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[Parklife]

38 minutes ago, Henry said:

Not sure if she would enjoy the £3 three course lunch at Star Bar. 

How does an Orcadian know about the £3 lunch at the Star Bar? 

It was £3.50 last time I went but we great value. A bowl of lentil soup, followed by some stovies. Pudding (rice pudding - proper rice pudding made in the oven, not Ambrosia) was available but I passed on it. A cup of tea included in the £3.50 price tag too. Went a few times on a Friday when I was working near by. Couple of pints consumed too and the bill was still only about £8. 

People, and pubs like the Star Bar, make Glasgow. 

[Sonoftherock]

18 minutes ago, Parklife said:

How does an Orcadian know about the £3 lunch at the Star Bar? 

It was £3.50 last time I went but we great value. A bowl of lentil soup, followed by some stovies. Pudding (rice pudding - proper rice pudding made in the oven, not Ambrosia) was available but I passed on it. A cup of tea included in the £3.50 price tag too. Went a few times on a Friday when I was working near by. Couple of pints consumed too and the bill was still only about £8. 

People, and pubs like the Star Bar, make Glasgow. 

Harcus was part of GUASC in his student days.

[maryhilldon]

I've never heard of the Star Bar.  Where's that? 

[Simply Red]

11 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Apart from the gallus, the people who think they're comedians, those who put on their accents thicker when on holiday or in the NE, the criminals, the sectarian bigots, the huns and the fienyins, the workshy cunts and the soap dodgers, the nothings and the cowards. Oh aye and the fucking pretentious arseholes in Bearsden and Millen Gravy. But other than them, they're ok. 

Betty swallicks nicked yir phone rs?

 

[maryhilldon]

5 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Haha. I was thinking of him whilst posting those nuggets of truth. I never even mentioned the ringletted Jewish cunts in Newton Mearns. 

I've never seen a proper hasidic  Jew in my life.  Honestly never seen the ringlets and hats costume,  and I've lived in Scotlands biggest city for 30 years. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

28 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Aye it's very good. Courtesy of a tweet by Peter Hitchens 6/7 months ago.

I am ambivalent about Latin, referred to as a dead language. In an academy of 1,000 pupils, only 8 of us chose to do the O-grade in 3rd and 4th year. There's an ugly flow to the words construction, very little music in it normally. That is an outstanding piece though, summat aboot the mither of Jesus I believe, Margaret or Morag or someone. 

Hats off to you min for studying Latin. It is an incredibly difficult language to pronounce, translate and understand its semantics.

Polish is very hard to master but Latin is arguably more difficult.

[Parklife]

12 minutes ago, maryhilldon said:

I've never heard of the Star Bar.  Where's that? 

Victoria Road 

8 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Why on a Friday? Was it only available one day a week? Or perhaps you love your routines and forward planning eh parkington? A trait of highly successful people I believe. 

Nah. Just used to get the train to work on the odd Friday and go for a few pints after work. Would go to the Star Bar for lunch and have a couple pints as a warm up. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

28 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

Apart from the gallus, the people who think they're comedians, those who put on their accents thicker when on holiday or in the NE, the criminals, the sectarian bigots, the huns and the fienyins, the workshy cunts and the soap dodgers, the nothings and the cowards. Oh aye and the fucking pretentious arseholes in Bearsden and Millen Gravy. But other than them, they're ok. 

??

[maryhilldon]

1 minute ago, rocket_scientist said:

Have you spent time in Newton Mearns?

Never been there,  nobody goes there unless they live there. I know what you're saying though. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

3 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

It was shite. All I remember is the letters of Pliny, a weirdo lady teacher and the six geeks in our class. 

?. I see an edition of the Letters of Pliny is being promoted as an invitation to treat online for approx.£800 just now. Fuck that, I won't be studying Latin anytime soon then.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

17 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Beekeeper 

Our perceived land of milk and honey will always require apiarists. 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

22 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

It was shite. All I remember is the letters of Pliny, a weirdo lady teacher and the six geeks in our class. 

Becoming clearer.  So 8 did it.  6 were geeks and I assume you do not refer to yourself as such.  I’m guessing number 7 was a fit lawyer-to-be bird?

[Parklife]

23 minutes ago, rocket_scientist said:

We were talking about the 20 pint thing recently, something moobs can do and something Mobs and Bloots do every day but what was your capacity parkinglife? I was about 12 before I hit the nips, rarely more than a dozen. 

If I'm out from lunch time, I'd have somewhere in the region of 20 pints. I don't really get bloated unless I've had a big feed too, which is rare for me when I'm drinking. Rarely move on to anything else unless the pub is shutting and we're looking to get a couple swift ones in beforehand, then I might have a rum or two. 

[maryhilldon]

I don't know anyone that's been ill with this plague.  I don't know anyone that knows anyone that's been ill.   I went back to work yesterday after nearly 8 months off,  and nobody in my work knew anyone that's been ill  (only 4 people,  quite a small sample tbf, but 6 degrees of separation and all that).  Am I (and everyone I know,  and everyone they know)  just  jammy as fuck? 

[Parklife]

11 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

You thinking about a wee micro brewery Parko when the garden boozer is established?

Haha nah. Brewing is a pain in the arse. So much time and effort and the product I've produced previously has been totally substandard. 

Plus, I've no beard, flat cap or daft jumpers, so I can't be a craft beer brewer ?

[Studebaker-90]

I was thinking the other day that I have not once been contacted by the test and trace folks despite being in a swathe of places Including pubs, restaurants and the gym amongst others north and south of the border. Again is that just me being lucky or is it more likely that places within the hospitality space have such a low prevalence of the virus that it’s very unlikely to happen. 

[Quagmire]

Does no one else want to admit they'd be absolutely cunted and would probably shit the bed if they drank 20 pints? 

Bottles aye, pints I'd be getting sent home for being a state/menace. 

 

[Sonoftherock]

1 hour ago, rocket_scientist said:

Have you spent time in Newton Mearns?

Most of my family live there.  Consequently i spent a lot of time there as a kid.  I've never knowingly met a Jew in Newton Mearns.

[maryhilldon]

17 minutes ago, Parklife said:

 

Plus, I've no beard, flat cap or daft jumpers, so I can't be a craft beer brewer ?

I have all those things. Stopped wearing the flat cap when Peaky Blinders appeared. 

[redstrummer]

4 minutes ago, Quagmire said:

Does no one else want to admit they'd be absolutely cunted and would probably shit the bed if they drank 20 pints? 

Bottles aye, pints I'd be getting sent home for being a state/menace. 

 

not a chance i could do 20 pints , not even 10 . 8 would be my optimum before going onto nips

[Poodler]

Don't think I've drank 20 pints in 20 months! Solid effort like 

[manboobs109]

I know a few people who've had it. There was an 'outbreak' at my bit and all the pubs had to shut. One boy was in hospital for a while but he's out now. I got a few calls from test and trace but just asking about procedures in my local, didn't have to isolate or go for a test. I still think I had it in April. 

[jamiesd]

I am currently isolating.  got a call from trak and trace on Tuesday.  load of piss

[Henry]

36 minutes ago, Quagmire said:

Does no one else want to admit they'd be absolutely cunted and would probably shit the bed if they drank 20 pints? 

 

 

Absolutely. 

Might've managed it in my ealy twenties, but would home and in bed after about a dozen these days. Can't handle nips worth a fuck either. 

[Henry]

2 hours ago, Parklife said:

How does an Orcadian know about the £3 lunch at the Star Bar? 

 

 

2 hours ago, Sonoftherock said:

Harcus was part of GUASC in his student days.

Well remembered. ?

Aye, we're allowed off the island now and again Punklife. 

[maryhilldon]

1 minute ago, Sooper-hanz said:

As you probably know Rozzers there are loads of wee Jewish ‘micro’ communities in the Mearns.  Blocks of flats etc where the majority of residents are Jewish . 

Gated communities? 

[maryhilldon]

10 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

 

 

1 hour ago, Studebaker-90 said:

I was thinking the other day that I have not once been contacted by the test and trace folks despite being in a swathe of places Including pubs, restaurants and the gym amongst others north and south of the border. 

Do you give them a dummy phone number?  I do. 

[Parklife]

22 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

As you probably know Rozzers there are loads of wee Jewish ‘micro’ communities in the Mearns.  

Any authentic restaurants? 

[DD1903]

3 hours ago, maryhilldon said:

I've never heard of the Star Bar.  Where's that? 

 

2 hours ago, Parklife said:

Victoria Road

Eglinton Street/Toll

[manboobs109]

2 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

The three course lunch was a wee bowl of soup, pie and chips and an apple pie with squirty cream iirc.

£3 though ?

The kind of squirty cream only a male chef can make?