Here comes the sun

[MarillionFan]

A bit off topic, but how easy is it to sell stuff? You just rent a 'concession stand' and you're good to go?

As I was wandering about Ibiza last week, feeling peckish and unwilling to pay tourist prices for 'food' (£4 for a tiny tub of ice cream ffs), I saw someone carrying a tiny polystyrene plate of chips. I hunted for its source, but eventually concluded that they had been obtained from one of the many rip-off places that also do chips at great cost, as there was not a proper chippy in sight or smell. It got me wondering how well a chip shop van might fare there (a place teaming with chip-eating Brits) and how one might go about starting such a venture. No doubt it's been thought of before, not least by experts in the potato frying business, so something must be holding them back.

Do you want to know about that for here or Ibiza?

[TimberWolf]

Do you want to know about that for here or Ibiza?

The market I mentioned is likely flooded/mature in the UK already I expect, but whatever.

[EternalOptimist]

A bit off topic, but how easy is it to sell stuff? You just rent a 'concession stand' and you're good to go?

As I was wandering about Ibiza last week, feeling peckish and unwilling to pay tourist prices for 'food' (£4 for a tiny tub of ice cream ffs), I saw someone carrying a tiny polystyrene plate of chips. I hunted for its source, but eventually concluded that they had been obtained from one of the many rip-off places that also do chips at great cost, as there was not a proper chippy in sight or smell. It got me wondering how well a chip shop van might fare there (a place teaming with chip-eating Brits) and how one might go about starting such a venture. No doubt it's been thought of before, not least by experts in the potato frying business, so something must be holding them back.

my sister in law tried it in Liverpool. She had assisted on a hot dog van as a kid, so she knew the ropes and she saw a great opportunity for a 'get rich quick' scheme. So she got the van, stock and some helpers and set up near Aintree during Grand National week.

Then the heavies came around.

So she moved up near the beach (near the iron men)

Then the heavies came around.


she ended up in a dirty layby with a union jack on a stick and a cardboard sign saying hotdogs 100m on the left.

Then she cut her losses and sold up.

Similar thing happened to my brother with his 'bouncy castle' venture


The whole thing is more dangerous than eating a Spanish cucumber

[DaveB]

There was an interesting piece on the radio about Belfast celebrating the construction of the Titanic , 100 years ago in Harland and Woolfe. The Irish were a bit shy about mentioning it too much because it sank.

The standard line in Belfast is: "She was alright when she left us!"

[minestrone]

I think it has rained everyday here for the last month.

[DaveB]

Pissed it down all day yesterday, just to add insult to the injury of an unpaid bank holiday.

Bright and sunny here now, although there are some big clouds looming to the south.

[EternalOptimist]

The standard line in Belfast is: "She was alright when she left us!"

he hehe.

some statistics -

Mayflower - 180 tons
Titanic - 52,000 tons
Valiant (battleship) -36,000 tons
Victorious (carrier) - 31,000 tons
Ventura (P&O liner) - 115,000 tons


That to me shows what a massive ship Titanic was, for its era

[d000hg]

Nice here in Durham so far. Hope it will hold, the wife's off to see Take That in Sunderland this evening and I'm sure rain was forecast.

[russell]

my sister in law tried it in Liverpool. She had assisted on a hot dog van as a kid, so she knew the ropes and she saw a great opportunity for a 'get rich quick' scheme. So she got the van, stock and some helpers and set up near Aintree during Grand National week.

Then the heavies came around.

So she moved up near the beach (near the iron men)

Then the heavies came around.


she ended up in a dirty layby with a union jack on a stick and a cardboard sign saying hotdogs 100m on the left.

Then she cut her losses and sold up.

Similar thing happened to my brother with his 'bouncy castle' venture


The whole thing is more dangerous than eating a Spanish cucumber

You can't give in to bullies, why didn't she call the police?

[DimPrawn]

You can't give in to bullies, why didn't she call the police?

Who do you think the heavies were?

Bloody trading without a licence.