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Post by pierre on Mar 15, 2019 15:57:47 GMT
This is the day some 2 thousand years ago when Cassius made a name for himself.He and Brutus may well have got away with murder if they had a good lawyer.There you go....
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Post by sleepyjohn on Mar 15, 2019 17:46:50 GMT
This is the day some 2 thousand years ago when Cassius made a name for himself.He and Brutus may well have got away with murder if they had a good lawyer.There you go.... I thought that they did get away with it...justified for the greater good.
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Post by nob on Mar 17, 2019 10:50:19 GMT
Found this on a social networking site,
To all the school kids going on 'strike' for Climate Change: You are the first generation who have required air-conditioning in every classroom. You want TV in every room and your classes are all computerised. You spend all day and night on electronic devices. More than ever, you don't walk or ride bikes to school but arrive in caravans of private cars that choke local roads and worsen rush hour traffic. You are the biggest consumers of manufactured goods ever and update perfectly good expensive luxury items to stay trendy, Your entertainment comes from electric devices. Furthermore, the people driving your protests are the same people who insist on artificially inflating the population growth through immigration, which increases the need for energy, manufacturing and transport. The more people we have, the more forest and bushland we clear and more of the environment is destroyed. How about this... Tell your teachers to switch off the air-con. Walk or ride to school. Switch off your devices and read a book. Make a sandwich instead of buying manufactured fast food. No, none of this will happen because you are selfish, badly educated, virtue signalling little 'princesses', inspired by the adults around you who crave a feeling of having a 'noble cause' while they indulge themselves in Western luxury and unprecedented quality of life. Wake up, grow up and learn to research facts and think for yourself and not blindly accept the words and thoughts of others - I don't think you formulated this action plan all by your self - suspect you may have had some influence and 'guidance' from those you trust ....a word of warning, be cautious of the influence of the 'left' because there may be a time in the future that you will be the ones left out...
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Post by sleepyjohn on Mar 17, 2019 12:02:49 GMT
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Post by nob on Apr 5, 2019 13:13:58 GMT
Weatherspoons are getting rid of 16 pubs,
Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin, Cornwall (Lloyds) Brun Lea, Burnley, Lancashire (Lloyds) Vulcan, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Time Piece, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Bourtree, Hawick, Scottish Borders Last Plantagenet, Leicester, East Midlands Queens Hotel, Newport, Wales Isaac Merritt, Paignton, Devon The Cross Keys, Peebles, Scottish Borders St George's Hall, Redfield, Bristol Pennsylvanian, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire Rhinoceros, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Butler's Bell, Stafford, Staffordshire Friar Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire Dee Hotel, West Kirkby, Merseyside Alexander Bain, Wick, Caithness
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Post by Ratae on Apr 5, 2019 14:44:42 GMT
My regular brecky venue is there, been using it for years. Anyway, over those years I've had a couple of strange events take place, as you do in a Spoons pub. Almost got barred from there several years ago. Back then a few yards up the road from the 'Plant' there was one of those hostels were yer alkies could get looked after. Naturally, they used to gather in the Plant. So, this morning I'm standing at the bar ordering a brecky from the lass. One of these drinkers marches up to the end of the bar, bangs his empty glass on the bar and demands service. The lass looks at him him and says."I'll be with you in a moment, I'm serving this gentleman (me)" "F**k him" sez the drinker "This is a pub not a cafe and I want a drink" ' Ding...Click....Rattle' .... my tilt switch has kicked in! "F**k me is it" sez I. "Well another f*****g word outa you and I'll come down there and f**k you big time" I yelled. The whole place went quiet but the gaffer ...a big fat Aussie, had heard me. He came out from the back and threatened to bar me, I tried to explain but he wouldn't have it and the barmaid said nothing. I stomped out and invited the mouthy drinker to join me. He stayed put. Didn't go in again for a couple of months by which time the Aussie had left. T'other funny thing was a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting at a table having a cup of coffee and reading the news on my tablet when a voice said "Excuse me, do you mind if I join you, I need to charge my phone and here is near to the door if I want a smoke?" ( USB charging point on a pillar nearby) I looked up and a lady is standing there. Sixtyish, well dressed, tall and slim and I'm thinking that back in the day she must have been quite tidy! Naturally, I invited her to sit down. She plugged her mobile into the charging point, took her coat off etc and I said I would keep an eye on her things while she went and filled her coffee cup. Anyway, she got rather chatty, asking me about my day and stuff, general chit chat and yer boy's starting to thing that perhaps he's still got it and maybe a comeback is on the cards. Then I mentioned that one of the coffee machines wasn't working and wondering when someone would fix it. The lady said "probably no-one will bother 'cos this place is shutting down and being sold"Well,that was the first that I'd heard about it and I asked how she knew. She told me that she'd only been told that day, then she said .... "It will be a shame 'cos I'm banned from the other two Spoons pubs" Eh? ... said moi! "Yea" she said, " Not my fault, just for telling people what needs telling, ain't like I hit people or fall over drunk. Well....not very often" It was about then that yer boy's comeback was cancelled and I remembered an urgent previous appointment!
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Post by nob on Apr 5, 2019 15:28:37 GMT
I shall be having a full English in the Spoons inside Doncaster airport in the morning before we fly to Spain. I don't mind giving Tim my business.
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Post by Ratae on Apr 5, 2019 16:07:04 GMT
I shall be having a full English in the Spoons inside Doncaster airport in the morning before we fly to Spain. I don't mind giving Tim my business. Add the black pudding to it Nob. Deeelish!
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Post by banjo on Apr 5, 2019 16:46:46 GMT
Make sure you wash it down nob, it'll be your last chance for a week. Enjoy yerself!
e&oe...
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Post by sleepyjohn on Apr 5, 2019 19:06:49 GMT
Make sure you wash it down nob, it'll be your last chance for a week. Enjoy yerself! e&oe... Yep,enjoy yourself in Spain. Whilst you're away we'll sort out a No deal Brexit,close the borders,and keep all the old reprobates out. Ooops!
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Post by nob on Apr 6, 2019 1:56:22 GMT
Black pudding it is, and a hash brown, plenty of liquid too, and if the borders are closed Ill stay there.
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Post by pierre on Apr 6, 2019 13:14:54 GMT
Bon Voyage Nob.
Lovely too to see Dave has not lost his skills as the raconteur sublime.Let's have more of your Leicester wit David
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Post by petersmyth1 on Apr 6, 2019 14:51:06 GMT
Bon Voyage Nob. Lovely too to see Dave has not lost his skills as the raconteur sublime.Let's have more of your Leicester wit David Pierre (jnr) I know we Ulster folk are better educated than the snooty mainlanders but just to keep our standards up raconteurs "tell" anecdotes and authors "write" stories.
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Post by Ratae on Apr 6, 2019 20:14:09 GMT
Bon Voyage Nob. Lovely too to see Dave has not lost his skills as the raconteur sublime.Let's have more of your Leicester wit David Pierre (jnr) I know we Ulster folk are better educated than the snooty mainlanders but just to keep our standards up raconteurs "tell" anecdotes and authors "write" stories. Apostrophe after 'mainlanders' and another after 'up'. Smudger, better educated, my arse!
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Post by sleepyjohn on Apr 6, 2019 21:50:14 GMT
It's a comma after 'mainlanders',and a colon after 'up ' if we're going to be really picky. However,the rules may have changed since 1963 GCE 'O'levels. On second thoughts,this could get nasty/personal,so forget that I posted.
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