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Old Apr 20th 2019 | 10:02 am
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One way to steal an ATM

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comment..._steal_an_atm/

 
Old Apr 20th 2019 | 12:04 pm
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Theme music for Mammon S2

 
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That puts our 'half-ton and a chain' guys to shame.
 
Old Apr 21st 2019 | 8:03 am
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Last orders for Bristol pub linked to Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island

Drank in there many a time.
 
Old Apr 21st 2019 | 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Arf a mo' ...

Guardian says "The British hospitality company Whitbread owns the building and said it was being sold as a going concern"

Bristol Post says "Given that the council-owned building dates all the way back to 1664..." and "Leaseholders Whitbread"

Someone's a bit off. But who?

Interesting quote near the top of the Post article "Don't let Wetherspoon anywhere near it"

I thought Wetherspoon were shedding their bad image?
 
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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
Arf a mo' ...

Guardian says "The British hospitality company Whitbread owns the building and said it was being sold as a going concern"

Bristol Post says "Given that the council-owned building dates all the way back to 1664..." and "Leaseholders Whitbread"

Someone's a bit off. But who?
It has an entry on Bristol's list of land/buildings owned or managed by the council (Bristol, City ofhttp://opendatacommunities.org/id/unitary-authority/bristol29/01/201910815916942PublicHouseLlandogerTrowAndHotelLla ndogerTrowAndHotelKingStreetCityCentreBristolBS14E RKingStreetBristolBS14ERCentral358889172707Freehol dLeaseOutLandandBuilding(s)10000.1136InvestmentPro perties)

I'd be sad to know it was gone, even if the liklihood of drinking in there again was low. Still, there's always the Hatchet.
 
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I hate pants shopping, so hard to find the size I need.

All my pants at home are 38x34 and fit, but every pair of work pants I have tried on at Marks that are the correct color, are too small at the waist. I dunno if 38x34 is smaller in Canada vs the US, but certainly not the same size lol.
 
Old Apr 21st 2019 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by Vulcanoid
...Still, there's always the Hatchet.
Doesn't have quite the same look.

Surprised the volley doesn't get a mention - seems to be only one year later than the Llandoger.

 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Doesn't have quite the same look.

Surprised the volley doesn't get a mention - seems to be only one year later than the Llandoger.
We did the King Bill a lot more than the Volley - can't immediately remember if there was a reason for that, right next door.



Is the Trow not almost a copy of the Hatchet? (or did you mean inside - in which case yes, different buildings, different layouts)
 
Old Apr 21st 2019 | 10:45 am
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Originally Posted by Vulcanoid
Is the Trow not almost a copy of the Hatchet?
When you see those pics it's very similar.

Only if you approach from Denmark St (the angle in the pic) do you see that but it's only small in comparison. All the other angles - from when it was the old cinema or O2Academy - it could just as easily be the Hole in the Wall at Queen Sq.





If you approach it from any way but Denmark st, you're too close to look up and see it.

That aside, it just doesn't look as old as the Llandoger. I think it's the low level windows. Perhaps it's just me.
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
When you see those pics it's very similar.

Only if you approach from Denmark St (the angle in the pic) do you see that but it's only small in comparison. All the other angles - from when it was the old cinema or O2Academy - it could just as easily be the Hole in the Wall at Queen Sq.


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If you approach it from any way but Denmark st, you're too close to look up and see it.

That aside, it just doesn't look as old as the Llandoger. I think it's the low level windows. Perhaps it's just me.
OMG Bristol - I used to go the Hole In the Wall both midweek and every Friday after work - I worked at Queens Square in the local Govt offices, on the switchboard (old plug and dollseye

switchboard).. and went to THITW with a guy called Danny G who worked at the advertising agency across the square .. we used to sink the best part of a bottle of Jamiesons between us.. happy memories, I was totally smitten with him.. He wore black corduroy suits and white cheesecloth shirts and used Aramis aftershave, despite having a little bit of a beard.. and he smoked skinny cigars.

That just took me back ohhhhhhh more than 40 years!

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Easter Bunny on security cam at work, 3:01:54 this morning.
Priceless Hope the bunny left lots of eggs, the chocolate ones I mean!
 
Old Apr 22nd 2019 | 4:48 am
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Easter Bunny on security cam at work, 3:01:54 this morning.
This one went by our house on Friday


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Originally Posted by Siouxie
...He wore black corduroy suits and white cheesecloth shirts
I'd have thought this might go with a corduroy suit more than cheesecloth - unless he had the physique.

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