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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    Covered End said:
    Cheers. 
    I dunno. They've had months to repaint that table.



  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    palarsehater said:
    anyone would think there's been an alcohol ban - i've quite enjoyed boozing at home certainly spent less, will likely give it a couple of weeks before heading to a pub. 
    Can fully understand that but i guess it's more about finally being able to catch up with (5) mates and also of course supporting local pubs who've been on their arse for the past year.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,155
    Covered End said:
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
    White vans I presume 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    While letching, wolf whistling and making crude remarks to women?
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    iaitch said:
    While letching, wolf whistling and making crude remarks to women?
    Just because @Covered End spends the working day drinking, you can’t assume he engages in the above behaviour 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Covered End said:
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
    White vans I presume 
    How did you know?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Back to normality. 
    The "workmen" were having a great time until one said you'd better transfer me £100 if you want me to do that plumbing job tomorrow.
    Other geezer says I've already paid you £600 for a £400 job and then starts having a go at another bloke as well.
    I thought it was gonna be fisticuffs, but in the end they all drove off in their white vans after having had 4 pints each.
    Banter. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    I think I can envisage tomorrow's news headlines already, about what happens around the country tonight.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Covered End said:
    Back to normality. 
    The "workmen" were having a great time until one said you'd better transfer me £100 if you want me to do that plumbing job tomorrow.
    Other geezer says I've already paid you £600 for a £400 job and then starts having a go at another bloke as well.
    I thought it was gonna be fisticuffs, but in the end they all drove off in their white vans after having had 4 pints each.
    Banter. 
    What boozer you in mate?
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    clb74 said:
    Covered End said:
    Back to normality. 
    The "workmen" were having a great time until one said you'd better transfer me £100 if you want me to do that plumbing job tomorrow.
    Other geezer says I've already paid you £600 for a £400 job and then starts having a go at another bloke as well.
    I thought it was gonna be fisticuffs, but in the end they all drove off in their white vans after having had 4 pints each.
    Banter. 
    What boozer you in mate?
    I ended up outside The Crown & Anchor, but I'm back home now.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,320
    Covered End said:
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
    Truly this is what we fought two world wars and a referendum for 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,816
    Covered End said:
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
    over the limit...
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Have taken a couple of days off this week to spend with my wife & daughter and have booked a table at The Bull in Otford on Thursday lunchtime. Have enjoyed lockdown drinks at home but am looking forward to having a pint poured and served for me.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    DaveMehmet said:
    Have taken a couple of days off this week to spend with my wife & daughter and have booked a table at The Bull in Otford on Thursday lunchtime. Have enjoyed lockdown drinks at home but am looking forward to having a pint poured and served for me.
    So was she until she read this and realised she’s driving :-( 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,155
    AFKABartram said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Have taken a couple of days off this week to spend with my wife & daughter and have booked a table at The Bull in Otford on Thursday lunchtime. Have enjoyed lockdown drinks at home but am looking forward to having a pint poured and served for me.
    So was she until she read this and realised she’s driving :-( 
    Poor girl shes only 11
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,042
    AFKABartram said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Have taken a couple of days off this week to spend with my wife & daughter and have booked a table at The Bull in Otford on Thursday lunchtime. Have enjoyed lockdown drinks at home but am looking forward to having a pint poured and served for me.
    So was she until she read this and realised she’s driving :-( 
    According to @Covered End ‘s mates at the pub she can have four pints and still be good to go! 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,042
    Elthamaddick said:
    Covered End said:
    Pub banter, 6 builders necked 4 pints each, had a row about money & all drove off in 3 separate vans. 
    over the limit...
    Didn’t say what they were drinking pints of to be fair 
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    se9addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Have taken a couple of days off this week to spend with my wife & daughter and have booked a table at The Bull in Otford on Thursday lunchtime. Have enjoyed lockdown drinks at home but am looking forward to having a pint poured and served for me.
    So was she until she read this and realised she’s driving :-( 
    According to @Covered End ‘s mates at the pub she can have four pints and still be good to go! 
    As long as it's only carlsberg, a driving beer
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    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829

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  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    palarsehater said:
    anyone would think there's been an alcohol ban - i've quite enjoyed boozing at home certainly spent less, will likely give it a couple of weeks before heading to a pub. 
    Can fully understand that but i guess it's more about finally being able to catch up with (5) mates and also of course supporting local pubs who've been on their arse for the past year.
    Completely just the types out the next few days will be like the Xmas pub goers all for the gram and not dancing dust 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    freezing cold .. but WELL worth it

    Enjoying a pint in south London 12 April 2021
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Heard it kicked off in the Oak today and got closed? Ridiculous. Feel for the owners if true.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    The_Organiser said:
    Heard it kicked off in the Oak today and got closed? Ridiculous. Feel for the owners if true.
    You’re kidding me???
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,911
    Covered End said:
    Cheers. 
    Short measure. Get it topped up!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Viewfinder said:
    Covered End said:
    Cheers. 
    Short measure. Get it topped up!
    That explains why it went so quickly. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,860
    JamesSeed said:
    In the last few weeks I’ve literally started dreaming of going into pubs. On my daily long walk when I see a pub that looks decent I take a snap of it, especially if it looks ok inside. Me and a couple of friends (and the missus) are planning to walk to them on rotation for a drink, post lockdown.
    There’s something about not being able to go to them that has made me really want to go to them. And tbh I’ve tended to go to bars rather than pubs in the last twenty years, but I think that’s about to change. There are literally dozens of crackers on my list, all within two or three miles of my house. None of them are chains, and I’ll be happy to support them, even if it means coughing up for a ridiculously over-priced pint sometimes. So many pubs have closed in the last twenty years, so I think it’s time I supported the ones that have managed to survived by the skin of their teeth. It’s something to look forward to at least! Some have gardens, the others will have to wait a little longer. 


    Funnily, that was one of the last pubs I went to before the first lockdown, as I met a couple of friends there. It feels weird looking back a year, when things were clearly heading in the wrong direction, but there was still a lot of normality
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,860
    redman said:
    Redrobo said:
    Curb_It said:
    Why will payment at the bar be permitted when you’re not allowed in the pub? Well hopefully to use the loo. I don’t care where we pay as long as we can get in a garden and a fresh pint. 
    Pay when ordering on the app. Got to hand it to Spoons, they know how to get their stuff to the customer.
    most of the pubs I like to go to are independent. I don't want an app for each of the pubs I go to and most of them don't want the cost of running an app. My local doesn't have any online presence be it a website, facebook or twitter. Why should they? Their speciality is serving good beer and good pub grub. Long may it continue!
    If I was a tech whizz, I'd come up with some sort of national pub App that independent pubs and small chains could use, as an option for their customers if they want it, as I certainly don't want to have to install 10 different Apps on my phone.

    Very few pubs don't have any social media presence these days, even if it's a token Facebook page, and all will have had to install modern card readers and usually public WIFI, so few are totally tech averse.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,864
    edited April 2021
    Pelling1993 said:
    Spitfire76 said:
    Can’t believe he thought he’d get away with it!

    Wiltshire pub's new chalet 'breaks Covid rules' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-56666447
    You can tell from the oversized body warmer and shirt combo that the bloke has too much money
    I know the pub well - The Sun Inn was a 15th century gem with wood paneling and inglenook - loads of character and a proper pub with a great atmosphere - the pub of choice for masters at Marlborough College which is about 100 yards away. 

    Then it was taken over by the type that wear oversized body warmers and check shirts. They changed the ancient name to "The Marlborough" and it is no longer a pub, but a "bar and restaurant". 

    I'm sure its more profitable than it used to be, but sadly a bit of history ruined.

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