Stive Pesley

14 hours ago, richinspain said:

Do you put your maggot under your tongue David?

He's tried many times - we just have one verterbrae too many

My dad always used to reckon that when he was fishing, he'd put the maggots under his tongue to warm them up and make them wriggle more on the hook.

That's disgusting if true. Does anyone know if this is a real thing?

I await the answer with baited breath

51 minutes ago, AdamRam said:

Seems to be a few problems with the new iPhone at the moment, will be interesting to see if it’s a software or hardware issue.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2018/09/30/charging-issues-may-not-be-the-only-problem-plaguing-iphone-xs-xs-max-users/amp/

 

Come on - if I'm paying over a grand for a phone it's only natural that such a high-spec piece of kit will be plagued with issues!

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Why can't owls tell bad jokes?

Because they are knock-knockturnal

I've just been kicked out of London Zoo for making a parrot giggle

It's polly tickle correctness gone mad I tell ya

Anyone going to the Derby Beer Con this weekend? I'm heading down after the match tomorrow

1 hour ago, David said:

Face ID bit faster

are you sure you're not just holding it nearer to your face?

2 hours ago, Boycie said:

You’re not right.

I knew it! What was I thinking???

34 minutes ago, FindernRam said:

Oh I've just seen an ad for the iPhone XS max.....£1499.  For a phone?

That's insane. For £1499 I'd expect it to be made of solid gold and have some sort of an attachment that pleasures me on demand

5 minutes ago, FindernRam said:

I have a really good Win PC and a smashing Samsung Android phone. My iPod is not better than the MP3 player in the better half's Ford.

I'd agree with that, but I'm sure like me, you are looking forward to being told why you are completely wrong ?

13 minutes ago, GboroRam said:

And stops you texting exes?

Yes! We've got this. Steve Jobs needs to up his game

Having an ECG in your watch is the truly the technology you never knew you wanted and nobody asked for

I like the bit where it can tell if you've had a heavy fall, and if you remain motionless for more than a minute it rings your emergency contact

That feels a bit like there are more scenarios to be had here. How about if it detects you slurring your words in the pub, it calls you an uber and says "TIME TO GO HOME NOW STIVE!"

On 24/08/2018 at 15:05, TuffLuff said:

To be fair, not bad! The lowest % is 5.6 though...

Cheers for that - I'm a B52 subscriber but I skipped this months box as I was on holiday, so good to see what was in it.

I find the themes hit and miss - some have been excellent and some have been really poor. I'm giving it a couple more months - at which point I'll have enough of their "loyalty points" to get a free box, then I'm going to cancel and spend my £24 in Beer Metropolis in Little Eaton. At least then you can choose your beers and it's actually far better value as you aren't paying for postage, a magazine and a bag of crisps

Also watch out that they also send their monthly subscription boxes every 4 weeks , so 1) that's not strictly monthly and 2) it inevitably ends up taking you by surprise when the payment comes out the day before pay day

6 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

I'm disappointed if people took it so seriously that it had to be shut down.

I think the thread where David explained the decision is gone too, but it was purely because it was too onerous to moderate as some people weren't sticking to the old rules (stay polite, no personal insults etc)

14 hours ago, reveldevil said:

Where does it end though. 

Both the Saturday 3-5pm TV football blackout, and safe standing, are political decisions, are they no longer up for discussion on a football forum?

Several people made the same point. Potentially any thread can get political. The difference now is that the mods can handle a few threads that go off piste and deal with the offenders on a comment by comment basis as per the new rules. When there were 10-15+ threads all on specifically political issues it was getting out of hand.

3 minutes ago, ilkleyram said:

David - while we're getting used to the no politics, religion, sex regime please could you either leave up a locked thread or give an explanation (that's not for discussion or challenge) as to why a thread has been deleted?

As an example, the thread about the Skripals seems to have disappeared since I was online this morning.  I presume it was thought to be political though when I left it, personally I don't think it was but maybe that changed. It would help explain the areas that are acceptable and those that are not.

I don't think they  have the time or inclination to justify every thread deletion

Nothing contentious in the Skripal thread, so I checked with a Mod why it was pulled. He said they have a "zero tolerance policy" on any new threads that have the potential to cause political arguments.

It would be useful to be a bit clearer on that in the rules if each thread deletion is going to come with a warning

10 hours ago, froggg said:

Kota?

Just up the road in Dobrota

Montenegro sunset beer. Blimey this place is beautiful. Missing you all

Love

Stive

Xxx

Love a funky dunkel

Two dogs sat in the pub

1st Dog: "do you want to hear a joke?"

2nd Dog: "yeah go on then"

1st Dog: "OK....Knock, Knock"

2nd Dog: <goes beserk>

On ‎23‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 08:10, Lambchop said:

It’s arrived. Seems to be a mixture of hoppy pales and novelty stouts, mainly from South Africa. As I prefer traditional best bitters I wouldn’t pay the equivalent of £4 a pint for it, but as a freebie I’m not complaining. 

 

Enjoy - my box of that is not due for another week or so. Don't forget to cancel ypur subscription :)

If anyone else wants a freebie code for Beer52 -let me know. I have two more

1 hour ago, MuespachRam said:

Solo last night..... as a huge Star Wars fan I was really excited, bought premier tickets etc etc left the movie last night really really disappointed. It is awful. 

Really? That bad?

Are you able to go into detail without spoilers? Maybe in the Star Wars thread

13 hours ago, eddie said:

This is what I was supping this afternoon...

 

Utterly wonderful (if you like geuze, of course). The Memsahib hates it, so all the more for me.

Does she like Champagne though? My missus was the same  -thought it was horrible, until I pointed out that it's a similar taste to champagne (which she loves) and after that she enjoyed it. It was a mental thing - she couldn't comprehend beer tasting like that

Cheers me up that we're all so mentally exhausted by the play-offs that none of us can be bothered to even start an argument about politics ?

Peace

If anyone wants a free crate of 8 beers from beer52.com I have a code

RGEHZK

or https://www.beer52.com/?freeCaseCode=RGEHZK

You have to sign up but you can cancel before you have to pay for the next monthly crate, so it's essentially free beer

People who start new threads when a perfectly good one already exists ?