The Canterbury Alehouse - The Fellowship Thr(6)

[Naomi4Christ]

It's a well trodden path for us!

[Andy Broadley]

Wonder where Andy has been? :confused: :sigh:


Never fear, Andy's here. :D

Been my 4 days off, and I can't get online much when I'm not at work (too much to do).

[Andy Broadley]

I was wondering that too. Maybe he's worried about how much he has pledged to match on the 1611 thread.

No worries on that score.

Got it covered OK.:) :thumbsup:

[Andy Broadley]

No worries on that score.

Got it covered OK.:) :thumbsup:

Update from the 1611 bank.

A great weekend for the bank, with lots of blessings given to the total.

We now need only 2,000 more to reach the terget we set for ourselves.

When Cola posts the total later, having got this weeks interest, we should have in the region of 280,500.

2,000 more and, the remaining 10k of my pledge and next weeks interest, then...Bingo....we have 300,000.

Then we can set our next target:)

[Lel]

Andy, where are you in Reilly's?

[Andy Broadley]

Andy, where are you in Reilly's?

Playing catch up in CF, and busy at work as well.

Not got as far as OBOB or Reilly's yet, but headed that way eventually,

[karen freeinchristman]

Never fear, Andy's here. :D

Been my 4 days off, and I can't get online much when I'm not at work (too much to do).

Priorities, mate, Priorities!!! ;)

[higgs2]

We are getting the silly season out of the way before Lent :D

Don't bet on it! :cool:

^_^

[higgs2]

It's a well trodden path for us!

Oh dear, I hope not tonight. :crossrc:

[higgs2]

Never fear, Andy's here. :D

Been my 4 days off, and I can't get online much when I'm not at work (too much to do).


Wow, it certainly is different without you around! I missed you! :wave: :wave: Welcome back!:amen:

[Andy Broadley]

Priorities, mate, Priorities!!! ;)


lol. When Mel wants a job doing, it IS a priority:D

[Andy Broadley]

Wow, it certainly is different without you around! I missed you! :wave: :wave: Welcome back!:amen:


Lol. Guess I do talk rather a lot.

Nice to be missed though, thank you:)

[Andy Broadley]

Update from the Bible Bank.

We need 1,200 more to make our pre Lent target.

Can we do it today, with still over a week left to go?

[TomUK]

Hey Andy :wave:

[TomUK]

Update from the Bible Bank.

We need 1,200 more to make our pre Lent target.

Can we do it today, with still over a week left to go?

Maybe if we push it we can get to 300,000 a week early, and also get a new alehouse a week early too!

[Andy Broadley]

Maybe if we push it we can get to 300,000 a week early, and also get a new alehouse a week early too!

Certainly be a good start to the Lent campaign

[TomUK]

243 posts left to go today!

[TomUK]

...242...

[TomUK]

...241...

[TomUK]

:d

[Ann M]

Well you seem to have met your trget for the bank :thumbup:

[Andy Broadley]

...241...


SPAM!!

[Andy Broadley]

Well you seem to have met your trget for the bank :thumbup:


And now we start a week early into our Lent campaign.

Our target now is to hit the half a million mark by Easter.

[TomUK]

SPAM!!
:eek:

[Andy Broadley]

:eek:

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[SirTimothy]

Hmm, we need to post in the Alehouse more, just so that Andy pays up on his agreement for the 1611 KJV. Who's the barkeeper again? I could do with a lilt...

Timothy

[Andy Broadley]

You should get there easily enough.

You have 8 days to do a little over 220 posts.

[SirTimothy]

Yes, but that's a lot for this alehouse! We're not Reilly's! Maybe we should host a party here... anyone up for a english sunday roast party? Andy, can I use the kitchens? I promise not to wreck them...

Timothy (I make killer sunday roasts with all trimmings)

[pmcleanj]

Hmm, we need to post in the Alehouse more, just so that Andy pays up on his agreement for the 1611 KJV. Who's the barkeeper again? I could do with a lilt...

Timothy
One 'Lilt' coming right up!

grabs Barkeeper's Guide, mumbling Lilt! I never heard of a Lilt -- must be Irish, but what else. Why can't he just order something mundane like a Singapore Sling or a Harvey Walbanger...

[SirTimothy]

Lilt is the best fizzy drink in the world. Pineapple and grapefruit crush... Yummm. Here's an image:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:W2KWP_6ZWShp7M:universalcateringsupplies.co.uk/images02/lilt%2520cans.jpg

[pmcleanj]

Yes, but that's a lot for this alehouse! We're not Reilly's! Maybe we should host a party here... anyone up for a english sunday roast party? Andy, can I use the kitchens? I promise not to wreck them...

Timothy (I make killer sunday roasts with all trimmings)
Cool! There's something in this time-zone thing. I can get three Sunday dinners in two days!

Are you promising to do the washing-up, too?

[Andy Broadley]

Yes, but that's a lot for this alehouse! We're not Reilly's! Maybe we should host a party here... anyone up for a english sunday roast party? Andy, can I use the kitchens? I promise not to wreck them...

Timothy (I make killer sunday roasts with all trimmings)


Well I can't be here on Sunday, so go for it.

However, if you want the gravy jug you will find it half way down the secret passage between here and Reilly's. (It's a rather old and not really interesting story).

[pmcleanj]

Lilt is the best fizzy drink in the world. Pineapple and grapefruit crush... Yummm. Here's an image:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:W2KWP_6ZWShp7M:universalcateringsupplies.co.uk/images02/lilt%2520cans.jpg
Rummages through the cooler -- What about one of these fizzy Raspberry things I brought in for UberLutheran a year and a half ago that he never set foot in the Alehouse to partake -- No? rummage rummage -- Ah! Lilt! Here you go.

[Andy Broadley]

Hey Pam, guess who's coming to Canada in Septenber?

[SirTimothy]

Are you promising to do the washing-up, too?


Given this establishment provides food, it's part of british regulations that it must have an industrial powered dishwasher, per my grandmother's church. I love their dishwasher... 4 minutes and boiling hot, sparklingly clean dishes! Aparently it's the only way to ensure quality cleaning since hand-washing up can be so variable.

Timothy

[karen freeinchristman]

per my grandmother's church. I love their dishwasher... 4 minutes and boiling hot, sparklingly clean dishes!


:eek: 4 minutes? :eek:

[Andy Broadley]

Given this establishment provides food, it's part of british regulations that it must have an industrial powered dishwasher, per my grandmother's church. I love their dishwasher... 4 minutes and boiling hot, sparklingly clean dishes! Aparently it's the only way to ensure quality cleaning since hand-washing up can be so variable.

Timothy

Kinda makes you wonder how the human race has survived for 2 million years.

[pmcleanj]

Hey Pam, guess who's coming to Canada in Septenber?
You and Mel.

But for reasons that are impossible for a Prairie girl to comprehend, you're stopping a few thousand kilometers before you get to the Rockies????

[SirTimothy]

4 minutes?

Yep. The old biddies in the church (except my grandma who runs the after-service coffee stuff) are scared of using it. She loves it! <eg>

Timothy

[Andy Broadley]

You and Mel.

But for reasons that are impossible for a Prairie girl to comprehend, you're stopping a few thousand kilometers before you get to the Rockies????

Thats as far as the plane goes, and we don't have time to walk the rest of the way, so Montreal and Toronto are as far as we get

[Andy Broadley]

Yep. The old biddies in the church (except my grandma who runs the after-service coffee stuff) are scared of using it. She loves it! <eg>

Timothy

Old biddies???:eek:

[SirTimothy]

*slaps hand* Bad Timothy. I shouldn't have said that. True, but I shouldn't have said that. The widows in that church run and support it, pretty much as far as time is concerned, the younger crowd give the financial support. Works out extremely well.

Timothy

[karen freeinchristman]

'Old Biddies' reminds me of what my darling daughter said to me on Sunday at Church:
"Mummy, why is the church full of Nannies and Grandads?"

:sigh: Why indeed?

[Fish and Bread]

'Old Biddies' reminds me of what my darling daughter said to me on Sunday at Church:"Mummy, why is the church full of Nannies and Grandads?"


:sigh: Why indeed?
It's true that the church population, pretty much across the denominational spectrum is weighted heavily towards folks above the age of 40, and even more so to folks above the age of 60. What younger people there are, tend to be married couples who are, presumably, in church because they are concerned with seeing that their children are raised in a faith environment.

I'm not sure whether this is cause for concern or not, though, because as someone in my twenties, I simply don't know if this is a new social phenomina or the continuation of an old one. Were things this way fifty years ago? It's possible that the natural course of things is simply for people to drift from religion when they hit college and then to drift back when they marry or reach old age. However, if this is a new thing, then it becomes a cause for concern, because there'd be little guarantee of anyone returning, meaning that the church population would drop drastically after the current generation of senior citizens passes away, and again when the babyboomers do.

[higgs2]

It's true that the church population, pretty much across the denominational spectrum is weighted heavily towards folks above the age of 40, and even more so to folks above the age of 60. What younger people there are, tend to be married couples who are, presumably, in church because they are concerned with seeing that their children are raised in a faith environment.

I'm not sure whether this is cause for concern or not, though, because as someone in my twenties, I simply don't know if this is a new social phenomina or the continuation of an old one. Were things this way fifty years ago? It's possible that the natural course of things is simply for people to drift from religion when they hit college and then to drift back when they marry or reach old age. However, if this is a new thing, then it becomes a cause for concern, because there'd be little guarantee of anyone returning, meaning that the church population would drop drastically after the current generation of senior citizens passes away, and again when the babyboomers do.

Hey John, what's with the changing icon? :wave: :)

[Fish and Bread]

Hey John, what's with the changing icon? :wave: :)

It's a long story. :) As I've alluded to previously on the forum, I've got a lot of different stressful events going on in my life right now, that have been intensifying over the course of some years, and I think that that's been making my religious outlook a tad erratic as of late. It's weird that my version of snapping under intense pressure and stress is randomly changing religions, but there you have it. ;)

On Saturday, I suddenly got an intense urge to walk into a Roman confessional (I'm a "cradle Catholic", so I'm allowed) and confessed for the first time since I was a small child and took communion and was very puzzled through the whole process. I'm usually very sure of what I'm doing and why, but I've just experienced a large cloud of confusion with this whole issue, which in itself makes it even more confusing because I'm probably the most predictable individual on the planet, generally speaking. Sunday I took a trip to a Tridentine mass and declined communion. By today, I'm thinking "Hey, maybe I should visit that Lutheran church nearby sometime". I'm not really sure what's going on with me, to be honest. And that's why I've been so quiet about it. I think it must be my way way of dealing with stress in some strange manner. I can't tell you how many people have complained in the past about how unsurprising and predictable I am in everything I say and do, so this is extremely disconcerting to me, because it's so rare for me to act this way.

I enjoy being exactly the same -- I've had pretty much the same personality since I was 10 and like it that way. :) I like knowing exactly what I'm doing and why, and I almost aways do. I tend to plan very exactly in great detail and then go and try to carry out the plan. This is kind of weird.

Roman Catholicism is the last thing I need right now. More stress and sacrifices. Yipee. Like always being on the verge of homelessness, relying on folks throughout my life who are verbally abusive to me, and not being able to find a wife (Which is my dream and top priority, generally -- I'm very much a romantic, though I don't think it shows) aren't problems enough. Yet, there I was. It's strange.

Anyhow, that's why I switched to the Catholic icon for about 10 seconds and then to the Christian icon while I get all this sorted out. Maybe part of it is also my seperation from the Episcopalian parish where I was confirmed on the east coast. I'm very comfortable there, have had meetings and bible groups things with the priests, know a lot of the people who attend, enjoy the building and liturgy, etc.. I'm the type of person who really strongly takes to things and likes a routine and knowing what to expect and when stuff changes, it throws me for much more of a loop than the average person. Heck, I'll watch the same TV shows every week for years just because I'm used to them and that increases my enjoyment level versus having to figure out something new.

[Fish and Bread]

Come to think of it, when I was 19 and first had my second wave of health problems hit and lost my first girlfriend and looked to be homeless and wifeless even back then, I took to Mormonism for a couple months (Of all things) after nearly a decade of atheism. I really do think there's something to the "stress makes me do odd things in terms of religion" theory. I suppose I must subconciously be looking for some kind of divine intervention, even though I've pretty much realized at this point that the Almighty seems to have no desire to help me out in the ways that I'd like.

I'd be happy with a fairly simple life -- a decent food budget, a stable living environment with just me and a wife, a wife, and cable TV and Internet, plus enough money to go to a bar and watch the Ravens each week doing football season, and I'd be pretty set. A lower middle class lifestyle and a small family, basically. But it's beyond my reach and it's beginning to really throw me for a loop. Nearly five years of dealing with this and the thought of another 60 or so is really disheartening.

[Fish and Bread]

Sorry about the rant. You asked. :)

[karen freeinchristman]

John, we don't mind your rants. :) We love you and wish we could do more to help you out!



However, if this is a new thing, then it becomes a cause for concern, because there'd be little guarantee of anyone returning, meaning that the church population would drop drastically after the
current generation of senior citizens passes away, and again when the babyboomers do.

This is something that I am really concerned about. I know there are some churches that have quite a few young people in them, but mine ain't one of them.

The problem is, the main thing that makes new young people feel like they belong in a church is the presence of other young people! Especially young, SINGLE people!

[Fish and Bread]

John, we don't mind your rants. :) We love you and wish we could do more to help you out!

Thank you. :)

[higgs2]

Sorry about the rant. You asked. :)
Don't apologize! I wish I could say something to help.

[Wiffey]

:hug: Let's raise a toast to Fish & Bread...


May God bless you and help you through this rough patch!

[pmcleanj]

Rummages in the freezer, plonks a frosty pint mug on the bar, and waits with one hand on the taps for jplowe to name his preferences.

[TomUK]

I'm off to bed now.

Could someone please tell Pamela that i might have forgiven her by the morning. It'd be inhumane of me to deprive her of my wit for too much longer methinks.

:P

[pmcleanj]

I'm off to bed now.

Could someone please tell Pamela that i might have forgiven her by the morning. It'd be inhumane of me to deprive her of my wit for too much longer methinks.

:P
Could someone please ask TomUK which offense he might forgive?

Don't get me wrong, I want forgiveness!

I just want to know what for!!!:confused:

[TomUK]

Pamela might be interested, if anyone happens to see her that is, that her choice not to change the name of 'St Lawrence Lounge' to the far more dignified 'TomUKs house of discernment (and pizza)' is the reason for my upset.

Her decision cut to the core of my very being. The tears of my soul, weep. Where once TomUK stood, there is but a shadow....

[pmcleanj]

Ah :doh: How insensitive of me; what bad taste I have displayed.:sorry: I am filled with remorse. :crossrc: Forgive me, Brother Tom!

[TomUK]

Ah :doh: How insensitive of me; what bad taste I have displayed.:sorry: I am filled with remorse. :crossrc: Forgive me, Brother Tom!

:hug:

:D:D:D:D:D

[AveMaria]

Higgs, I love your character's new look! :thumbsup:

[higgs2]

Higgs, I love your character's new look! :thumbsup:

Thank you so much, I was hoping someone noticed. :) :) It's my birthday suit! :D

[karen freeinchristman]

Thank you so much, I was hoping someone noticed. :) :) It's my birthday suit! :D

How could we not notice? You look gorgeous! :)
As any self-respecting birthday-girl should!

[higgs2]

How could we not notice? You look gorgeous! :)
As any self-respecting birthday-girl should!

Well, thanks Karen! :blush: You are too kind :) :wave: :hug:

[Andy Broadley]

Good Morning Alehouse.

[AveMaria]

Morning, Andy!

And Happy Birthday, Higgs! Did you do anything exciting? Is there any leftover cake???

[JoshuaCh1v9]

Hi Maria.

Good to see you again

[pmcleanj]

Good morning, all!

[SirTimothy]

G'Afternoon, Pamela!

Timothy

[karen freeinchristman]

Good morning, all!

Good morning, Pamela!

In the 1611 bank thread, we have come up with a suggestion that in order to avoid losing so much interest when Colabomb cannot bank our blessings, we would like for either you, or Andy Broadley, be able to have the password for the 1611 bank.

Can you post in that thread, Pamela? The last several posts are in regards to this issue.

Thanks! :)

[higgs2]

Morning, Andy!

And Happy Birthday, Higgs! Did you do anything exciting? Is there any leftover cake???

Good morning, Ave! I had a lovely day home with my family and then out to dinner at a kid-friendly restaurant. And please, have a slice of my birthday coconut cream pie! :yum:

[Andy Broadley]

Hi higgs

[SirTimothy]

Hmm, still need more chatter in here if we're going to finish it off by month-end!

Timothy

[karen freeinchristman]

Hmm, still need more chatter in here if we're going to finish it off by month-end!

Timothy
Yes, and I want to get up to 2500 posts so I can get a new job and earn more blessings to go into the 1611 bank!

So I will start posting more useless thoughts and gibberish, I guess.

[higgs2]

Hi higgs

Morning Andy, would you like some pie?

[karen freeinchristman]

Is it only Andy who gets some pie???

Is it birthday pie???

[higgs2]

Is it only Andy who gets some pie???

Is it birthday pie???
Yes, coconut cream birthday pie! :yum: Here, have a slice! :wave:

[Andy Broadley]

Morning Andy, would you like some pie?

Thank you.

I'd love some:)

[higgs2]

Thank you.

I'd love some:)

Latte to go with that?

[Andy Broadley]

Is it only Andy who gets some pie???

Is it birthday pie???


:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[Andy Broadley]

Latte to go with that?

Tea please

[karen freeinchristman]

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P



:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P she said I could have some, too!

[karen freeinchristman]

Yes, coconut cream birthday pie! :yum: Here, have a slice! :wave:


mmmm....:yum: Thank you! :)

[Andy Broadley]

If we get this Alehouse finished tonight, I'll uipdate the numbers list tomorrow.

[higgs2]

If we get this Alehouse finished tonight, I'll uipdate the numbers list tomorrow.

We need to get to 1000 posts?:eek:

[higgs2]

Here's your tea :)

[Andy Broadley]

Here's your tea :)

Lovely. Thank You.

[SirTimothy]

I think Andy has given us a challenge folks! Admittedly, I wouldn't want the Alehouse to change as fast as Reilly's...

Timothy

[Andy Broadley]

We need to get to 1000 posts?:eek:

No problem. You just gotta keep posting:)

[Andy Broadley]

I think Andy has given us a challenge folks! Admittedly, I wouldn't want the Alehouse to change as fast as Reilly's...

Timothy

I don't think that's gonna happen.

The Reilly's record is 5 hrs 55 minutes for a full 1000 post pub:eek:

Crazy:D

[higgs2]

I think Andy has given us a challenge folks! Admittedly, I wouldn't want the Alehouse to change as fast as Reilly's...

Timothy

No, me either. I'd never keep up.

[Andy Broadley]

But honestly folks, you don't have to try.

In fact the secret is to not try.

Just chat the way would would normally and it's amazing how quickly the poists mount up without you realising it.

Sure, there are ways of goping even faster if you need to, but we don't need to.

[Andy Broadley]

When Reilly's hits full speed, it's impossible to keep up.

So you just don't try.

Just post and hope it makes sense.lol

[Andy Broadley]

But you can see from what we are doing her, how easy it is just to chat normally and how easily the post count climbs.

[SirTimothy]

Indeed. And of course, posting twice in a row helps, I guess.

[Andy Broadley]

Just an hour or so of this and you suddenly realise you have filled 15 pages....lol

And you don't need loads of people either.

In fact more people often make things more difficult.

Just a few friends chatting tiogether, thats the way.

[SirTimothy]

When Reilly's hits full speed, it's impossible to keep up.

So you just don't try.

Just post and hope it makes sense.lol

I noticed that I can't keep up at half-speed!

Timothy

[Finella]

::pokes nose in::

Hello, folks... I've never checked out the Alehouse. Seems lovely -- how's it going?

[Andy Broadley]

Filling five or six PAGES on your own helps a bit as well:D
(and I've done that before today).

[SirTimothy]

Bah. I can only post every 30 seconds. That could get frustrating--I'm used to the other vbulletin I frequent were I'm an admin. Other folks have posting restrictions, *I* don't.

Just an hour or so of this and you suddenly realise you have filled 15 pages....lol

And you don't need loads of people either.

In fact more people often make things more difficult.

Just a few friends chatting tiogether, thats the way.


It's often the way in real life--a few friends chatting together is more fun than a big group.

Timothy

[Andy Broadley]

::pokes nose in::

Hello, folks... I've never checked out the Alehouse. Seems lovely -- how's it going?

Hi there and welcome.:wave:

[gtsecc]

Dominus Vobiscum!

[Andy Broadley]

I noticed that I can't keep up at half-speed!

Timothy

*shrugs* Don't try. Just post what you feel. It usually works pout in the end:)

[Andy Broadley]

Bah. I can only post every 30 seconds. That could get frustrating--I'm used to the other vbulletin I frequent were I'm an admin. Other folks have posting restrictions, *I* don't.



It's often the way in real life--a few friends chatting together is more fun than a big group.

Timothy

30 seconds a post means 120 posts an hour.

We only need 150 to finish;)

Why not become a site supporter?

It's only 75p per week

[Andy Broadley]

Dominus Vobiscum!

Yea....what he said;)

[Andy Broadley]

So now we only need 146 more posts after this one and we are in the new Alehouse.

See how they soon slip by when you get a few people posting.

[Andy Broadley]

We have just made 23 posts in 30 minutes with no effort at all.

[Finella]

Et cum spiritu tuo!

[higgs2]

::pokes nose in::

Hello, folks... I've never checked out the Alehouse. Seems lovely -- how's it going?

Hey, welcome! Have some pie! :)

[Finella]

Wow, y'all are posting awfully fast... what's the rush?

[Andy Broadley]

Tim said a few posts back that I'd given you all a challenge.

I hadn't, but I will.

I've already pledged 1000 to the bank if this Alehouse ends by the start of Lent.

That stands and is as good as in the bank.

However, it is now 5.10pm here.

I leave work in under an hour, but will be back in just under 13 hours at 6am tomorrow. That will be 1am EST.

If this Alehouse is through the 1000 post mark and finished by the time I get back in here tomorrow morning, I'll chuck in another grand.

Go for it folks.

[higgs2]

Dominus Vobiscum!

Hey, you made it! Here, have a slice of coconut cream pie! Coffee? Tea? A shot? ^_^

[Andy Broadley]

Absolutely right.

Couldn't agree more.

[Finella]

Mmm.... pie! Thank you, I'd love some -- regardless of what kind it is. It is getting close to lunch, after all.

And blah, I need a break anyway.

[Andy Broadley]

They are on piece work to finish the Alehouse tonight:D

[higgs2]

Wow, y'all are posting awfully fast... what's the rush?
Andy's instigating a posting flurry ^_^ It's usually pretty quiet in here, but he's challenging us to finish up this pub by offering to give blessings towards the 1611 bible if we do. :)

And not only that, but there's *lots* of sugar in this coconut cream pie, and some of have had several lattes too! :sorry:

[Finella]

Wow, Andy! That'll keep things hopping, that's for sure.

Is the Alehouse usually that busy?

[higgs2]

Absolutely right.

Couldn't agree more.

Andy, you still haven't finished your laundry! :eek: ^_^

[Andy Broadley]

Andy's instigating a posting flurry ^_^ It's usually pretty quiet in here, but he's challenging us to finish up this pub by offering to give blessings towards the 1611 bible if we do. :)

And not only that, but there's *lots* of sugar in this coconut cream pie, and some of have had several lattes too! :sorry:

Sugar, coffee, and bribary.

A potent mix

[Finella]

Lattes and coconut cream pie. That explains it all! :D

[Andy Broadley]

Wow, Andy! That'll keep things hopping, that's for sure.

Is the Alehouse usually that busy?

lol.

No

It's usually the kind of place where you say 'Good evening', and get told to keep the noise down.:D

[Andy Broadley]

Andy, you still haven't finished your laundry! :eek: ^_^


Too busy posting.

And now I got the bank to take up my time as well.

I love to have a cause.....:clap:

[Andy Broadley]

And now you need less than 130 to finish.......



129 green bottles, hanging on the wall....

[higgs2]

Too busy posting.

And now I got the bank to take up my time as well.

I love to have a cause.....:clap:

:D

[Andy Broadley]

Ah....Karen and Pam are here.:clap:

Pub'll fly now.;)

[Finella]

Mmm... as good as this pie is, Higgs, I could do with a Cornish pasty. Haven't had one in ages... I'm definitely getting hungry.

Where is everyone IRL? Work, home? Working-at-home? I'm avoiding my statistics reading at the moment myself, at home.

[karen freeinchristman]

Ah....Karen and Pam are here.:clap:

Pub'll fly now.;)

Sorry, it's taken about 10 minutes to read the last hours posts here in the alehouse... you guys are so great! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

Mmm... as good as this pie is, Higgs, I could do with a Cornish pasty. Haven't had one in ages... I'm definitely getting hungry.

Where is everyone IRL? Work, home? Working-at-home? I'm avoiding my statistics reading at the moment myself, at home.

I'm at work, although it's home-time in less than 1/2 hour. I'm getting hungry for my dinner, too!

Nice to see you in here, Finella! :thumbsup:

[pmcleanj]

And now you need less than 130 to finish.......



129 green bottles, hanging on the wall....
Nooooooo

[karen freeinchristman]

:eek: Wow! Was that gtsecc in here? Fantastic!!

:thumbsup:

[karen freeinchristman]

Darn, my computer is going really slow all of a sudden. I think the network is getting some work done on it, so I will have to log off now.


:wave:

[Finella]

Bye Karen!

[Finella]

I'm gonna go get my real lunch now... it was nice to drop by, hope the goal gets met!

[Andy Broadley]

OK.

You need 120 more posts to finish the pub, and you have over 12 hours to get them

Thats only 10 posts per hour.

Or to put it another way. 12.5 blessings per post if you finish the pub in the next 12 hours.

I gotta go now.

Happy posting.

See you all tommorrow

[Naomi4Christ]

Hi everyone.

I said on Sunday that I might be off to the hozzie with my daughter and her asthma, and sure enough, it happened. I'm out for a few hours respite (ie couple of glasses of wine) and to go to DS's parent-teacher conference.

It's not a hospital - it's a prison. The doctors are so cautious (DD seems well on the mend to me, but they want to keep her in high dependency for at least another day).

[TomUK]

Blimey, the alehouse is racing along this evening!

[TomUK]

Hi everyone.

I said on Sunday that I might be off to the hozzie with my daughter and her asthma, and sure enough, it happened. I'm out for a few hours respite (ie couple of glasses of wine) and to go to DS's parent-teacher conference.

It's not a hospital - it's a prison. The doctors are so cautious (DD seems well on the mend to me, but they want to keep her in high dependency for at least another day).

How is your daughter? Is it anything serious?

[Naomi4Christ]

How is your daughter? Is it anything serious?
She gets wheezy and has a lot of asthma symptoms. It was fairly serious when we arrived at A&E, but the treatment has worked (it took a while).

[TomUK]

She gets wheezy and has a lot of asthma symptoms. It was fairly serious when we arrived at A&E, but the treatment has worked (it took a while).

Ok. Well my prayers are with you and her.

Is the asthma something that's come on recently?

[Naomi4Christ]

Ok. Well my prayers are with you and her.

Is the asthma something that's come on recently?

She had her first attack when she was about 18 months, when we were still living in the US. The doctor there thought that it was just a one-off given that we have absolultely no risk factors in our family. 2.5 years later, she's been in hospital about 8 or 9 times. The last time was last June, so we thought she had grown out of it (we expect her to), but the cold virus (her trigger) that has been making the rounds here is a real humdinger and it finally got to her.

[Fish and Bread]

Did someone put something in the coffee around here? This place is really hopping. :)

[TomUK]

Did someone put something in the coffee around here? This place is really hopping. :)

Lol, blame Andy!

[Fish and Bread]

Lol, blame Andy!

Andy, I blame you. ;) Don't get upset, Tom told me to. ;)

[TomUK]

Nearly at the 100 countdown...

[karen freeinchristman]

Hi again and bye again... back in a couple of hours :wave:

[TomUK]

Hi again ...

Hi :wave:

[TomUK]

...and bye again...

Bye :wave:

[TomUK]

Anyone still around? :confused:

[Protinus]

I'll have some bitters please.

[TomUK]

Some?!

[Protinus]

Lent is bearing down...oops, that should be personal!!

[Fish and Bread]

Lent is bearing down...oops, that should be personal!!

LOL! :)

[TomUK]

Lol, i see what you mean

[TomUK]

:clap: Less than a hundred to go!

[TomUK]

Here you go

http://www.dumbphotos.com/images/Alcohol/lotsofbeer.jpg

[Protinus]

How does she do that?

[TomUK]

No idea, but i'm thankful she can!

[TomUK]

Acutally i am still on the lookout for a girlfriend...

;)

[Protinus]

OK, drag your best looking girl-"friend" to the pub, then the potential candidates start striking up conversations with you...don't ask me- reverse psychology? maybe...female competitive thing? could be.

[TomUK]

:D As long as she can hold as may pints as the lady above then i really don't care! :D

[Protinus]

:D As long as she can hold as may pints as the lady above then i really don't care! :D

Also, haven't they figured out the slow pour? At least a third of the pint is head!!

[TomUK]

Ah but she's probably European - what do you expect?

[Protinus]

Are you telling me that any self respecting Bavarian bartender would leave a pint half full??!! lol

[TomUK]

I'd say it was half empty

[Protinus]

Is your love life half empty or half full?

[TomUK]

Haha, it's neither here nor there i suppose.

[TomUK]

Come on guys - only 85 posts to go

[Protinus]

Come on guys - only 85 posts to go

I hope you knew I had this in mind!! Bavarian bartenders...bar stool pick-up strategies...lamenting half poured pints....you can't make this stuff up!!

[TomUK]

:thumbsup:

[karen freeinchristman]

That woman MUST have some muscles! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

Can we get over 1000? Are we working to GMT? :confused:

[karen freeinchristman]

We can't let Andy be the first on the new thread. He's the first on all the new Alehouses, :mad:

[karen freeinchristman]

Can't stay mad at Andy for long, though, :)

[karen freeinchristman]

I'm getting kind of used to this! ^_^

[karen freeinchristman]

This place has a really cool echo when you're in here all alone.... :eek:

[karen freeinchristman]

hellooo..........

[karen freeinchristman]

hellooo.....



See? :D

[TomUK]

We can't let Andy be the first on the new thread. He's the first on all the new Alehouses, :mad:

i'm sensing some anger issues

[TomUK]

:wave: Hi again Karen!

[higgs2]

Let's start the new Alehouse and throw a surprise party for Andy when he gets back!

[higgs2]

Of course, we have to finish this one first.

[TomUK]

I'll bring the hats

[karen freeinchristman]

Let's start the new Alehouse and throw a surprise party for Andy when he gets back!

What a brilliant idea!!! :clap:

[karen freeinchristman]

What shall we have at the party?

[higgs2]

But it would be fun to all post "SURPRISE ANDY" in the new Alehouse.

[karen freeinchristman]

Well, Tom, I see they have all come running in here... :D

[karen freeinchristman]

But it would be fun to all post "SURPRISE ANDY" in the new Alehouse.

OK! :clap:

[karen freeinchristman]

Over 60 posts to go !!! :cry:

[higgs2]

What shall we have at the party?
ummm... coconut cream pie?:sorry:

[karen freeinchristman]

ummm... coconut cream pie?:sorry:

Blimey, how many pies have you got??? :D

[TomUK]

Well, Tom, I see they have all come running in here...
The Lord works in mysterious ways

[karen freeinchristman]

How's your little one, higgs? :confused:

[TomUK]

But it would be fun to all post "SURPRISE ANDY" in the new Alehouse.

:D

[karen freeinchristman]

Now, less than 60! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

What's your favourite food, Tom?

[TomUK]

Now, less than 60! :)

Yay! :clap:

[karen freeinchristman]

Mine's probably chocolate cake.

[higgs2]

Blimey, how many pies have you got??? :D

I love it when people say things like "blimey"!:)

[karen freeinchristman]

But I also like cheescake.

[TomUK]

What's your favourite food, Tom?

Favourite meal would be a full roast dinner. If i had to pick a specific food then it would be how my Mum makes forcemeat.

[karen freeinchristman]

How about your favourite flavour of crisps, Tom?

Higgs? Yours? (potato chips, I mean, of course) :doh:

[higgs2]

How's your little one, higgs? :confused:

She's sooo much better, running around with a smile on her face. And eating. It's nice to see her smile again. :clap:

[TomUK]

I love it when people say things like "blimey"!:)

It's such a useful word though!

[karen freeinchristman]

Favourite meal would be a full roast dinner. If i had to pick a specific food then it would be how my Mum makes forcemeat.

OK, what is forcemeat, again?

[karen freeinchristman]

She's sooo much better, running around with a smile on her face. And eating. It's nice to see her smile again. :clap:

That is great!!! :)

[higgs2]

How about your favourite flavour of crisps, Tom?

Higgs? Yours? (potato chips, I mean, of course) :doh:

hmmmm. plain i think. ruffles. they have ridges, you know.

[TomUK]

It's a bit like a stuffing.

170g (6oz) Breadcrumbs
110g (4oz) Suet
50g (2oz) Ham or Lean Bacon
2 Eggs
1 tsp Parsley, minced
1 tsp Sweet Herbs, minced
½ Lemon, rind only
Salt, Cayenne and Pounded Mace to taste

Shred the ham or bacon, chop the suet, lemon rind and herbs, ensuring everything is very finely minced.
Add a seasoning to taste, of salt, cayenne and mace and blend all thoroughly together with the breadcrumbs, before wetting.
Beat and strain the eggs, work these up with the other ingredients and the forcemeat will be ready for use.
When it is made into balls, fry to a nice brown, in boiling lard {or cooking oil}, or put them on a baking tin and bake for 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
As we have stated before, no one flavour should predominate greatly and the forcemeat should be of sufficient body to cut with a knife and to test that they are not dry and heavy.
For very delicate forcemeat, it is advisable to pound the ingredients together before binding with the egg.
But for ordinary cooking, mincing very finely answers the purpose.

Sufficient for a turkey, a moderate-sized fillet of veal, or a hare.

Note: In forcemeat for hare, the liver of the animal is sometimes added.
Boil for 5 minutes, mince it very small and mix it with the other ingredients.
If it should be in an unsound state, it must be on no account made use of.

[higgs2]

:wave: Hi Pamela!

[karen freeinchristman]

hmmmm. plain i think. ruffles. they have ridges, you know.

Yeah, I like ruffles, with clam dip. :yum: I miss ruffles. We don't have them over here. I also miss bugles (is that how they are spelled?)

[TomUK]

She's sooo much better, running around with a smile on her face. And eating. It's nice to see her smile again. :clap:

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[karen freeinchristman]

It's a bit like a stuffing.

170g (6oz) Breadcrumbs
110g (4oz) Suet
50g (2oz) Ham or Lean Bacon
2 Eggs
1 tsp Parsley, minced
1 tsp Sweet Herbs, minced
½ Lemon, rind only
Salt, Cayenne and Pounded Mace to taste

Shred the ham or bacon, chop the suet, lemon rind and herbs, ensuring everything is very finely minced.
Add a seasoning to taste, of salt, cayenne and mace and blend all thoroughly together with the breadcrumbs, before wetting.
Beat and strain the eggs, work these up with the other ingredients and the forcemeat will be ready for use.
When it is made into balls, fry to a nice brown, in boiling lard {or cooking oil}, or put them on a baking tin and bake for 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
As we have stated before, no one flavour should predominate greatly and the forcemeat should be of sufficient body to cut with a knife and to test that they are not dry and heavy.
For very delicate forcemeat, it is advisable to pound the ingredients together before binding with the egg.
But for ordinary cooking, mincing very finely answers the purpose.

Sufficient for a turkey, a moderate-sized fillet of veal, or a hare.

Note: In forcemeat for hare, the liver of the animal is sometimes added.
Boil for 5 minutes, mince it very small and mix it with the other ingredients.
If it should be in an unsound state, it must be on no account made use of.
Wow, that sounds kind of good. I'd try it, anyway.

Higgs, do you like forcemeat? Pamela? :confused:

[karen freeinchristman]

Less than 40 to go! :clap:

[TomUK]

How about your favourite flavour of crisps, Tom?

Higgs? Yours? (potato chips, I mean, of course) :doh:

Though it depends on the type of crisp, (i'm a bit off a pub expert - too much time spent in pubs :P ) overall my favourite flavour is cheese and onion.

[TomUK]

Most of my friends have never actually heard of forcemeat. I'm not sure if it's one of those Mum learned from Gran when she was a child.

PS: Her recipe differs a little from the one quoted. If you ever going to try it then i'll post her recipe up.

[higgs2]

That is great!!! :)
Thanks for asking :)

[higgs2]

Wow, that sounds kind of good. I'd try it, anyway.

Higgs, do you like forcemeat? Pamela? :confused:

I'm still trying to figure out

1. What is suet exactly?
2. Where does one get suet?
3. Can you really buy lard?

[karen freeinchristman]

If you ever going to try it then i'll post her recipe up.
It would be preferable if your Mum made them and posted them up. :sorry:

[higgs2]

I have to go take my son to tap. I'll be back soon, start the party if we get the new Alehouse while I'm gone! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

I'm still trying to figure out

1. What is suet exactly?
2. Where does one get suet?
3. Can you really buy lard?

I am not an expert, but I think you can get beef or pork suet, and it is fat, basically, and so is lard. I don't know if there is any difference between them.. and of course, yes, you can buy them!

[Protinus]

It's a bit like a stuffing.

170g (6oz) Breadcrumbs
110g (4oz) Suet
50g (2oz) Ham or Lean Bacon
2 Eggs
1 tsp Parsley, minced
1 tsp Sweet Herbs, minced
½ Lemon, rind only
Salt, Cayenne and Pounded Mace to taste

Shred the ham or bacon, chop the suet, lemon rind and herbs, ensuring everything is very finely minced.
Add a seasoning to taste, of salt, cayenne and mace and blend all thoroughly together with the breadcrumbs, before wetting.
Beat and strain the eggs, work these up with the other ingredients and the forcemeat will be ready for use.
When it is made into balls, fry to a nice brown, in boiling lard {or cooking oil}, or put them on a baking tin and bake for 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
As we have stated before, no one flavour should predominate greatly and the forcemeat should be of sufficient body to cut with a knife and to test that they are not dry and heavy.
For very delicate forcemeat, it is advisable to pound the ingredients together before binding with the egg.
But for ordinary cooking, mincing very finely answers the purpose.

Sufficient for a turkey, a moderate-sized fillet of veal, or a hare.

Note: In forcemeat for hare, the liver of the animal is sometimes added.
Boil for 5 minutes, mince it very small and mix it with the other ingredients.
If it should be in an unsound state, it must be on no account made use of.

sounds great!! What is Suet?

[TomUK]

I'm still trying to figure out

1. What is suet exactly?
2. Where does one get suet?
3. Can you really buy lard?

I think suet is just some form of solidifed fat. not too sure really.

Both suet and lard can easily be bought from any supermarket or shop over here.

[karen freeinchristman]

I have to go take my son to tap. I'll be back soon, start the party if we get the new Alehouse while I'm gone! :)

Oh, Okay! See you later! :wave:

[karen freeinchristman]

Less than 30 to go!
What else can we talk about?

[pmcleanj]

I'll have some bitters please.
Breathes a sigh of relief -- my hand was getting tired on the tap and the frost was melting off the glass!

So, Black Sheep Best or ... hmm, "bitters" doesn't necessarily mean bitter ale, does it? Drat. Where's this one from again? Tries to size up jplowe's tastes by visual inspection. Glances bemusedly at the bottle of Angostura on the back of the bar... Something mixed, maybe?

[pmcleanj]

Less than 30 to go!
What else can we talk about?
I could probably post 30 posts on the different possible interpretations of "bitters" in an international Alehouse right now, but I'm busy earning my living.

[karen freeinchristman]

Breathes a sigh of relief -- my hand was getting tired on the tap and the frost was melting off the glass!

So, Black Sheep Best or ... hmm, "bitters" doesn't necessarily mean bitter ale, does it? Drat. Where's this one from again? Tries to size up jplowe's tastes by visual inspection. Glances bemusedly at the bottle of Angostura on the back of the bar... Something mixed, maybe?

You take such good care of your customers! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

I could probably post 30 posts on the different possible interpretations of "bitters" in an international Alehouse right now, but I'm busy earning my living.

I'm not too sure of the intended meaning in that particular post either. Perhaps the person in question will come back. :confused:

[TomUK]

25...

[TomUK]

A toast, to alehouse #6

[TomUK]

You've been a faithful alehouse and we shall be sorry to see you go

[karen freeinchristman]

Oh, dear, the hubby has come into the computer room! :o He muttered a comment about whether or not this is the real world (CF)? Some people! :doh:

[TomUK]

:cry:

[karen freeinchristman]

What he really wants to do is use the computer to fly his flight simulator... talk about whether we are in the 'real world'... :D

[karen freeinchristman]

:cry:

Don't cry, Tom, you are real to me!!!


Hubby says, 'maybe he's not crying about that - maybe he's just stubbed his toe!' :confused:

[TomUK]

Oh, dear, the hubby has come into the computer room! :o He muttered a comment about whether or not this is the real world (CF)? Some people! :doh:

:eek: ^_^

[TomUK]

What he really wants to do is use the computer to fly his flight simulator... talk about whether we are in the 'real world'... :D

You see, my five years spent studying philosophy will finally come in handy!

[Protinus]

It's all some "Matrix" illusion!!! Is that air I'm breathing??

[karen freeinchristman]

It's all some "Matrix" illusion!!! Is that air I'm breathing??

:o

I'm getting a little freaked out now...

[TomUK]

CF is potentially quite a good example of John Searle's Chinese room if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.

[karen freeinchristman]

CF is potentially quite a good example of John Searle's Chinese room if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.

Can you explain it in less than 15 posts???

[karen freeinchristman]

Nearly down to 10 posts left... :help:

[karen freeinchristman]

I wonder how close by is Chris Bot?

[karen freeinchristman]

Anyone know any jokes?

[TomUK]

Arg, i didn't mean the Chinese room. It's actually a counter argument to the Turing test which is what i meant to say.

[Protinus]

Is that knowledge earned by a degree in Philosophy?

[karen freeinchristman]

An elderly couple was attending church services when about halfway through she leans over and says, "I just had a silent fart; what do you think I should do?"


He replies, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

[TomUK]

The Turing Test : "A human judge engages in a natural language conversation with two other parties, one a human and the other a machine; if the judge cannot reliably tell which is which, then the machine is said to pass the test."

[Protinus]

Anyone know any jokes?

The Golden Calf thread in GT was extremely moo-ving.

[TomUK]

An elderly couple was attending church services when about halfway through she leans over and says, "I just had a silent fart; what do you think I should do?"


He replies, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

:D :D :D :D

[karen freeinchristman]

The Golden Calf thread in GT was extremely moo-ving.

:D

:cool:

[TomUK]

The Golden Calf thread in GT was extremely moo-ving.
:doh:

[karen freeinchristman]

:D :D :D :D

I wasn't sure if it was OK to post this, but as it was sent to me by my Dad, well, it MUST be okay!