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Old Apr 29th 2009, 4:46 pm
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I guess this is more towards the gentlemen of the forum.

I am home alone this week and have resisted the urge to do my usual 'out with the boys, shenanigans as I'm enjoying my fitness program..

Anyway, tonight I worked late and decided to have a rest day and basically showered and went straight to my local.

Now, I'm sat at some posh bar on my own, playing on this ****ing bberry, supping stella eyeing up douglas hurds 10 years my junior who look at me with disdain, evesdropping on conversations of all and sundry and watching a local with 2 british 'hareem' around him perform.

In short. I'm in heaven. Don't even need to talk to anyone.

Magic....or is this wrong...sitting at a bar alone...

Ps the local is blootered and drinking stella.(Without the napkin camoflage)

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If I was in the same bar, and was people watching, I would say to my friend "look at that sad git over there"
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I like going out on my own occasionally...and I find it can be lots of fun, and you get talking to people more easily than when you are with a girlfriend, or a group of people...
and I love eavesdropping...the bullshit people come out with is better than anything you see on TV...
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I like reading about people who go to bars...
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Moto I agree, that is usually what I think.

I'm on to my second bowl of nuts now. Thinl the waitresses think I'm trying to fill up on nuts rather than order food....they are correct..


MH, you are soo right, but I can't be fecked talking to anyone. Just want to chill, eye up the snatch and have a few beers and then go home and watch a lance armstrong dvd.- real mans porn
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Moto I agree, that is usually what I think.

I'm on to my second bowl of nuts now. Thinl the waitresses think I'm trying to fill up on nuts rather than order food....they are correct..


MH, you are soo right, but I can't be fecked talking to anyone. Just want to chill, eye up the snatch and have a few beers and then go home and watch a lance armstrong dvd.- real mans porn

Confuse the waitresses and ask them for a bowl of Crisps
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Moto I agree, that is usually what I think.

I'm on to my second bowl of nuts now. Thinl the waitresses think I'm trying to fill up on nuts rather than order food....they are correct..


MH, you are soo right, but I can't be fecked talking to anyone. Just want to chill, eye up the snatch and have a few beers and then go home and watch a lance armstrong dvd.- real mans porn
I'm a big fan of sitting in bars or cafes alone. I find wearing a beret and scribbling sporadically and furiously in a leather-bound notebook, with a gaulloise in my mouth completes the look. Every so often look at the people around you with a mixture of disdain and pity.

Sign the bill "With Fear and Trembling, Kierkergaard"....
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Originally Posted by commander
I guess this is more towards the gentlemen of the forum.

I am home alone this week and have resisted the urge to do my usual 'out with the boys, shenanigans as I'm enjoying my fitness program..

Anyway, tonight I worked late and decided to have a rest day and basically showered and went straight to my local.

Now, I'm sat at some posh bar on my own, playing on this ****ing bberry, supping stella eyeing up douglas hurds 10 years my junior who look at me with disdain, evesdropping on conversations of all and sundry and watching a local with 2 british 'hareem' around him perform.

In short. I'm in heaven. Don't even need to talk to anyone.

Magic....or is this wrong...sitting at a bar alone...

Ps the local is blootered and drinking stella.(Without the napkin camoflage)
Commander, I have sat at God knows how many hotel bars, in God knows how many countries, sitting having a quiet pint or 2 and watching the world pass by..

Needless to say, I dont think its strange in the slightest...

I don't particularly want the pub 'pal' to come up and strike up a conversation, I just like a bit of peace and quiet, bit of people watching, and for the waitress to make sure its only cashew nuts, please... none of your pistachio shite....
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TGFKASE, couldn't agree more, and also I must add that working away for so long I am used to pissing up solo....usually on expenses though it must be said...
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I'm a big fan of sitting in bars or cafes alone. I find wearing a beret and scribbling sporadically and furiously in a leather-bound notebook, with a gaulloise in my mouth completes the look. Every so often look at the people around you with a mixture of disdain and pity.

Sign the bill "With Fear and Trembling, Kierkergaard"....
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TGFKASE, couldn't agree more, and also I must add that working away for so long I am used to pissing up solo....usually on expenses though it must be said...
Welcome to my world right now... Its amazing how cut $50 a day will get you if you find the right bars in H-Town.....
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Are you scottish? I find it hard to understand what you are saying.
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I like to go to cafe's and bars on my own and sit and people watch occasionally too. Even when I'm out with a group, I sometimes just wonder off on my own in a corner and check things out on my own for a bit.
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hahah reminds me of the old widnes days where me and scar (my staffy) enjoyed necked pints of carling from 10am till 11pm at night.

Oh the old golden days....

Although its banned here to have dogs drinking with ya
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Originally Posted by commander
I guess this is more towards the gentlemen of the forum.

I am home alone this week and have resisted the urge to do my usual 'out with the boys, shenanigans as I'm enjoying my fitness program..

Anyway, tonight I worked late and decided to have a rest day and basically showered and went straight to my local.

Now, I'm sat at some posh bar on my own, playing on this ****ing bberry, supping stella eyeing up douglas hurds 10 years my junior who look at me with disdain, evesdropping on conversations of all and sundry and watching a local with 2 british 'hareem' around him perform.

In short. I'm in heaven. Don't even need to talk to anyone.

Magic....or is this wrong...sitting at a bar alone...

Ps the local is blootered and drinking stella.(Without the napkin camoflage)
it may sound shit, but I've done it many a time (back home mind), sit with a newspaperr and a couple of pints, it's great, no pissing about, no-one to make small talk to, just nice and chilled.

Good on you chief.
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