Anyone felt the pinch yet?

Notice a good proportion of my hotels are quiet this week. But with the jubilee round the corner and pride the week after maybe folk are simply saving their trips for that.

Cant help but feel the media are driving a lot of it. They seem hell bent on us heading into a recession. Making people panic and stop spending.

They should be telling everyone its all gravy.

Only area Ive felt it is diesel. £154 to fill my van the other day. That's taking the piss.

Tried that Madri - dunno, perhaps its me but thought it was a bit gassy and sweet. Neck Oil is another grapefruit one that seems to give me a headache as I'm drinking it and that Blue Moon we used to get served for free at work as MillerCoors used to have a suite of offices in the building and used to be loads left over.

Maybe I just don't like lager anymore! I'll have a Pilzner, but bitter and then wine with food seem to be my go to. I do like a Negroni before a meal though. There's a decent place on Willam St in Covent Garden called Bancone if you are in central London (really good pasta resturant) anyway they do a White Negroni which is Lillet Blanc Vermouth, Suze and Gin which I had last week and subsequently went and bought the ingredients.

Me and Loft were on Neck Oil a few weeks ago in London town. I didn't fancy it when he got the first, but the bloke next to me was on an IPA with only about four bubbles on top so I gave it a go and stopped on it all day.

I wasn't rough the next day, and had managed to get off the train at the right stop, so it was indeed win/win.

12 hours ago, gonzo said:

Talking of pints, these beauties were served in Nam Ploy yesterday. Pure sex.

Their IPAs going to far too cold going through same cobra as ciders and lager

3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

I do like a Negroni before a meal though. There's a decent place on Willam St in Covent Garden called Bancone if you are in central London (really good pasta resturant) anyway they do a White Negroni which is Lillet Blanc Vermouth, Suze and Gin which I had last week and subsequently went and bought the ingredients.

I'm fairly new to a Negroni, absolutely love them now though. 

6 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I'm fairly new to a Negroni, absolutely love them now though. 

Careful though, never have more than two and always before food.

51 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Careful though, never have more than two and always before food.

I had several one night, I won't be doing that again, they're a bit strong 🙂

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I had several one night, I won't be doing that again, they're a bit strong 🙂

Booze with booze with booze. Quite the cocktail.

Negroni sounds like a friendly nickname Luis Suarez would use.

29 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Negroni sounds like a friendly nickname Luis Suarez would use.

it sounds a right poncey load of shite

Madri?
It's Spanish Carling, El Pisso

Edited May 15, 20233 yr by Traf

6 hours ago, Casino said:

it sounds a right poncey load of shite

And expensive. You missed out expensive.

I had a couple of draft Coronas (with limes) before game Saturday, lovely sat in the sun. 

Edited May 15, 20233 yr by Ani

8 hours ago, Ani said:

I had a couple of draft Coronas (with limes) before game Saturday, lovely sat in the sun. 

Draught is fine but my lad drinks it from the bottle. It’s like drinking half but paying for a pint. 
 

 

16 hours ago, Casino said:

it sounds a right poncey load of shite

Oh no. Three of those and you'll fight anyone. Proper drink is an Negroni. 

10 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said:

And expensive. You missed out expensive.

Not really, paid £7 the other day, that's pretty much the price of a pint in Central London.

18 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Oh no. Three of those and you'll fight anyone. Proper drink is an Negroni. 

Indeed, a proper drink. It was Anthony Bourdain's favourite drink, and that's good enough for me (it was when I read one of his books on holiday, that I was inspired to try one......sadly I tried about seven, and that's really not recommended)

15 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Indeed, a proper drink. It was Anthony Bourdain's favourite drink, and that's good enough for me (it was when I read one of his books on holiday, that I was inspired to try one......sadly I tried about seven, and that's really not recommended)

One night we had a work's bash at a private members club called the Arts - middle of summer, baking hot day and they were serving Negroni's free of charge, basically as soon as you finished one, another would appear. 

We did work for the club at the time, let's just say after a few colleagues disgraced themselves we were booted off the account and told never to come back!

Thankfully I switched to wine after a couple but some folk were a total mess and the toilets looked like someone had thrown talc everywhere.

55,000 fruit pickers available by the end of the decade.

Great news!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65631168

what's all this about the Poor 

Stealing Baby milk Powder 

Why not Put them on the TIT 

then on to Cow Juice

1 minute ago, little whitt said:

what's all this about the Poor 

Stealing Baby milk Powder 

Why not Put them on the TIT 

then on to Cow Juice

Mothers need to be well-nourished to lactate effectively...

Some Mum's can't breastfeed, or need to supliment and since wet nurses are out of fashion it's normal.

13 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Some Mum's can't breastfeed, or need to supliment and since wet nurses are out of fashion it's normal.

Some Mums just don't want to either. Their choice.

My greenking contract just cut back from monthly cleans,some fortnightly to bi-monthly. Thats after cancelling from December to March.

Effectively 5 cleans a year on gaffs less than a mile from the sea.

Absolute buffoons. Theyll look like shit and fucks me over in the process.

Edited May 19, 20233 yr by gonzo

16 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Some Mum's can't breastfeed, or need to supliment and since wet nurses are out of fashion it's normal.

or need to work

I'm surprised their wasn't a speech on the disgrace of bottle fed babies at the NatCon malarkey.