Winseer:
Me? - I like my fish and chips to have actual cod in the fish and potatoes in the chips.
As opposed to more bones than a python, and batter so thick you could coat breeze blocks with it.The only “good” chippy I had up north was in Thirsk - the one in the town square that people queue two lanes to get into.
I managed to cotton on because everyone was double-queing for this particular establishment, whilst the other chippy across the way was staffed with some miserable old bat who practically sent the customers away!I actually went in there first
, not realising about the other one - asked for ‘some freshly cooked cod & chips’…
“I don’t mind waiting” said I… - and she tried to palm me off with the crappy withered specimens that had been under the hotlight all afternoon!
Clearly “Getting what you ask for in a shop” must be a southerner thing.
I’m grateful I found the second cushy place though - which of course would not have happened if I’d been served at first stop in the first place!
I think our differences here lie with the fish. I cannot remember the last time I went to the chippy and ordered fish, it just doesn’t quite satisfy me like a hearty tray of pie/pudding, chips, peas & gravy does. It’s the future 
There is a trucker on YouTube who will sympathise… youtube.com/watch?v=G9IirrCHOPY
Anyway, this topic has strayed somewhat.
