Grumpy Old Man
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@jc said in Grumpy Old Man:
And you @Bones , stop trying to make your sister mention your penis.
You need to know @RL think the word "tumescence" is lovely and and obviously doesn't think it too much of a mouthful.
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@victor-meldrew very funny
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@r-l
The sign of a wasted middle-age listening to too many episodes of ISIHAC....
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This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
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@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
I don't know whether to put this in a covid thread or here. But seeing as I'm a grumpy old man and I'm already here, then here it is.
So the story is, Mrs Cato, myself and the mutt went for a walk to a local pub. This entails a miserable bit of walking through housing and then some really nice stuff through fields, over rivers and canals etc so the default position is to drive the 2 miles of shit and walk the rest. So far so usual; however Mrs Cato has been out an about on her bicycle and has a "new route". It seems a little vague to me but I'll go along with the plan because she knows what she is doing. Anyway once parked up and walking we miss the turning even though I had suggested this as perhaps the way to go and ended up waking along a busy road and an even busier cycle path before getting to said pub. Now this pub is in an idyllic situation, between the river and the canal, with a huge garden that has some magnificent trees, which must be over 200 years old. Here is where it all goes wrong and it's Covid to blame, together with over exuberant applications and a dependance upon IT that doesn't always work.
So, sign in, OK, but if I actually want to have a drink I HAVE to order it via the app, which of course I have to download. Naturally the QR code doesn't fucking work, so I have to download it from the app store. Not a big issue but then the fun starts. I can't just download it, I have to get a verification code via my email. I've provided my proper email address rather than my on phone gmail option so now I have to download that fucker and of course I've forgotten my password. Finally I get through this bollocks but lo and behold things can only get more complex. Said app wants me to provide payment details online and, AND provide them with a picture of myself so that their staff know they are dealing with the correct person.
Now, I really wanted a beer by this time but not that fucking much. I realise that much of the problem is my lack of IT nous but for crying out loud, you're just coming out of one of the worst times for the hospitality industry, why not make things easy.
Oh and as a by the way, the pub was about a quarter fulll on the sunniest day of the year when usually it would have been one and a half times over subscribed.
Twats.
The Anchor, Pyrford?
No mate, down here in Devon. The Double Locks in Exeter.
Edit: The Anchor looks good but then I saw the dread words Hall & Woodhouse. Badger Beer by name, Badger Piss by nature. Truly awful beer and the bastards took over one of my favourite brewers, King & Barnes in Horsham. Utter, utter bastards.
Mine, too.
Wouldn't have been my first choice, but the family were going to sell to someone, after Shepherd Neame made an unsolicited offer. Deals often done on shoots.
I have a soft spot for that brewery due to it being very Kentish and the oldest brewery in the county, but by the cringe their beer is not easy to drink. Smells like pond water, tastes like pond water and gives you the threepennies like pond water.
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
I don't know whether to put this in a covid thread or here. But seeing as I'm a grumpy old man and I'm already here, then here it is.
So the story is, Mrs Cato, myself and the mutt went for a walk to a local pub. This entails a miserable bit of walking through housing and then some really nice stuff through fields, over rivers and canals etc so the default position is to drive the 2 miles of shit and walk the rest. So far so usual; however Mrs Cato has been out an about on her bicycle and has a "new route". It seems a little vague to me but I'll go along with the plan because she knows what she is doing. Anyway once parked up and walking we miss the turning even though I had suggested this as perhaps the way to go and ended up waking along a busy road and an even busier cycle path before getting to said pub. Now this pub is in an idyllic situation, between the river and the canal, with a huge garden that has some magnificent trees, which must be over 200 years old. Here is where it all goes wrong and it's Covid to blame, together with over exuberant applications and a dependance upon IT that doesn't always work.
So, sign in, OK, but if I actually want to have a drink I HAVE to order it via the app, which of course I have to download. Naturally the QR code doesn't fucking work, so I have to download it from the app store. Not a big issue but then the fun starts. I can't just download it, I have to get a verification code via my email. I've provided my proper email address rather than my on phone gmail option so now I have to download that fucker and of course I've forgotten my password. Finally I get through this bollocks but lo and behold things can only get more complex. Said app wants me to provide payment details online and, AND provide them with a picture of myself so that their staff know they are dealing with the correct person.
Now, I really wanted a beer by this time but not that fucking much. I realise that much of the problem is my lack of IT nous but for crying out loud, you're just coming out of one of the worst times for the hospitality industry, why not make things easy.
Oh and as a by the way, the pub was about a quarter fulll on the sunniest day of the year when usually it would have been one and a half times over subscribed.
Twats.
The Anchor, Pyrford?
No mate, down here in Devon. The Double Locks in Exeter.
Edit: The Anchor looks good but then I saw the dread words Hall & Woodhouse. Badger Beer by name, Badger Piss by nature. Truly awful beer and the bastards took over one of my favourite brewers, King & Barnes in Horsham. Utter, utter bastards.
Mine, too.
Wouldn't have been my first choice, but the family were going to sell to someone, after Shepherd Neame made an unsolicited offer. Deals often done on shoots.
I have a soft spot for that brewery due to it being very Kentish and the oldest brewery in the county, but by the cringe their beer is not easy to drink. Smells like pond water, tastes like pond water and gives you the threepennies like pond water.
But is that the oldest continuous brewery, oldest licensed brewery, oldest brewery in the same premises.......
Was always a fun game noting everyone's 'claim to fame' among breweries and pubs in the UK. There is a 'plethora' of oldest pubs for example.
BTW: agree wholeheartedly about Shepherd Neame ales. Awful pish. Always found it odd that for a county that is integral with the british ale there is little brewed there that is above average. Not sure if it is something to do with county laws or anything (there are a couple of small breweries) but you only have to step over the border into East Sussex and you are awash with choices.
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I suppose I am getting grumpy about people being grumpy - I have noticed a change in mood slowly taking place on the fern. Take rugby threads for example - the ref is shit, the players are shit, the game is shit, the commentators are shit, the coaches are shit...
No biggie and I am not sure what I am trying to say...maybe we are all just pissed at what's going on in the world and there being no light at the end of the tunnel, but there has definitely been a subtle change around this place the last few months.
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@crazy-horse Well that's a shit comment!
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@jc said in Grumpy Old Man:
If there’s one thing that makes me grumpy it’s fighting kids. You three go to your rooms. And you @Bones , stop trying to make your sister mention your penis.
Oh sorry, I mistook this for my personal blog. And you've certainly changed your tune.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
Thanks, that means a lot.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
Thanks, that means a lot.
You like plethora too?
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
Thanks, that means a lot.
Not bad.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
Thanks, that means a lot.
Woosh first time. Well played
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
I suppose I am getting grumpy about people being grumpy - I have noticed a change in mood slowly taking place on the fern. Take rugby threads for example - the ref is shit, the players are shit, the game is shit, the commentators are shit, the coaches are shit...
That's been a thing since I joined in 2005...
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
This thread is certainly living up to its name.
I’ve always found plethora to be a cool word.
Thanks, that means a lot.
Blatant plagiarism from the memes thread and you got an upvote. People never fail to disappoint me.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
maybe we are all just pissed at what's going on in the world and there being no light at the end of the tunnel, but there has definitely been a subtle change around this place the last few months.
We all cope with life differently and I'm pretty sure every single one of us is going through our crap. The majority of us just don't start behaving like keyboard warriors and shitting all over other people's views. Costs nothing to speak to someone with a bit of respect, have a healthy debate and if that's really too difficult to do, ignore it. I've managed to ignore bullyboy antics enough lately and I apologise to everyone else for me calling it out here, its just depressing to see.
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
maybe we are all just pissed at what's going on in the world and there being no light at the end of the tunnel, but there has definitely been a subtle change around this place the last few months.
We all cope with life differently and I'm pretty sure every single one of us is going through our crap. The majority of us just don't start behaving like keyboard warriors and shitting all over other people's views. Costs nothing to speak to someone with a bit of respect, have a healthy debate and if that's really too difficult to do, ignore it. I've managed to ignore bullyboy antics enough lately and I apologise to everyone else for me bringing it up here, its just depressing to see.
It’s Friday. Have a gin
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@crucial 5pm somewhere!😏
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crucial 5pm somewhere!😏
There’s a correct time to start? Fuck! Learn something new every day.
