some things I would not.
> "Extra virgin olive oil" clearly isn't (or wasn't) and I wouldn't buy such
> a product there anyway.
What you would or would not do is irrelevant to the issue of whether the
supermarket in question sold adulterated food.
> Again the fact that it is own label is irrelevant,
That's profoundly incorrect. For an own-label product the supermarket is
responsible for every aspect of the product. It is not, as you keep
attempting to portray it, as if some supplier foisted a product upon an
unknowing innocent. The supermarket knows how much it pays for the
product. The buyers must know exactly what that product wholesales for.
The article states clearly "In supermarkets "Extra Virgin olive oils"
are offered at dumping prices."
You do know what "dumping prices" means, I take it? Supermarket buyers
certainly do.
> as I said, it's the fact it is labelled "extra virgin" whatever the rest
> of the label says.
It's the fact that it consisted of a blend of oils which were not
exclusively "extra virgin". If it had been a low quality "extra virgin"
then I would not state that it had been adulterated. However it was a
blend of oil, probably "extra virgin" with other processed oils which by
definition cannot be "extra virgin" sold as "extra virgin" hence
"adulterated".
Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the term "adulterated"?
"to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or
inert ingredients"
Are you going to continue to argue that the oil in question was not
adulterated?
Since you're not someone who is used to buying good quality olive oil,
and you're certainly not someone who knows about the organoleptic
qualities of olive oil, I'll point out that there are more clues than
just the chemical analyses about the adulterated nature of the oil in
that report.
Note the tasting notes for the Aubocassa oil in that report:
"Freshly cut grass, forest honey, ripe tomatoes, bell pepper. Mild
bitter-walnut taste and a peppery -savory aftertaste."
That's a typical result for an extra-virgin olive oil. The pressing of
an extra-virgin olive oil preserves a complex flavour and even cheap
extra-virgin oils have those complex notes. The tasting notes for the
other oils state:
"slight olfactory offŹnotes, rancid and metallic taste."
and
"Distinct olfactory off-notes, metallic and winey taste, muddy."
Terms like "rancid", "off-notes" and "winey" indicate that the oil has
started to break down, either as a consequence of poor storage or simply
of age. Those tastes should not be present, indeed cannot be present, in
an EVOO which has been produced in clean conditions and stored
appropriately for no more than 12 months before sale. Their existence
makes it clear that either the oil on sale is itself old, or has been
diluted with old oil. The lack of complex flavours makes it clear that
the oil is *not* EVOO or has so little EVOO in it that the flavour has
been diluted out.
You can make all the handwavyness you want about suppliers, your
personal preferences etc. but an independent *German* source has found
results that flatly contradict your statements.
Steve Firth
> Your vendetta against Lidl and Aldi
Does not exist, other than in your imagination. My "vendetta" if there
is one is against poor quality food.
You have also misrepresented the Feinschmecker report.
As to your claims about the wholesale prices of extra-virging olive
oils, when I asked you to give a URL to your sources, you ran away. And
your claiming that Spanish olive oil can be bought cheaper than Italian
is not entirely true, and you ignore the prices charged by the
bucket-shop supermarkets.
The German supermarkets sell olive oil at €2.60 per litre. The cost of
production is €6.50 per litre. You whine about other countries, but
ignore the fact that the bucket shops are selling this oil as Italian.
If they honestly sold it as "Spanish" then I would have no issue with
their sales techniques, but I would still point out that they have been
detected misdescribing the product.
Again, if you bother to read the review you will find examples of
honestly described Spanish olive oil being sold in supermarkets and the
tests conducted on those showed that they were indeed good quality EVOO.
However the prices charged were €20.00 per litre for Spanish EVOO.
That's a fair price for a good product and sustainable.
But over to you for your sources, which have been remarkable only by
their absence so far.
Alan
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote
>Alan <junk_...@amac.f2s.com> wrote:
>
>> Your vendetta against Lidl and Aldi
>
>Does not exist, other than in your imagination. My "vendetta" if there
>is one is against poor quality food.
You give the impression that anything with a price tag you believe is
cheap must be poor quality.
>You have also misrepresented the Feinschmecker report.
I read what it says.
>As to your claims about the wholesale prices of extra-virging olive
>oils, when I asked you to give a URL to your sources, you ran away.
No, I just gave up when you resorted to personal abuse.
>And
>your claiming that Spanish olive oil can be bought cheaper than Italian
>is not entirely true,
So please give us the official wholesale figures (with the source)
>and you ignore the prices charged by the
>bucket-shop supermarkets.
The prices for the crop and those charged by supermarkets were in line
with the profit margins the supermarkets could expect to be made.
>
>The German supermarkets sell olive oil at €2.60 per litre. The cost of
>production is €6.50 per litre.
As I pointed out the cost of production in most of the real world wasn't
6.50 Euros - it was well below the price being charged at retail
outlets. From countries outside of EU the price was also a lot lower
that the final selling price in Aldi.
>You whine about other countries, but
>ignore the fact that the bucket shops are selling this oil as Italian.
Why do you keep insisting that the oil sold in Aldi is Italian? Aldi do
not make that claim. Even if the oil was imported into Italy and then
sold on it wouldn't be illegal to sell it as Italian. The problem with
identifying Irish pork on the supermarket shelves was as a result of it
being exported to around 25 countries and then processed/repackaged and
then being re-labelled as coming from somewhere else.
>If they honestly sold it as "Spanish" then I would have no issue with
>their sales techniques, but I would still point out that they have been
>detected misdescribing the product.
>
>Again, if you bother to read the review you will find examples of
>honestly described Spanish olive oil being sold in supermarkets and the
>tests conducted on those showed that they were indeed good quality EVOO.
>However the prices charged were €20.00 per litre for Spanish EVOO.
>That's a fair price for a good product and sustainable.
Again you equate price with quality. Supermarkets often work on single
percentage point profit margins on food items. Your figure of 6.5 Euro
for production and 20 Euros for sale is a large profit margin.
Common sense should tell you that if there a big increase in products on
the British supermarket shelves containing olive oil , and being
advertised on TV for their health benefits, it is more likely to be as
result of cheap oil prices.
Bruce
>
>Alan <junk_...@amac.f2s.com> wrote:
>
>> Your vendetta against Lidl and Aldi
>
>Does not exist, other than in your imagination. My "vendetta" if there
>is one is against poor quality food.
It can only be a vendetta, because what other possible explanation is
there for slandering a company based on non-existent "evidence".
And please don't re-assert that you have "evidence". Proof by
assertion is no proof. You have some unconnected assertions that are
backed up by no-one and nothing more reliable than slander.
Bruce
Charming.
Steve Firth
That's a plain, and very stupid lie on your part. I have pointed to the
evidence that the product in questionw as adulterated. Either you're too
stupid to know what the term "adulterated" means, despite having being
given the dictionary definition, or you're a mindless troll.
I'll vote for troll.
Steve Firth
> In message <1isd4nm.1j5xbte14kk1gyN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
> <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote
> >Alan <junk_...@amac.f2s.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Your vendetta against Lidl and Aldi
> >
> >Does not exist, other than in your imagination. My "vendetta" if there
> >is one is against poor quality food.
>
> You give the impression that anything with a price tag you believe is
> cheap must be poor quality.
So you admit your "vendetta" claim was a lie.
> >You have also misrepresented the Feinschmecker report.
>
> I read what it says.
In that case you failed to understand it.
> >As to your claims about the wholesale prices of extra-virging olive
> >oils, when I asked you to give a URL to your sources, you ran away.
>
> No, I just gave up when you resorted to personal abuse.
Another lie, at no time have you posted your claimed source.
> >And
> >your claiming that Spanish olive oil can be bought cheaper than Italian
> >is not entirely true,
>
> So please give us the official wholesale figures (with the source)
After you, you claimed to have an official source for wholesale olive
oil prices. I've given you mine before, the price I can get for
wholesale of my own produce. You've made a claim, and you run away from
stating what your source is. Until you validate your *prior* claim your
guff remains guff.
> >and you ignore the prices charged by the bucket-shop supermarkets.
>
> The prices for the crop and those charged by supermarkets were in line
> with the profit margins the supermarkets could expect to be made.
Until you put a price on those claims and give a source, then your
statement remains bluster.
> >The German supermarkets sell olive oil at €2.60 per litre. The cost of
> >production is €6.50 per litre.
>
> As I pointed out the cost of production in most of the real world wasn't
> 6.50 Euros - it was well below the price being charged at retail
> outlets. From countries outside of EU the price was also a lot lower
> that the final selling price in Aldi.
You didn't "point out", you made a claim without supporting evidence.
> >You whine about other countries, but
> >ignore the fact that the bucket shops are selling this oil as Italian.
>
> Why do you keep insisting that the oil sold in Aldi is Italian? Aldi do
> not make that claim.
The oil in question is sold as "Luccese", Lucca is a defined area within
Italy with DOP status.
> Even if the oil was imported into Italy and then
> sold on it wouldn't be illegal to sell it as Italian.
Wrong.
> The problem with identifying Irish pork on the supermarket shelves was as
> a result of it being exported to around 25 countries and then
> processed/repackaged and then being re-labelled as coming from somewhere
> else.
Was the pork a DOP product? No. So your point is irrelevant.
> >If they honestly sold it as "Spanish" then I would have no issue with
> >their sales techniques, but I would still point out that they have been
> >detected misdescribing the product.
> >
> >Again, if you bother to read the review you will find examples of
> >honestly described Spanish olive oil being sold in supermarkets and the
> >tests conducted on those showed that they were indeed good quality EVOO.
> >However the prices charged were €20.00 per litre for Spanish EVOO.
> >That's a fair price for a good product and sustainable.
>
> Again you equate price with quality.
No I don't. You lie. I said no such thing. I pointed out that the
product was good quality. It was demonstrably good quality. It also
happened to cost €20.00 per litre which is a representative price for
good quality oil of either Spanish or Italian origin.
> Supermarkets often work on single percentage point profit margins on food
> items. Your figure of 6.5 Euro for production and 20 Euros for sale is a
> large profit margin.
You appear to be unaware that the bottle, label, transport, all cost
money.
> Common sense should tell you that if there a big increase in products on
> the British supermarket shelves containing olive oil , and being
> advertised on TV for their health benefits, it is more likely to be as
> result of cheap oil prices.
That's what we call a non-sequitur.
Common sense should tell you that a commodity which has a limited supply
can only rise in price if demand increases.
Steve Firth
I tell you what fuck-face, if he had maanged to ask a civilised question
I'd have given a civilised answer. Since he seems to be a stranger to
the word "please", he can go fuck himself. As can you.
Appin
from Bruce <n...@nospam.net> contains these words:
> Charming.
Precisely. It may be that Steve has a point with regard to the
quality of some oil marketed as "Extra Virgin Oil" but not only has he
not presented objective evidence but IMHO his communications have been
abusive. Would I want to buy "Extra Virgin Oil" from LIdl? Maybe not.
Would I want to buy extra virgin oil produced or marketed by someone
abusive? Definitely not!
And precisely what extra virgin oil has to do with sexual intercourse,
I'm not too sure. Sounds as if he's using it as a lubricant when
copulating with a totally-inexperienced female :-) Is that all that
his oil is fit for?
Appin
from %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) contains these words:
> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
Just the sort of thing to make us all trust Steve's oil! :-(
Alan
<ap...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote
Don't you mean adulterated oil? :)
The Medway Handyman
>
>
> Your loss.
Oh bloody hell, he's going to start the olive oil bollox again.
--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
The Medway Handyman
Don't waste your breath Bruce. Firth is a well known wanker, universally
disliked on more internet groups than you could shake a stick at.
His vendetta against Lidl & Aldi is fuelled by the fact that he is an
amatuer olive oil producer and is clearly so inefficient he can't compete
with market prices.
He will now no doubt launch a personal attack on me for saying so. I aint
bovvered.
The Medway Handyman
Highly likely that Firth has never had sexual intercourse, other than with
an inflatable woman.
geoff
<junk_...@amac.f2s.com> writes
cunts"
Its gone past the point where anyone else cares
really - just give it up, move on and reconnect with life
or ...
we'll send the carol singers round
--
geoff
mike
> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
> > %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> > >ARWadsworth <adamwadswo...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > >> What documentary and when?
>
> > >None of your fucking business.
>
> > Charming.
>
> I tell you what fuck-face, if he had maanged to ask a civilised question
> I'd have given a civilised answer. Since he seems to be a stranger to
> the word "please", he can go fuck himself. As can you.
Please would you tell us what documentary and when?
Bruce
>
>Don't waste your breath Bruce. Firth is a well known wanker, universally
>disliked on more internet groups than you could shake a stick at.
>
>His vendetta against Lidl & Aldi is fuelled by the fact that he is an
>amatuer olive oil producer and is clearly so inefficient he can't compete
>with market prices.
>
>He will now no doubt launch a personal attack on me for saying so. I aint
>bovvered.
Thanks for the background, Dave. Very illuminating.
As Firth has complained repeatedly that Lidl haven't replied to his
allegations, I will be pleased to copy all his "allegations" to the
Lidl UK legal department, together with his contact details.
dennis@home
"Appin" <ap...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3130303036363...@zetnet.co.uk...
Steve doesn't even know what extra virgin oil means so I wouldn't trust him
either.
He appears to get confused over cold pressed extra virgin oil and the stuff
that comes out later.
Both are extra virgin, one is better.
AFAIK there are at least four grades of extra virgin oil on sale in ASDA and
Sainsbury.
In principle any oil that has been extracted by non chemical means can be
called extra virgin.
However you can get cold pressed, first pressings and various other
"grades".
The first pressings are usually more expensive than extra virgin oil which
is pretty much a commodity these days.
As far as quality goes.. well that is far more debatable, if you like the
first pressing taste then you may call it better quality, if you don't then
its cr@p. I really hate it when these so called experts tell you that
something is better quality and that you must like it more.
Next Steve will be telling you that the most expensive coffee in the world
is better quality despite it being cr@p, literally cr@p.
Bob Mannix
No the report absolutely does not say that- I suggest you try reading it. It
says the oil showed evidence of post pressing heat treatment (thus not
virgin) and that these results *could* have been obtained by the addition of
processed oil (not the other way round).
> While this is clearly illegal, it has nothing to do with adulteration and
>> even less with food poisoning.
>
> It has everything to do with adulteration. No one claimed that the olive
> oil lead to food poisoning, the food poisoning was a separate issue,
> covered by a separate report.
You followed the food poisoning part of the thread with, and I quote again,
an assertion that Lidl "adulterated food".
>
>> The consideration of the qualities of various supermarkets is not
>> enhanced
>> by egging the stories into something they are not.
>
> No one has done such a thing, I suggest that you read the article again,
> and this time that you actually get to the end of it.
Well no-one other than you.
>
>> There are some things I would buy at Lidls and some things I would not.
>> "Extra virgin olive oil" clearly isn't (or wasn't) and I wouldn't buy
>> such
>> a product there anyway.
>
> What you would or would not do is irrelevant to the issue of whether the
> supermarket in question sold adulterated food.
I was responding to your comments about where I would buy my food -
selective snipping doesn't help your case either.
>
>> Again the fact that it is own label is irrelevant,
>
> That's profoundly incorrect. For an own-label product the supermarket is
> responsible for every aspect of the product. It is not, as you keep
> attempting to portray it, as if some supplier foisted a product upon an
> unknowing innocent.
"Own label" merely means that a supplier of many supermarkets, who produce
olive oil, agree to paste a certain label on a bottle. I think we would
agree that the Lidl management wouldn't recognise an olive press if they
fell over it in the street, nor should they - they run supermarkets. You are
the one building up "own label" to be relevant when it simply isn't. The
contract with the supplier for the supply of olive oil differs in absolutely
no respect, either morally or legally from one where they are purchasing a
branded olive oil, other than the fact that the are buying at the lowest
price and have asked for a particular label. To assert otherwise is just
stupid! They don't own the production company and are not responsible for
its behaviour.
> The article states clearly "In supermarkets "Extra Virgin olive oils"
> are offered at dumping prices."
>
> You do know what "dumping prices" means, I take it? Supermarket buyers
> certainly do.
I have never suggested otherwise
>
>> as I said, it's the fact it is labelled "extra virgin" whatever the rest
>> of the label says.
>
> It's the fact that it consisted of a blend of oils which were not
> exclusively "extra virgin". If it had been a low quality "extra virgin"
> then I would not state that it had been adulterated. However it was a
> blend of oil, probably "extra virgin" with other processed oils which by
> definition cannot be "extra virgin" sold as "extra virgin" hence
> "adulterated".
I suggest you read the article which emphatically did not assert that it
consisted of a blend of oils. Their conclusion was that it had been heat
treated - a recognised technique for removing some of the harsher qualities
of cheaper olive oils. To cover all eventualtities they remarked that the
same test results could have been achieved by the addition of processed
olive oils.
>
> Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the term "adulterated"?
>
> "to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or
> inert ingredients"
>
> Are you going to continue to argue that the oil in question was not
> adulterated?
Yes - it was not the conclusion of the report although it was allowed as a
possibility.
>
>
>
> Since you're not someone who is used to buying good quality olive oil,
> and you're certainly not someone who knows about the organoleptic
> qualities of olive oil, I'll point out that there are more clues than
> just the chemical analyses about the adulterated nature of the oil in
> that report.
>
> Note the tasting notes for the Aubocassa oil in that report:
>
> "Freshly cut grass, forest honey, ripe tomatoes, bell pepper. Mild
> bitter-walnut taste and a peppery -savory aftertaste."
>
> That's a typical result for an extra-virgin olive oil. The pressing of
> an extra-virgin olive oil preserves a complex flavour and even cheap
> extra-virgin oils have those complex notes. The tasting notes for the
> other oils state:
>
> "slight olfactory offŹnotes, rancid and metallic taste."
>
> and
>
> "Distinct olfactory off-notes, metallic and winey taste, muddy."
>
> Terms like "rancid", "off-notes" and "winey" indicate that the oil has
> started to break down, either as a consequence of poor storage or simply
> of age. Those tastes should not be present, indeed cannot be present, in
> an EVOO which has been produced in clean conditions and stored
> appropriately for no more than 12 months before sale. Their existence
> makes it clear that either the oil on sale is itself old, or has been
> diluted with old oil. The lack of complex flavours makes it clear that
> the oil is *not* EVOO or has so little EVOO in it that the flavour has
> been diluted out.
You rabbit on about EVOO when there is no argument on that issue - I said in
a previous post they were selling Extra Virgin Olive Oil that was not and
that this was illegal. I'm not going to agree more just because you add
tasting notes!
You asserted that Lidl adulterated food. Lidl is a legal entitiy with
employees, who run retail outlets. You have no evidence that Lidl (or any of
its employees) have ever adulterated anything and you know you haven't and
to say they have makes you a plonker. That incorrect assertion was why I
joined this thread.
If you had managed to control your rampant ego and had stated that Lidl had
been involved with too many food safety problems with their suppliers for
your liking and that they mislabelled food as being of higher quality than
it actually was (to the detriment of hard-working quality suppliers, citing
the olive oil example), you might have been welcomed rather than regarded as
troll-like!
--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)
>
Mike Barnes
>In principle any oil that has been extracted by non chemical means can
>be called extra virgin.
AIUI "virgin" oil has to be below a certain acidity to be called "extra
virgin" (according to EU labelling regulations).
--
Mike Barnes
Man at B&Q
> Bob Mannix <b1o...@mannix.org.uk> wrote:
> >news:1iscmms.1wwxvzra5jp19N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
>
> > >> Your loss.
>
>
> > Not aware of any food poisoning cases traced to Lidl purchases - have you a
> > reference?
>
> I have references to Lidl adulterating food, yes.
Adulterating != causing food poisoning, so, no.
MBQ
Man at B&Q
> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
> > I have no doubt that he will wish to contact Lidl UK
> > customer service personally to discuss his concerns:
> > Tel: 0870 444 1234
> > mailto:customerservi...@lidl.co.uk
>
> <http://ie.euronewspages.com/irish-independent/2008-11-7_lidl-outlet-ord
> ered-to-close-over-food-safety-concerns>
> <http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1248338.ece>
> <http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/BB_News.asp?BB_Bulletin_ID=1893>
> <http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shops-take-bottled-water-off-sh
> elves-over-bacteria-scare-1574932.html>
> <http://www.szpi.gov.cz/en/docDetail.aspx?docid=1006470&docType=ART&nid=
> 11374>
> <http://the-news.net/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=658-24>
> <http://www.mdrgf.org/pdf/Supermarche_pesticide/HUNGARY%20(20%20Nov).pdf
>
> <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DQA/is_2000_Feb_17/ai_59870871>
> <http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=436605>
> <http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Quality-Safety/E.-coli-outbreak-from
> -ground-beef-suspected-in-child-s-death>
So, the fisrt link I checked makes it quite clear that the *producer*,
not Lidl, were the suspects. I CBA to check the rest as I suspect
there'll be no evidence that lidl caused any of the contamination. No
different really to all the Irish pork that has been pulled from
supermarket shleves recently.
MBQ
Man at B&Q
> Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
> the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
> olive oil which is not "extra virgin").
It would only be adulteration if the oil actually started out as extra
virgin (did it?) and was adulterated.
> What else does one refer to the
> blending of a food product with an inferior quality of food as if not
> "adulteration"?
I refer to it as passing something off as extra virgin when it clearly
isn't.
MBQ
Steve Firth
> Would I want to buy extra virgin oil produced or marketed by someone
> abusive? Definitely not!
Christ on a bike, you sad fucker. So it's better to sell food that has
been adulterated than it is to swear? Do you apply these standards to
all your purchases?
If so, one presumes you don't have a car, a house, shoes, tools. You
don't travel by rail, you don't travel by bus, you don't watch TV, and
you don't go to the cinema, and you certainly don't read books,
particularly modern classics.
Steve Firth
> Adulterating != causing food poisoning, so, no.
Wake up at the back, I've already posted links to food poisoning.
Steve Firth
Steve Firth
> On Dec 22, 6:27 pm, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> > Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
> > the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
> > olive oil which is not "extra virgin").
>
> It would only be adulteration if the oil actually started out as extra
> virgin (did it?) and was adulterated.
The supermarket claimed that it was EVOO, and that presuposes that it
started as EVOO.
> > What else does one refer to the
> > blending of a food product with an inferior quality of food as if not
> > "adulteration"?
>
> I refer to it as passing something off as extra virgin when it clearly
> isn't.
The report made it clear that <something> had been added to the oil.
Steve Firth
> As Firth has complained repeatedly that Lidl haven't replied to his
> allegations, I will be pleased to copy all his "allegations" to the
> Lidl UK legal department, together with his contact details.
One hopes that at some time you get a life.
Steve Firth
> > Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
> > the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
> > olive oil which is not "extra virgin"). What else does one refer to the
> > blending of a food product with an inferior quality of food as if not
> > "adulteration"?
> >
>
> No the report absolutely does not say that-
Yes it does. You aren't doing anythign other than skimming the report.
Man at B&Q
> Man at B&Q <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 22, 6:27 pm, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> > > Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
> > > the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
> > > olive oil which is not "extra virgin").
>
> > It would only be adulteration if the oil actually started out as extra
> > virgin (did it?) and was adulterated.
>
> The supermarket claimed that it was EVOO, and that presuposes that it
> started as EVOO.
Why does it presuppose anything? All it says is that they are claiming
it to be EV00. It could be a simple case of passing off.
MBQ
jkn
> > Please would you tell us what documentary and when?
>
> Thanks for asking, no it's none of your business.
Then why mention it to us in the first place?
Sheesh.
J^n
stuart noble
That's a fair question
Dave
"mike" <mike...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:09c97951-90ab-4944...@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
Given his attitude, it's probably "WATCHDOG" !!!!
Wavey Dave.
Steve Firth
Try reading the analysis given by the Feinschmecker. If you don't
understand it, get an adult to explain it to you in words of one
syllable.
And try not to snip all context from any reply lest you end up lookign
like a sad basket case with an axe to grind.
Man at B&Q
> Try reading the analysis given by the Feinschmecker. If you don't
> understand it, get an adult to explain it to you in words of one
> syllable.
Abuse
> And try not to snip all context from any reply lest you end up lookign
> like a sad basket case with an axe to grind.
And now attacking someone for their posting style.
I'll leave others to draw their own conclusions.
MBQ
Man at B&Q
> Man at B&Q <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 22, 6:27 pm, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> > > Then you haven't read the report carefully enough. The report states of
> > > the oil that the results indicate adulteration (addition of a processed
> > > olive oil which is not "extra virgin").
>
> > It would only be adulteration if the oil actually started out as extra
> > virgin (did it?) and was adulterated.
>
> The supermarket claimed that it was EVOO, and that presuposes that it
> started as EVOO.
Tell you what, Steve. just for you I'll try again without snipping
anything.
Why does a supermarket making a claim of something being EV00 pre-
suppose that the something started out as EV00?
>
> > > What else does one refer to the
> > > blending of a food product with an inferior quality of food as if not
> > > "adulteration"?
>
> > I refer to it as passing something off as extra virgin when it clearly
> > isn't.
>
> The report made it clear that <something> had been added to the oil.
Does it make it clear that the augend was EV00?
MBQ
Steve Firth
> On Dec 23, 4:19 pm, %ste...@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>
> > Try reading the analysis given by the Feinschmecker. If you don't
> > understand it, get an adult to explain it to you in words of one
> > syllable.
>
> Abuse
Not at all, you appear to have a reading disability since you have made
statements that cannot be supported if you bother to read the report in
question. I am charitably assuming that you have some sort of learning
difficulty. The alternative is to assume that you are so blinded by bile
and prejudice that your posts are simply a pack of lies.
> > And try not to snip all context from any reply lest you end up lookign
> > like a sad basket case with an axe to grind.
>
> And now attacking someone for their posting style.
You're not being "attacked", I am pointing out that there is a natural
consequence to how your post will be viewed if you choose to remove all
context in order to misrepresent the post you are replying to.
> I'll leave others to draw their own conclusions.
As will I.
jkn
I for one certainly don't have a rule of "don't buy from anyone who
has ever sworn" - but I might well
choose not to purchase from someone who swore *at me* (depending on
circumstances). There are other sources of olive oil around than
gisxxx.co.uk, thankfully, and you are generalising falsely in order to
try and bolster your position.
J^n
mike
> > Please would you tell us what documentary and when?
>
> Thanks for asking, no it's none of your business.
If it's "going out next year" surely there's a general public
interest? Don't they commission and broadcast things with the
intention of getting viewers? Isn't that why they publish listings,
so we know what's on and can decide what's of interest?
Bruce
>In message <3130303036363...@zetnet.co.uk>, Appin
><ap...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote
>>The message <1isdgn4.1gv3whqvawuvcN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>
>>from %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) contains these words:
>>
>>> Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
>>
>>> > %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>>> > >ARWadsworth <adamwa...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >> What documentary and when?
>>> > >
>>> > >None of your fucking business.
>>> >
>>> > Charming.
>>
>>> I tell you what fuck-face, if he had maanged to ask a civilised question
>>> I'd have given a civilised answer. Since he seems to be a stranger to
>>> the word "please", he can go fuck himself. As can you.
>>
>>Just the sort of thing to make us all trust Steve's oil! :-(
>
>Don't you mean adulterated oil? :)
Nothing adult there - it seems completely childish. ;-)
Bruce
Not even with a well-oiled woman?
Dave
"Bruce" <n...@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:qjk2l4dlr115h03fg...@4ax.com...
> "The Medway Handyman" <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>Highly likely that Firth has never had sexual intercourse
>
>
> Not even with a well-oiled woman?
>
Is that with EXTRA VIRGIN OIL ??
Wavey Dave
Bruce
Naturally!
From the first "pressing". ;-)
Actually, I think Steve Firth has something of a custard fetish.
Just look at his web site:
http://www.malloc.co.uk/malloc/Photos.html
Click on "Start slideshow" and enjoy!
Be quick, he will probably take it down ....
ARWadsworth
Aspergers springs to mind.
Adam
Steve Firth
> There are other sources of olive oil around than
> gisxxx.co.uk, thankfully, and you are generalising falsely in order to
> try and bolster your position.
And you're acting like a stupid twat, but that seems to be a circle in
which you and others are locked. Howver since you've never bought from
my wife's business in the past, and you're never likely to buy int he
future and you never were likely to buy anything from us, perhaps you
coudl quantify the loss I suffer as a result of your boycott based on
nothing more than fucking stupid blind prejudice on your part?
Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like 10% of fuck all.
I'm also laughing at the lot of you getting on your high-horses about
"slander" while at the same time issuing gross libels about a business
that none of you have ever visited or bought from. You might each want
to remove that giant beam from your eye before commenting on well,
anything really.
Dave
"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1isgpj4.1rxcwpu1jyltowN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
My God, WHAT A DAMNED TOSSER !!
Dave
Steve Firth
> My God, WHAT A DAMNED TOSSER !!
He is rather, and you can add your name to that list.
Alan
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote
>Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like 10% of fuck all.
Why pay a fortune when the Finest Quality Extra Virgin Oil from Italy
can be purchased for £5/litre. (or less by the pallet load). Or is this
yet another company selling crap at below the cost of production?
http://www.extra-virgin-olive-oil.co.uk/products.htm
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com
Bruce
Trying to claim the moral high ground while resorting to the lowest
profanity is never going to work.
Merry Christmas.
stuart noble
> In message <1isgpj4.1rxcwpu1jyltowN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
> <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote
>
>
>
>> Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like 10% of fuck all.
>
> Why pay a fortune
> when the Finest Quality Extra Virgin Oil from Italy
> can be purchased for £5/litre.
> (or less by the pallet load).
Because one likes to show off. There wouldn't be a Bond Street or a
Fortnums if people were logical.
Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are busy giving their dosh away, which is
the only sensible option.
Bruce
>
>Why pay a fortune when the Finest Quality Extra Virgin Oil from Italy
>can be purchased for £5/litre.
And who says it is "the Finest Quality"?
Oh, it's the firm selling it. Must be true, then.
No mention of acidity.
>(or less by the pallet load).
Figures. ;-)
Alan
<n...@nospam.net> wrote
>Alan <junk_...@amac.f2s.com> wrote:
>>
>>Why pay a fortune when the Finest Quality Extra Virgin Oil from Italy
>>can be purchased for £5/litre.
>
>
>
>And who says it is "the Finest Quality"?
>
>Oh, it's the firm selling it. Must be true, then.
>
>No mention of acidity.
>
The point is that it is being sold at £5/litre and as Extra Virgin Olive
Oil. If Steve uses the same arguments as he applies to his anti
Aldi/Lidl campaign this company must also be misleading the public as it
is being sold at less than the cost of production.
On the other hand, maybe the cost of production for someone who is not a
peasant farmer is somewhat lower and that allows oil to be sold well
below £20/litre (or even at the prices Aldi/Lidl are charging).
>>(or less by the pallet load).
>
>Figures. ;-)
>
I did find figures for Australian Extra Virgin at 80p/litre by the
pallet load (price for delivery in the UK). :)
Dave
> Dave <merlin...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My God, WHAT A DAMNED TOSSER !!
>
> He is rather, and you can add your name to that list.
"... DON'T TELL HIM PIKE .... "
Dave
Dave
> Dave <merlin...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My God, WHAT A DAMNED TOSSER !!
>
> He is rather, and you can add your name to that list.
Yeh? go on then, where do I find this 'list', just so I can check for
myself that my name is on there !!!! or can't you manage a simple task like
that??
Dave
Steve Firth
Whether their oil is "the finest" or not I can't say because I've never
tasted their product. I know of the company, but I've not met them at
any trade show or indeed seen their product in any restaurant. Nor has
any of our customers produced a bottle of their oil and demanded to know
why ours is more expensive.
FWIW, it's not a huge discount, they sell nine litres for the same price
that we sell seven litres. And their oil is not a DOP product.
If you can afford to buy a pallet load and can consume it all before it
goes off, go for it. If you want to buy a pallet load from us, I'd
probably manage to meet their price.
If OTOH you just want to buy one half-litre bottle then you can expect
to pay "quite a bit" more.
You do understand the difference between buying wholesale and retail,
don't you?
Steve Firth
Do they let people like you use a computer without your carer in
attendance?
Steve Firth
> Trying to claim the moral high ground while resorting to the lowest
> profanity is never going to work.
While being a total cock as you appear to be is what, exactly?
Steve Firth
> "The Medway Handyman" <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> >His vendetta against Lidl & Aldi is fuelled by the fact that he is an
> >amatuer olive oil producer
That's a lie. There's nothing "amateur" about my farm. Perhaps the
Medway Pratt could enlighten the rest of us by explaining the number of
occasions on which he has visited out farm or our shop?
>> and is clearly so inefficient he can't compete
>> with market prices.
Another lie, since we sell our product at market prices. Again perhaps
the Medway Prat can list the number of occasions on which he has
purchased our product and given an example of his expertise in the olive
oil market?
While he's at it, perhaps the Medway Prat can explain how a chain fag
smoker who has kileld off his tastebuds and who is in denial about the
adverse effects on health of smoking can actually taste the difference
between olive oile direct from the farm and that blended by a suppliers
using pomace oil, heat treated sub-standard oil and even de-odorised
hazelnut oil?
Perhaps the same prat can enlighten us all with his knowledge of fraud
and corruptiong amon the biggest olive oil suppliers?
Bruce
Excellent. Personal abuse.
Can you stoop any lower? Go on, do try!
Steve Firth
> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
> >Bruce <n...@nospam.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Trying to claim the moral high ground while resorting to the lowest
> >> profanity is never going to work.
> >
> >While being a total cock as you appear to be is what, exactly?
>
>
> Excellent. Personal abuse.
Sorry, that line is (c) That Cock Hansen.
Of course it's personal abuse, you're a fuckwit. Like most fuckwits you
seem to think I inherently owe you some respect for the level of your
fuckwittery. I don't. Since you're clearly beyond rational or reasonable
conversation poking the mong with a stick is the only point I can see
for you.
Go on, emote some more over me.
Bruce
Now you're getting *really* desperate. Poor you.
Steve Firth
Is this a piece of your brain> -> .
Or all of it?
> Poor you.
Laughing at mongs like you is entertainment. So in what sense it is
"poor me"?
Bruce
Because you're pathetic. Every time you try to claim the moral high
ground you sink deeper and deeper into the mire. Poor you.
It cannot be easy selling your overpriced "extra virgin" olive oil
into a competitive market, with your lack of communication skills
getting in the way.
Steve Firth
> Because you're pathetic. Every time you try to claim the moral high
> ground you sink deeper and deeper into the mire. Poor you.
At what point did I try to "claim the moral high ground"? I simply point
out that you're a fuckwit.
> It cannot be easy selling your overpriced "extra virgin" olive oil
Isn't that what you referred to as "slander" earlier, you hypocrite?
> into a competitive market, with your lack of communication skills
> getting in the way.
Which "lack of communication skills" do you refer to? I've already
demonstrated that I have a larger vocabulary than you.
Bruce
>
>Which "lack of communication skills" do you refer to? I've already
>demonstrated that I have a larger vocabulary than you.
You're right.
When it comes to profanity, I cannot compete with you.