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Post by Felice Landry on Dec 5, 2022 14:09:31 GMT
Went into town and there was a film crew wanting to interview people about food wastage. Once having clocked my natural good looks they made a bee line to interview me. I'm now going to have to start watching the ITV local news to see if I'm on there. I've been interviewed on BBC News South West. I had a cold and was on my way to the JobCentre when the camera was put on me. 'So, what do you think about the parking charges in Torquay?'.
I saw myself on BBCiPlayer later, I looked goooood...
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Post by Felice Landry on Dec 5, 2022 14:18:28 GMT
Parking charges are an important subject.
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 14:21:41 GMT
Football’s home for Christmas, yeah … ♫ ♬
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 14:26:37 GMT
hullo…
I didn’t do a huge amount yesterday. I played Dark Souls 2 for a while, considered deleting ‘Yakuza: Like a Dragon’, then put on Fortnite.
The new Fortnite chapter is pretty good I think.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 5, 2022 14:36:21 GMT
I just looked at my bank statement. Some frequent purchases on Friday and Saturday.
This London habit, some pubs have of £7 a drink, is not something I am altogether on board with. It is a good job I wasn't doubling up on rounds.
Fortunately I was sensible enough to pay cash in some places so there is not a full evidence trail.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 5, 2022 14:47:23 GMT
£7 a pint is criminal.
Robbing cocker-nee bastards.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 5, 2022 14:49:34 GMT
£7 a pint is criminal. Robbing cocker-nee bastards. £14 for a pint and a glass of white wine. I didn't even want the white wine. Not just one place either. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 5, 2022 14:55:08 GMT
I've been interviewed on BBC News South West. I had a cold and was on my way to the JobCentre when the camera was put on me. 'So, what do you think about the parking charges in Torquay?'.
I saw myself on BBCiPlayer later, I looked goooood...
What was the answer? Something about the retail sector suffering for the sake of a few quid.
The thing is, they didn't brief me beforehand, just shoved a camera in my Mongolian mush and hit the question. Bad form.
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Post by Felice Landry on Dec 5, 2022 14:57:13 GMT
£7 a pint is criminal. Robbing cocker-nee bastards. £14 for a pint and a glass of white wine. I didn't even want the white wine. Not just one place either. You really went to the wrong places, did use the guide "How to screw over Yokels" for your choice of drinking venues? |
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 15:14:32 GMT
You’ll need a wheelbarrow full of notes to buy a drink soon.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 5, 2022 15:18:20 GMT
If by wrong places you mean round Borough then yes.
It has gone up in the world since I worked there. More tourist traps fewer dives.
It was absolutely heaving as well. Every pub except the underground one under London Bridge (with no TVs) was packed out.
No Sam Smiths pus round there. I don't like them anyway.
We did go to one locals pub. The Kings Arms. It was cheaper.
Next time I may insist we meet up at the Bull and Bladder in Cradley. Cash only. But its only about £2.60 a pint. Not sure they do white wine, but half a mild will only be about £1.20.
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Post by scubar on Dec 5, 2022 15:21:26 GMT
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Post by scubar on Dec 5, 2022 15:22:43 GMT
Sheep’s in that there London? He’s ventured forth from his dusty library in the search for a rare tome/to drink his body weight in beer?
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 5, 2022 15:29:36 GMT
No rare tomes. I did go to the British Museum and the LRB bookshop, but I resisted buying anything as I would have had to carry it to the pub. The Rosetta Stone is a hell of a weight to carry round.
I had a civilised* amount to drink on Friday and a civilised* amount to drink on Saturday.
* maybe 2 or 3 civilised amounts.
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Post by amipal on Dec 5, 2022 16:20:48 GMT
Who was the former 'boxer that sometimes still gets mentioned on discord? Sounded like a proper sex pest TimTheMonkey. |
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 16:35:34 GMT
Tim the Monkey got a bad rap. I think on account of looking like a textbook nerd but also having the outlook of a 70 year old patriarch, from the 1970s. I think he also had some resentment towards his ex-girlfriend, who left him for a motorbike riding man of the cloth.
I don’t think, in essence, he was a monster.
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 16:40:51 GMT
I always liked him. There. I said it.
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 16:41:40 GMT
I hope he hasn’t got sucked into the Incel Vortex.
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 5, 2022 16:53:51 GMT
I've often wondered about Tim and his trusty ex-girlfriend. I'd like to know more about the sap on the bike.
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Post by lazybones on Dec 5, 2022 17:17:08 GMT
He’s probably dead now.
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Post by muffrat on Dec 5, 2022 17:33:45 GMT
PENALTIES!! COME ON PENALTIES!!
They're great when you don't really give a shit who wins. Let's have it, Japan! Or Croatia.
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Post by muffrat on Dec 5, 2022 17:50:25 GMT
Apologies for the unexpected capital letters. I had my Xmas team activity on zoom at 11am, a quiz (which I won!!), followed by a few beers in Stockport with my boss and the only other member of my team who lives within 200 miles, who gamely took the train over for the 'event' . We had a Thai lunch and a couple more beers, had to get home to make tea for the kids but if I was half pissed at lunchtime I'm still a quarter pissed now, ready for a snooze
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 5, 2022 18:09:35 GMT
Japan clearly hadn't practiced penalties.
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Post by scamander on Dec 5, 2022 18:21:21 GMT
Tim the Monkey got a bad rap. I think on account of looking like a textbook nerd but also having the outlook of a 70 year old patriarch, from the 1970s. I think he also had some resentment towards his ex-girlfriend, who left him for a motorbike riding man of the cloth. I don’t think, in essence, he was a monster. agreed, I met him on a couple of the south coast meats. Knew his cricket and WWF wrestling, a good man. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Dec 5, 2022 18:32:44 GMT
Not being of the Old Skool of Boxers, a "Johnny-come-lately" you might say.
I'm always fascinated by the leeway people are given.
"This trip involved me getting the same train as a once notoriously bad Guardian Gamesblogger by the name of Simian.
He spent the journey taking unsolicited pictures of women and became very excited by it."
I mean red flag city, surely?
Even if it "was all harmless", it's pretty horrible.
Of course I may have missed the context.
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