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Rhubarb   
I gave Edith some sticks of rhubarb from our garden when she and Orly came 
round last night, but it's just occurred to me that I didn't check that she 
knew how to cook the stuff, or, more importantly, not to eat too much at 
once. Oh dear.

(Heh heh.)

Wonder if they've found their way back to their cottage yet?

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:18:17 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na.

Good cartoon that was!

Anyway, back in the real world, hmmm, she not had rhubarb before you think?

Where are they staying Ally and what's the weather like up there?

Andy - top posting, bad Andy

"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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>I gave Edith some sticks of rhubarb from our garden when she and Orly came 
>round last night, but it's just occurred to me that I didn't check that she 
>knew how to cook the stuff, or, more importantly, not to eat too much at 
>once. Oh dear.
>
> (Heh heh.)
>
> Wonder if they've found their way back to their cottage yet?
>
> ally
> 
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:54:08 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
andy wrote:

> na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na.
> 
> Good cartoon that was!
> 
> Anyway, back in the real world, hmmm, she not had rhubarb before you think?
> 
> Where are they staying Ally and what's the weather like up there?
> 
> Andy - top posting, bad Andy
> 
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:3le4qmF1259njU1@individual.net...
> 
>>I gave Edith some sticks of rhubarb from our garden when she and Orly came 
>>round last night, but it's just occurred to me that I didn't check that she 
>>knew how to cook the stuff, or, more importantly, not to eat too much at 
>>once. Oh dear.
>>
>>(Heh heh.)
>>
>>Wonder if they've found their way back to their cottage yet?


My money's with Andy. Wasn't rhubarb one of the off-ration staples that 
got Britain through the war, along with Woodbines and the tea ration? 
Anyone born then?

I seem to remember, a very long time ago, dipping a stick of rhubarb in 
sugar and eating it raw! But my favourite is it baked in a crumble and 
served with custard. Mmmm.

Jp
Date:Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:08:21 -0400   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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> I seem to remember, a very long time ago, dipping a stick of rhubarb in 
> sugar and eating it raw! But my favourite is it baked in a crumble and 
> served with custard. Mmmm.


Mmmm, my taste buds are getting excited already. The contrast between the 
sharpness of the rhubarb and the sweetness of the custard!

Andy, bottom-posting again, phew.
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:16:47 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"andy"  wrote in message 
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> na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na.
>
> Good cartoon that was!


Brilliant.


>
> Anyway, back in the real world, hmmm, she not had rhubarb before you 
> think?


You don't know Edith. She's still complaining about the time I gave her some 
broad beans from my garden a couple of years ago: before I had time to say 
anything she'd popped a couple in her mouth - raw. She says they had to 
drive home with all the window open... Dog only knows what she'll do with 
rhubarb.


>
> Where are they staying Ally and what's the weather like up there?


They're in a cottage in a village within 5 miles from here, though I can't 
say exactly until they've returned home, just in case they get mobbed by 
fans... Weather's iffy: you get up to blazing sunshine but by the time 
you've had your breakfast and had a proper look around the sky's getting 
overcast. There has been rain. Right now I'd say there's about a 50/50 
chance of rain in the next hour. It's not hot enough for August but hardly 
what you'd call cold either.

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:42:36 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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>
> My money's with Andy. Wasn't rhubarb one of the off-ration staples that 
> got Britain through the war, along with Woodbines and the tea ration? 
> Anyone born then?


Most people born in the UK in Edith's time *should* know what to do with 
rhubarb, but this *is* Edith we're talking about. And besides... when I was 
about 16 I went hitch-hiking in the highlands and found rhubarb growing raw 
at the side of the road. It was hot and I was thirsty so I collected several 
sticks and munched happily on them as I stuck my thumb out. (Never have had 
much of a sweet tooth.) By the time the lorry that picked me up got me to 
Perth I'd eaten about 4 or 5 sticks and had to spend quite a long while in 
the excellent, spotlessly clean public toilets they used to have there. I 
learned about rhubarb the hard way.

>
> I seem to remember, a very long time ago, dipping a stick of rhubarb in 
> sugar and eating it raw! But my favourite is it baked in a crumble and 
> served with custard. Mmmm.
>

Then there's rhubarb & ginger jam. Yum.

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:47:07 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"andy"  wrote in message 
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>
> Mmmm, my taste buds are getting excited already. The contrast between the 
> sharpness of the rhubarb and the sweetness of the custard!
>


Well, next time you're in the vicinity, Andy, give us a shout and you're 
welcome to a bagful of the stuff: we have far more than we can cope with in 
our garden.

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:48:01 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

> They're in a cottage in a village within 5 miles from here,
> though I can't say exactly until they've returned home,
> just in case they get mobbed by fans... 


A wise precaution. That Orly is quite a popular fellow.

Johnny-big-chilean-scandinavian-fusion-music-fan

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Date:4 Aug 2005 07:42:48 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

> My money's with Andy. Wasn't rhubarb one of the off-ration
> staples that got Britain through the war, along with
> Woodbines and the tea ration? Anyone born then?
> 
> I seem to remember, a very long time ago, dipping a stick
> of rhubarb in sugar and eating it raw! But my favourite is
> it baked in a crumble and served with custard. Mmmm.
> 
> Jp


Strawberry-rhubarb pie. Oh my! 

Johnny-pie-face

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Date:4 Aug 2005 07:38:38 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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> Well, next time you're in the vicinity, Andy, give us a shout and you're 
> welcome to a bagful of the stuff: we have far more than we can cope with 
> in our garden.


Aye, next time I'm in Cumbria and I venture that far north.

Cheers
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:28:12 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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>
> You don't know Edith. She's still complaining about the time I gave her 
> some broad beans from my garden a couple of years ago: before I had time 
> to say anything she'd popped a couple in her mouth - raw. She says they 
> had to drive home with all the window open... Dog only knows what she'll 
> do with rhubarb.


Lol, I dread to think.


> They're in a cottage in a village within 5 miles from here, though I can't 
> say exactly until they've returned home, just in case they get mobbed by 
> fans.


No worries, they popular then? Only had a brief look at her website.

... Weather's iffy: you get up to blazing sunshine but by the time

> you've had your breakfast and had a proper look around the sky's getting 
> overcast. There has been rain. Right now I'd say there's about a 50/50 
> chance of rain in the next hour. It's not hot enough for August but hardly 
> what you'd call cold either.
>


It's been terrible down here too, only picked up the last few days. Might 
get a chance of a walk this weekend, which would be nice as I was stuck in 
the flat most of last weekend decorating, at least it was raining!
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:30:57 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"andy"  wrote in message 
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>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:3ledjeF11gr4lU1@individual.net...
>
>> Well, next time you're in the vicinity, Andy, give us a shout and you're 
>> welcome to a bagful of the stuff: we have far more than we can cope with 
>> in our garden.
>
> Aye, next time I'm in Cumbria and I venture that far north.
>

Not that far north. In fact I grew up thinking of Cumbria as rather far 
*south*...

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:06:20 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"a l l y"  wrote in message 
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> Not that far north. In fact I grew up thinking of Cumbria as rather far 
> *south*...


Yep, I normally just hang out in the southern bit of Cumbria though, so much 
to do around Grange.

But, you never know!
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:17:10 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"andy"  wrote in message 
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>
>> They're in a cottage in a village within 5 miles from here, though I 
>> can't say exactly until they've returned home, just in case they get 
>> mobbed by fans.
>
> No worries, they popular then? Only had a brief look at her website.


Hmm. The website is only a pale reflection of the True Edith. You have to 
have been hanging around uklc for a few years to understand, I guess. I do 
know there are lurkers out there, though, who spend their days being 
entertained by our little Cumbrian soap opera (hiya fans!) and it's the 
thought of inadvertantly sending total strangers to my friends' doorsteps 
that puts me off a bit. And of course Orly's various blues & rock bands have 
their own legions of fans, though probably mostly in Norway.

For similar reasons we never advertise exactly where and when we're going to 
have a boink. People who want to come let us know, and then the details are 
arranged by email. Otherwise we might have (a) odd folks hanging around in 
the pub we meet in, watching us (creepy!) or, worse, (b) burgling our houses 
when they know we'll be out and otherwise engaged.

It's a funny old world out there, and we all end up being more suspicious 
than we need to be, I guess, but you never know, do you? I do know that most 
lurkers are perfectly nice people - one or two have raised their heads from 
time to time and become very welcome members of the community - but for all 
we know there's a mad crazed axe-wielding serial killer, who cannot stand 
people who live in Norway, lurking too!


>
> .. Weather's iffy: you get up to blazing sunshine but by the time
>> you've had your breakfast and had a proper look around the sky's getting 
>> overcast. There has been rain. Right now I'd say there's about a 50/50 
>> chance of rain in the next hour. It's not hot enough for August but 
>> hardly what you'd call cold either.
>>

I was right, by the way. It rained. It's still raining. Heigh ho.

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:25:44 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"andy"  wrote in message 
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>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:3lep7aF12e9naU1@individual.net...
>
>> Not that far north. In fact I grew up thinking of Cumbria as rather far 
>> *south*...
>
> Yep, I normally just hang out in the southern bit of Cumbria though, so 
> much to do around Grange.
>

Never been that far south in Cumbria. You should try the north for a 
change - lots to do up here too, you know!

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:58:11 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

> I was right, by the way. It rained. It's still raining.
> Heigh ho. 
> 
> ally 


We're having another heat wave. It's currently 31C with a 
humidex of 40C.

Someone at lunch said they had heard it will last until October. 
That's going to cost me a lot for a/c.

I'm off to the beach next week so it's not all that unwelcome.

Johnny-scary-in-a-speedo

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Date:4 Aug 2005 12:52:50 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
Johnny@ominous.portent wrote:

>>I was right, by the way. It rained. It's still raining.
>>Heigh ho. 
>>
>>ally 
> 
> 
> We're having another heat wave. It's currently 31C with a 
> humidex of 40C.
> 
> Someone at lunch said they had heard it will last until October. 
> That's going to cost me a lot for a/c.
> 
> I'm off to the beach next week so it's not all that unwelcome.
> 
> Johnny-scary-in-a-speedo


I'm at 32C but the heat index is only 35C. My house is usually cool 
enough until the sun comes out on the west side of our big shade trees. 
Then the temp in this room skyrockets towards 28C.

I saw one late middle-aged man in a Speedo on Thursday at the beach. 
It's the sort of thing that stays in the mind. It was yellow, orange and 
pink. He was with his boyfriend. But there was another in the parking 
lot, who was no more than about 30, in a thong!  (Not often we older 
ladies are presented with eye candy like that.) He'd been surfing and 
was putting his surfboard on his car as we passed by. The majority of 
young men wear hugely voluminous knee-length shorts so low on their 
hips, that they need to wear their underpants showing over the waistband.

Jp
Date:Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:32:14 -0400   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Jpinny"  wrote in message 
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>

....... But there was another in the parking

> lot, who was no more than about 30, in a thong!  (Not often we older 
> ladies are presented with eye candy like that.)


Woo-hoo! Who needs a heatwave with tales like that to make the blood pump 
faster?

Since when were you an older lady, by the way? Older than what? Your 
daughter? You're just a young slip of a lass, still.

Well. I'm quite glad the Westcumbrian blokes don't take to thong-wearing. 
That really would be a scary sight.

ally
Date:Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:50:00 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
a l l y wrote:

> "Jpinny"  wrote in message 
> news:23uIe.11251$6%2.7572@fe10.lga...
> 
> ...... But there was another in the parking
> 
>>lot, who was no more than about 30, in a thong!  (Not often we older 
>>ladies are presented with eye candy like that.)
> 
> 
> Woo-hoo! Who needs a heatwave with tales like that to make the blood pump 
> faster?
> 
> Since when were you an older lady, by the way? Older than what? Your 
> daughter? You're just a young slip of a lass, still.
> 
> Well. I'm quite glad the Westcumbrian blokes don't take to thong-wearing. 
> That really would be a scary sight.
> 
> ally 
> 

Ms Pinny decided to spend the best part of this summer upstate, and 
there was a spare room, but she's due home on Saturday to be replaced by 
her grandma  when Ms P goes back to college. Otherwise, I'd invite you 
over for an oglefest down at the beach at the weekend.

Unfortunately, at this time of year, the beach (even the private, very 
expensive clubs) is more like school playground. Noise, noise, noise.


Jp
Date:Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:08:56 -0400   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

> I'm at 32C but the heat index is only 35C. My house is
> usually cool enough until the sun comes out on the west
> side of our big shade trees. Then the temp in this room
> skyrockets towards 28C. 
> 
> I saw one late middle-aged man in a Speedo on Thursday at
> the beach. It's the sort of thing that stays in the mind.
> It was yellow, orange and pink. He was with his boyfriend.
> But there was another in the parking lot, who was no more
> than about 30, in a thong!  (Not often we older ladies are
> presented with eye candy like that.) He'd been surfing and 
> was putting his surfboard on his car as we passed by. The
> majority of young men wear hugely voluminous knee-length
> shorts so low on their hips, that they need to wear their
> underpants showing over the waistband. 
> 
> Jp


I don't actually have a speedo.

Johnny-voluminous-knee-length-no-underwear

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Date:5 Aug 2005 09:19:02 -0500   Author:  

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<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message 
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>
> I don't actually have a speedo.
>
> Johnny-voluminous-knee-length-no-underwear
>

Gosh.

ally
Date:Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:52:16 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

>> Johnny-voluminous-knee-length-no-underwear
>>
> Gosh.
> 
> ally 


I felt compelled to mention that as I thought it even more odd 
when JP said men on a beach were wearing bathing shorts with 
underwear. Americans are such prudes.

Johnny-commando

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Date:5 Aug 2005 12:06:03 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:06:03 -0500, Johnny wrote:


>>> Johnny-voluminous-knee-length-no-underwear
>>>
>> Gosh.
>> 
>> ally
> 
> I felt compelled to mention that as I thought it even more odd when JP
> said men on a beach were wearing bathing shorts with underwear.
> Americans are such prudes.
> 
> Johnny-commando
> 

The grown men don't show evidence of underwear.
It's the young 'uns who like to show off their Joe Boxers
or Calvin Kleins. It looks very funny. 

Jp
Date:Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:45:01 -0400   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:52:16 +0100, a l l y wrote:


> 
> <Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message 
> news:42f37556$1_2@spool9-west.superfeed.net...
>>
>> I don't actually have a speedo.
>>
>> Johnny-voluminous-knee-length-no-underwear
>>
> Gosh.


It's not that daring, Ally. I do the laundry for two males
here, we have a few pairs of these voluminous swimwear items in our house.
(Currently, sadly not in use for young Master P. who has a broken ankle.
They come with built-in underwear. (Did I just call them that?)It's just
that the young 'uns wear them so low that they are prone to fall off
completely.
Date:Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:00:17 -0400   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   

> It's not that daring, Ally. I do the laundry for two males
> here, we have a few pairs of these voluminous swimwear
> items in our house. (Currently, sadly not in use for young
> Master P. who has a broken ankle. They come with built-in
> underwear. (Did I just call them that?)It's just that the
> young 'uns wear them so low that they are prone to fall off 
> completely. 


Underwear is a perfectly good word. These Cumbrians need to know 
the lingo in case they ever go shopping in North America.

My shorts are super light-weight nylon but have pockets which 
means I can wear them all week at the beach, in the beach house, 
or in town. I just have to remember to remover my wallet and car 
keys before going into the water.

We're in for a hot week. Daytime highs for the next five days 
are 29C to 32C.

See you all on the flipside.

Johnny-beach-bound

 


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Date:6 Aug 2005 08:51:32 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
Johnny@ominous.portent wrote:

>> It's not that daring, Ally. I do the laundry for two males
>> here, we have a few pairs of these voluminous swimwear
>> items in our house. (Currently, sadly not in use for young
>> Master P. who has a broken ankle. They come with built-in
>> underwear. (Did I just call them that?)It's just that the
>> young 'uns wear them so low that they are prone to fall off
>> completely.
>
> Underwear is a perfectly good word. These Cumbrians need to know
> the lingo in case they ever go shopping in North America.
>
> My shorts are super light-weight nylon but have pockets which
> means I can wear them all week at the beach, in the beach house,
> or in town. I just have to remember to remover my wallet and car
> keys before going into the water.
>
> We're in for a hot week. Daytime highs for the next five days
> are 29C to 32C.
>
> See you all on the flipside.
>
> Johnny-beach-bound


I assume the beach is that sand bar in the river?

AL



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Date:Sat, 6 Aug 2005 09:59:28 -0500   Author:  

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"Alfred Packer"  wrote in message 
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> Johnny@ominous.portent wrote:
>>> It's not that daring, Ally. I do the laundry for two males
>>> here, we have a few pairs of these voluminous swimwear
>>> items in our house. (Currently, sadly not in use for young
>>> Master P. who has a broken ankle. They come with built-in
>>> underwear. (Did I just call them that?)It's just that the
>>> young 'uns wear them so low that they are prone to fall off
>>> completely.
>>
>> Underwear is a perfectly good word. These Cumbrians need to know
>> the lingo in case they ever go shopping in North America.
>>
>> My shorts are super light-weight nylon but have pockets which
>> means I can wear them all week at the beach, in the beach house,
>> or in town. I just have to remember to remover my wallet and car
>> keys before going into the water.
>>
>> We're in for a hot week. Daytime highs for the next five days
>> are 29C to 32C.
>>
>> See you all on the flipside.
>>
>> Johnny-beach-bound
>
> I assume the beach is that sand bar in the river?
>
> AL


Yeah.  Well, it is a beach in the technical sense.  Do you think it's real 
humidity that far north?  Bet that 29C to 32C feels more like 70F than 90F, 
burr.....

Hope you actually do have sunny days and a nice vacation, Johnny.

Tania
Date:Sun, 7 Aug 2005 00:12:18 -0500   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
a l l y wrote:


> ........................ we never advertise exactly where and when we're
> going to have a boink. People who want to come let us know, and then
> the details are arranged by email. Otherwise we might have (a) odd
> folks hanging around in the pub we meet in, watching us (creepy!) ....


Which is daft really 'cos at any boink there's always odd folk hanging round 
in any pub staring (usually us) - just as we do here when we get strange 
folks entering our hostelry. If it hasn't got a bike jacket, facial tattoos 
and multiple piercings it's a tourist... Most of them are lucky to escape 
with their lives if it's near a weekend and the 'footie/rugby lads' are 
out....

Anyway, non-advertised boinks are poorly represented. My family accounted 
for 50% of the last one!! So, do we go to the next? Probably not.... unless 
a good turnout is guaranteed. I've said this before - I don't believe for 
one minute there are those who lurk on this group who have got the gumption 
to come and be a nuisance at a boink. For one thing they don't know what 
they're walking into and secondly, do you think someone could actually be 
bothered to travel out just to be a nuisance. At the last Yorks boink a few 
months back we had a mega turnout, folk coming from as far away as London. 
Now the UKLYorks is a pi$$-poor newsgroup with an average poster IQ of -3 
but not one single plonker turned up - except for me!! Let's do it properly. 
One year we hired a marquee on Southport beach and filled it (yes, I know 
Southport isn't central to Yorkshire but it suited the purposes of those who 
were travelling from away and doubled up as somewhere to crash overnight). 
Bands playing for 72 hours, drink running out in the wee small hours, and 
the only spot of bother came from four young dipsticks who thought they 
could just crash the party. I was so stoned, er... drunk I don't know if 
there's any truth in the rumour that we drowned two of them or not. Prob'ly 
did... Anyway, two incidents in 20 years ain't bad (the other was in a 
Social Club in Batley and was my fault 'cos I winked and blew a kiss at a 
bar-drunk who wouldn't stop staring and commenting on my pony-tail in a Very 
Camp Manner). I promise not to do that again... Actually I couldn't - not 
sporting this 'Phil Mitchell' look!!


> It's a funny old world out there, and we all end up being more
> suspicious than we need to be, I guess, but you never know, do you? I
> do know that most lurkers are perfectly nice people ........


<grin> Speak for yourself. You don't know what those lurkers really are 
getting up to when locked away in their little dark corners. Lurkers 
generally gain solace from the flickering screen behind the keyboard, get no 
emails, work for the DWP, or farm email addys for spam resellers.... </grin> 
But that's not to say they're not welcome. I met one once. He was 'OK'... He 
just stood there, beer in hand, on his own, and said nowt all night apart 
from the odd grunt. And then he went home again..... C'mon, let's go all out 
and break some records!! Get 50 bodies guaranteed and one of my bands will 
play for free.

Kezzi-not-a-lurker

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Date:Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Dirty Sanchez" <dirty_s@nchez> wrote in message
news:42f5daee_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...

> a l l y wrote:
>
> > ........................ we never advertise exactly where and when we're
> > going to have a boink. People who want to come let us know, and then
> > the details are arranged by email. Otherwise we might have (a) odd
> > folks hanging around in the pub we meet in, watching us (creepy!) ....
>
> Which is daft really 'cos at any boink there's always odd folk hanging
round
> in any pub staring (usually us) - just as we do here when we get strange
> folks entering our hostelry. If it hasn't got a bike jacket, facial
tattoos
> and multiple piercings it's a tourist... Most of them are lucky to escape
> with their lives if it's near a weekend and the 'footie/rugby lads' are
> out....
>
> Anyway, non-advertised boinks are poorly represented. My family accounted
> for 50% of the last one!! So, do we go to the next? Probably not....
unless
> a good turnout is guaranteed. I've said this before - I don't believe for
> one minute there are those who lurk on this group who have got the
gumption
> to come and be a nuisance at a boink. For one thing they don't know what
> they're walking into and secondly, do you think someone could actually be
> bothered to travel out just to be a nuisance. At the last Yorks boink a
few
> months back we had a mega turnout, folk coming from as far away as London.
> Now the UKLYorks is a pi$$-poor newsgroup with an average poster IQ of -3
> but not one single plonker turned up - except for me!! Let's do it
properly.
> One year we hired a marquee on Southport beach and filled it (yes, I know
> Southport isn't central to Yorkshire but it suited the purposes of those
who
> were travelling from away and doubled up as somewhere to crash overnight).
> Bands playing for 72 hours, drink running out in the wee small hours, and
> the only spot of bother came from four young dipsticks who thought they
> could just crash the party. I was so stoned, er... drunk I don't know if
> there's any truth in the rumour that we drowned two of them or not.
Prob'ly
> did... Anyway, two incidents in 20 years ain't bad (the other was in a
> Social Club in Batley and was my fault 'cos I winked and blew a kiss at a
> bar-drunk who wouldn't stop staring and commenting on my pony-tail in a
Very
> Camp Manner). I promise not to do that again... Actually I couldn't - not
> sporting this 'Phil Mitchell' look!!
>
> > It's a funny old world out there, and we all end up being more
> > suspicious than we need to be, I guess, but you never know, do you? I
> > do know that most lurkers are perfectly nice people ........
>
> <grin> Speak for yourself. You don't know what those lurkers really are
> getting up to when locked away in their little dark corners. Lurkers
> generally gain solace from the flickering screen behind the keyboard, get
no
> emails, work for the DWP, or farm email addys for spam resellers....
</grin>
> But that's not to say they're not welcome. I met one once. He was 'OK'...
He
> just stood there, beer in hand, on his own, and said nowt all night apart
> from the odd grunt. And then he went home again..... C'mon, let's go all
out
> and break some records!! Get 50 bodies guaranteed and one of my bands will
> play for free.
>
> Kezzi-not-a-lurker
>
> --
> http://furnessgigguide.tripod.com/
>

We'll come. :0) Thanks for prime time. I won't bother unpacking. Is it soon?
Just a minute. I'm going back to bed.

Edith.
Date:Sun, 7 Aug 2005 13:12:44 +0200   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
Never mind that. This is more important.
Had that little shite Cook stuck to fucking his wife, a doctor, he
might still be alive. What do you think? As far as I am concerned its
a case of another bent lying bastard bites the dust.

Mind you a great place to die!!!

Bill
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Date:Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:26:26 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100, Dirty Sanchez wrote:


> I met one once. He was 'OK'... He just stood there, beer in hand, on 
> his own, and said nowt all night apart from the odd grunt. And then 
> he went home again..... 


Once a lurker?

-- 
Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail
Date:Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:33:46 +0100 (BST)   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message 
news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.ikvwka2.pminews@news.howhill.com...

> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100, Dirty Sanchez wrote:
>
>> I met one once. He was 'OK'... He just stood there, beer in hand, on
>> his own, and said nowt all night apart from the odd grunt. And then
>> he went home again.....
>
> Once a lurker?
>

Johnny was a lurker until he came out, and now we all love him, don't we?

:-)

ally
Date:Mon, 8 Aug 2005 00:19:10 +0100   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"a l l y"  wrote in message
news:3lnj7eF13hcbhU1@individual.net...

>
> "Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message
> news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.ikvwka2.pminews@news.howhill.com...
> > On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100, Dirty Sanchez wrote:
> >
> >> I met one once. He was 'OK'... He just stood there, beer in hand, on
> >> his own, and said nowt all night apart from the odd grunt. And then
> >> he went home again.....
> >
> > Once a lurker?
> >
> Johnny was a lurker until he came out, and now we all love him, don't we?
>
> :-)
>
> ally


NO! ..................... oh well, maybe a little bit.

Edith.
Date:Mon, 8 Aug 2005 07:18:49 +0200   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message
news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.ikvwka2.pminews@news.howhill.com...

> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100, Dirty Sanchez wrote:
>
> > I met one once. He was 'OK'... He just stood there, beer in hand, on
> > his own, and said nowt all night apart from the odd grunt. And then
> > he went home again.....
>
> Once a lurker?
>
> --
> Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
> Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail


Poor fellow.

Edith
Date:Mon, 8 Aug 2005 07:26:42 +0200   Author:  

Re: Rhubarb and custard   
a l l y wrote:

> "Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message
> news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.ikvwka2.pminews@news.howhill.com...
>> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:56:55 +0100, Dirty Sanchez wrote:
>>
>>> I met one once. He was 'OK'... He just stood there, beer in hand, on
>>> his own, and said nowt all night apart from the odd grunt. And then
>>> he went home again.....
>>
>> Once a lurker?
>>
> Johnny was a lurker until he came out, and now we all love him, don't
> we?
> :-)
>
> ally


We do...! We do?????

So, Johnny came out. Do you know, he just doesn't look the type! Shows what 
I know - and there was I, feeling all protective over my angels!!

When Kemal came out there was no shutting him up either.....

Anthony's next...

Kezzi-heterosexual
Date:Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:08:04 +0100   Author: