Me, at half time

Sword65pf said:

Callumcafc said:

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”

Wow that’s deep!!! 

letthegoodtimesroll said:

.PrincessFiona said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

The Red Robin said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

Thanks guys, Interesting responses. I always used to work on the basis that I didn’t need to be exceptional all the time to make money because the bar in where I was competing was generally quite low but now I’m starting to think I should have aimed higher and been a billionaire by the time I retired…I could have bought Charlton with the money and saved us all from all the heartache of recent years 😉

Not to mention all the money you’ve saved on milk over the years. 

Ordinarily you would have thought so, but I’m old enough to be of a generation when there was free school milk, which government minister Margeret ‘Thatcher the milk snatcher’ stopped for the generations after us, and basically explains why all us old gits tend to be a lot taller than younger generations. Then you get to a turning point in life when, if you’re lucky, your tastes develop and you start to cut out the non-essentials like milk in coffee, so basically you are saving money you shouldn’t actually be spending in the first place. 
 

Old gits tend to be taller than younger generations?

There does often seem to be a height advantage for those that were supporting Charlton in the late 1960s/early 1970s

PrincessFiona said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

The Red Robin said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

Thanks guys, Interesting responses. I always used to work on the basis that I didn’t need to be exceptional all the time to make money because the bar in where I was competing was generally quite low but now I’m starting to think I should have aimed higher and been a billionaire by the time I retired…I could have bought Charlton with the money and saved us all from all the heartache of recent years 😉

Not to mention all the money you’ve saved on milk over the years. 

Ordinarily you would have thought so, but I’m old enough to be of a generation when there was free school milk, which government minister Margeret ‘Thatcher the milk snatcher’ stopped for the generations after us, and basically explains why all us old gits tend to be a lot taller than younger generations. Then you get to a turning point in life when, if you’re lucky, your tastes develop and you start to cut out the non-essentials like milk in coffee, so basically you are saving money you shouldn’t actually be spending in the first place. 
 

Old gits tend to be taller than younger generations?

Leroy Ambrose said:

EugenesAxe said:

Leroy Ambrose said:

SuedeAdidas said:

And all goes to show what a fucking swizz the coffee industry is. Too many variations of a product that is basically either black coffee or coffee with milk. 

Similar to pasta…..the same shit in a million different shapes.  

Somewhere, my Sicilian ex wife started sharpening a knife... 

oh you got one of those too, sorry mate!

Yep. They certainly have 'a way' about them.... 

SuedeAdidas said:

CombeMartin said:

I ordered an Americano at the cafe in the riverside park in Gravesend and the guy serving said there’s no such thing, it’s a made up name. I replied all names are made up. Fair play he said.
And gave me a black coffee.

It comes from WW2 when the allies invaded Italy and once enough of it was in our hands the Italians (who didn't want to be in the war anyway) opened up their coffee bars.  The Yanks all piled in but didn't like the neat Espresso that was being served so asked for hot water to be added.  The Italians then called it an Americano, and it's been called that ever since.  I used to run a cafe with an Espresso machine.

Similarly, the Flat White was invented when a coffe shop owner in Rome saw a Nordic tourist get run over by a steamroller while sipping an espresso. 

usetobunkin said:

PrincessFiona said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

The Red Robin said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

Thanks guys, Interesting responses. I always used to work on the basis that I didn’t need to be exceptional all the time to make money because the bar in where I was competing was generally quite low but now I’m starting to think I should have aimed higher and been a billionaire by the time I retired…I could have bought Charlton with the money and saved us all from all the heartache of recent years 😉

Not to mention all the money you’ve saved on milk over the years. 

Ordinarily you would have thought so, but I’m old enough to be of a generation when there was free school milk, which government minister Margeret ‘Thatcher the milk snatcher’ stopped for the generations after us, and basically explains why all us old gits tend to be a lot taller than younger generations. Then you get to a turning point in life when, if you’re lucky, your tastes develop and you start to cut out the non-essentials like milk in coffee, so basically you are saving money you shouldn’t actually be spending in the first place. 
 

Old gits tend to be taller than younger generations?

That's because we drink Bovril instead of black coffee and eat Pie and Mash.

ElfsborgAddick said:

usetobunkin said:

The Breakfast blend lends its self to an expresso sweet and nutty. Excellent start to the day. The Piccadilly blend is a perfect evening /after dinner coffee. 

Recommend both if you’re a discerning coffee drinker.

Throw in a Twinings English Breakfast tea and you will be keeping guests happy.