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[JackyJoll]

When I first met the wife she used to drink halves.

I got fed up of going to the bar so often, so got her on to pints.

You were drinking at girl speed.

[Mr Moofo]

I'm a poncey wine drinker, so have no great interest in beer measures, but a pint does seem a large amount of liquid to consume, especially as the dosage normally includes multiple servings.

Carry on.

If a pint was too big, the dosage wouldn’t include multiple servings.

On a serious note, we drink is such large measures compared to other countries as we don’t have such a warm climate. And as the beer is “warm” already , the taste effect of it warming is not so great.
And then there is the duty issue …

[JackyJoll]

But let’s face it, these idiots are just wankers talking shit.

Researchers from the behaviour and health research unit at the University of Cambridge (heard of it?!) have recommended that the traditional British pint be abandoned in favour of the two-thirds measure.

[Horse]

On a serious note, we drink is such large measures compared to other countries as we don’t have such a warm climate.

Doen't a typical German stein hold 1 litre?

[Skub]

Potter has left the building.

Potter is good people in my book,he was never slow to put his hand in his pocket to help folk. We all have our own 'little ways' that seem odd to some others,but that's part of being human and what marks someone out as an interesting person.
I don't bother much with the politics side of the forum,so I often don't see the reasons behind actions or attitudes,but I for one will miss his contributions,whether I agreed or otherwise.

[gremlin]

I'm a poncey wine drinker, so have no great interest in beer measures, but a pint does seem a large amount of liquid to consume, especially as the dosage normally includes multiple servings.

Carry on.

If a pint was too big, the dosage wouldn’t include multiple servings.

JJ for PM!!

[weeksy]

Potter has left the building.

Potter is good people in my book,he was never slow to put his hand in his pocket to help folk. We all have our own 'little ways' that seem odd to some others,but that's part of being human and what marks someone out as an interesting person.
I don't bother much with the politics side of the forum,so I often don't see the reasons behind actions or attitudes,but I for one will miss his contributions,whether I agreed or otherwise.

Without getting into things too deeply, the politics side of things was only a small part of his reason for leaving. I won't get into it any deeper.

[gremlin]

When I first met the wife she used to drink halves.

I got fed up of going to the bar so often, so got her on to pints.

You were drinking at girl speed.

Used to work with a bloke who would order his pint first in the round, neck it whilst the bar staff would pour the others, then ask for another one before paying. And we weren't talking big rounds, either.

Fuck me he could pour a pint down his neck.

[cheb]

But the first one is just to wash the dust from one's throat.

[JackyJoll]

But the first one is just to wash the dust from one's throat.

A pre-rinse.

[gremlin]

But the first one is just to wash the dust from one's throat.

One evening we went for a curry down Wapping. Bloke came to take the drinks order. I decide to make life easy for him and ask for a show of hands for a large bottle of Cobra. 9 hands out of 10 went up.

Waiter looks at my big-drinking mate. 'What would you like, sir?'

'White wine'

'Glass of white wine for Sir'

'No. A bottle'

Yep. For every bottle of Cobra we necked, he finished a bottle of white.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yep. For every bottle of Cobra we necked, he finished a bottle of white.

Awkward conversations come bill time

[mangocrazy]

I'm a poncey wine drinker, so have no great interest in beer measures, but a pint does seem a large amount of liquid to consume, especially as the dosage normally includes multiple servings.

Carry on.

If a pint was too big, the dosage wouldn’t include multiple servings.

I think sir is misunderstanding my point. One serving (at least with my friends) is never enough and multiple servings are required to complete the required dosage. The effect on their respective bladders is evidenced by the number of times they slope off to the John.

[Cousin Jack]

Potter has left the building.

Potter is good people in my book,he was never slow to put his hand in his pocket to help folk. We all have our own 'little ways' that seem odd to some others,but that's part of being human and what marks someone out as an interesting person.
I don't bother much with the politics side of the forum,so I often don't see the reasons behind actions or attitudes,but I for one will miss his contributions,whether I agreed or otherwise.

Without getting into things too deeply, the politics side of things was only a small part of his reason for leaving. I won't get into it any deeper.

He is entitled to leave, and no one on here 'deserves' an explanation. I will miss his contributions, but I wish him well.

[JackyJoll]

I’ll vote for party that puts bigger fucking pints in their manifesto!

Not if it’s the SNP, obviously.

[gremlin]

Yvette Cooper pledges to halve knife crime in a decade in Labour conference speech

By cancelling Notting Hill Carnival, I assume....

[Mr Moofo]

Yvette Cooper pledges to halve knife crime in a decade in Labour conference speech

By cancelling Notting Hill Carnival, I assume....

It is stunning that if that was a sporting event , or a similar event outside of London, it would have been cancelled years ago.

Hasn't she also said that they are going to solve the small boat issue? She is beginning to sound like Priti Patel / Suella Braverman

[gremlin]

Hasn't she also said that they are going to solve the small boat issue?

Yep. By throwing knives at them.

Killing two policy birds with one stone...well knives.

[Taipan]

I hope we’ve not seen the end of Potter, Harry or Ic. I enjoyed his writing. It may have been a bit Hey, look at me, but so what. At least he got off his arse and gave life a go. Maybe he’s just trying to find time to write a book. I’d buy it.

Getting so riled that you feel the need to ex-communucate yourself from a fucking biking forum?

Fuck me...grow up and learn to get over yourself.

He's got a lot of mates on here and he posts quite a lot so the silence would be noticed. So it'd be rude to not say goodbye as such.

[MyLittleStudPony]

'ISG collapse ‘far worse than initial figures suggest’

https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com ... es-suggest

ISG Ltd is a England based construction company that employed around 3,000 people, mainly in the UK, mainland Europe and the Middle East, particularly the UAE. By turnover, it was the sixth biggest contractor in the UK.

That's a shame, I hope everyone's ok. Still, it's part of the old tools game.