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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 10:08:24 GMT
I was in northern Ireland on holiday a couple of Julys ago. Bunting everywhere, a carnival atmosphere. The admission fee for the Giant's causeway was about half the cost of the entire holiday. That sounds like an appallingly cheap holiday. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 25, 2019 10:10:01 GMT
It was, we were camping. Never again.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 10:11:25 GMT
You can't even get one person properly pissed once at Irish pub prices for the cost of a family ticket to the GC.
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 25, 2019 10:19:08 GMT
It's £12.50 for an adult or £31.25 for a family. For the Giant's Causeway, I mean. It's more expensive to get properly pissed in a pub, I would guess.
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Post by Pyjakson on Apr 25, 2019 10:25:20 GMT
I was in northern Ireland on holiday a couple of Julys ago. Bunting everywhere, a carnival atmosphere. The admission fee for the Giant's causeway was about half the cost of the entire holiday. Over for the flute bands and bonfires? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 10:30:15 GMT
I'm pleased my near death experience has entertained the box.
If I were to guess, the crazy on the bus would be Kane and the intense knife threatening crack addict would be Tiddles.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 25, 2019 10:35:05 GMT
I was in northern Ireland on holiday a couple of Julys ago. Bunting everywhere, a carnival atmosphere. The admission fee for the Giant's causeway was about half the cost of the entire holiday. Over for the flute bands and bonfires? Just missed them. We were mostly camping in the Republic, then went north to liaise with some friends who were staying in Portstewart, so we saw some of the paraphernalia left over from the festivities. Learned more 17th century history from the posters in Bushmills than I'd known since I used to go swimming with a guy from Ayrshire called Billy. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 10:35:41 GMT
It's £12.50 for an adult or £31.25 for a family. For the Giant's Causeway, I mean. It's more expensive to get properly pissed in a pub, I would guess. I love the pretence that you have never spent more than £31.25 in a pub in a single evening. You are not even fooling yourself. |
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Post by Conchord on Apr 25, 2019 10:35:44 GMT
With endgame is it worth sitting next to someone who is willing to spend three hours and however much it is for a cinema ticket to see the film soon or just wait till it's streaming somewhere? Also are midnight releases and people getting in costume for films still happening or was that just a particularly bad time when people were mad about Harry potter? I guess it depends how bothered you are about spoilers. I've found it hard enough to avoid them for one day. If you're not bothered then just wait for streaming. As for midnight and people dressing up, yes they're still a thing and, yes, people still dress up. As for why they do it, I'll never know. A colleague went to see Captain Marvel last night and said there were people dressed up as various Avengers. This is in Middlesbrough ffs. If they made it home without getting beaten at least once I'd be very surprised. The thought does conjure up some amusing images though. Thor, Captain America and Iron Man getting chased down the road by a couple of 'misunderstood'* 13 year olds. * Future criminals. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 10:38:52 GMT
This is in Middlesbrough ffs. If they made it home without getting beaten at least once I'd be very disappointed.
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 25, 2019 10:42:06 GMT
Got on an almost empty bus early this morning. Some loon sits next to me -- ignoring all the free seats -- and starts raving about crack addicts with knives. I was so scared I held up a help sign to the window in the hope of attracting the attention of a passing police car to my plight. The increasingly threatening madman starts frothing at the mouth and saying something about me drawing pictures of roads, so I decide I have to destroy the help sign before he realises what it is and kills me for it. It was only the spiritual assistance of the universe spirit karma angels kept me safe. Yeah, alright, calm down Galadan, you're a bit late with this rather lame and cliched joke now. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 10:54:45 GMT
Got on an almost empty bus early this morning. Some loon sits next to me -- ignoring all the free seats -- and starts raving about crack addicts with knives. I was so scared I held up a help sign to the window in the hope of attracting the attention of a passing police car to my plight. The increasingly threatening madman starts frothing at the mouth and saying something about me drawing pictures of roads, so I decide I have to destroy the help sign before he realises what it is and kills me for it. It was only the spiritual assistance of the universe spirit karma angels kept me safe. Yeah, alright, calm down Galadan, you're a bit late with this rather lame and cliched joke now. You ok, hon? |
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Post by cobblers on Apr 25, 2019 11:02:17 GMT
It's £12.50 for an adult or £31.25 for a family. For the Giant's Causeway, I mean. It's more expensive to get properly pissed in a pub, I would guess. I love the pretence that you have never spent more than £31.25 in a pub in a single evening. You are not even fooling yourself. that’ll get you 4 and a half pints of craft wanker and, just maybe, a bag of crisps in my fancy local, or 8 pints of rough and 2 packets of top notch generic pork scratchings in the proper pub. Either way I have no difficulty in spending £31.25 in a single evening, and could squeeze that into an early afternoon if required. Ideally at the pork scratching joint. |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Apr 25, 2019 11:04:49 GMT
I stumbled around London after a gig one night and it is indeed a scary place.
I sold my old monitor on Gumtree but wish I had asked for more money now as people keep messaging me about it. The new one arrives on Saturday.
Busy at work too.
TV - some Twin Peaks and Westworld.
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 25, 2019 11:06:04 GMT
I love the pretence that you have never spent more than £31.25 in a pub in a single evening. You are not even fooling yourself. that’ll get you 4 and a half pints of craft wanker and, just maybe, a bag of crisps in my fancy local, or 8 pints of rough and 2 packets of top notch generic pork scratchings in the proper pub. Either way I have no difficulty in spending £31.25 in a single evening, and could squeeze that into an early afternoon if required. Ideally at the pork scratching joint. Eight and a half pints of ale and three bags of salted nuts for dinner. I think maybe going for two bags of salted nuts and investing a little more money to make it a full nine pints would be preferable. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 25, 2019 11:07:45 GMT
I used to wander round London late at night scaring people when I lived there.
Mostly not deliberately.
The scaring thing I mean.
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Post by cobblers on Apr 25, 2019 11:12:34 GMT
I considered ditching the pork scratchings for another half of cider, but that way madness lies. You need the salt.
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Post by Felice Landry on Apr 25, 2019 11:30:46 GMT
I've spent a lot of time in London, (college, work, living there, socialising), and the only place I felt uneasy in was Dalston, it looked like Beirut. This was in the '80s mind you and has changed a touch since then
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 25, 2019 11:31:58 GMT
I'm pleased my near death experience has entertained the box. If I were to guess, the crazy on the bus would be Kane and the intense knife threatening crack addict would be Tiddles. We had a falling out, he was annoyed at my lurking, wouldn't do the deal we agreed and kept trying to sell me baking powder claiming it's good shit! not my fault I blame Tiddles.. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Apr 25, 2019 12:02:22 GMT
I'm going shopping, cooking up a beef joint tonight hopefully it will go well.
peace (and crack on)!
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Post by amipal on Apr 25, 2019 12:54:55 GMT
I returned a ton of un-used shelving materiel to B&Q at lunch, £200 back in my pocket. Pure profit*.
*its a "thing"
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Post by cobblers on Apr 25, 2019 13:02:45 GMT
Materiel? I fear you have inadvertently constructed a set of shells.
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Post by Faceless on Apr 25, 2019 13:16:12 GMT
Any pump for Days Gone?
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Post by cobblers on Apr 25, 2019 13:18:31 GMT
I’m incredibly disappointed that comments aren’t open on the hand dryer article at the other place. That would have been some good chat.
Personally I’m an XCLERATOR guy, aesthetically, functionally and for the fact that it sounds like a fantastic mid 90’s hard house DJ name.
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Post by cobblers on Apr 25, 2019 13:19:08 GMT
Does it have hand dryers or towels? |
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