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Post by JohnV on Jul 19, 2020 18:30:35 GMT
"I won't even go to my own restaurant now." Blimey. That bad? like the old saying that a butcher won't eat anyone elses sausages because he doesn't know what's in them ..... and won't eat his own because he does
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 19:51:26 GMT
I remember this from the SIS training years ago. How to take someone out by slipping some hemlock extract into the ketchup on their off-premises meal. It became very popular actually but once the Russians started using radioactive stuff it all got a bit too obvious so we had to look at alternative take-out solutions.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 19, 2020 20:24:08 GMT
I was, of course, joking about 'perkwunos's restaurant, he might be a plonker on occasion but I have the feeling he is aware that you have to adopt a strict attitude to keeping your reputation. Good luck to him - and he needs it living in Brazil where the coronavirus is out of control.
We had a message today - French and German long-distance (as in round-the-world tour) cyclists heading this way from Nordkapp (Norway's northernmost tip)(it's not, actually, but never mind). First for this year. We have been providing free accommodation for cycle tourists for about 8 years now. Slightly unexpected with the Covid-19 situation... and this time, without meaning to be cruel, we have said it's OK to overnight at our ranch provided they camp in the garden and do not enter the house apart from to use the shower/toilet. They themselves said they'd be happy in their tent. At least they have a safe place to camp (no worries about camping without permission), and we can help out somehow. I don't see what's wrong with bunging their clothes in the washing machine. And I expect we can throw them some bread rolls from the window, or hand them sausages at the end of a 2 metre long stick.
Normally we've had people in the spare room and 'office', inside the house, but who knows who is carrying the virus? Oddly, there have been very few mosquitoes in the garden these past few days, so they will be bite-free in their tent.
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 19, 2020 21:25:59 GMT
Social distancing at my local today and cold Tennants on draught!π
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Post by perkwunos on Jul 19, 2020 21:32:42 GMT
I was, of course, joking about 'perkwunos's restaurant, he might be a plonker on occasion but I have the feeling he is aware that you have to adopt a strict attitude to keeping your reputation. Good luck to him - and he needs it living in Brazil where the coronavirus is out of control. We had a message today - French and German long-distance (as in round-the-world tour) cyclists heading this way from Nordkapp (Norway's northernmost tip)(it's not, actually, but never mind). First for this year. We have been providing free accommodation for cycle tourists for about 8 years now. Slightly unexpected with the Covid-19 situation... and this time, without meaning to be cruel, we have said it's OK to overnight at our ranch provided they camp in the garden and do not enter the house apart from to use the shower/toilet. They themselves said they'd be happy in their tent. At least they have a safe place to camp (no worries about camping without permission), and we can help out somehow. I don't see what's wrong with bunging their clothes in the washing machine. And I expect we can throw them some bread rolls from the window, or hand them sausages at the end of a 2 metre long stick. Normally we've had people in the spare room and 'office', inside the house, but who knows who is carrying the virus? Oddly, there have been very few mosquitoes in the garden these past few days, so they will be bite-free in their tent. That's a bit rich coming from you.
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Post by Trina on Jul 19, 2020 21:40:12 GMT
Social distancing at my local today and cold Tennants on draught!π Did you have a bike which needed parking?If so,I've spotted the ideal place..
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 19, 2020 22:10:14 GMT
I get the feeling that people are mostly going to the pub, or eating out, because they've always done this. Because they've always done this they should continue to do so, regardless of how crap the experience is with all the safety protocols in place.
Folk have to find something to spend their money on, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 4:39:10 GMT
Social distancing at my local today and cold Tennants on draught!π That's what I call a social distancing etiquette failure.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 20, 2020 5:43:55 GMT
Dining out in the UK would now be cheaper for us with Β£1 at 1.10 Euros today. Was 1.40 in June 2016. More £££ for our β¬β¬β¬.
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Post by patty on Jul 20, 2020 5:44:45 GMT
I get the feeling that people are mostly going to the pub, or eating out, because they've always done this. Because they've always done this they should continue to do so, regardless of how crap the experience is with all the safety protocols in place. Folk have to find something to spend their money on, I guess. Eldest son and a couple of friends dined out, outside London restaurant..apparently very enjoyable because of social distancing measures and also restaurant staff excelled and gave free starters because they were so pleased to be re open. I guess its a very worrying time for them all. However I have just declined an offer to take me out in Brum when I return grand daughter....3 small children(7,5,3) plus adults, ..nah..I just think it'd prove quite stressful.
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Post by quaysider on Jul 20, 2020 6:50:04 GMT
I'm in the camp (no pun intended) of absolutely and we need to if the pubs/restaurants/cafes are to stand a chance of surviving financially.
My oldest friend has worked her socks off building up a pub-restaurant (family owwned so since before she left school) and at 50, when she should be in a position to think "not many years left now doing these god awful long hours", she finds her-self selling fish and chips out of the kitchen window to pay the bills whilst. It's too small a space to be able to turn a profit indoors with the restricted numbers - hence she's still doing the takeaways.
Since being "open" - we've eaten in the Stanely Arms - food ok but App clunky... Next was Spoons for lunch in Northwich - perfectly "normal" - then was the Balti House by the river in Nortwich ... then they quaside (good name that) Still in Northwich and most lately, the golden freece in Lymm.
ALL doing what they have to do.
We've been back into he Stanley for drinks only and that was easier this time... them having go the swing of things.
I suppose all we are not "doing" normally is shaking hands/kissing hellos/goodbyes and subconsciously stepping back a little when that 1 meter+ thing pops into our memory.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 12:26:20 GMT
Well the fridge is empty and off ready to go home ... so we'll be either eating out or fasting today and tomorrow ... who'm I trying to kid ... eating out Rog
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Post by ianali on Jul 20, 2020 13:04:10 GMT
Have eaten at the Folly(Napton) and the Nelson at Braunston over the weekend. Folly had a very well sorted and pretty garden arranged. Lots of gazebos and outdoor bar. Not allowed into pub. Felt like being at a festival. Only drawback was plastic glasses and the menu quite limited and came in takeaway containers. Nelson was very good, eat and drink inside or out. Food comes on plates with proper cutlery. We also visited the boathouse, intended to eat but the old menu that was 2 for 1 wasnβt on offer. Always treated the boathouse as a cheap and cheerful place, so moved up to the Nelson instead. All in all, Iβve had no problems eating and drinking out, all seems good and quite continental. Just hoping the weather remains good until covid has goneπ³
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 20, 2020 13:25:01 GMT
Our local cafe has a row of cheap wooden greenhouses with pvc instead of glass.
Like having your own booth. It got me wondering whether the fashion for boothed dining once prevalent in the US if not so much here had its roots in the great flu epidemic in the early 20th century. Forgotten wisdom perhaps. Probably not!
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Post by patty on Jul 20, 2020 16:03:08 GMT
Our local cafe has a row of cheap wooden greenhouses with pvc instead of glass. Like having your own booth. It got me wondering whether the fashion for boothed dining once prevalent in the US if not so much here had its roots in the great flu epidemic in the early 20th century. Forgotten wisdom perhaps. Probably not! Actually quite like the idea of Booths..wont have to listen to self opinionated viewpoints from those A.N.Other irritating diners.. Remember going to Budapest as part of my other life and we were all taken to this eatery which had huge wine cask pods..lovely place and I always wished we would adopt similar...Everything was socially distanced 2 decades before social distancing
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