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Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:43 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Short for "pasty's pastry". I deffo meant it that way.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:45 pm
by Noggin
Count Steer wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:25 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:17 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:32 pm
Been out for a bimble in the Cornish lanes. Main roads, and no doubt all the beaches, are rammed with emmetts, but I've been to the places they don't go. Nice ride, mainly in 2nd and 3rd gear.
What's the difference between emmetts and grockles?
An emmett is someone visiting for a short time, a grockle is someone that's bought a house there but lives or has lived somewhere else most of the time.
Noooooo - emmet is more southern! Grockle is 'oop north' (to a Cornish!! )
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:05 pm
by Count Steer
Noggin wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:45 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:25 pm
Skub wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:17 pm
What's the difference between emmetts and grockles?
An emmett is someone visiting for a short time, a grockle is someone that's bought a house there but lives or has lived somewhere else most of the time.
Noooooo - emmet is more southern! Grockle is 'oop north' (to a Cornish!! )
I cannot tell a lie. For years I thought emetts were tourists and grockles were the Cornish
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:09 pm
by MingtheMerciless
Heard in a pub on Dartmoor......
"Cornwall, its just a council estate with a beach around the edges......."
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:16 pm
by Cousin Jack
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:09 pm
Heard in a pub on Dartmoor......
"Cornwall, its just a council estate with a beach around the edges......."
Nothing more bitter than a pissed-up Janner.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:27 pm
by Noggin
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:29 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:09 pm
Heard in a pub on Dartmoor......
"Cornwall, its just a council estate with a beach around the edges......."
If the news is to be believed at the moment Hawaii isn't much different, cept there are extra pineapple farms.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:52 pm
by Greenman
Working over in Minehead this week...i have never been to that area before and was expecting a bustling seaside resort...NO!
Everything shuts down at 4pm, a lot of the pubs stop serving food at 4 and none of the fish and chip shops except the shitty tourist ones on the seafront are open till 5pm! It's pretty dead except a few drunk chavs in the seafront pubs!
It is also chav central, and this is coming from someone who was brought up in Kingswood in Bristol!
Back there for the next 3 days....Local bakery is good though which is right next to the academy i am working in....
Gonna hang around for the 5pm chip shop the locals have rec'ed me tomorrow and eat on seafront...
#12 hour working days this week!
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:00 pm
by Cousin Jack
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:29 pm
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:09 pm
Heard in a pub on Dartmoor......
"Cornwall, its just a council estate with a beach around the edges......."
If the news is to be believed at the moment Hawaii isn't much different, cept there are extra pineapple fritters.
FTFY
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:11 pm
by Skub
I'm still none the wiser.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:01 am
by Noggin
Greenman wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:52 pm
Working over in Minehead this week...i have never been to that area before and was expecting a bustling seaside resort...NO!
Everything shuts down at 4pm, a lot of the pubs stop serving food at 4 and none of the fish and chip shops except the shitty tourist ones on the seafront are open till 5pm! It's pretty dead except a few drunk chavs in the seafront pubs!
It is also chav central, and this is coming from someone who was brought up in Kingswood in Bristol!
Back there for the next 3 days....Local bakery is good though which is right next to the academy i am working in....
Gonna hang around for the 5pm chip shop the locals have rec'ed me tomorrow and eat on seafront...
#12 hour working days this week!
If you like Chinese food, there's an amazing place either in or near Minehead. I'll try find it's exact location if you're interested.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:14 am
by Noggin
Greenman wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:52 pm
Working over in Minehead this week...i have never been to that area before and was expecting a bustling seaside resort...NO!
Everything shuts down at 4pm, a lot of the pubs stop serving food at 4 and none of the fish and chip shops except the shitty tourist ones on the seafront are open till 5pm! It's pretty dead except a few drunk chavs in the seafront pubs!
It is also chav central, and this is coming from someone who was brought up in Kingswood in Bristol!
Back there for the next 3 days....Local bakery is good though which is right next to the academy i am working in....
Gonna hang around for the 5pm chip shop the locals have rec'ed me tomorrow and eat on seafront...
#12 hour working days this week!
Found the info! I'm heading to work now, so here you go -
https://www.ziangs35a.com/menu
They close at 18:00!!
But, highly recommended by loads of people I know - and I use one of their books for Chinese Takeaway recipes at home
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:32 pm
by ChrisW
Inspired by the cool-kids I saw whilst we were away last week, and seeing as it's a lovely hot day, I just nipped into town on the motorcycle whilst wearing shorts.
It was lovely - but I have I habit of sometimes resting my right leg on the clutch cover when I'm pulling away in car parks etc. It was rather toasty setting off to come back home...
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:40 pm
by Greenman
Noggin wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:14 am
Greenman wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:52 pm
Working over in Minehead this week...i have never been to that area before and was expecting a bustling seaside resort...NO!
Everything shuts down at 4pm, a lot of the pubs stop serving food at 4 and none of the fish and chip shops except the shitty tourist ones on the seafront are open till 5pm! It's pretty dead except a few drunk chavs in the seafront pubs!
It is also chav central, and this is coming from someone who was brought up in Kingswood in Bristol!
Back there for the next 3 days....Local bakery is good though which is right next to the academy i am working in....
Gonna hang around for the 5pm chip shop the locals have rec'ed me tomorrow and eat on seafront...
#12 hour working days this week!
Found the info! I'm heading to work now, so here you go -
https://www.ziangs35a.com/menu
They close at 18:00!!
But, highly recommended by loads of people I know - and I use one of their books for Chinese Takeaway recipes at home
Cheers might check that put friday...
Not the biggest fab of Chinese but worth a try while im down here...
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:25 pm
by Noggin
Greenman wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:40 pm
Cheers might check that put friday...
Not the biggest fab of Chinese but worth a try while im down here...
It's not bog standard Chinese takeaway, so definitely worth a try!!!
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:40 pm
by Noggin
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:06 pm
by gremlin
Jet washed a rug.
Never realised you could, until the dog puked on it, stinking the house out.....
If that doesn't get rid of the stench, then that's a
fucking expensive rug going down the tip....
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:17 pm
by ChrisW
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:06 pm
Jet washed a rug.
Never realised you could, until the dog puked on it, stinking the house out.....
If that doesn't get rid of the stench, then that's a
fucking expensive rug going down the tip....
I did that once with a rug that was something like 6x4m, hence wanting to save it...
Best of luck
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:50 pm
by Cousin Jack
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:06 pm
Jet washed a rug.
Never realised you could, until the dog puked on it, stinking the house out.....
If that doesn't get rid of the stench, then that's a
fucking expensive rug going down the tip....
While you are at it, get rid of the dog too.
Re: What have you done today thread?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:15 pm
by Skub
Went out on the Zed for a couple of hours,it seems ages since i rode it,as the weather has been so rubbish.I gave the garage a bit of a tidy when I came back. It's the first day in a long time I could do stuff outside without the risk of rain.
49 years between them!
