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Thanks for the info Powerspade, but our nearest Asda is in Crawley which is nearly 13 miles away.

I'm pondering whether to decant some of the bottles into ice cube bags and freezing them, might give me a few more years after the bbf date.

Ninny

I tend to use about two bottles a year, more in winter and less in summer I guess, but dont forget if its BBF then you can still use it after the stated date if its in good condition and if you so desire, wont do you any harm, its the 'use by' dates that we have to oblige by.

So here's a tale for you......

Way back when, I was living in Forrin Parts & came 'home' for a visit...........bout '72-73 I guess. Stocked up with Essentials to take back, which included a bottle of g.b. - can't remember the name;flattish bottle, long neck, began with a 'B' I reckon?...anyway, for the few times I needed it for colouring I used it...

Packing up my kitchen stuff in '79 to return to the UK to live in Glos, gb came with me...

Packing up in '83 in Glos to move to Brum...........yep! same bottle, by now a member of the family  :-*

Big leap forward to 2000......................me'n'gb still going strong...........

I think, and praps Tim may recall, cos the subject of the longevity of 'stuff' was being talked about way back then & I was perhaps more precise on dates?......praps my 'original' bottle of g.b. finally died the death bout 2003-4.

And Reader, I'm living to Tell the Tale

;D

(hence my jaw-dropping..............TWELVE bottles?!)

LishkaX

Lishka, your tale sounds like a can of hairspray that lives in our bathroom, but not quite as old and hasn't moved house :). They'll just get an occasional shake then if they last that long!

I remember those flat bottles, that's when my gb career started! Weren't they they the original C & B bottle shape?

Honeybee, I probably use about one and a half bottles a year, do you keep it in a sandwich bag in the cupboard, the number of times I used to prise the bottle off the shelf only to find brown goo underneath, no matter how much I'd cleaned the drips up after using it ::)

Ninny