A bit council (Vol 4)
Discussion
g3org3y said:
Driver101 said:
Whistle said:
The people on tv at these so call Brexit parties tonight getting p|ssed on the news.
I voted leave but these lot are a bunch of tramps.
It's a surprising crowd for a party. The average age is very high. I voted leave but these lot are a bunch of tramps.
Triumph Trollomite said:
Just popped in to book a table for later, asked the girl in reception if I could book a table for dinner. Her reply:
"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
Most council I agree - an establishment that does not cater for tiffin, what is one possibly to do?!"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
Triumph Trollomite said:
Just popped in to book a table for later, asked the girl in reception if I could book a table for dinner. Her reply:
"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
If she is quite young she might be remembering meals at school when the midday meal is dinner, served by dinner ladies"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
Cotty said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
Just popped in to book a table for later, asked the girl in reception if I could book a table for dinner. Her reply:
"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
If she is "Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
CoolHands said:
Get down the West End to see some street theatre
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7961605/F...
That's a proper Irvin jacket he's got there, isn't it?https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7961605/F...
V8mate said:
Cotty said:
Triumph Trollomite said:
Just popped in to book a table for later, asked the girl in reception if I could book a table for dinner. Her reply:
"Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
If she is "Sorry we dont start doing food until 5:30"
“You are kidding I hope, what’s next, are you going to start wearing an England football top?”
21st Century Man said:
Roofless Toothless said:
That's a proper Irvin jacket he's got there, isn't it?
Yes. I've got one, it's fabulous, but it's been worn about twice and was a collosal waste of money. First time on I realised what a total cock I looked (and felt) in it, second time was to confirm.
Same experience with me, too. I bought one when I got my first Caterham. I thought I could make al fresco motoring into an all weather experience by having an Irvin jacket as a sort of portable cocoon. I bought it at Duxford for a price I shudder to think of now.
But when I got into the car I found out I was like a leathery Michelin Man, and the sleeves were so stiff I was unable to grab the seat belts and do them up.
You have to wait all winter for the one day when the weather is so cold you think you might be justified in wearing it, but after an hour or two lumbering around with your arms spread out at 45 degrees, sweating like a pig from neck to belly button, but your backside still exposed to the Arctic blasts, then it becomes apparent that they are only good for what they were originally designed for - keeping a seated bomber pilot alive in an unpressurised WW2 aeroplane at 25,000 feet.
Roofless Toothless said:
21st Century Man said:
Roofless Toothless said:
That's a proper Irvin jacket he's got there, isn't it?
Yes. I've got one, it's fabulous, but it's been worn about twice and was a collosal waste of money. First time on I realised what a total cock I looked (and felt) in it, second time was to confirm.Same experience with me, too. I bought one when I got my first Caterham. I thought I could make al fresco motoring into an all weather experience by having an Irvin jacket as a sort of portable cocoon. I bought it at Duxford for a price I shudder to think of now.
But when I got into the car I found out I was like a leathery Michelin Man, and the sleeves were so stiff I was unable to grab the seat belts and do them up.
You have to wait all winter for the one day when the weather is so cold you think you might be justified in wearing it, but after an hour or two lumbering around with your arms spread out at 45 degrees, sweating like a pig from neck to belly button, but your backside still exposed to the Arctic blasts, then it becomes apparent that they are only good for what they were originally designed for - keeping a seated bomber pilot alive in an unpressurised WW2 aeroplane at 25,000 feet.
NapierDeltic said:
Frank7 said:
Quite, it’s not hard to work out that it’s a Scottish colloquialism for scuffle or fight, rather like the word “bundle” which was in use in London at least, in the Sixties.
I was more surprised to learn that Glasgow has a branch of Tim Horton’s there.
I knew that TH had made inroads from Canada into the Northern U.S. states, and I’ve seen some branches in Madrid, Spain, but I had no idea that Glasgow had one.
I’ve always liked Scotland, and the Scots, but they’ve become even more likeable, now that I know that I can get a good cup of Canadian style coffee there.
<Chippy east coast whingeing snipped>I was more surprised to learn that Glasgow has a branch of Tim Horton’s there.
I knew that TH had made inroads from Canada into the Northern U.S. states, and I’ve seen some branches in Madrid, Spain, but I had no idea that Glasgow had one.
I’ve always liked Scotland, and the Scots, but they’ve become even more likeable, now that I know that I can get a good cup of Canadian style coffee there.
NapierDeltic said:
Saying that, the Edinburgh accent (especially that from North of Ferry Road) is horrible. "Jist poaped out fur a boatle eh juice, ken eh? Saw that boy fae the high flats, ken wee Jeemy? Told the lassie in the shope tae keep the chinge, ken!".
If you think that's bad try Dundee; at its worst incomprehensible and weirdly obsessed with pehs(pies). Fife can be bad too, areas of it have surpassed the australians' habit of a rising inflection.Roofless Toothless said:
21st Century Man said:
Roofless Toothless said:
That's a proper Irvin jacket he's got there, isn't it?
Yes. I've got one, it's fabulous, but it's been worn about twice and was a collosal waste of money. First time on I realised what a total cock I looked (and felt) in it, second time was to confirm.Same experience with me, too. I bought one when I got my first Caterham. I thought I could make al fresco motoring into an all weather experience by having an Irvin jacket as a sort of portable cocoon. I bought it at Duxford for a price I shudder to think of now.
But when I got into the car I found out I was like a leathery Michelin Man, and the sleeves were so stiff I was unable to grab the seat belts and do them up.
You have to wait all winter for the one day when the weather is so cold you think you might be justified in wearing it, but after an hour or two lumbering around with your arms spread out at 45 degrees, sweating like a pig from neck to belly button, but your backside still exposed to the Arctic blasts, then it becomes apparent that they are only good for what they were originally designed for - keeping a seated bomber pilot alive in an unpressurised WW2 aeroplane at 25,000 feet.
It's been hanging in a wardrobe, looking like new, for as long as I can remember . They currently cost £810 with a 6 month waiting list. I should probably sell it........
21st Century Man said:
Roofless Toothless said:
That's a proper Irvin jacket he's got there, isn't it?
Yes. I've got one, it's fabulous, but it's been worn about twice and was a collosal waste of money. First time on I realised what a total cock I looked (and felt) in it, second time was to confirm.
Yes, the Irvin Jacket liked the Caterham, and the Caterham liked the Jacket. I thought they might run off together......Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff