General Chit Chat

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Small world AT. I spent a lot of my life in Radcliffe at my gran's on Clyde Rd. Still have family there. And I remember the Joiners. Billy Caldwell, landlord & the lodge of 'the buff's' was upstairs....

Billy and I were in the same class at school. We spent much of the teacher strikes of the mid-80s in the Joiners playing pool and video games. Billy is living in the Torremolinos area these days. My parents owned the corner shop on Abden Street, Radcliffe, in the early 80s. I was often found being an obnoxious kid on the evening shift with my Dad!

Tis a small world indeed

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Summat from the gadget shop. The more pointless the better

[Gooner Girl]

What constitutes 'top beer'?

Well, usually beer from a well thought of microbrewery. Some do a set of bottles that cover their range*. Or off-licences can put together a selection of bottles. Or you could theme them: if he likes IPAs for instance you could get a range of IPAs from different breweries. But basically craft beers - I'm sure that there must be some good microbreweries around Sussex, Kent, and if not go exotic and get them from far afield (like Scotland). You wont have to actually travel there- a good offie can supply them.

Thornbridge for instance do a Wild Swan, Kipling, Jaipur, Sequoia set.

That all sounds like gobbledegook to me. Craft beers? IPAs? I know he likes 'proper beer' like the Sussex ones we get at local pubs so can have a look at local offie. Am guessing Sainsburys won't sell it?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

What constitutes 'top beer'?

Well, usually beer from a well thought of microbrewery. Some do a set of bottles that cover their range*. Or off-licences can put together a selection of bottles. Or you could theme them: if he likes IPAs for instance you could get a range of IPAs from different breweries. But basically craft beers - I'm sure that there must be some good microbreweries around Sussex, Kent, and if not go exotic and get them from far afield (like Scotland). You wont have to actually travel there- a good offie can supply them.

Thornbridge for instance do a Wild Swan, Kipling, Jaipur, Sequoia set.

That all sounds like gobbledegook to me. Craft beers? IPAs? I know he likes 'proper beer' like the Sussex ones we get at local pubs so can have a look at local offie. Am guessing Sainsburys won't sell it?

It depends - some do a good range of local ales - so if it's a big Sainsburys it might.

Or get him a tool. A power drill or an electric lump hammer or a set of screwdrivers. Tools are always good.

[thebish]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Summat from the gadget shop. The more pointless the better

surely it's up to the kids... he's not YOUR dad, after all.... send them down the shops with their piggy banks - don't interfere, I say...

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Summat from the gadget shop. The more pointless the better

surely it's up to the kids... he's not YOUR dad, after all.... send them down the shops with their piggy banks - don't interfere, I say...

Kids aren't allowed out these days like in our day. It's dangerous out there...

[thebish]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Summat from the gadget shop. The more pointless the better

surely it's up to the kids... he's not YOUR dad, after all.... send them down the shops with their piggy banks - don't interfere, I say...

Kids aren't allowed out these days like in our day. It's dangerous out there...

in that case - the obvious thing to do is for Mr GG to wait until they are old enough... job done - none of GG's concern...

[malcd1]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Why don't you do the same as my wife every Fathers Day, birthday and Christmas.

She find something she likes and wraps it up for me. When I open it and say, "What the hell have you got me this for?". She pretends to be hurt by my behaviour and then says, "Well if you are going to be that ungrateful, I will have it then".

Books, DVD's, tickets to comedians she likes and I don't.

Happens every time.

Go for the take-away and beer.

[Gooner Girl]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Why don't you do the same as my wife every Fathers Day, birthday and Christmas.

She find something she likes and wraps it up for me. When I open it and say, "What the hell have you got me this for?". She pretends to be hurt by my behaviour and then says, "Well if you are going to be that ungrateful, I will have it then".

Books, DVD's, tickets to comedians she likes and I don't.

Happens every time.

Hmmm, now I like that idea... What do I want, what do I want?

[bobo the clown]

I'm stuck. What to get Mr GG for Fathers Day from the kids? He says he doesn't really want anything. He has enough socks and t-shirts to last a life time, he rarely reads anything more edifying then 'retro gamer' magazine. He often asks for DVDs and then never watches them. I'm seriously wondering whether a Chinese takeaway and some beer might be a good present? Not very fathers day-y is it though? You're mostly blokes. Any genius ideas?

Why don't you do the same as my wife every Fathers Day, birthday and Christmas.

She find something she likes and wraps it up for me. When I open it and say, "What the hell have you got me this for?". She pretends to be hurt by my behaviour and then says, "Well if you are going to be that ungrateful, I will have it then".

Books, DVD's, tickets to comedians she likes and I don't.

Happens every time.

Hmmm, now I like that idea... What do I want, what do I want?

A phone without a broken screen !!

[thebish]

A phone without a broken screen !!

to be fair - that's how all her phones have started off...

[Gooner Girl]

A phone without a broken screen !!

to be fair - that's how all her phones have started off...

You two are mean! I now have a super duper drop it and it will bounce 10 feet in the air type case - so there!

I've bought my dad a gravy/fat separator. Thrill a minute...

[TANGODANCER]

A phone without a broken screen !!

to be fair - that's how all her phones have started off...

You two are mean! I now have a super duper drop it and it will bounce 10 feet in the air type case - so there!

I've bought my dad a gravy/fat separator. Thrill a minute...

Oh my sainted aunt...

[Gooner Girl]

A phone without a broken screen !!

to be fair - that's how all her phones have started off...

You two are mean! I now have a super duper drop it and it will bounce 10 feet in the air type case - so there!

I've bought my dad a gravy/fat separator. Thrill a minute...

Oh my sainted aunt...

It's what he wanted... And for his birthday this week he has asked for some kind of cone shaped sieve. I'm trusting he's going to cook me some more fantastic meals thanks to all these new appliances.

[thebish]

for anyone who knows someone or lives with someone who struggles with proper depression, this is well put...

http://middleclassfury.com/2013/06/11/m ... epression/

[Beefheart]

for anyone who knows someone or lives with someone who struggles with proper depression, this is well put...

http://middleclassfury.com/2013/06/11/m ... epression/

Indeed, I have a gf who was recently diagnosed bi-polar and I can relate to some of this. I'd recommened listening to the stephen fry podcast he mentions (It's only the last 10 minutes he talks about his depression), it can really put your own mood when you're feeling shitty into perspective.

[thebish]

seems like a positive kind of a bloke...

http://tinymanblog.com/

love his little drawing of himself!

[Gooner Girl]

Mr GG's just returned home from the youth group he runs to tell me one of the lads who goes (or used to) who has been battling cancer for 2 and a half years is having treatment withdrawn - he's got about 2 weeks to live, he's 15. Feeling so sad and I barely know the lad. Life sucks at times.

[TANGODANCER]

Mr GG's just returned home from the youth group he runs to tell me one of the lads who goes (or used to) who has been battling cancer for 2 and a half years is having treatment withdrawn - he's got about 2 weeks to live, he's 15. Feeling so sad and I barely know the lad. Life sucks at times.

That's so terrible a thing to happen to anybody G.G., but at that age. I'll remember a prayer for the lad. Nothing else I can say will be any use.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Mr GG's just returned home from the youth group he runs to tell me one of the lads who goes (or used to) who has been battling cancer for 2 and a half years is having treatment withdrawn - he's got about 2 weeks to live, he's 15. Feeling so sad and I barely know the lad. Life sucks at times.

That's so terrible a thing to happen to anybody G.G., but at that age. I'll remember a prayer for the lad. Nothing else I can say will be any use.

It's a very cruel world sometimes. My sympathies are with the family and those who know him.