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You not into parting with £500 to be fawned over for 3 hours?TheBigBean said:As well as preferring to eat in pubs for the simplicity, I prefer the service in cheap cafes to posh restaurants.
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Hookers?First.Aspect said:
You not into parting with £500 to be fawned over for 3 hours?TheBigBean said:As well as preferring to eat in pubs for the simplicity, I prefer the service in cheap cafes to posh restaurants.
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When someone else pays it is ok, and granted on a taste/mouthful basis it scores highly, but the fawning and half-empty plates are annoying.First.Aspect said:
You not into parting with £500 to be fawned over for 3 hours?TheBigBean said:As well as preferring to eat in pubs for the simplicity, I prefer the service in cheap cafes to posh restaurants.
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Ah JCB, a successful British company with full international order books, taken hundreds on in the last 12 months.surrey_commuter said:
About 20 years ago I had a mixed grill in Surbiton Wetherspoons as nowhere else was Erving food mid-afternoon. The Cumberland ring was frozen in the middle, I haven’t eaten there since.kingstongraham said:It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T
They do good beer but like Brian my boycott is steadfast and more meaningful than my refusal to buy JCB products or invest through Hargreaves Lansdown
I can see why they would be unpopular on here.1 -
He didn't shaft them. He actually said the total opposite. what he said was along the lines of "while on furlough please feel free to get another job such as stacking shelves in tesco or whatever you can to supplement your income and you'll be welcome back"briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T
If microwaved food is your thing, it's OK. Haven't been into a Wetherspoon's since Tim Martin pinned his colours to the Brexit mast and shafted his staff over covid.
The media latched onto get another job stacking shelves and that was that.3 -
They've been very proactive with pushing ahead with hydrogen, which is probably a good move with the environment ever-growing in political concern.ballysmate said:
Ah JCB, a successful British company with full international order books, taken hundreds on in the last 12 months.surrey_commuter said:
About 20 years ago I had a mixed grill in Surbiton Wetherspoons as nowhere else was Erving food mid-afternoon. The Cumberland ring was frozen in the middle, I haven’t eaten there since.kingstongraham said:It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T
They do good beer but like Brian my boycott is steadfast and more meaningful than my refusal to buy JCB products or invest through Hargreaves Lansdown
I can see why they would be unpopular on here.0 -
What’s their cauliflower steak like.focuszing723 said:Yeah, I agree in terms of eating in a pub, but stick with there is nothing wrong with their food either.
I met Tim Martin many, many years ago. I drove a couple of mates to a meeting with him, they were going to buy a pub in York that he felt wouldn’t fit his business model. He was offering advice on its viability to be renovated. He seemed ok but it was some time in the last century.0 -
Bbbbut he was pro Brexit so no way back from that on here I'm afraid.shirley_basso said:
He didn't shaft them. He actually said the total opposite. what he said was along the lines of "while on furlough please feel free to get another job such as stacking shelves in tesco or whatever you can to supplement your income and you'll be welcome back"briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T
If microwaved food is your thing, it's OK. Haven't been into a Wetherspoon's since Tim Martin pinned his colours to the Brexit mast and shafted his staff over covid.
The media latched onto get another job stacking shelves and that was that.0 -
He's always seemed pretty decent, but I was really surprised he decided to get mixed up in the Brexit debate. I guess in a way, you have to admire him for fighting for his convictions, knowing the implications to the business.webboo said:
What’s their cauliflower steak like.focuszing723 said:Yeah, I agree in terms of eating in a pub, but stick with there is nothing wrong with their food either.
I met Tim Martin many, many years ago. I drove a couple of mates to a meeting with him, they were going to buy a pub in York that he felt wouldn’t fit his business model. He was offering advice on its viability to be renovated. He seemed ok but it was some time in the last century.0 -
My unpopular opinion is most parts of the country are just different levels of sh!thole.
Because we only visit the sh!tholes where we know people (or live in them ourselves) and otherwise visit nice places so what we see of the country is a poor representation of how sh!t it really is.
*this applies to pretty much everywhere in the world, but then there are *even more* sh!tholes.0 -
Nope, I agree. The UK is a dump. Exceptions are the SW (this doesn't include Bristol or Plymouth), Wales (apart from where people live), Cumbria, Northumberland, the Southern Uplands, the Highlands, the Islands.rick_chasey said:My unpopular opinion is most parts of the country are just different levels of sh!thole.
Because we only visit the sh!tholes where we know people (or live in them ourselves) and otherwise visit nice places so what we see of the country is a poor representation of how sh!t it really is.
*this applies to pretty much everywhere in the world, but then there are *even more* sh!tholes.
See a common thread?0 -
rick_chasey said:
My unpopular opinion is most parts of the country are just different levels of sh!thole.
Because we only visit the sh!tholes where we know people (or live in them ourselves) and otherwise visit nice places so what we see of the country is a poor representation of how sh!t it really is.
*this applies to pretty much everywhere in the world, but then there are *even more* sh!tholes.
Cornwall. Apart from the bit round the edge. If you think that all of the southwest is lovely, and the population well-off, go to St Austell, Camborne or Bugle. Eye-opening.
Most of Devon is, actually lovely, but some of the towns are ABS.
Lots of France is really really boring. Much more variation in the relatively small area of England.0 -
People are what sh!t things up.First.Aspect said:
See a common thread?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
flat = boring.briantrumpet said:rick_chasey said:My unpopular opinion is most parts of the country are just different levels of sh!thole.
Because we only visit the sh!tholes where we know people (or live in them ourselves) and otherwise visit nice places so what we see of the country is a poor representation of how sh!t it really is.
*this applies to pretty much everywhere in the world, but then there are *even more* sh!tholes.
Cornwall. Apart from the bit round the edge. If you think that all of the southwest is lovely, and the population well-off, go to St Austell, Camborne or Bugle. Eye-opening.
Most of Devon is, actually lovely, but some of the towns are ABS.
Lots of France is really really boring. Much more variation in the relatively small area of England.
Cornwall is other worldly. Where else could a cheese ring be a local landmark.
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Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.0 -
Or Liskeard, Polperro or Looe. Most people who live there are either retired or don't live in the bits you visit.briantrumpet said:rick_chasey said:My unpopular opinion is most parts of the country are just different levels of sh!thole.
Because we only visit the sh!tholes where we know people (or live in them ourselves) and otherwise visit nice places so what we see of the country is a poor representation of how sh!t it really is.
*this applies to pretty much everywhere in the world, but then there are *even more* sh!tholes.
Cornwall. Apart from the bit round the edge. If you think that all of the southwest is lovely, and the population well-off, go to St Austell, Camborne or Bugle. Eye-opening.
Most of Devon is, actually lovely, but some of the towns are ABS.
Lots of France is really really boring. Much more variation in the relatively small area of England.
I do love Devon, but it has a yoghurt knitting w@nker problem.0 -
Nah, flat is boring. Walk somewhere where it's flat, and it's extremely tedious, compared to hill walking. Architecture makes a difference though, perhaps that's what you mean, well, and the bloody tulips.0
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Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
I like landforms, whether it's rolling stuff, moorland, mountains & valleys, etc. Though I think I am a bit spoilt in the areas I know.0 -
That is 100% the inverse of my approach.briantrumpet said:
Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
If everything I can see is the result of humans I am much much much more interested.
There is something about the symmetry of the big sky against the straight land/horizon that I find extremely appealing.
I took that photo
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Their wind generators look a bit old fashioned?rick_chasey said:
That is 100% the inverse of my approach.briantrumpet said:
Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
If everything I can see is the result of humans I am much much much more interested.
There is something about the symmetry of the big sky against the straight land/horizon that I find extremely appealing.
I took that photo0 -
rick_chasey said:
That is 100% the inverse of my approach.briantrumpet said:
Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
If everything I can see is the result of humans I am much much much more interested.
There is something about the symmetry of the big sky against the straight land that I find extremely appealing.
Each to his own.
I also find cycling on the flat boring. Thought I'd love it after lumpy Devon, but the novelty of riding across the Somerset Levels wears off after about 10 miles.0 -
See, that's the ticket.0 -
The delays when people post do get annoying, it make it difficult to follow sometimes. I doubt that's an unpopular opinion.0
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Depends what you are used to. I've spent time in Kansas and Minnesota. To me, being so far from a coast is odd. So is being so far from any terrain. But soon enough you recalibrate. The mississippi becomes the coast. A bluff becomes a mountain. A small lake with trees becomes scenery.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
You are completely wrong about nature, btw. Give it time, some age and the novelty of concrete will wear off.0 -
First.Aspect said:
Depends what you are used to. I've spent time in Kansas and Minnesota. To me, being so far from a coast is odd. So is being so far from any terrain. But soon enough you recalibrate. The mississippi becomes the coast. A bluff becomes a mountain. A small lake with trees becomes scenery.rick_chasey said:Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.
Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.
You are completely wrong about nature, btw. Give it time, some age and the novelty of concrete will wear off.
I've just no idea how a walk in Lincolnshire, Holland, or a flat part of France can compete. One of my summer strolls... I spent most of the time slack-jawed. And now, again, looking at it.
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I thought it was all about "big skies", fluffy clouds etc....First.Aspect said:
Depends what you are used to. I've spent time in Kansas and Minnesota...
Just an impression rather than experience or opinion though.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
focuszing723 said:
The delays when people post do get annoying, it make it difficult to follow sometimes. I doubt that's an unpopular opinion.
You need to use quotes to maintain context.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
That's fair, the comments do stack up a bit sometimes though.pblakeney said:focuszing723 said:The delays when people post do get annoying, it make it difficult to follow sometimes. I doubt that's an unpopular opinion.
You need to use quotes to maintain context.0 -
Not a problem if you edit your settings to show just the last quote of the thread.focuszing723 said:
That's fair, the comments do stack up a bit sometimes though.pblakeney said:focuszing723 said:The delays when people post do get annoying, it make it difficult to follow sometimes. I doubt that's an unpopular opinion.
You need to use quotes to maintain context.0 -
For want of anything else, it is.pblakeney said:
I thought it was all about "big skies", fluffy clouds etc....First.Aspect said:
Depends what you are used to. I've spent time in Kansas and Minnesota...
Just an impression rather than experience or opinion though.
But you get that where there are hills as well. Montana's state motto is "Big Sky Country", for example.0
