Green Market 結業了

同学們, Green Market 結業了... 以後只剩賤格market了...
集体回憶, 不限地域...

[quote:Closure of Green Market]

The Greenmarket opened as part of Eldon Square Shopping Centre in 1976. Some of the stall owners have been trading in the market all 31 years it has been open, including the March family, who have been selling fish in the city for 110 years...


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Have Your Say
What do you think about the closure of the Greenmarket? Are you sad or pleased to see it go? Have your say here...

Lee O'Neil
Why replace all of these shops with one or two large stores . The greenmarket was a family of shops which offered a wide range of choice. Yes things have to move on with modern times but the council have to leave some history in the town. Fancy pubs /casinos & so on the only history in Newcastle will be headstones in the graveyard. There most likley planning there next victim to takeover. That the council for you. I hope all the owners do really well Best of Luck for the future ahead.

K. Thomas
I disagree that the area will look better. It will have lost its character and begin to look like everywhere else. A Shopping centre does not attract people to a city. Its beauty, individuality, unique features and history does. I always take my visitors to the Market as well as other unique sights of Newcastle. They never want to go to the Eldon Square shopping centre!! Almost everywhere I go in the Western world the High Street looks the same now. Same name shops, same stuff in them. Newcastle is a wonderful city. Stop destroying it.

Jake Smith
Its a shame to lose something with identity but the building itself and the area was very dated and needed modernising. Newcastle is changing and sadly not everything can stay the same. At the end of all this the area will look better and the people of Newcastle will have a shopping centre that will attract even more people to experience this fine city!

Ann Bullock
i think it is very very sad that the Green Market in Newcastle has now closed it broke my heart to hear that is was closing as i lived in Newcastle all my life i now only come now & again to shop as i dont even live there any more

Paul Clark
the place was way past it's sell by date, so it was time to move on. No doubt the traders have got a few bob out of it, good luck to them.

Kirk
When such wonderful places have survived against the inferior supermarkets they should be backed up not closed. I am as many will be, gutted and will never shop for food at a supermarket, another tradegy for the real people and real food.

George Anthony
I think it is a good thing as times have to move on

Brian James
It's such a shame, it has been a way of life for the tradres and shopers for decades, it appears that the big supermarkets are taking away our heritage and culture, absolute disgrace.

mark
bit of a disgrace really. what do newcastle city council want?? more faceless, multinational brand names??

Linda
i have always loved it's uniqueness.people came from afar because it was so unique.i will be very very sad to see it go, as will thousands of other shopaholicks.not to mention buisnesses and empolees.i hope the council are happy, we're certainly not.

Rob James
Best wishes to the forgotten heroes...the market inspectors. I hope the 2 Daves and Ivan are being re-deployed elsewhere. As a former sub-contractor who repaired the doors on many occasions, I was always amazed by the amount of people that visited the place. Good luck to all that are being moved out!

無厘遊...

昨, 長夜多夢... 由於最後一個夢較接近夢醒時分...特別記得清楚,更顯其荒誕...
話說無厘由造訪林宅(按:林銀紙 by 曹超人), 但應該並非半山正宅... 反而有D似太古城...

大家一人一張紅A櫈仔, 坐在露台大譚養魚經... (Wa! 我好似養乜都X噃, 大膽到吹養魚心經)
不過, 如果你見到有人在浴缸內養錦鯉, 但全副武裝, 一絲不苟, 相信自信心都會增强咗...

良久, 阿林太凝視著我道: "啊! 整個月沒見了, 工作如何?"

"Am... 不錯, 還好... 不過我初次上來(造訪), 妳可能認錯人了！"我吱唔着

她好像滿不在乎, 但不知何如應對(我心裹想這是最common的客套話吧? 我可是魔童啊！)

我唯有打圓場: "係呀, 我係Messenger, MSN messenger 呀!"

聽罷, 見她跟女傭人摟作一團(好像好姊妹般), Ka ka 大笑 "MSN messanger... ka ka ka..."
(唔通林太成日MSN? 咪比渣沽知道呀! 佢好鬼唔nike ga！特別在上斑時分)

接着, 看見地台內有水積... (唔知係咪頭先飲荼時留下...)

連隨找個地拖, 喺咁拖... 但越拖越大鑊...

林生忽然道: "啊, 樓上滲水啊... 套Hi-Fi 可要弄壞了..."

我看着露臺的天花, 確實濕透了...

但... 天花6英呎高還不到, headroom怎的好像不合此比例? 想了想便睡醒了...

弱者勝利法?

小學時候,你有否戲謔身旁口音唔正的新移民同學? 有否對叫阿燦或姓和名字祗有兩個字的小朋友投以[注目]禮...

如果有的話, 這些都可能是你給予他們發奮的原動力...

划太遠了, 雖然話真人show在與世隔絕的玻璃[膠屋]內進行, 但投票的人卻在[隔絕]之外, 沒有受到輿論壓力的影嚮?

種族歧視?
[著名印度女生謝蒂參加這個節目時，其他參賽者涉嫌以帶種族歧視的言語辱罵她，節目惹來逾四萬次的投訴，及不少反種族歧視的團體以及印度官員批評，英國首相貝理雅、財相白高敦亦就事件開腔，強調不讚成種族歧視。Quote: http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20070129/ta10845t.htm]

印度西施? / 波斯小昭? 確實不同凡響...
[Quote: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,11049-2007040583,00.html]

難怪2400多年前, 老聃教我們要虛下、要弱柔... 那管他大叫大嚷"內定、內定..."
[Quote: Shilpa Shetty on-line; http://www.shilpa-shetty.com/index2.html]

屑牙度的最後探戈

假如上天能夠使我成為世上最好的球員...

而上天真的聽見到...

接著, 一個身手矯健的年輕人, 穿起神聖的紫藍紅間Bacra球衣, 一跌不跌的在閃避一眾後衛的攔截...

最後, 他給超技術絆倒了... 但同時間, 這個年輕人已將皮球送進網窩了...

[quote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-_U0a9med0Y]
這是(不是 / 因失傳了)一個TVads. 是一個一剔過的球賽片段...

這個年輕人叫做Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima...

後來, 他為個人及國家帶來無數榮譽...
[Quote: Ronaldo]

也贏盡了無數廣告商、球會及球迷的金錢... 及美女...

因此, 他的腳步給拖慢了下來, 他開始有身孕... 他長了雞眼... 雙腿玻璃化...

還有甚麼誘因可以促使他再發光發亮?

"足球是我的朋友" 戴志偉(大空翼)

他可不是足球小將...

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[後記]
他終於找到新老細了... 可不是呆子吧?
[quote: AC Milan]

大地主從來都是贏家?

記得Carriefour在香港的死因嗎? 公平? 何曾是絕對...

By the way, 蘋果裡的蘋果批於January 18th, 2007一篇"勁歌金曲最XXX女歌手"對[公平]有深層定義... [Quote: 勁歌金曲最XXX女歌手]

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UK grocers face competition probe

The control of land by Britain's supermarkets is set to be highlighted in a key Competition Commission report.
Campaign groups have criticised supermarkets including Tesco for owning large areas of undeveloped land across the UK, stifling potential competition.

But the supermarkets argue their ownership of so-called "land banks" has not distorted competition.

The outline report is also expected to examine whether aggressive pricing is forcing small shops out of business.

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons control almost 75% of the UK grocery market.

Watchdogs have previously said that the buying power of the big supermarkets could distort competition.

Property concerns

Tesco, which accounts for £1 in every £3 spent in the UK on groceries, currently has the largest land development portfolio of the major supermarkets.

At least two of the Competition Commission inquiry's six panel members want Tesco to give up some of the land it owns for further development, according to a recent Sunday Times report.


But Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket with a market share of more than 30%, has vigorously defended its position and said that it does not believe it has done anything wrong.

It said it would be "surprised" if the probe into the UK's supermarkets called for it to sell off some of the undeveloped sites it owns.

The Competition Commission's "emerging thinking" document is also expected to examine the relationship between the big supermarkets and suppliers, amid allegations that supermarkets' buying power has increased.

Further claims that the retail giants are distorting competition through their pricing behaviour - such as below-cost selling and price flexing - are also being investigated.

The Competition Commission's full report is expected to be published next year.

[Quote: Story from BBC NEWS:
UK grocers face competition probe]

Blu-Ray 王巧

難抵擋她雙眼睛的魅力 多吸引一顆痴心似著了魔
難擋她週身奔放的熱力 喜歡她早已拋開心中怯懦
沒法拒那心魔 那聲音似比一首怨歌
慾與愛 滿心窩 心 想要說聲 Encore

她的美麗眼波 她的美麗笑渦
她的美麗煽動情慾之火
她的冶艷惹火 咀巴似在噴火
不可拒絕我亦承認 我極傻 徒嘆奈何
她的美麗眼波 她的美麗笑渦
她將每份愛共情慾反鎖
她的誘惑太多 好比美麗禁果
她的態度似是謎樣 怎捉摸 問怎捉摸

[Quote: 甜蜜的禁果 /
曲：小田裕一郎 詞：鄭國江 編：羅迪]

電視撈飯 (美心MX反擊戰?)

自幼家貧, 當其他鄰居更換'彩電'時, 家裡還有個唔知幾時先壞嘅黑白電視機(後來我知道要一件物件壞喺好easy嘅事 <---奸笑), 還不是隨時、隨地有得看... 之但喺開飯時一定有得看, 因為先母話要看新聞woh!
定喺用來掩飾唔夠餸嘅日子呢? 哈! 講笑咋, 老媽子...(次次蒸蛋同蒸肉餅個碟都比我搶來盛飯撈汁就知我喺妳no.1 fans la!)
不過都好久沒有夢見妳了... 要保重啊! 咪比老豆飲咁多啤酒呀...

想當時先母都是電視撈飯的狂熱份子(甚麽家變、狂潮當然不可少), 作為兒女當然要撑這個米飯班主啦! 有得食、有得睇, 乎復何求?

昨夜, 在金巴利道上, 驚覺...原來電視撈飯的日子, 是可以這樣近...
即時的財經及天氣資訊...

生意越來越難做...


Dairy Farm 住喺星加坡, (0341)在神州片地開花...

尹思哲何時可給我們生動的指引???

即食麵之父逝世

[轉貼 / Quote:Father of Instant Noodles]
2007年1月6日
被稱為即食麵之父的日清食品創辦人安藤百福，昨日傍晚因心肌梗塞在大阪一間醫院病逝，終年96歲。
安藤百福是日本籍台灣人，原名吳百福，在台灣嘉義出世，其後到日本經商，朝日新聞報導，吳百福發明即食麵，也是日清食品公司的創始人，他生於日本統治台灣時期，之後到日本經營針織品批發生意。一九三四年畢業於立命館大學。吳百福經營過製鹽業、金融業等，一九四八年，成立了日清食品公司的前身中交總社，經營貿易及批發業。並在1958年將即食麵推出巿場，受到廣泛歡迎．



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原來早在1958年已經有了即食麵...
還已為小時候, 80年代初，初嘗第一口instant noodles時, 其為新產物...
猶記起, 當時先母和鄰居彭師奶紛紛議論: "哎吔, X師奶, 唔好煮咁多即食麵比D細蚊仔食呀! D 麵上有層腊
架！ 食得多個胃形成一層膜, 阻礙吸收架..., 好似話喺日本食死人, 先喺香港賣咋(話! 乜講到咁大?
), D 味精又喺無益架... 哎, 不過如果真喺要食, 學我煮時, 頭一浸水, 先倒掉...再煲水沖味粉啦..."

先父曾經由(未經証實)小道消息向小學霖透露: "即食麵其實為戰略用品, 行軍時, 省洗米煮飯時間...乃戰敗後之傑作, 云云..."

就這樣... 在這種陰霾下... 小學霖在飢餓交迫嘅情形下... 冒死進食即食麵, 而麵零己有二十多載...

而即食麵在許多年前, 已經進化為杯裝...

負笈英倫其間, 在唐人街, 同學們指明要買大埔工業邨出嘅原味, 不要Amsterdam 出嘅水貨...

最深刻還是那個回程時, 飛機上送的番茄味杯麵... 喺! 無錯, 喺番茄味... 口味呢回事... 唉!

盲瓜就罕 [漫畫周刊]

上三字頭的動、漫迷, 應該知道灣仔譚臣道上, 有間叫做海豹叢書的出版社。

時為八十年代初期, 雖然港英政府擁有[完善]嘅法治社會, 但一般市民對知識產權的[尊重], 大家可以從今天老翻、BT成行成市可以推算得到。 當然, 知識產權須要[尊重]、 要守法。 但無可否認, 老翻在推動、普及化層面上有一定的[功積]。 所以有說微軟當年隻眼開、隻眼閉有上述潛意。

說回漫畫, 早期我等同輩看膩了港式打鬥三幅被後, 無意間發現了一本叫[盲瓜就罕]的綜合式日漫翻譯周刋。不看猶可, 看過創刋號後, 期期追看下去。

還記得當時創刋號封面為機動戰士RX-78, 中間大頁海報加正、背彩色故事。其餘有那些漫畫連載已經忘得七七八八, 只記得有[斬虎屠龍劍]即[帶子雄郎]及風之谷吧!
還有那個要求TVB重播機動戰士, 當時叫[太空戰士]嘅請願信行動, 那時多個字都不願寫嘅自己, 居然[被煽動]去寫請願信。

後期, 有個叫做[口水團長]嘅勁人寫專欄兼為讀者解答漫畫上的疑問, 看見他有時在回應內[腰膶]讀者及其後繼人[甘仔], 著實帶來會心微笑。

要知這個團長有多受歡迎, 看今天的渣估便可知。
後來他好像轉到 A Club [quote: http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-CLUB&variant=zh-tw]去了, 他的口頭嘽是[爬格仔] ,大多數寫作人對自己工作的謙稱。

多年不見了! 因為我已經沒有看後期出現的少年JUMP之類的刋物, 如果團長尚在的話, 容我在這裏祝你身體健康, 聖誕及新年快樂!

你永遠的忠實讀者
學霖

澳X牛奶公司...

昨夜接老婆收工, 二話不說, 決定到澳X牛奶公司食茶餐。

蓆上, 有個身穿卡其色西裝外套, 貌似吳彥祖的老細類動物, 身旁放了一個Burberry suitcase, 但在閱讀港人驕傲 - 龍X門。

心中暗自打量, 到底白加士街有多長呢? 難道遇上渣老闆出來巡視業務?
還是渣老闆流落在怡情島上呢?

正當想得出神, 忽然, "炒蛋、多士、牛通, 邊位?" 如召喚獸般被召回人間。

不久前, 記得不清楚是孔少林還是方卓如, 淺淡翠華員工的成工管理可以作論文題才, 觀乎澳X牛奶公司, 餐牌上之精簡、單一, 多年不變, 但從早到晚, 坐無虛蓆, 員工的專業服務, 不假劉華教誨... 成工的管理題才確實俯拾皆是, 只待我們去了解。

BTW, 渣老闆呢? 走啦? 渣哥? 其猶龍乎?!

3 Anniversary (羊皮婚)

轉瞬間, 已經到了3週年, 打從我們相識那天起, 已過了7個寒冬, 要包容一個人7年著實不簡單, 除了妳有過人的忍耐力外, 可能我還有挑戰妳底線的空間吧！ (<--- Just kidding)

自從爸媽乘鶴遠遊後, 無數個深夜, 就只有床頭的一點燈和"Sha-la-sha-la"的收音機聲相伴, 不知何時起, 我自以為已經習慣了自閉及自憐.

但我自覺上天對我真的不薄, 以往的經歷著實豐富了我的人生. 特別在那天(那夜), 妳我相視的一刻, (縱使妳否認有偷看著我), 我知道我失散了的半個個體已經尋回了...

請原諒我是一個頗納悶的人... 有時也頗神經質... + 容易焦燥, 因此, 除了愛心以外, 妳的憐愛使我更覺神聖...

請妳在日後的每一天裏, 如Angel cards 一樣給我提示、明示及暗示, 好使我在適當時候, 行適當的事 ;)

Hallelujah!

又到聖誕

某Day同內子到又X城看戲, 乘扶手電梯離去時, 噢! 比D光閃親對眼, 險些滾落樓下Vivienne T 道, 完來成株鵝仔sponsor嘅聖誕樹已經"幢"咗喺喥...

踏入12月份, 又到大家制做繁華假象嘅時候啦, 加油呀！ "康講同胞"...

道歉要誠意, 該從何開始... [留言版+洩憤區]

廣納良方...

未能食好

本人深受我國創意食品加害(頭髮鼓油, 避孕丸大閘蟹, 哮喘藥豬肉, 蘇丹紅雞鴨蛋, 不勝杖舉...) , 信心一再受損, 一眾高官, 薪高厚祿, 可能多吃外國進口食品, 對廣大市民日食數以百噸計問題食品未能"體察民情"...
May 姐說得妙: "常識 (Common sense) 已可治港"

昆人又獻新猷...

"昆人"的技倆確實層出不窮, 但是連自己至親都可以下手的, 上蒼應該做D嘢啩?

昨天有多風光, 不應再倦戀... 做人應該踏實, 你須要建立的, 是信譽, 不是賭本...你知道愛護你的人有多傷心嗎? 回頭永不太難, 圍牆是自築的...

悼念彿老 / (芝加哥)供應經濟學派泰斗

MILTON FRIEDMAN [1912-2006][Quote: http://www.economist.com/debate/freeexchange/2006/11/requiescat_in_pace.cfm; Economist.com 2006]

有線寬頻(1097.hk)失英超轉播權, 股價受壓

Quote: [有線
url=jsp/news/main.jsp&menuID=5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;category
=FINANCE&newsid=2006111512191294000]

是時候轉服務商? 但 觀乎NOW 嘅 ESPN選賽事往積, 又唔係咁理想噃...

非常願意...

"非常願意, 極之願意..."伴著全場笑聲, 就這樣, 見證著這個平日口甜舌滑、口沫遮攔的多口仔歸順我主。人生就是這樣奇妙, 最偉大的作家衹有上蒼...別無二店。

向雷丁致敬

確實要向雷丁致敬, 一再示範實際足球的效律、及整体性...

反勝熱刺3:1絕非僥倖...

看來讀多兩錢書(READING)有幫助更進球員的mindset, 始終, 運動競技並非四肢角力, 動動腦筋最要緊...

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