Off Topic Kiwi knock it off FFS

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In 1979, Tim Martin opened his first pub, on Colney Hatch Lane in Muswell Hill, north London.[5] Many of the other early Wetherspoon pubs were also in the western part of Haringey. The J D Wetherspoon name comes from one of Martin's teachers in New Zealand who could not control his class,[6][7][8] and told Tim that he would never succeed in business.[9

apparently the teacher was irish and he kept telling tim to knock it off ffs
 
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Ryanair are THE worst airline I have ever flown with. They damaged my case on a return flight from Dublin and tried to get out of paying for it (it was 3 days old). Eventually I had to threaten legal action under the Warsaw convention. The did send me a cheque, but it was payable to another member of our party. Way to **** up Ryanair!!! I'll never use them again and suggest no one else does.

I fly Luton Beziers a lot
Have nothing to say bad about them
It's complete snobbery IMO
It's travel pure and simple at a great price plus early on 20 years ago if you pressed the back button on a Mac browser then the price would revert to £0.00 so just the taxes to pay ... Those days are long gone of course I have never been late with Ryanair ... You can count on being late with easyjet

We live in lucky times to be able to travel so cheaply and efficiently a lot of that credit goes to Ryanair

I flew BA club class to Mexico last few years and sorry but it ain't all that
5 star food no it wasn't and a DVD player and a bed that flight cost me 2 equivalent years of going to France

I flew to the UK this afternoon for €20 on time and had a cheese ham toastie ... Tip top
 
Ius
I fly Luton Beziers a lot
Have nothing to say bad about them
It's complete snobbery IMO
It's travel pure and simple at a great price plus early on 20 years ago if you pressed the back button on a Mac browser then the price would revert to £0.00 so just the taxes to pay ... Those days are long gone of course I have never been late with Ryanair ... You can count on being late with easyjet

We live in lucky times to be able to travel so cheaply and efficiently a lot of that credit goes to Ryanair

I flew BA club class to Mexico last few years and sorry but it ain't all that
5 star food no it wasn't and a DVD player and a bed that flight cost me 2 equivalent years of going to France

I flew to the UK this afternoon for €20 on time and had a cheese ham toastie ... Tip top

I must have flown Ryan at least 100 times. Can't remember them ever being late or ever having a problem. They were very helpful on a couple of times I needed something sorting. Their online check in routine is a pain but with the very low cost and reliability, I will go on using them.
 
Ius
I fly Luton Beziers a lot
Have nothing to say bad about them
It's complete snobbery IMO
It's travel pure and simple at a great price plus early on 20 years ago if you pressed the back button on a Mac browser then the price would revert to £0.00 so just the taxes to pay ... Those days are long gone of course I have never been late with Ryanair ... You can count on being late with easyjet

We live in lucky times to be able to travel so cheaply and efficiently a lot of that credit goes to Ryanair

I flew BA club class to Mexico last few years and sorry but it ain't all that
5 star food no it wasn't and a DVD player and a bed that flight cost me 2 equivalent years of going to France

I flew to the UK this afternoon for €20 on time and had a cheese ham toastie ... Tip top

I must have flown Ryan at least 100 times. Can't remember them ever being late or ever having a problem. They were very helpful on a couple of times I needed something sorting. Their online check in routine is a pain but with the very low cost and reliability, I will go on using them.
 
Ius
I fly Luton Beziers a lot
Have nothing to say bad about them
It's complete snobbery IMO
It's travel pure and simple at a great price plus early on 20 years ago if you pressed the back button on a Mac browser then the price would revert to £0.00 so just the taxes to pay ... Those days are long gone of course I have never been late with Ryanair ... You can count on being late with easyjet

We live in lucky times to be able to travel so cheaply and efficiently a lot of that credit goes to Ryanair

I flew BA club class to Mexico last few years and sorry but it ain't all that
5 star food no it wasn't and a DVD player and a bed that flight cost me 2 equivalent years of going to France

I flew to the UK this afternoon for €20 on time and had a cheese ham toastie ... Tip top

I must have flown Ryan at least 100 times. Can't remember them ever being late or ever having a problem. They were very helpful on a couple of times I needed something sorting. Their online check in routine is a pain but with the very low cost and reliability, I will go on using them.
 
I doubt if there will be a way back for many British pubs as so many are now mini supermarkets
It spells out to me exactly what mainstream UK South has settled for
Tied to debt in a crazy house market
Lease hire cars
Cheap beer
Mass produced food
Mini stores
Netflix
A hot holiday to nowhere once a year

But are you happy
One diesel strike it all falls down
 
I doubt if there will be a way back for many British pubs as so many are now mini supermarkets
It spells out to me exactly what mainstream UK South has settled for
Tied to debt in a crazy house market
Lease hire cars
Cheap beer
Mass produced food
Mini stores
Netflix
A hot holiday to nowhere once a year

But are you happy
One diesel strike it all falls down

If that's what determines your happiness then you're doing life wrong.

I like all those things you've listed but could live in a world without them. They all just individually make life 0.000001% better.
 
I doubt if there will be a way back for many British pubs as so many are now mini supermarkets
It spells out to me exactly what mainstream UK South has settled for

Tied to debt in a crazy house market
Lease hire cars
Cheap beer
Mass produced food
Mini stores
Netflix
A hot holiday to nowhere once a year

But are you happy
One diesel strike it all falls down

Perhaps back to these days that CAMRA thwarted - in the late 60', early 70's my older brother had a copy of the CAMRA guidebook and used to drag me out to all sorts of interesting out of the way pubs that served great real beer.

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Yeah a mate of mine works in their Marketing team and they're looking to expand in Ireland a fair bit.

So I went down to the new Weatherspoons last Saturday night and it ain't half bad to be fair. You can get a pint of English lager for £1.76 and a fry up for £2.46.

Trouble wasn't far away however. Along with English prices come English rules. "Time" is rang from a bell and when its rang it literally means time's up. Paddy doesn't understand this concept though and when he was told no more alcohol was forthcoming, all hell broke loose. A Barman was pulled across the counter and another staff member had their head stuck into a Mop bucket. Tables were overturned and glasses smashed. One individual leapt across the bar and tried to pull himself a pint. The revellers were eventually marshalled out of the place but still with an unquenched thirst and confusion about what just happened, they forced their way into the next nearest pub and duly wrecked that one too.

It would appear there will be a period of adaptation before this new phenomenon takes hold. I can't wait.

No seriously, I can't wait. I'll not be down there again in a hurry!

PS Kiwi, what's your PM getting up to?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaki...i-ride-despite-being-18000km-away-688966.html
 
Perhaps back to these days that CAMRA thwarted - in the late 60', early 70's my older brother had a copy of the CAMRA guidebook and used to drag me out to all sorts of interesting out of the way pubs that served great real beer.

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That pic reminds me of a joke at the time....Why is Watneys Red Barrel like making love in a punt?
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Because it's f*cking close to water!

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So I went down to the new Weatherspoons last Saturday night and it ain't half bad to be fair. You can get a pint of English lager for £1.76 and a fry up for £2.46.

Trouble wasn't far away however. Along with English prices come English rules. "Time" is rang from a bell and when its rang it literally means time's up. Paddy doesn't understand this concept though and when he was told no more alcohol was forthcoming, all hell broke loose. A Barman was pulled across the counter and another staff member had their head stuck into a Mop bucket. Tables were overturned and glasses smashed. One individual leapt across the bar and tried to pull himself a pint. The revellers were eventually marshalled out of the place but still with an unquenched thirst and confusion about what just happened, they forced their way into the next nearest pub and duly wrecked that one too.

It would appear there will be a period of adaptation before this new phenomenon takes hold. I can't wait.

No seriously, I can't wait. I'll not be down there again in a hurry!

PS Kiwi, what's your PM getting up to?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaki...i-ride-despite-being-18000km-away-688966.html

<laugh> Sounds like a typical Weatherspoons to me!
 
So I went down to the new Weatherspoons last Saturday night and it ain't half bad to be fair. You can get a pint of English lager for £1.76 and a fry up for £2.46.

Trouble wasn't far away however. Along with English prices come English rules. "Time" is rang from a bell and when its rang it literally means time's up. Paddy doesn't understand this concept though and when he was told no more alcohol was forthcoming, all hell broke loose. A Barman was pulled across the counter and another staff member had their head stuck into a Mop bucket. Tables were overturned and glasses smashed. One individual leapt across the bar and tried to pull himself a pint. The revellers were eventually marshalled out of the place but still with an unquenched thirst and confusion about what just happened, they forced their way into the next nearest pub and duly wrecked that one too.

It would appear there will be a period of adaptation before this new phenomenon takes hold. I can't wait.

No seriously, I can't wait. I'll not be down there again in a hurry!

PS Kiwi, what's your PM getting up to?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaki...i-ride-despite-being-18000km-away-688966.html

Yes, clearly Irish rules apply. A great Irish pub I used to frequent in the back streets of Peckham rarely emptied before 2.00 am in the days when 11.00 was closing time, the landlord was always saying "Ahh, ye must have another one"...:grin:
 
Yes, clearly Irish rules apply. A great Irish pub I used to frequent in the back streets of Peckham rarely emptied before 2.00 am in the days when 11.00 was closing time, the landlord was always saying "Ahh, ye must have another one"...:grin:

What days were those? The Middle Ages?