DnAuK
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As a fan of Ricky Gervais I had wondered whether I was naturally biased to agree with him on this issue (and the previous argument he was involved in regarding this individual). But I do love this article... https://spectator.us/leave-jessica-yaniv-alone/
Interested in what others think.
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1 minute ago, DerbyTup said:I hope you don't mind me pointing out that I was right again! 😃 They have opened an "Oisoi lite" version, on Arundel Street. "Bushi Bushi" or summat daft like that it's called. It's not anything like what Oisoi was, in terms of size, ambience, decor. This is more of a cafe type place. Anyhow, I won't knock it till I've tried it - and when I've tried it I'll pop back with a few comments on the same. Meanwhile, it looks like they are planning to open a proper restaurant in the future - but who knows when?
You call a fair few things right mate. Perhaps the original was just too ambitious for Sheffield. TBH it has proven that many things are.
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On 29/09/2019 at 10:12, DerbyTup said:I always think folks who quote themselves are a bit sad, but I'm doing it myself now! In the above, posted in July this year, I mentioned that it felt like some cracks were starting to appear at Oisoi and this was usually the first sign of a restaurant in trouble.
Last night we should have been there for a family party. We got an email first thing yesterday morning saying that Oisoi has closed down.
Apparently they do plan to re-open in mid-October, but under a different name. Those of you in business will perhaps be able to second-guess what this means?
For me, it just confirms...I did see cracks and it was a sign of a restaurant in trouble. Another one bites the dust. Very sad but I suspect it's down to the usual problem that upmarket restaurants have in this city - folks just don't want to pay for it. So, maybe the next reincarnation will be a "Oisoi lite" - a cheaper version of Asian fusion. We'll see!
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Well it won't be at their original site. They have handed back the lease on that.
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Apparently, the deal that has been agreed in unlawful under a amendment of law tabled by the ERG themselves back in 2018, and is set to be challenged:
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On 23/09/2019 at 16:39, makapaka said:What people like DnAuK consistently fail to realise is that other people have also tried different beers and are therefore in a position to comment on how over rated they are when compared to run of the mill stuff.
I highly doubt you have tried many of the thousands of beers I, and many others on this forum, have, some costing upwards of £20 a pint, so please don't pretend you have. Jemmos post above sums it up exactly. You are on record stating that you put the venue ahead of the beer. And that's fine if that's what you want. I am pretty sure you could educate us all on which has the best flock wallpaper or standards of hygeine in the toilets. maybe even the best live music line-up. And no-one would argue with you. Just don't pretend to lecture us on things you know little about. And let's face it... the comment ' I don't doubt some of them taste quite nice' (post #30) kinda demonstrates this. Don't you think?
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On 24/09/2019 at 16:25, DerbyTup said:I like the Buxton Tap - although it seemed to be majoring on keg when I last visited about a year ago. My favourite Buxton Beer was Axe Edge on cask - but I gather they only do that on keg now - I think that's a shame.
I may have to check out the Beer Engine again to see if they have any strong brews, preferably IPA style. It seemed to go through a phase a few weeks ago where they were noticeably absent for several weeks. Hence I've been noticeably absent for several weeks too as I've sought to find it elsewhere.
As for the Sentinel Brewhouse...I've just given up on that one altogether. It was always the case that you never knew when it might be open. When it reopened again as Trident, or whatever it's called now, I had high hopes that it may at least be open when they said it would be open. They said it would be open Friday's and Saturday's I think. I went down one Saturday night a few weeks ago and walked in just before 7pm. There were 3 or 4 people in there. I go up to the bar to order a pint and was told, "sorry, we're not open tonight because we've got a private do on".
Jayzus H Christ! I'm pretty sure they could have sold me a pint and I'd have snook off into a dark corner and drank it quietly. It's not as though the "private do" was in full swing! But no. They turned my business away for what was the very last time. This was one of the reasons some of us stopped going there before - and they are still performing this silly trick and ******* off some, like me, who would be going in regularly if it was open!
I know what you mean about the opening times. It always seems odd to me that somewhere would reserve their entire venue for a party without the ability to make sure the fact this was published far and wide beforehand. And no, I don't know how they would achieve this. But I still hold grudges against WEST in Glasgow for the time this happend to a group of us who had just been dropped off in a minibus in the depth of winter and we had to trudge back into town through the snow and past some very dodgy looking pubs...
That said, Triple Point (I think was the name you were looking for) have improved on Sentinel in other ways by uprating the internal and external areas and, instead of brewing average beer at extortionate prices, now charge pretty much what they are worth. TBHI will probbly now use the Industry Tap as the regular stop-off between Beer Engine and Rutland instead. Unless i don't fancy walking too far that day in which case I could use both and not start up Dev Green.
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On 20/09/2019 at 17:34, taxman said:Yes, some of them are great.
What people like Maka consistently fail to realise is that we have had all the beers they have had, and are therefore in a ;position to comment on how much bettter they are than run of the mills stuff. Unfortunately, they aren't in a similar position so cannot appreciate how a beer would be worth 2,3 4 or more times the price. But that's fine. Their loss is our gain. As long as bars that stock them continue to open and thrive, then at least it means there are enough people who do.
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On 14/09/2019 at 20:56, jemson said:Unusual strategy.
Unless Jimmy (and/or Nathan) are Sheffield Utd fans. Which possibly explains why they do so much sour beer...
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1 hour ago, jemson said:and the Fat Cat.
LOL
1 hour ago, SteelCityAle said:People still brew non-sour beers? Why??
A lot of what LI do is experimental and/or crazy, so nobody's gonna like em all...
From what I gather the taproom will have more than just LI anyway - think they know that to compete on the Sheffield scene means not so much keeping up with the Joneses as keeping up with the Rutty/Crow/Shakey...
So says the voice of experience...
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On 15/08/2019 at 05:35, Baron99 said:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49352250
This idea is dead in the water already due to one major fundamental problem?
It's called Jeremy Corbyn. Who but the desperate would want to align themselves with Corbyn & make him a de facto PM?
There won't be any stomach in the HoC to support his ambitions. Thank God.
While I personbally think that any alternative is better than crashing out with no deal, I can't help thinking that installing Corbyn as a 'caretaker PM' is somewhat akin to installing Senator Palpatine as Supreme Chancellor. He won't give up the power without a fight and we will be all dragged down the dark side...
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2 minutes ago, Halibut said:Sure. You can't have large scale meat production without cruelty to animals. If you really care about animals, don't eat them.
What about dairy? Can you have that without animal cruelty?
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On 12/08/2019 at 17:07, taxman said:Excellent news. The fantastic Lost Industry brewery are opening a new tap room.
They brew some cracking beers and I love their sours.
Jimmy is a great guy who has produced some of the best sour beers I've seen produced in this country, but seems to have painted himself into a bit of a corner with them, almost like being typecast in a role. Hopefully the bar (with 21 lines apparently) will help him prove he's not just a one trick pony. Tho, like Jemmo says, some of his non-sour beers have been a little questionable.
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On 27/07/2019 at 21:50, jemson said:HaHa. I very much concur with the vast majority of that with similar opinions and experiences. However, I may largely drop into a caricature of your second paragraph.....
Are Hopjacker still brewing? I know Ed left but is the brewing kit still there and in use? Very good beers, unfined and vegan, and maybe not what the boss or Dronfield wanted. Whoever named that chinook beer `Ryed Like The Wind`? Genius....
The Dronny wasn't brewing when I went for the 'One Valley' festival. I had seen a couple of beers of theirs around in the weeks leading up to that so I assumed they must be, but it seems that was just old stock as the bar was quite clear no brewing was happening, and none of their beers were on.
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12 minutes ago, Crissie said:The fact that I'm not burning any fossil fuel at that speed and over that part of the journey is a reasonable measure of efficiency - I don't really know any other metric that could easily be applied. My car doesn't suddenly become a gas-guzzling monster when the petrol generator kicks in, so even over longer journeys I'll consume less petrol at 65 than at 70, and costs me around 4 seconds for every mile. Your posh 8-speed car (is it a Diesel engine?) might well give different results, I don't mind. Whether you believe me or not, I'm happy with my assessment.
Like Cyclone I don't particularly care what speed you drive on the Parkway, as long as it's not slow enough to hold up other traffic. What I do object to is being told that a certain speed is too fast when it has long been perfectly acceptable. Your 65 for example would be illegal if this rule came into effect.
A fundamental point that many are ,missing here is that these speed limits were set back in a day when cars were far less efficient and capable. What may have been mildly dangerous in the 1970s to drive at is an absolute breeze these days with traction control and assisted braking. In fact most modern cars wil stop in far less time than the old fashioned 'braking distance' says they will. So the safety aspect of reducing speed limits these days is largely bogus.
Equally, cars are much kinder on the environment than they used to be. Mine (like Cyclone's) has an 8 speed box and is more efficient driving on the Parkway at 70MPH than it would be through town at 40MPH (which would be my preferred route if the 50MPH limit of the Parkway comes into force). Indeed it has an Eco Pro mode which i engage on the motorway which saves me fuel and emissions. It only starts to become ineffective at 80MPH (according to the manufcturers own details) and will actually tell you to reduce your speed to below that level. I presume that is becuase it is German car and we all know you can drive faster on some roads in Germany - hence how I know.
Maybe what they should really do is ban the older 4-speed cars that are less safe, use more fuel and cause more damage to the environment doing 50 MPH than mine will at 70? Just a thought..
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4 hours ago, JamesR123 said:Forced neutrality, when I read it, meant that Universities should be politically neutral and not for instance kick a homophobe off the course. Freedom of speech I guess.
If said homophobe attacked a homosexual it would be different.
You realise that it isnt universities who allow people to become social workers don't you?
Universities should allow racists to train as doctors yes. Whether hospitals should employ racists as doctors is a different question.
Npe. You're missing a fundamental point on this. Universities have a public duty to declare a student 'fit to practice' what they are teaching. In this particular circumstance the university felt that they could not. In fact the university's terms and conditions of the course specifically included lines on the very thing the person was kicked off the course for. So...
1) They couldn't state he was fit to practice
2) he breached terms and condition of being on the course
Just what should the university have done do you think?
(Oh, and by the way, a legal appeal upheld their decision - just in case you were wondering).
16 minutes ago, Cyclone said:You're confusing Chinese students from China, with English Chinese.
You've fallen into a trap there. If the post said "the bible says homosexuality is a sin", then you're correct, it's true, that's what the bible says. But what you quoted and then claimed is true, well, it's not. Because the bible doesn't define truth.
And their feelings about that, and the way they felt they were able to express them appear to be incompatible with the course they are studying and the career for which they are studying that course, which includes being professionally accredited by the university to enter that profession.
If the university is correct that it has this responsibility, then it acted in line with it IMO.
You beat me to the fitness to practice thing by seconds. They are correct that they have this responsibility. It is specifically laid out to them in guidance from government. For me, the whole rest of the argumant is irrelevant.
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I really shouldn't on a school night... but gonna head down there after work today, probably via Kommune for some food and prinks, and with an ill-advised finish in Shakespeares that already makes me realise Im not going to work tomorrow..
Im thinking it sounds like a good crawl. And mostly downhill too!
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Tweet from Bishop Thomas Tobin "@ThomasJTobin1: A reminder that Catholics
should not support or attend LGBTQ “Pride Month” events held in June. They promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals. Theyare especially harmful for children."Easily corrected
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On 18/05/2019 at 17:21, Resident said:I've seen it a few times. Plain white with Apple Maps on the side.
I gave it the finger each time.Well... At least you didn't do this...
https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/19/hilarious-google-maps-****-blurs-totally-wrong-body-part-9263484/
Or did you?
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47 minutes ago, Penistone999 said:That is the ONLY result that will deliver the result of the referendum. The 17.4m who voted leave want out and a clean break from the muppets in Brussels.What is stopping this happening is the large amount of Traitors in the house of commons. Not one of them is patriotic , they are traitors.
I do love these constant reminders about the 17 million who voted leave, despite the repeated calculations of what a no-deal would actually cost us as a country. Always puts me in mind of something else tho... Oh yes:
https://www.ft.com/content/6ec09b2e-5388-11e8-b24e-cad6aa67e23e
QUOTE: About 17m workers possess the numeracy skills of a primary schoolchild
Coincidence?
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On 24/04/2019 at 22:58, hackey lad said:It may come across as a daft question but if we leave the EU and Scotland gains their independence as little Jimmy has started banging on about again and wants to stay in the EU . Would there have to be a hard border between England and Scotland ?
I don't think this is a daft question at all. And I must admit that I haven't done any research on this because I am way too busy at the mo - just browsing on my lunch breaks. But in my role I do deal with issues that refer to the home nations, such as devolution, so have some knowledge of the matter.
The way I understand it, it is the UK that is a member of the EU, NOT England, Scotland, Wales and NI. That means if the UK leaves the EU, Scotland would then have to leave the UK in order to apply for their own membership into the EU. This would likely come with all the strings attached to any new country wanting to join - such as having to adopt the Euro and all trading / lawmaking conditions. There are many of these conditions and the UK only adopt 3 of them - a better 'deal' than any other country who is a member (I believe Denmark adopt 4).
Should Scotland be successful and given EU member status then, has been said elsewhere, it is likely a hard border will be required, along with currency changes etc. Whether Scotland will actually decide leaving the UK and joining the EU would then be worth it is debatable, but not impossible.
Happy to be corrected on any of the above - like I say, I haven't had time to research.
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7 hours ago, RJRB said:Another twist added by Bercow which seems to both delight and infuriate both camps in equal measure.
Will this lead to a short delay and a no deal Brexit, or a long delay followed by a softer Brexit.Or even a long delay followed by No Brexit or a second referendum.
Brexit ......it’s easy!
One of the options for government, already suggested by a few Ministers, is for them to vote to change the law in order to allow a third vote. Another is for them to ask the Queen to suspend Parliament ans then restart it again, making it a different 'session'. I wonder if May has enough b@lls to try either of these optiions? Cabinet meeting today so I guess we will find out.
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I was up in the north east yesterday, visiting the outlaws, so thought i might pop a long to see these poor sould and have a laugh...
QUOTE: "the protestors were forced into taking a five-mile detour after forgetting the Tees Transporter Bridge is closed on Sundays."
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On 06/03/2019 at 09:10, neworderishere said:Did that list of "educational things" include spelling, grammar and punctuation?
Ha Ha! Ex-teacher by any chance? My kids learnt all that and much more, and both are very successful. Now in the big, wide world after not being mollycoddled. They most certainly didn't get away with anything!
My bold and corrections in same for you.
Amazing how your kids could learn that studd when clearly you didn't though...
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10 minutes ago, philyyy said:Very constructive. Well done.
Did you expect more? Though I suspect that the idea is that the party feeling that they need to use said service will excuse themselves for a moment and go to the bar, then ask out of earshot of the other.
You'd be rather worried if your date asked in front of you, after dinner when the bill turned up, wouldn't you? Especially if you've done nothing wrong and they just decided they don't like you. But on the whole it has to be a good thing.
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Well maybe the term 'predator' is too harsh, but if someone demands to see a gynaecologist without the correct plumbing, or indeed book into a body waxing salon as a woman and then blatantly not being (which was her previous claim to fame), could be construed as some kind of deviance. If Ms Yaniv had, in fact, slapped the plums out in front of a woman who was not expecting it or indeed agreed to see that, then it could indeed be classed as a crime.
Now I don't know if Ms Yaniv indeed ever intended to go through with either of these things. It could be that she took the first case to court (and lost) simply to prove a point of her own. But I don't think we will ever really know that.