happyhippy

Too reight.

My favourite moment was the guy outside the Old Peace Gardens (perfect for a drop of turps or meths) who asked me for 17p. I said words to the effect of "That's a bit specific! Why?" and he said "If you do I can afford 3 cans of Special Brew then." pointing at Gateway (As Somerfield was then). "But would you get them for me as I'm barred ...." Those were the days in the early 90's ..... cans sold singly, the Willis supermarket on Crookes for really cheap cans (they were the student days) .... addicts in the nasty bridge thing going to the bus station from the gallery with the Lo-Cost on it .....

Just did a quick google and indeed they introduced a veggie recipe, but they have 4 different types of Bovril so not sure which one, or more, is veggie .....

Really? I was veggie for about 6 and a half years and it certainly was still "beef extract" or however it was marketed ..... and that was upto 18 months ago .... although to be fair because it *used to be* beef stuff, I never looked at it .....

Hate to be a pedant, but if you're veggie, what are you doing having Bovril? I'm only assuming from the post you put there ......

It's perfectly simple. Hendo's IS the way forward. Our addiction is such that sometimes the whole bottle won't do. I will not have this heathen **** of Lee & Perin (deliberately the incorrect spelling as not to taint this thread). WE MUST SPREAD THE WORD! Actually, about a year ago there was a spread in the Independent on Sunday's food page about our very own black gold. Even Fleet Street (or wherever they print now) is being converted! Or should we keep it our secret? ("I only have Hendo's a few times a day ...... I can handle it .....)

Nothing wrong with em at all, just the ones in there are totally wappy They sometimes have a habit of being, erm, 'overfriendly' ..... not to mention 'overplayful' ..... they're harmless though ..... I love doogies .....

The George, Castle Street, Castleton. Fantastic place. Three Stags Heads at Wardlow Mires, just watch out for the bloody beagles .... really friendly farm pub, and the Barrel at Foolow has some of the best scenery, food and beer ever ......

Had a couple of hives form at my ex wife's house a few years aho. We though due to their size that they were wasps but they were actually honey bees. Well so said the guy from Environmental Health ..... what will happen if they are honey bees is they will contact local apiarists who will come to collect the creatures rather than destroy them. As Jengoulden says, give them a ring - you may even get some free honey for getting the beekeeper more friends ......

Hopefully it's good news as to why it has been removed but the item is no longer on their website ..... at that link anyway ......

Genius ..... pure genius ...... heh heh heh

Hang on a minute ...... Yes, I'm sure she's very nice, and yes, I'm sure she means well, and no, it's not harming me in the same way as somebody hitting me over the head repeatedly with a baseball bat, and yes, I try to be as tolerant of everybody as I can, and yes, we should all love each other as people and all the rest of it but ....... How can I not listen to it? It's at 957 b****y decibels THAT is what I object to. If I want to worship that particular God, then I'll go to a church. As I don't, I don't want/need/shouldn't have to have it rammed down my throat Whatever she witters on about, whether well intentioned or not, is b****y noisy, b****y annoying, and frankly, unnecessary. We don't need evangelists. (I would have said missionaries, but there are FAR too many lines in that ...... )

I know its a pub, but the Fat Cat wasn't the Vegetarian Pub of the Year 2004 for nothing ... cheap, tasty and truly great beer or cider. Simple. Oh, and a free function room, and the room where most people eat is a no smoking area. Superb. In the same area the Kelham Island Tavern is good too. I find you need a mix or the carnivores won't come along .... if you're/you're both/you're all veggie that ain't a problem though! Happy eating!

Sorry for bumping, but I've only just had a chance to get back online ..... if you have a can/bottle of non-alcoholic liquid (and I DO believe there is a case for being more careful of the latter - and yes, I do enjoy a beer or four), is for drinking at any time. Simple courtesy, and the ability to read (there are many signs saying not to drink or eat on buses), would mean that the drink was not consumed there. In point of fact you miss the main thrust of what I said, which is that if one were to try to get on with a bottle of pop, yet another had 16 cans of lager (hardly a week's shopping), only the latter would be allowed entry as there almost certainly be a bag? Get a grip of yourself, and stop being so supercilious. Given the above, in my eyes at least, it is certainly not facetious (learn to spell if you're going to try to be smug). Stopping anybody getting on a mode of public transport for no other reason than they have an unopened bottle of pop is ridiculous, and the original poster was correct in complaining. I would love to know the full outcome of this.

I'll quite happily eat all sorts of stuff that ain't exactly healthy, not to mention drink unhealthily too ...... ;-) , but it truly astonishes me, and this is the nub and the gist of the whole brou-ha-ha, how b****y lazy people are. If my ex had her way, she would have had sandwiches from Cooplands, not to mention, and this is my favourite, take out coffee from Greggs (she works in an office with about 648 kettles), because she "couldn't be bothered to go to the canteen" So basically, a fiver a day on almost inedible c**p, and coffee that you can't possibly buy in a jar, and *shock* boil some water for, but because of her malaise with the corridor to the canteen, she would go out in wind, hail and sleet to get some watered down example of ditchwater ..... , and having to visit two different shops to get it all ..... ..... At least I cured her of that ...... it didn't stop her being about as much fun as the Siege of Leningrad mind .....

Surprised they didn't try and get in the Blackstock instead - lovely place for cocktails Have to say I'm glade I used to live at Herdings all those years ago ..... even now it seems better than Newfield Green ...... On a more serious note, it's about the only good thing about mobiles ..... my eldest daughter has one and so have nearly all the women I know .... all having either 999 and/or a safe number on the speed dial ..... much safer than a tiny box with one way in and out ...... , and I'm glad the original poster's Dad is ok too ......

Yeah, I'm interested too .... put the link up for us all mate please!

What is so difficult in buttering some bread, creating your own filling, cutting it if you want to, taking it to work or wherever, and eating it? Granted, a fresh, home made pasty could prove tricky at most workplaces .... but making a butty or two .... sheesh, it's not Michelin star cuisine ..... Make your own food, Greggs shut down, and real businesses might be able to sell stuff we actually want or need. And if the chavs starve as a result I hardly see that as a bad thing ......

Only in the volume of stuff in the bag. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen people supping beer on the bus ...... taken from the 16 cans in their bags, but that's ok as they were in a bag. But a single can of pop is dangerous, and offensive? Oh please ...... Personally I'd see mobiles, especially those ones with BL**DY loud speakers on tht all 14 year old chavs seem to have, insisting on playing them at 1560 decibels or so banned ...... They should ban them and leave the rest of us to drink and/or read in peace .......

Not quite. My mate is a bus driver and they do have valets (one is his missus), HOWEVER< they do have pick up all the detritus. Mopping up ain't their responsibility though.

That quite frankly, is farcical. I would simply respond with a reply like "Dear Kommandant, Thank you for your reply. Thinking of your recommendations, I bought a bottle of pop as, according to your timetables, the connection I needed (one of yours) should have left 5 minutes beforehand, and would need refreshment. This was missed due to the service I was on previously (one of yours) being late. However, by some remarkable coincidence, the once an hour bus I needed (one of yours) was also late. My pop, still unopened, in hand, I thought back to your helpful and friendly response, and let the bus pass without me, lest your driver feared for his life at the sound of unscheduled fizz. So, thinking of you, I waited, on my own, in the rain, uncovered, for over an hour for the next service (one of yours; late) to my destination. Despite being soaked to the bone and half dead from hypothermia, I feel so much happier that your driver will sleep soundly tonight because of my actions. I await your swift response. Yours blah blah ..... " Granted there are some real eejits who make all public transport employees lives a misery, but this is just silly. It doen't matter that the above is tosh; I exaggerate to illustrate. A similar thing happened to a friend of mine who is a single woman, AND was with a small child, AND it was dark and raining, AND in a dodgy part of our beautiful city, AND the bus that she needed from there is once an hour.

I was on one of the 606 message boards earlier and a Hull fan said there was a load of hassle on Bramall Lane at the BP and it continued further on ...... as much as I know, and a deep shame it happened at all .....

One of the better unintentional(?) puns I've seen ......

Mangla is the best tasting in my opinion, but I'm not a fan of Spital Hill; for the middle class set going for a meal I have never had a bad curry in Ayesha's on Ecclesall Road, but the portions are small and expensive, but I have to say b****y tasty ........ but my personal favourite for value and taste, is still the Gulshan on the Wicker (especially for after away matches!!). Cheap, cheerful, no bar so a lot less rowdy, the local Bengali and Pakistani community use it a lot, plentiful food and well done. Surroundings are a little, basic, but who cares? It's the food you want. Admittedly not been down there for ages ......... Luv 'n' peace G xxx

Elm Tree, Intake. Awful beer, if you can call it that, pure, unadulterated violence on request, and more Argos jewellery than at which you can shake a stick. The Market Tavern in town is a lovely place for cocktails on a Sunday (if it's open), and I agree, the Fighting **** is awful - indeed the name is so apt. And my ex's family use it all the time. Seriously though, I think that a lot of the clientele of those pubs would find something like the Fat Cat, or Red Deer, or Old Mother Redcap, etc b****y awful so really it's horses for courses ....... actually, thinking about the first 3 pubs I mentioned "whores"es for courses would be more accurate ...... <fx: gets coat and runs> Luv 'n' peace G xxx