#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 15 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: 5: Cameron, May, Truss, Sunak, Starmer. You forgot Boris, who ultimately delivered BREXIT. The proper list is. Johnson Truss Sunak Starmer Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 6,064 Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 On 18/9/2024 at 10:39 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: I've said it before, and I'll say it again... forget Ireland, and come to Scotland. The problem with Scotland is that it's full of Scots. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doo_liss 6,639 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 On 20/09/2024 at 12:00 PM, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: You forgot Boris, who ultimately delivered BREXIT. The proper list is. Johnson Truss Sunak Starmer How could I forget Bo Jo?! 22 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said: The problem with Scotland is that it's full of Scots. Not everyone is Scottish. In point of fact, if I hate anyone where I live, it's the fucking English. We can be such arrogant pricks at times. Some English think that this is their very own mini-colonies, for them to lord it over the indigenous folks. I know that a fair portion of the Scottish population don't like the English, and maybe that's why I had to fight for my job, over the last two years. I don't blame them. Up here the English can be real cunts. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 6,064 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 35 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Up here the English can be real cunts. No surprise there. Down south the English can be real c*nts. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Aye. And the beer is as shit as it is in England! Better head for Ireland. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 9 hours ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Aye. And the beer is as shit as it is in England! Better head for Ireland. What have they got there? Guinness? Whoop-di-doo (!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Ive been to Ireland and had lots of different, excellent, beers that aren't called Guinness. All better than anything ive ever had in England. People there seem to only drink Coors, Bud or Heineken anyway. Ot Stella if they wanna fight. bollemanneke and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Not too long ago, Castlemaine XXXX was the beer de rigueur. Since I don't drink beer (or any other alcoholic drink for that matter), I wouldn't know what people drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 I wouldn't drink beer if i lived in Britain. Cider however... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Cider, I like. In the city where I used to live, there was a converted barge that sold nothing but cider, and a lot of it was homemade. It was yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,641 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 19 hours ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Ive been to Ireland and had lots of different, excellent, beers that aren't called Guinness. All better than anything ive ever had in England. People there seem to only drink Coors, Bud or Heineken anyway. Ot Stella if they wanna fight. Stella used to be 5.2% strength, and indeed used to be nicknamed 'Wife Beater' as a result. It's down to 4.6% these days, presumably due to 5% and above beers now incurring some sort of additional cost to their brewers (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Britts can't hold their drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Actually, I'm typing this one-handed, while holding a mug of coffee, so... yes, we can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Good choice! The way British drink tea is just weird. They put milk in as, as standard Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 There's nowt wrong with a mug of strong Earl Grey and a dash of milk, first thing. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 A very slight dash of milk, i hope? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Of course! One needs to let the bergamot breathe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Good man! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 6,064 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 19 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: There's nowt wrong with a mug of strong Earl Grey and a dash of milk, first thing. Yorkshire Gold Sir! On 25/9/2024 at 12:28 AM, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Better head for Ireland. The Irish know how to pour beer with a proper head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 Anyone here have an idea on whether Ballina/Castlebar would be a good back-up if Dublin didn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Wouldn't know, but... you could try the Highlands and Islands bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 No longer in the Eurozone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 21 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Wouldn't know, but... you could try the Highlands and Islands You're never gonna let this go are you? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Nope Seriously though, if Ireland is your bag, your dream quest, then you go for it. Scotland was/is mine. Every man, at some point in their life turns to someone - a father; a brother; a god - and asks: "Is Antwerp all that there is? Is there nothing more?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I been to Antwerpen. Manneke Pis was amazing, the train station is very beautiful. Het Sportpaleis has poor acoustics for a concert. Its full of Belgian people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 Yes, the Sportpaleis is terrible. Mind you, the Stadsschouwburg is even worse, but at least they're tearing that one down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 What is Belgians best venue for orchestral concerts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 I'd say either the Singel or the Queen Elisabeth Hall. Both are fairly small, though recently they've been doing some film concerts at the second location after they finally realised they're never going to sell 15,000 tickets for those events. I could have told them that seven years ago before having to endure Harry Potter 1 and 2 and all the LOTR ones at the Sportpaleis. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Isn't Alex Cremers from there, i recall from an age past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 I think so, he saw me at the Film Fest Ghent years ago I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I wonder what he's like in real life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 I couldn't tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 He didn't speak with you? No surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 There wasn't any time, it turned out to be a mission impossible to just find the way out, we ended up talking to Americans instead so no complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Americans are great at small talk bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 6,064 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 They're certainly better than the Brits, whose small talk is entirely confined to one subject: The weather (spoiler alert: it's probably raining). bollemanneke and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Damn right it's raining! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 The Dutch and English could easily entertain each other with small talk about the weather, and how shit it generally is, for a surprisingly long time. Been foggy here every morning for the past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,529 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 1 hour ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Been foggy here every morning for the past week. Strong winds, and local flooding up here, for the past few days. It's calmer now, though. Sometimes I wonder how we all cope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 @Quintus how's the weather in Rainford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,468 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Clear, mostly blue skies. Very mild. Probably the driest run of days in what feels like two years. It's quite odd. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Its actually lovely out right now. Had a winter coat on, but don't need it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,624 Posted October 25 Author Share Posted October 25 Same, sunshine all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 6,064 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 14 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Damn right it's raining! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445 Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 That's what autumn will feel when it finally sets in. We used to have proper winters at least. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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