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Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:03 pm
by Count Steer
Horse wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:53 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 5:55 pm
Alternatively go into a proper Cornish pub and feast on local beer and proper pasties. You know it makes sense.
Are there many Cornish pubs in Newcastle?
I bet you can get a bottle of that craft Cornish (Molson Coors) beer, Doom Bar.
Oh...the bottled stuff is made in Staffordshire.
The cask stuff is still brewed in Cornwall though.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:15 pm
by Taipan
We had some lovely pasties in Cornwall. A few independent random shops and a small chain called Philps. Nice meat and veg with good peppery taste and really nice pastry. TBF, when I say they were lovely, thats compared to ginsters or supemarket own ones.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 9:53 am
by Taipan
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:19 am
by MingtheMerciless
They're great until the crew forget to turn the Sandite applicators OFF when they go through point work and then a nice grinding paste mix is added to the slide chairs and rollers that the switch rails move over.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 2:48 pm
by Cousin Jack
Count Steer wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:03 pm
Horse wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:53 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 5:55 pm
Alternatively go into a proper Cornish pub and feast on local beer and proper pasties. You know it makes sense.
Are there many Cornish pubs in Newcastle?
I bet you can get a bottle of that craft Cornish (Molson Coors) beer, Doom Bar.
Oh...the bottled stuff is made in Staffordshire.
The cask stuff is still brewed in Cornwall though.
St Austell beers (Tribute, Proper Job, Hicks, Korev et al) are brewed in .......................
---------------St Austell!
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 2:52 pm
by Cousin Jack
Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:15 pm
We had some lovely pasties in Cornwall. A few independent random shops and a small chain called Philps. Nice meat and veg with good peppery taste and really nice pastry. TBF, when I say they were lovely, thats compared to ginsters or supemarket own ones.
Ginsters (SPIT !) do not make pastys, they make pies that happen to be shaped a bit like pastys. Nothing with minced meat in it can ever be considered a pasty. Never tried a supermarket own-brand, but I suspect they are pies too.
Philps are IMHO one of the best.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:16 pm
by Saga Lout
These Cornwallians get a bit precious about "their" pasties, don't they? It's peasant food FFS, it's not haute cuisine!
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:59 pm
by Cousin Jack
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:16 pm
These Cornwallians get a bit precious about "their" pasties, don't they? It's peasant food FFS, it's not haute cuisine!
Who are you calling a peasant? Bloody immigrants all of you, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Norman's, .......
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:52 am
by Taipan
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:59 pm
Saga Lout wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:16 pm
These Cornwallians get a bit precious about "their" pasties, don't they? It's peasant food FFS, it's not haute cuisine!
Who are you calling a peasant? Bloody immigrants all of you, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Norman's, .......
All hail King Doniert!
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:51 am
by Horse
Nevermind Esperanto, learn PIE - Proto-Indo-European
https://theconversation.com/hindi-greek ... now-264588
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Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:16 pm
by Mussels
What's the PIE (unfortunate name) word for microwave?
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:21 pm
by Horse
Mussels wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:16 pm
What's the PIE (unfortunate name) word for microwave?
Hang on, I'll just pop back a few thousand years to ask.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 4:05 pm
by mangocrazy
That tree appears to have completely omitted Occitan as part of the Italic branch in its various forms...
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:00 pm
by Pirahna
€13k fine and a lifetime ban for a British rider in Switzerland
https://www.rideapart.com/news/774412/m ... ss-tunnel/
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:40 pm
by Noggin
Yup - the Swiss are utter bastards when it comes to speeding !
A mate did speed through a camera at the boarder - he braked hard when he remembered the camera, so about 70 (or 80 maybe!) in a 50
Fine was around 200€
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:08 pm
by ZRX61
Taipan wrote: Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:15 pm
We had some lovely pasties in Cornwall. A few independent random shops and a small chain called Philps. Nice meat and veg with good peppery taste and really nice pastry. TBF, when I say they were lovely, thats compared to ginsters or supemarket own ones.
Gear Farm...
There's a couple of pasty groups on FB, no one mentions Grimsters....
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:18 pm
by ZRX61
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Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:39 pm
by .....
Iccyv2 hasn't posted for a while #justsayin
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:17 pm
by ZRX61
I just saw this headline in big bold letters:
MET OFFICE ISSUES VERDICT ON UK SNOW FORECAST AS EUROPE HIT BY SURPRISE SNOWFALL
I clicked on the story and the Met Office’s verdict: “There is no indication of snow in the forecast.”
Great. Thanks for that breaking news.
Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 9:48 am
by Rockburner
ZRX61 wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:17 pm
I just saw this headline in big bold letters:
MET OFFICE ISSUES VERDICT ON UK SNOW FORECAST AS EUROPE HIT BY SURPRISE SNOWFALL
I clicked on the story and the Met Office’s verdict: “There is no indication of snow in the forecast.”
Great. Thanks for that breaking news.
Not like you to fall for clickbait.....
