hippo girl 1,995 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just watched the fireworks in London and about to end the eve in Camden, so before too much red wine and punk rock sends me do lally, can I say to Ian.......a lovely sincere post , have a peaceful year and enjoy the friends you have made ...... They are priceless xx 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Friar Lane @ last nights fireworks @ the castle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Had a few in The Bell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thanks Ian. That post is a new years gift of encouragement to all of us. The Bible says "Iron sharpens iron." You've helped sharpen us lot and hopefully your edge is now a little sharper too. Have a great year. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thank you all,it is all true,the readjustments I have had to make have been made easier by chatting with everyone on here.Enriched is a term I feel is fitting. Good quote Dave #29,thanks mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Lovely post Ian. I've only been here (this time around) for a few months but I also enjoy the diverse company and wealth of info on here. Bit late with this, but happy new year to all. Col 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Wonder if pubs will shut @ ten? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Public Firework displays already cancelled, makes sense to shut up a lot earlier!... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 27 minutes ago, radfordred said: Wonder if pubs will shut @ ten? I suppose last orders will have to be a bit after 9.30? I expect everyone will just drink more quickly until they’ve completed their usual alcohol quota! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I can't really see what difference earlier closing will make. You can go to the pub earlier or take a few mates back home for a drink. As for myself I've not been in a pub since March. Being a misanthrope I don't miss it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Talking New Year Phil.. Don't won't to be a misery gut's! But if there is ever a time for people's flustration, combined with alcohol, this is it..a two hour window won't be enough.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,138 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Didn't know you were a werewolf Phil...Oops sorry, that's a Lycanthrope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Wonder if any pubs will still be in business by new year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, MargieH said: I suppose last orders will have to be a bit after 9.30? I expect everyone will just drink more quickly until they’ve completed their usual alcohol quota! didn't that happen in New Zealand(or OZ?) when they shut at 6pm for a break? and there was a mad rush for the bars at 5:30? and didn't the pubs shut at 10:30 here anyway? I haven't been in a pub, shop or supermarket since March. Can't say I'm bereft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 In Australia. It was called the 6 o'clock swill! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 With due respect...i was .Charing cross, Stoke Newington, Shoreditch, last week.. Unless things improve.. We should have a nice reflective Christmas..free from commercial constraints..and a pub closed new year!!! True Victorian... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 @HSR ... a Victorian Christmas can only happen if there’s lots of snow, which is unlikely, no TV - again unlikely unless there’s a power cut, and we all go out Carol Singing (not allowed). We might manage to see a. robin on a snowy fence, but it will be a sad time for many .people if they can’t meet their relatives. But I still think we should all be content to make sacrifices for the sake of the elderly and/ or vulnerable... their lives are equally as precious as those of the younger generation. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 We are the elderly and vulnerable Margie! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I'm old and vulnerable myself..60 next month but have MS..only went to London because my daughter doesn't come to me... The behaviour was a parallel existence. .zero consideration.. If this results in a 'simple" Christmas then I would be happy.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,138 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 HSR, 60 is not old, I can give you 17 years, or at least I could but I need them all now. Me and 'er indoors are now into our 192nd day of isolation, so it looks like a quiet Christmas for us.........again ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yes we are the mature (old) and vulnerable but just read all the post and for give me, but lets go back. Quote a song? those were the days, I loved New Year Eve, getting too many down you, dancing on the pub tables before being told off by somebody, wakeing up next day HUU! what did I do last night, (dementia set in) phoning famiy on the other side of the world Hi it's NYE and just gone 12 00 what time is it there, but there is one thing that I regret not doing, when living in South Afica a friend of mine came over to UK for Christmas and New Year, I ask her if she had, had a good time, yes said she best time was New Years Eve at 12 00 i was in Trafalgar Square and we all jumped into the fountains, it was brill. Soooo in Nottingham we have fountains do you think at my age If on New Year i paddled in them I would be arested by the old bill? Maybe though not this year or even 2021/2022/2023 etc. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Beekay please don't be sad as we are all in the same boat, think of all your good times. It's the younsters i feel for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 No way do I feel old and vulnerable, even though the powers that be keep trying to persuade me I am in THAT age group. Just let me be, I’ll be careful and wear a mask when necessary but I refuse to be fearful. I’m more concerned for my family ...... my grandchildren having their education disrupted this year ...... my sons who are trying their best to keep 100+ employed worldwide with severe restrictions on air travel. This virus hasn’t affected us two a great deal, we don’t need to go out to work, so long as we can stock-pile enough toilet rolls we’ll be ok. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Beekay said: HSR, 60 is not old, I can give you 17 years, or at least I could but I need them all now. Me and 'er indoors are now into our 192nd day of isolation, so it looks like a quiet Christmas for us.........again ! I used to collect football pools in the 80/90's .my opening banter after Christmas, was 'did you have a good Christmas?' Nearly every replay was....'Quiet'.. . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,278 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 5 hours ago, oldphil said: didn't that happen in New Zealand(or OZ?) when they shut at 6pm for a break? 5 hours ago, philmayfield said: In Australia. It was called the 6 o'clock swill! Yes the 6 o'clock swill, it was brought in by laws that forced pubs to close at six pm during the first world war to improve public morality but had exactly the opposite effect. It was the time when most workers finished at the latest five o'clock and it brought on an hour long drinking session with many lining up three or four drinks in the last ten minutes of opening. It brought many changes in pubs including tiled walls for ease of cleaning by hosing them down, it made them look more like toilets than pubs. It finally came to an end in Australia and NZ in 1967 and many pubs took years to change the decor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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