What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
Feb 10th 2017 | 9:12 am
#376
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Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
The worst nights on the doors can be multiple hen parties in the same venue.
Feb 10th 2017 | 9:14 am
#377
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49,598
From: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
Pubs. A great idea ruined by other people.
Feb 10th 2017 | 9:54 am
#379
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 10,058
From: Milwaukie, Oregon
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
Feb 10th 2017 | 10:16 am
#380
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Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
I'm only interested if those good old Sahara Nuts are being sold here?
Feb 10th 2017 | 10:19 am
#381
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Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
BE is like a pub.
You can go there when you want, and when you do there will be the usual mix of regulars, a few who just drop in for a while, a couple who can't hold their booze and start a fight, and staff behind the bar who sort it all out.
There are few commitments, you can have a very friendly relationship with people in the pub who you never see anywhere else and other people who you ignore. Some people like to prop up the bar and talk to all comers, others sit in the corner by themselves and only occasionally interact. Sometimes people will pass the hat to help out a regular, sometimes they will gossip about the pub bore in another corner of the pub. A few people see each other in places other than the pub but most don't. Sometimes there's music and a singalong and great beer, sometimes the place is pretty empty and smells of dirty ashtrays.
It has all the vices and virtues of the local.
And of course, its name is the Docile Trollop (for old-timer regulars of course).
You can go there when you want, and when you do there will be the usual mix of regulars, a few who just drop in for a while, a couple who can't hold their booze and start a fight, and staff behind the bar who sort it all out.
There are few commitments, you can have a very friendly relationship with people in the pub who you never see anywhere else and other people who you ignore. Some people like to prop up the bar and talk to all comers, others sit in the corner by themselves and only occasionally interact. Sometimes people will pass the hat to help out a regular, sometimes they will gossip about the pub bore in another corner of the pub. A few people see each other in places other than the pub but most don't. Sometimes there's music and a singalong and great beer, sometimes the place is pretty empty and smells of dirty ashtrays.
It has all the vices and virtues of the local.
And of course, its name is the Docile Trollop (for old-timer regulars of course).
Karma your way.
Feb 12th 2017 | 3:59 pm
#382
I have a comma problem
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Posts: 49,598
From: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
Have at it. Trivia machines, too, I usually won enough for a kebab on those.
We don't want the kind of peasants who would start a fight over a splash of vinegar in our lovely pub.
We don't want the kind of peasants who would start a fight over a splash of vinegar in our lovely pub.
Feb 12th 2017 | 5:32 pm
#383
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Joined: May 2006
Posts: 29,827
From: ex ex-pat, in Taunton
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
I got banned from playing the trivia machine in our local pub, I used to go in and play it, and when I'd emptied it I'd spend my winnings, so the landlord never lost on the deal, it was just that I had cheap nights there. There was a technique to ensuring winning more than 90% of the time, and I found that early on.
Feb 12th 2017 | 5:35 pm
#384
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From: NC, USA (ex Yorkshire)
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
In England i'd frequent my local to catch up with some friends who still lived in the area.
There was one guy, at least 75 years old, who would come in once a month. He'd spend what seemed to be his entire pension and then not be seen for another 3 weeks.
Bad habit to get into.
There was one guy, at least 75 years old, who would come in once a month. He'd spend what seemed to be his entire pension and then not be seen for another 3 weeks.
Bad habit to get into.
Feb 12th 2017 | 5:39 pm
#385
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 49,598
From: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
I got banned from playing the trivia machine in our local pub, I used to go in and play it, and when I'd emptied it I'd spend my winnings, so the landlord never lost on the deal, it was just that I had cheap nights there. There was a technique to ensuring winning more than 90% of the time, and I found that early on.
Mar 24th 2017 | 6:11 am
#386
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 38,860
From: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
and again. Peeked in to see if someone was here but alas not at the moment. Anyway a shoutout to my non FB peeps. Just because I'm not on doesn't mean you're not in my thoughts, 
Mar 24th 2017 | 6:40 am
#387
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Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
I'm here just flitting about the web for a bit of diversity. Nice to see you in a background different from FB, Cindy.
Mar 27th 2017 | 2:57 pm
#389
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 38,860
From: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
Hiya, yep keeping well enough. The dreaded heat is easing in which makes it a bit rough for me breathing wise. Still happy, happy because I have become a grandma to a GRANDSON!!!!! His 4 big sisters will keep him straight, 
DH retires Friday. It will be interesting.
Thank you for acknowledging me.
DH retires Friday. It will be interesting.
Thank you for acknowledging me.
Mar 27th 2017 | 3:01 pm
#390
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 38,860
From: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Re: What ever happened to .... ? (the missing BE member thread)
It's different. Have found a COPD page on FB which reminds me so much of the Marriage an Visa BE Forum- the sense of somebody having some answers and knowing we're all in the same boat comraderie.
You were a real pillar for me there Rete.
