How's your day?

[philmayfield 5,364]

No, just a full works English breakfast today. My suggestion to call in the pub on the way back was declined but I do have a full case of ale from the Milestone brewery in stock.

[IAN FINN 571]

Beer at home means Milestone.

[philmayfield 5,364]

It’s a small craft brewery just off the A1 at Cromwell, Notts. They do have a bar so you can drink the draft and a different food van rolls up most evenings. Our daughter lives in a nearby village so we often drop by. They produce a wide range of beers, although I prefer the old days when it was only mild or bitter. There’s so many small craft breweries now, I don’t know how they manage to survive. There’s no romance in the brewing of beer nowadays. It’s all done in stainless steel vessels so breweries are more like chemical factories. I remember the old days when they used wooden vats and burly men in leather aprons stirred the mixture with wooden paddles. My old accountancy firm did the audits at both Shipstone’s and Home Brewery so I’ve seen traditional beer making close up. At 11 o’clock every morning a case of ale was brought in for the accountants to sample. 
Those were the days!

[IAN FINN 571]

Did you ever try Kimberley Ale phil? It was owned by Hardys and Hansons the place closed a long time ago and is being converted into flats it was at the side of Kimberley railway station which was shut down in the late 60s.

[philmayfield 5,364]

Just two miles away, the Bromley Arms at Fiskerton.

[Stavertongirl 1,681]

On 12/25/2022 at 6:04 PM, plantfit said:

doubt it mate, they've taken over the place, one couple walking towards us with the sweetest and smallest dog I have ever seen, I bent down to stroke the little chap and was told very abruptly (in an eastern european accent) do not touch my dog, not to worry eh

 

Rog

There have been dogs being forcibly taken from owners since prices rocketed during covoid. Although prices have dropped and it is no longer in the news I must admit I would have the same reaction to a stranger approaching my dog and you would get the same reaction (but in a Nottingham accent). 

[DJ360 6,353]

My most bestest Christmas present...

https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/lhzsdqkCIg4A

 

[radfordred 6,278]

Not sure what it is but that link is asking you to download something, The DJ could have been hacked by international political activists Anonymous, told you not to post pictures of strangers in pubs  

 

 

 

 

[siddha 797]

I reckon it will be OK to get back to a bit of spannering today. Nice to have a break and see friends and family but I miss my  garage with its smells and lack of comforts. I also miss not being able to bawl at the nonsense transmitted by some radio stations.

 

Not sure about the DJ posting and would agree with RR that as intersting as it may be I am not downloading stuff without some secure understanding of what it is and what it might do.

[Cliff Ton 9,955]

If I look at DJ's link, I see a thumb-nail size image of a sock, via the Samsung cloud.

 

I think it's safe, but maybe not what was intended.

[DJ360 6,353]

Red and Siddha. It's a harmless link to a picture.  Where's your sense of adventure!!??

[radfordred 6,278]

I’ve heard about blokes posting pictures of their sock 

 

Got to be careful where you put your click 

 

[siddha 797]

37 minutes ago, DJ360 said:

Red and Siddha. It's a harmless link to a picture.  Where's your sense of adventure!!??

Well DJ the adventurous spirit I have left tends to be exercised in tangible areas where I am making the judgements about risk.

[DJ360 6,353]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pu9h3DtQSB8w97CQ7

[Beekay 4,275]

What a wonderful day ! The sun is shining and clear blue skies. Still feeling like crap, but hey oh ! God's in his heaven and we're here watching Robin Hood nearly get hanged in Nottingham Square.

(Errol Flynn1939). Think I might nip into lewes to watch the traffic lights change.

[Beekay 4,275]

20 minutes ago, DJ360 said:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pu9h3DtQSB8w97CQ7

Did you only get the one sock then Col?

[DJ360 6,353]

There's another one underneath BK.

I think they are hilarious.

Hope you feel better soon.

[plantfit 7,098]

15 hours ago, Stavertongirl said:

There have been dogs being forcibly taken from owners since prices rocketed during covoid. Although prices have dropped and it is no longer in the news I must admit I would have the same reaction to a stranger approaching my dog and you would get the same reaction (but in a Nottingham accent). 

Of course I never thought of that, a young couple with a dog no bigger than a rat being approached by an elderly couple with the intent of saying hello to the little fella, what a strange world we are living in

[plantfit 7,098]

5 hours ago, siddha said:

I reckon it will be OK to get back to a bit of spannering today. Nice to have a break and see friends and family but I miss my  garage with its smells and lack of comforts. I also miss not being able to bawl at the nonsense transmitted by some radio stations.

 

Not sure about the DJ posting and would agree with RR that as intersting as it may be I am not downloading stuff without some secure understanding of what it is and what it might do.

I agree, I had to get my petrol/diesel/oil and spanner fix today on the vintage stuff, it's a different world out there when you with old engineering

 

Rog

[Jill Sparrow 9,575]

They have some strange customs in Russia but I'm intrigued by this new sport that seems to be all the rage there: falling out of windows.  I've never been interested in vodka but, I suppose, if you imbibe it in sufficient quantities, you might think you can fly......

[plantfit 7,098]

10 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:

They have some strange customs in Russia but I'm intrigued by this new sport that seems to be all the rage there: falling out of windows.  I've never been interested in vodka but, I suppose, if you imbibe it in sufficient quantities, you might think you can fly......

Bit like Humpty Dumpty Jill, did he fall or was he pushed?

 

Rog

[LizzieM 9,232]

Today I’m celebrating 10 years of being on Nottstalgia.  From the early days of spending a ridiculous amount of time on the ‘Word Games’ with many Nottstalgians who have since fallen by the wayside, for various reasons ….. thinking particularly of TrevorS and Michael Booth. The same words still go round and round but the original rule of no Proper Nouns is now ignored.   
I’ve rarely started a new ‘topic’ and don’t contribute anything of great significance but still enjoy logging on several times a day to catch up, but what I do look forward to is meeting up with Nottstalgians in a pub several times a year and I look upon those I’ve met as good mates.

Thankyou @mick2mefor starting Nottstalgia all those years ago x

[katyjay 4,988]

Lizzie, I correspond with Trevor S regularly, and Michael Booth is a FB friend, so both are still above the grass, so to speak!

[LizzieM 9,232]

Please give them my best wishes @katyjay

[plantfit 7,098]

3 hours ago, LizzieM said:

Today I’m celebrating 10 years of being on Nottstalgia.  From the early days of spending a ridiculous amount of time on the ‘Word Games’ with many Nottstalgians who have since fallen by the wayside, for various reasons ….. thinking particularly of TrevorS and Michael Booth. The same words still go round and round but the original rule of no Proper Nouns is now ignored.   
I’ve rarely started a new ‘topic’ and don’t contribute anything of great significance but still enjoy logging on several times a day to catch up, but what I do look forward to is meeting up with Nottstalgians in a pub several times a year and I look upon those I’ve met as good mates.

Thankyou @mick2mefor starting Nottstalgia all those years ago x

Tomorrow will be16 years for me Lizzie, time flies and yes I have met some great people on here

 

Rog