Jedeye Sniv
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I've recently taken Irn Bru as my fizzy tipple of choice. Shit is delicious. Goes really well with a slug of amaretto as well.
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I've recently taken Irn Bru as my fizzy tipple of choice. Shit is delicious. Goes really well with a slug of amaretto as well.
I helped out our Milkman on his rounds a few times, while a lot of houses would have containers to put the milk in to stop the birds, some places would just have rocks that you place on top of the milk to stop the birds getting it. Surprisingly ghetto solution for what was one of the richest areas in the country.
My family still gets milk delivered to their home. They have a window cleaner as well. Still quite old fashioned really.
J Tourettes
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Any London gaffers who like beer, do yourself a favour and try any of the Camden Town Brewery's range. Wheat Beer is tasty, Hell's Lager is a great alternative to the big brewery pish and the Ink is a nice alternative to Guinness. A few pubs have got them on draught and even more pubs sell them bottled.
My day has been made by finding out that the brewery is a ten minute walk from my house and they're opening a bar there soon with unfiltered Hell's lager, I can't fucking wait.
My day has been made by finding out that the brewery is a ten minute walk from my house and they're opening a bar there soon with unfiltered Hell's lager, I can't fucking wait.
J Tourettes
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You could try ordering from the US. I ordered some large size t-shirts from tee fury the last time they had a grab bag sale and the things are long as shit and big as fuck.
Ugh, I did this also. Ended up with a t-shirt that would comfortably fit two of me at the same time. Ridiculous.
Hot Coldman
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I need to hunt down some Tizer.
Oh good lord yes. Vodka Tizer's used to be the drink of choice when I was younger.
J Tourettes
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Vodka Mars Milk was one of mine.
Sex in a bottle love these and you forgot
only tried the cola & lemonade and love them both. not a fan of non-alchoholic ginger beer or d&b (especially d&b, its gash)
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Accept no substitutes.
I have never seen these. Are they available darn sarf?
LabouredSubterfuge
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Crikey, that's come around awfully fast.
Psychotext
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What's old fashioned about window cleaners? Are dirty windows the new hotness?
I think waitrose sell them. Or something in mightily similar bottles anyway.
Sky finally bringing in fibre broadband, and it's a good price like their LLU is
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44210/sky-40mb-fibre-broadband-announced
Awesome.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44210/sky-40mb-fibre-broadband-announced
Awesome.
What's old fashioned about window cleaners? Are dirty windows the new hotness?
That was just a general comment about how my family live, rather than about Window Cleaners. And I'm not saying they're old fashioned just because they get milk delivered either, there's lots of small things. They still buy all their meat from the local butchers & all their bread from the local bakery; they don't use a lot of candles but if they did you'd be damn sure they would frequent the local candlestick makers.
Only downside to Sky's fibre is the poor upload speed as initially it's only going to be 2 Mbps up.
Apart from that it's a no-brainer alternative to BT Infinity if you can't get Virgin.
FreeMufasa
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Have Boybands (and girls to an extent) made a comeback?
I was flicking through the music channel and almost every channel had a group of douchey looking guys singing about first loves. Not this shit again.
I was flicking through the music channel and almost every channel had a group of douchey looking guys singing about first loves. Not this shit again.
Seems to be just those smug wankers from One Direction. And maybe The Wanted.
Wankers, the lot of 'em.
I'm in an office full of 35 year old+ ladies. Wand Erection came on the radio earlier and I swear to god they screamed like little girls. Embarrassing.
Jeff Albertson
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Successful trip to manchester just now.
Got two burritos from taco bell and went back for a third for later.
Saw a jacket I looked at in hollister pre Xmas for £180, picked it up today for £40
But I did get brain freeze having a slush
Got two burritos from taco bell and went back for a third for later.
Saw a jacket I looked at in hollister pre Xmas for £180, picked it up today for £40
But I did get brain freeze having a slush
When I went a couple of days ago me and the missus skipped on Taco Bell, and went to a place called Pancho's Burrito Bar or something to that effect in the Arndale Market.
Blew Taco Bell away, £5 for a doc-off burrito (fucking amazing), some really nice tortilla chips and a can of coke.
The entire Arndale Market is fucking amazing, food from all over the place (and some micro brewery shiz if you're into it) as well as really good fresh produce. I'd recommend you all check it out, my new favourite place in Manchester.
I know posting pics of my GF tends to offend Chinner, but I only had one of her eating it
edit: this is the place http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Mexican/Panchos-Burritos-Arndale-Reviewed
CHEEZMO
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People don't have window cleaners? We've always had one.
No you don't - it's shit these days.
I think they changed it
No you don't - it's shit these days.
I think they changed it
UnblessedSoul
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CHEEZMO;34715272 said:People don't have window cleaners? We've always had one.
No you don't - it's shit these days.
I think they changed it
Agreed they ruined it same with orangina, which was so awesome when I was younger, now tastes like vomit
When I went a couple of days ago me and the missus skipped on Taco Bell, and went to a place called Pancho's Burrito Bar or something to that effect in the Arndale Market.
Blew Taco Bell away, £5 for a doc-off burrito (fucking amazing), some really nice tortilla chips and a can of coke.
The entire Arndale Market is fucking amazing, food from all over the place (and some micro brewery shiz if you're into it) as well as really good fresh produce. I'd recommend you all check it out, my new favourite place in Manchester.
I know posting pics of my GF tends to offend Chinner, but I only had one of her eating it
edit: this is the place http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Mexican/Panchos-Burritos-Arndale-Reviewed
Manchester seemed pretty cool. About 3 comic shops in a 5 minute area seemed quite lively, the bus system and presence of trams was weird though.
Doesn't surprise me as one of them just broke up with a very smangable 35 year old...
As much as I hate them, they get pussy delivered to them on tap. Farkkkk.
yeah, it would be easier if there was a tube like London but the city centre is so concentrated and compact that its all within walking distance, or failing that you could go on one of the 3 free bus routes that take you around the city center. The trams are for commuters and suburbanites really (they go to the satellite towns - Bury, Bolton, Altringham etc, or other districts of the city like Media City or Salford)
Yeah, the trams are really only useful if you're going out of the centre to one of the satellite towns, as Meadows says. They're pretty expensive, break down a lot and don't run anywhere near as frequently as they claim to. I've lived and worked all over the city, and I grew up in Sale, so I've spent most of my life cursing the Metrolink. The bus system is fine though for the most part, especially the shuttles which you can't turn your nose up at for free.
Compared to other city centres, Manchester really does pack everything into a fairly small area - everything's concentrated just around the Arndale. There's Market Street and Deansgate which have a decent amount there, but outside of that things tend to drop off. The area you're describing with the comic stores (up Oldham street) is good, around that way is the Northern Quarter which has a lot of the "trendier" bars and that. Still some decent places to eat there though. As you say everywhere in Manchester is pretty much within walking distance so it's not really worth having a tube system there so long as you can get the bus/tram to the centre.
Compared to other city centres, Manchester really does pack everything into a fairly small area - everything's concentrated just around the Arndale. There's Market Street and Deansgate which have a decent amount there, but outside of that things tend to drop off. The area you're describing with the comic stores (up Oldham street) is good, around that way is the Northern Quarter which has a lot of the "trendier" bars and that. Still some decent places to eat there though. As you say everywhere in Manchester is pretty much within walking distance so it's not really worth having a tube system there so long as you can get the bus/tram to the centre.
Jeff Albertson
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Hot Coldman
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CHEEZMO;34715272 said:No you don't - it's shit these days.
I think they changed it
:/ Bad times. Bad fucking times.
the top left is a small container with sugar syrup in for my drink (although I think you meant the top center one which is Salt and Pepper Tofu) and the stuff on the rice is braised pork belly, shaoshing rice wine sausage and a liver filled variation of the other sausage, really nice.
It was from a place called Fu's in Chinatown which has a load of footballing memorbilia (kind of a football sports bar/chinese cafe/restaurant). They have a great English language menu too (most of these places have all of the good/authentic stuff in Chinese language only, helps to have a chinese speaking friend/S.O.) and are cheap as owt.
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