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[Rubbish King]

whatsapp is too fast for people with lives and fuck you all for making me rejoin it just to see that I haven't read 500 messages you bastards

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Woo! Summer Manc Meet!

I imagine Owen Bowen will want to go to hipstery places that sell flashy drinks and play music by artists like Azamony and Mary Berry. so let's try and find somewhere in between. Anyone got any preferences?

Suggestions? OK, here's a few:

Food:

Dough (Italian, amazing pizza)
Turtle Bay (Caribbean food, burgers and stuff)
Katsouris (deli, great sandwiches)
Akbar's (quality Indian)
Try Thai (excellent Thai place)

Bars:

Fab Café (for sci-fi nerds)
Grand Central (for metal heads)
Gullivers (just a pub really, might be a good band on)
Apotheca (amazing cocktails. Usher came in last Sunday, he popped his colla)
Corbiers (looks like a cave, great jukebox)
Thirsty Scholar (just a good venue, open mic nights and such)
The Courtyard (student bar, cheap as chips)
Tiger Lounge (basement bar, tiki style)

Clubs:

Sankeys (Sankeys!)
Sound Control (three floors, loads of different music)
Mint Lounge (funk, soul and R&B, we'll get in for nowt and probably free/cheap drinks)

Bowen, I'm thinking the Temple as a compromise venue, maybe Fab Cafe for a bit as its a nerd bar and (I hope I'm not being presumptuous) we are mostly generally nerdy and then gay places? I don't know. I'm actually pretty heterophobic :-(

I love Temple but we'd probably pack the place out on our own mate!

A Canal St crawl would be pretty fun

Definitely up for a few drinks in the village but there are too many good places in town to stay there all night.

I'm naturally a bit edgy in straight places so I go where I'm comfortable, which isn't really fair on the straight people.

I tend to feel a little uncomfortable in gay bars truth be told; my boyish good looks, enviable fashion sense and "Jack the lad" charm often attracts unwanted male attention.

:|

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Akbar's (quality Indian)

Had my first (and so far only) south asian food/curry here. Was bangin.

Should be going again on the 8th nom nom

 

[sploatee]

Woo! Summer Manc Meet!

Suggestions? OK, here's a few:

Food:

Dough (Italian, amazing pizza)
Turtle Bay (Caribbean food, burgers and stuff)
Katsouris (deli, great sandwiches)
Akbar's (quality Indian)
Try Thai (excellent Thai place)

Bars:

Fab Café (for sci-fi nerds)
Grand Central (for metal heads)
Gullivers (just a pub really, might be a good band on)
Apotheca (amazing cocktails. Usher came in last Sunday, he popped his colla)
Corbiers (looks like a cave, great jukebox)
Thirsty Scholar (just a good venue, open mic nights and such)
The Courtyard (student bar, cheap as chips)
Tiger Lounge (basement bar, tiki style)

Clubs:

Sankeys (Sankeys!)
Sound Control (three floors, loads of different music)
Mint Lounge (funk, soul and R&B, we'll get in for nowt and probably free/cheap drinks)

I love Temple but we'd probably pack the place out on our own mate!

Definitely up for a few drinks in the village but there are too many good places in town to stay there all night.

I tend to feel a little uncomfortable in gay bars truth be told; my boyish good looks, enviable fashion sense and "Jack the lad" charm often attracts unwanted male attention.

:|

I don't really like any of those nightclubs. I was thinking more go to a few straight bars and then crawl the random bars in the village. I'm not sure we are gonna reach a compromise :-(

At this stage of my life I guess I'm just not that comfy in hetero clubs. Sorry to be all introverty but if I'm being honest I feel like a freakish alien when I'm around all the normal people and I just want to go back to the safe place for all the freaks, nerds and queers. Maybe I'll just come for a bit and then you can do the hip hop happening stuff. I don't really care about that kind of stuff right now. To tell you the truth id rather go to a cheesy pop place full of gays, drink vodka slushies and dance to Katy Perry with that bloke called Stephanie. Maybe I'll feel more comfy with all the 'cis hets' in a year or two. It's just not for me at the moment.

I agree with you on dough and Akbar's though, both delicious. You really rate Turtle Bay that highly? I thought it was ooookkkkkkk.

And don't forget Dimitri's. It'd be nice to sit around wih everyone and chomp tapas.

And Moose the day after

I'll let the people decide and I'll just pop along for a bit.

CHEEZ lets go to the village

 

[CHEEZMO™]

k

for the record i am okay with also patronising cishet shitlord entertainment establishments

 

[Mikeside]

Instead of going to gay or straight bars, lets go to one that makes no specific sexuality discrimination.

Do you know any like that?

 

[sploatee]

k

for the record i am okay with also patronising cishet shitlord entertainment establishments

I didn't mean at the meet - lets go separately. Not sure if I was clear or not.


Mike - the meet should be at straight places, it's not really fair just cos I'm a weirdo! I'll come for a bit and then scoot off for a cup of tea and Question Time.

 

[Mikeside]

I didn't mean at the meet - lets go separately. Not sure if I was clear or not.


Mike - the meet should be at straight places, it's not really fair just cos I'm a weirdo! I'll come for a bit and then scoot off for a cup of tea and Question Time.

But that's what I'm saying - they're not 'straight' places - they're just places.

And it was you that invited us up

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I should be part of this group... I'm not but I should be.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I didn't mean at the meet - lets go separately. Not sure if I was clear or not.

i would be down for this

 

[banofypie]

I should be part of this group... I'm not but I should be.

Hello, friend! Welcome to our home!

Do you like Dark Souls?

 

[sploatee]

But that's what I'm saying - they're not 'straight' places - they're just places.

And it was you that invited us up

You're right and I am being a bit inconsistent. I'll have a sleep and I'm sure it will work itself out. I think I'm a bit distracted by 'personal life things' so I'm probably a bit garbled. Sorry to be a bit of a numpty. In fact, I'm gonna do the 'step away from GAF for a bit' thing because I promised myself I'd post less and seem to be doing the opposite! There's a world out there and I'd like to see it.

I should be part of this group... I'm not but I should be.

Hello!

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Turtle Bay isn't amazing or anything sploat, but it's pretty cheap, serves a decent burger and you can get two really good strong cocktails for under £7 before 7pm!

Instead of going to gay or straight bars, lets go to one that makes no specific sexuality discrimination.

I'm not sure I'd go that far, I've never felt discriminated going into a gay bar. But for all my joking about being like gayboy catnip, I have been, um, "advanced upon amorously" a few times in the village.

I guess you could say it's flattering, but yeah, felt a bit weird as a booby loving breeder. Those guys ain't shy if they fancy a bit!

I'm well up for gay bars, it's a laugh don't get me wrong, but in my experience a straight dude in a gay bar is more likely to feel like a fish out of water than the other way around. It's not the 1950's any more.

But that's what I'm saying - they're not 'straight' places - they're just places.

Basically this.

I should be part of this group... I'm not but I should be.

You should man!

"Fresh fish, fresh fish..."

 

[Mikeside]

Turtle Bay isn't amazing or anything sploat, but it's pretty cheap, serves a decent burger and you can get two really good strong cocktails for under £7 before 7pm!

I'm not sure I'd go that far, I've never felt discriminated going into a gay bar. But for all my joking about being like gayboy catnip, I have been, um, "advanced upon amorously" a few times in the village.

I guess you could say it's flattering, but yeah, felt a bit weird as a booby loving breeder. Those guys ain't shy if they fancy a bit!

I'm well up for gay bars, it's a laugh don't get me wrong, but in my experience a straight dude in a gay bar is more likely to feel like a fish out of water than the other way around. It's not the 1950's any more.

Basically this.

You should man!

"Fresh fish, fresh fish..."

That's kind of the joke I'm making - they're all just bars.
It's not like the whites only clubs in days of yore.




Sploat, don't go - I'm not trying to be a dick about it, I just think we can have a lot of fun wherever we end up.

I kinda liked Jed's idea of finding a quiet pub for the next one so we can actually hang out and shoot the shit.

 

[banofypie]

I'd like a quiet pub. We can have a Gastropub meal together, or Wetherspoons curry club.

So exciting.

 

[War Peaceman]

Had my first (and so far only) south asian food/curry here. Was bangin.

What have you been doing with your life?!

South Asian is the best.

 

[Jackben]

I'm shocked you never had that before Cheez. Get some culture in ya. Fuck I'm starving for some curry now. Maybe some naan too. Actually scratch that, let's go Mediterranean. Yea a gyro sounds perfect.

 

[Nerdkiller]

NOOOO! WHERE'S THE SPLOATS!?

 

[Lunch_Box_]

I'm not sure I'd go that far, I've never felt discriminated going into a gay bar. But for all my joking about being like gayboy catnip, I have been, um, "advanced upon amorously" a few times in the village.

Take it as a compliment

*slaps arse*

I'd like a quiet pub. We can have a Gastropub meal together, or Wetherspoons curry club.

So exciting.

This is my life every Wednesday. Chicken club

I've only actually had Indian twice at a restaurant, and upon thinking about it I have never actually had an Indian take away

 

[The_Poet]

Started Pillars of Eternity last night. Spent about 2 hours reading all the race and class bio's in the character creator, decided on a feisty elf girl named Lemon

Spoiler

been watching too much 30 rock

.

Enjoying it so far, its kind of hard to keep up with what's happening in combat sometimes, just need to get used to the UI I guess.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

I don't imagine anyone was thinking of seeing that new Alan Rickman film A Little Chaos but I watched it last night (some free screen test thing) and found it aggressively boring. Actually dozed off in the theatre. Give it a miss.

 

[show me your skeleton]

Started Pillars of Eternity last night. Spent about 2 hours reading all the race and class bio's in the character creator, decided on a feisty elf girl named Lemon

Spoiler

been watching too much 30 rock

.

Enjoying it so far, its kind of hard to keep up with what's happening in combat sometimes, just need to get used to the UI I guess.

yes yessss. me too, made a 'godlike (or whatever they're called) paladin who goes around asking people for money.
ended up getting killed by lots of spiders, ugh.

 

[The_Poet]

yes yessss. me too, made a 'godlike (or whatever they're called) paladin who goes around asking people for money.
ended up getting killed by lots of spiders, ugh.

I didnt get very far, spent too long reading everything, finished the opening camp-site bit, and just got into the ruins.

Im deathly afraid of running into those game breaking bugs I keep hearing about

 

[show me your skeleton]

I didnt get very far, spent too long reading everything, finished the opening camp-site bit, and just got into the ruins.

Im deathly afraid of running into those game breaking bugs I keep hearing about

ah yes, wouldn't be an obsidian title without those haha.

 

[Mikeside]

I've gone for a moon godlike cypher.

 

[The_Poet]

I've gone for a moon godlike cypher.

I cant decide which looks cooler out of the death and moon godlikes.

The fire ones look like a doodle I drew when I was 12.

 

[show me your skeleton]

death all the way. shame they only have like three portraits.

 

[Spookie]

My save is goosed in pillars one of my companions has negative armour.

 

[Mikeside]

My save is goosed in pillars one of my companions has negative armour.

Use a different companion until the fix

 

[The_Poet]

Use a different companion until the fix

Has a date for the fix been announced?

 

[show me your skeleton]

My save is goosed in pillars one of my companions has negative armour.

back in my day that was a good thing.

 

[Hot Coldman]

fuck knows how you lot get banned

very unbecoming

 

[Spookie]

back in my day that was a good thing.

Haha I was thinking that, going to push on as I don't want to continue without her else I'll miss the story!

 

[show me your skeleton]

Haha I was thinking that, going to push on as I don't want to continue without her else I'll miss the story!

i had someone die because of a choice i made, that made me go 'oh shit this game is awesome' haha.

fuck knows how you lot get banned

very unbecoming

i think sploatee asked for a ban.

 

[Lunch_Box_]

i think sploatee asked for a ban.

Seems to be the case. Last post mentioned getting away from GAF. Break time for sploatee methinks.

 

[Hot Coldman]

sounds reasonable

 

[Spookie]

I'll never understand why people request bans. How can you have so little will you can't stop visiting a forum.

 

[War Peaceman]

I didnt get very far, spent too long reading everything, finished the opening camp-site bit, and just got into the ruins.

Im deathly afraid of running into those game breaking bugs I keep hearing about

That's why I'm giving it six months. Mods and patches will fix up the problems of what sounds like an incredible game.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Just grabbed a double cheeseburger from Maccy's, "3 star" crew member served me:

"Just a double cheeseburger please."

"£3"

"You mean £1.49?"

"Oh yeah."

*give the guy a fiver, he takes literally about two minutes to sort my change staring intently at the till after every coin; three pounds, a 50p piece and a penny. Stares at his palm checking it once again*

"That's right, come on man! Sorry, I'm just in a rush"

(looks at me blankly for another few seconds)

"So, burger mate?"

"Oh yeah!"

Of course he gave me a single cheeseburger.

I didn't have the energy to go back in.

How do these people not fall over all the time?

 

[Mikeside]

Just grabbed a double cheeseburger from Maccy's, "3 star" crew member served me:

"Just a double cheeseburger please."

"£3"

"You mean £1.49?"

"Oh yeah."

*give the guy a fiver, he takes literally about two minutes to sort my change staring intently at the till after every coin; three pounds, a 50p piece and a penny. Stares at his palm checking it once again*

"That's right, come on man! Sorry, I'm just in a rush"

(looks at me blankly for another few seconds)

"So, burger mate?"

"Oh yeah!"

Of course he gave me a single cheeseburger.

I didn't have the energy to go back in.

How do these people not fall over all the time?

That's what you get when you live in the north.

 

[toythatkills]

That's what you get when you live in the north.

In the South it would have actually been £3.

 

[show me your skeleton]

In the South it would have actually been £30.

ftfy.

 

[toythatkills]

Artisan Big Mac.

 

[dapperbandit]

I don't imagine anyone was thinking of seeing that new Alan Rickman film A Little Chaos but I watched it last night (some free screen test thing) and found it aggressively boring. Actually dozed off in the theatre. Give it a miss.

It's a frilly costume drama, you should have known better

 

[Symphonia]

In the South it would have actually been £3.

In the Midlands, they pay you £3 to eat a double cheeseburger.

 

[show me your skeleton]

brb moving to the midlands.

 

[toythatkills]

In the Midlands, they pay you £3 to eat a double cheeseburger.

You've gotta let me go there, Mr Lahey.

 

[Symphonia]

brb moving to the midlands.

You've gotta let me go there, Mr Lahey.

You won't be saying that if you saw the standards of the local McDonalds. Dark, dingy, unclean, noisy, and the food tastes like cardboard. I usually like McDonalds but the local one just ain't worth it.

 

[Jackben]

Don't eat at McDonald's, it's gross.

 

[dapperbandit]

Don't eat at McDonald's, it's gross.

Picked up a quarter pounder on the way home. It was cheap, greasy and delicious, just like you're mother.