Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

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03-25-2011, 02:31 AM
prendrelemick

Muddy embankment!...Luxury.

(why do I always revert to my cultural stereotype when "The Old Days" are mentioned. )

Congratulations to the Indian Cricket team for putting out the Aussies. That's India and Pakistan through. Next up is New zealand vs South Africa.
03-25-2011, 04:57 AM
Paulclem

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Muddy embankment!...Luxury.

(why do I always revert to my cultural stereotype when "The Old Days" are mentioned. )

Congratulations to the Indian Cricket team for putting out the Aussies. That's India and Pakistan through. Next up is New zealand vs South Africa.

Aye. The fun that can be had in weed choked beck.
03-25-2011, 11:44 AM
Madhuri

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Congratulations to the Indian Cricket team for putting out the Aussies. That's India and Pakistan through. Next up is New zealand vs South Africa.

That was a really good match. I never thought India would even come this far, and beating Australia was next to impossible. They did well.

The next match with Pak will be even more interesting :)
03-25-2011, 02:10 PM
The Atheist

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Muddy embankment!...Luxury.

:lol:

Was it more a case that there was so much more spare land that we used to amuse ourselves doing things without ever needing to go to a playground?

Want a swing? Find a tree.

Want a see-saw? Cut the tree down.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Congratulations to the Indian Cricket team for putting out the Aussies. That's India and Pakistan through. Next up is New zealand vs South Africa.

And a brilliant win!

Most Kiwis waking up very surprised [and happy] this morning.
03-25-2011, 04:04 PM
prendrelemick

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Originally Posted by Madhuri

That was a really good match. I never thought India would even come this far, and beating Australia was next to impossible. They did well.

The next match with Pak will be even more interesting :)

Can't wait for that one. Sorry Madhuri, I think Pakistan are going to win the whole thing. That betting scandal has made them close ranks and become more determined.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

:lol:

And a brilliant win!

Most Kiwis waking up very surprised [and happy] this morning.

Definitely the suprise team of the tournament you lot.
03-25-2011, 07:28 PM
soundofmusic

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

I was going to post this in the Tell Me a Joke thread but discretion is the better part of valour.

A woman arrived at a party. While scanning the guests, she spotted an attractive man standing alone. She approached him, smiled and said, "Hello. My name is Carmen." "That's a beautiful name," he replied. "Is it a family name?" "No," she replied. As a matter of fact I gave it to myself. It represents the things that I enjoy the most - cars and men. Therefore I chose "Carmen". "What's your name?" she asked. He answered "B.J. Titsengolf."

I'm glad you brought it here, Emil; we blokes know how to do a belly laugh:cheers2::rofl:

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

I'm glad people liked that sketch, because I've had a crap week, and I posted the clip in the nakedly desperate hope that it'd get a good reaction so that I could cheer myself up by saying, "I wrote it..."

Hope the end of the week is a bit more pleasant; you certainly brightened our day:aureola:

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

It was me dithering Sounds. i watched Mark's clip and posted and edited and changed my mind. I wish it had been something scandalous now. Reality is such a let down at times.

Dither...Paul doesn't dither...But yes, a nice scandal would be nice; but it would have to be about someone we could all disapprove of and not feel guilty about gossiping about; which reminds me, where has Gbrekken gone?

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

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It happens, I'm sure, but I'd say rarely rather than "always".

Atheist: Just to let you know, the sun has arrived safe and well.:coolgleamA:

Yes, I would think it is the occasional; though, here in America, we do give people positive reinforcement for getting pregnant; a person can get a job, food stamps, education, child care and a huge tax bonus at the end of the year.
Is it spring again already; I'm just beginning to nail the celcius/farenheit math.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Longest, hottest summer in history. Still 25 degrees here in the daytime, which is 3 or 4 above the usual for late March.

We might not bother with winter this year.

(Wait till the weather gods see that!)

I agree with you - nobody sees pregnancy as a reason for marriage any more.

Goodo! Mind the sheep don't get sunburned if your summer is anything like ours.

I don't think I'd mind you keeping the sun a while longer; I would love the winter if it wasn't for the allergies and colds.

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Should I start a new thread on "things they've got today, that we never had when we were kids", or should I just keep in in the curmudgeon's thread?

It'd be like an anti-Monty Python Yorkshire Blokes thread...if you see what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1by0-nkKOTs&feature=fvst

I mean, I was passing a kids playground today with slides and a climbing frame, and all kinds of stuff - in a school! We were lucky if we got a concrete pipe to play in. (I wasn't). Most of the time we had to make do with a muddy embankment.

Great link, Paul. Oh, and....playground, we had a broken rusty pipe and several beer cans, we had to hide behind rubber inner tubes to keep from getting shot...Johnny didn't make it...
03-25-2011, 07:42 PM
Paulclem

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

Dither...Paul doesn't dither...But yes, a nice scandal would be nice; but it would have to be about someone we could all disapprove of and not feel guilty about gossiping about; which reminds me, where has Gbrekken gone?

I don't think I'd mind you keeping the sun a while longer; I would love the winter if it wasn't for the allergies and colds.

Great link, Paul. Oh, and....playground, we had a broken rusty pipe and several beer cans, we had to hide behind rubber inner tubes to keep from getting shot...Johnny didn't make it...

I can see how dithering doesn't go with the avatar, but once I've made up my mind, i can still consider other options...

I like the cooler climate, but yes the colds do com frequently. But with hot weather comes the sweating and the rashes. We're neither geared up for hot weather with air con here, or cold weather with great insulating clothing. We're jacks of all weathers.

we had to hide behind rubber inner tubes to keep from getting shot

And Miami looks such a nice place on CSI. Even the criminals are tanned and muscular - and that's just the ladies.
03-25-2011, 09:05 PM
Gilliatt Gurgle

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Should I start a new thread on "things they've got today, that we never had when we were kids", or should I just keep in in the curmudgeon's thread?...

...I mean, I was passing a kids playground today with slides and a climbing frame, and all kinds of stuff - in a school! We were lucky if we got a concrete pipe to play in. (I wasn't). Most of the time we had to make do with a muddy embankment.

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Originally Posted by soundofmusic

...Great link, Paul. Oh, and....playground, we had a broken rusty pipe and several beer cans, we had to hide behind rubber inner tubes to keep from getting shot...Johnny didn't make it...

You know Paul, I was thinking you should turn that around and start a thread on the things we had back in the day that they don't have now.
Things like vacuum tubes, trees to climb, lead based paint, model electric trains and planes, stamp and coin collecting, hide and seek, tether ball, cut off jean shorts and bell bottoms, match box cars, ........

We used to crawl inside sections of storm sewer piping and roll down hills.
Now days I just roll down hill with a bottle of Wild Turkey.

Good times me lads...good times!

Gg
03-26-2011, 01:23 AM
prendrelemick

Bright purple velvet suit, (with Flares) pink shirt, wide purple satin tie, irridescent platform shoes and plenty of hair. That was me in the early seventies out on the pull. It's a mystery how so many girls managed to resist such sartorial splendor.
03-26-2011, 03:52 AM
prendrelemick

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Originally Posted by Madhuri

That was a really good match. I never thought India would even come this far, and beating Australia was next to impossible. They did well.

The next match with Pak will be even more interesting :)

This quote just about sums up Cricket in India. (For the Australia match)

Before last night's game one of our Indian liaison officers said: "The ground's capacity is 50,000 but 70,000 tickets have been sold and we will fit them all in."
03-26-2011, 01:03 PM
Madhuri

For some, the next match is even more important than the WC. Here, many are planning to take an off that day, just for the match.

Pak has never won against Indian in a WC, but they are really doing good. They were the first one's to beat Australia after so many years, so you never know. They do stand a good chance.
03-26-2011, 06:37 PM
Paulclem

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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle

You know Paul, I was thinking you should turn that around and start a thread on the things we had back in the day that they don't have now.
Things like vacuum tubes, trees to climb, lead based paint, model electric trains and planes, stamp and coin collecting, hide and seek, tether ball, cut off jean shorts and bell bottoms, match box cars, ........

We used to crawl inside sections of storm sewer piping and roll down hills.
Now days I just roll down hill with a bottle of Wild Turkey.

Good times me lads...good times!

Gg

Yeah - perhaps a combo thread - things we had, things they have.

We had measles, they get repetitive strain injury.

We had problems, they have issues.

We had matchbox cars and racing tracks to send them down, they have Grand Theft Auto.

I think it'll be a winner.
03-26-2011, 06:40 PM
Paulclem

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Bright purple velvet suit, (with Flares) pink shirt, wide purple satin tie, irridescent platform shoes and plenty of hair. That was me in the early seventies out on the pull. It's a mystery how so many girls managed to resist such sartorial splendor.

I was later. In those days I was too poor to dress fashionably ie as a punk. It was back to drainpipes when I was about. We didn't have embarrassing photos with flaired hair and dandelion trousers, (or should that be the other way round?), but there were chafing problems.
03-27-2011, 04:59 AM
Big Dante

Sri Lanka were pretty impressive over England. They're my new pick now South Africa is out.
03-27-2011, 06:37 AM
prendrelemick

It's hard to say how good teams are that beat England, but they have to be favourites to get to the final, they will have home advantage against New Zealand.