Comments | venta: There's a whisper down the line...

venta

There's a whisper down the line...

Apr 07, 2003 02:13

I met elethiomel for dinner on Friday night. ( Haven't seen him in a while )

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While I appreciate the designation... condign April 6 2003, 18:33:26 UTC

...I should also feel a bit maligned.

Didn't I recommend Satsuma to you? I'm thus unlikely to say it's bobbins, unless I wish to prove myself an idiot. It's a good place. I could have told you, however, that "O" sucks, but it IS an enormously camp gay bar most weekend nights.

Re: While I appreciate the designation... condign April 6 2003, 19:09:43 UTC

http://www.livejournal.com/users/venta/9100.html?thread=66700#t66700

Indeed, managed after a few moments to find the place that I recommended Satsuma to you... :)

Re: While I appreciate the designation... venta April 7 2003, 10:24:35 UTC

Nah, you merely said that it was far better than Gashi Gashi. I interpreted this as "GG is so awful that even these big chain joints are better", which now seems to have been wrong :)

Actually, I dunno if Satsuma is a chain, the other one you mentioned is.

Re: While I appreciate the designation... condign April 7 2003, 17:41:32 UTC

Weren't you the one I recommended Satsuma to for some kind of work/association gathering?

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For best effect... lanfykins April 6 2003, 22:12:47 UTC

...that entry should have been posted at 11:49. No gold star!

Re: For best effect... venta April 7 2003, 10:22:42 UTC

I think you'll find you mean 11.39

But well spotted anyway :)

Re: For best effect... venta April 7 2003, 10:26:05 UTC

My train really was scheduled at 11.40, though, which pleased me :)

It's a long way to tip a rary wimble April 7 2003, 02:09:41 UTC

what a bloody long way it is to Glasgow
It's actually quicker (in my experience) by car, but that does require a certain amount of attention en route.
Which is why I was surprised at the apparent absence of William outside your house.
I presume he's returned safely? (Maybe you should put a collar on him?)

Re: It's a long way to tip a rary venta April 7 2003, 10:21:30 UTC

Yeah, he hadn't really gone anywhere. He was just on the other side of the road :)

narenek April 8 2003, 02:34:02 UTC

I've always known it as Dinah, but do you know of the Mayor of Bayswater's Daughter?

venta April 8 2003, 03:06:16 UTC

I've heard she's lovely, but I don't know much else about her.

narenek April 8 2003, 03:34:37 UTC

Read all about her, but be warned it is a song lacking in any form of political correctness and may not be suitable for workplace browsing.

How about the engineers song? (complete with a-hum titty-bum titty-bums?)

timeplease April 8 2003, 14:20:28 UTC

Incidentally, there was a bewildering lack of handpumps in bars. Someone told me that Scottish beer works differently - the pumps look electric, but are actually run off mains water pressure. Anyone know if there's any truth in that highly unlikely sounding rumour ?

I believe it's usually air pressure rather than water pressure that drives the pump. Apparently this kind of system has been in use in Scotland for quite a long time.

Cask ale service using an air pump is acceptable to CAMRA because the air doesn't come into contact with the beer - unlike systems which involve using air pressure (or more commonly CO2) to pressurise the cask and drive the beer up the line.