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   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   "Nightjar"  wrote in message   
   news:b5udnal-0KDOAwjFnZ2dnUU7-b2dnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > On 04-Feb-17 9:13 AM, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >> "Ian Jackson"  wrote in message   
   >> news:h0vhiCPkpQlYFwUH@g3ohx.co.uk...   
      
   >>> Last week, the local Waitrose had no iceberg lettuces.   
   >>>   
   >>> At the beginning of this week, they had a few - £1.20 instead of the   
   >>> long-time usual £1.   
   >>>   
   >>> Today, they had some for £1.40. They were distinctly heavier than   
   >>> normal, and from the USA. But thank heavens for the Special Relationship!   
   >>   
   >> I understand Tesco have restricted them to just three per person.   
   >   
   > Morrisons have a two per person limit. Restaurants that were unable to get   
   > supplies from their usual sources had been going in and stripping the   
   supermarket   
   > shelves.   
      
   But there's no shortage in reality.  Nine-tenths of all icebergs lie hidden.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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