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Although it would be more organised and very slightly cheaper to buy lots of apples at the start of the week and take two or three to work with me each day the mild relief offered by biting into a crunchy fridge-fresh chilled apple after even the briefest of lunchwanders through the stale warmnesses of the central business district at midday followed by the inevitable return to the staler and warmer office makes them worth buying fresh. I tend to eat fewer biscuits during the day if I take a small quantity with me rather than being tempted into buying them, but I left them at home today so that I would be properly hungry at teatime.