Random Irritations

[Hobbit]

Not everyone has moved on . It was a bit wild west for many years at night but a lot of those bars have since closed/had their licences revoked. It's much improved, more family like now. Still plenty of pubs for those who want to swim in beer .

OMG, it was so much like the Wild West!

When we lived in South Shields we booked a B&B in Whitley Bay one Bank Holiday. Never again! It was mental…

 

[RichA]

OMG, it was so much like the Wild West!

When we lived in South Shields we booked a B&B in Whitley Bay one Bank Holiday. Never again! It was mental…

I went to Whitley Bay for a stag weekend in the early 90s.
Bar Rio was certainly fairly wild.
The local bucks didn't take kindly to outsiders.

 

[RichA]

Outrageous that always been a day of football. My dad and grandad would take us to the working men’s club to watch games along with other families who did the same.

Premier League are blaming the pile up of European fixtures.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Premier League are blaming the pile up of European fixtures.

May be some truth in that as there is a ridiculous amount of fixtures these days but it’s still a shame to see it gone.

 

[D-S]

Best you don’t try to bet too much this year, only one PL game on Boxing Day

Full schedule of Championship, League 1&2 and National League games to enjoy though.

 

[AussieKB]

Problem with my left knee, had difficulty swinging the club, it blew up like a balloon overnight, lucky to get in to see the doctor and having MRI on Monday, now taking anti inflammatory tablets.

So a quiet few days or weeks ahead.....good news are the tablets are working.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Full schedule of Championship, League 1&2 and National League games to enjoy though.

I’m gutted we’ve been drawn away on Boxing Day. As we’ve got family
Round for the day I could have got away with going to the home game as it’s only 25 mins by car could have wangled it as an afternoon with the boy before returning to guests. But can’t do it with it he game in Plymouth, we’re away on NYD as well to Peterborough and Mrs M has planned us to go to Somerset for the day to see MiL .

 

[Voyager EMH]

OMG, it was so much like the Wild West!

When we lived in South Shields we booked a B&B in Whitley Bay one Bank Holiday. Never again! It was mental…

Whitley Bay was lively, but not as bonkers as the Bigg Market on a Saturday night. That was early 1980s.

 

[Neilds]

Whitley Bay was lively, but not as bonkers as the Bigg Market on a Saturday night. That was early 1980s.

Barnsley had some wild nights. SR Gents (clothing manufacturer, no long gone) had a Christmas do that was legendary in the 80s, as was the council night out. You didn't need to work for the council to get a ticket so was rammed.

 

[PaulMdj]

Premier League are blaming the pile up of European fixtures.

Isn’t it more to do with it being a friday? If they all played Boxing Day there’ll be none on the saturday.

 

[Neilds]

Isn’t it more to do with it being a friday? If they all played Boxing Day there’ll be none on the saturday.

Nobody knows what day it is between Christmas and New Year anyway

 

[RichA]

Isn’t it more to do with it being a friday? If they all played Boxing Day there’ll be none on the saturday.

I thought that and Googled it. Last time BD was a Friday was 2014 and there were 9 Prem matches played.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Nobody knows what day it is between Christmas and New Year anyway

I have that problem every week

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I have that problem every week

I retired in 2008.
if it wasn't for golf Monday, Thursday and Saturday I'd be clueless.
Our course is closed so often at the moment I've started asking my wife again.

 

[rudebhoy]

Our local independent cinema has a season of Xmas films every year, - It's A Wonderful Life, Elf, etc. Last year they had Die Hard. We went along to that. Not sure it qualifies as an Xmas film, though obviously there is an Xmas theme running through.

This year they had The Shining. We went to see it last night. It holds up well after 45 years, Jack N is great in it, but there is no way it's any kind of Xmas film. Lots of snow, but absolutely no mention at all of Xmas.

 

[rudebhoy]

@The Squirrel ah, West Cumbria is quite an isolated place and can get pretty feral. You did well to come out unscathed

Whitley Bay used to have a heck of a reputation on a bank holiday Monday for drinking up here but the council have clamped down on this in recent years. It did get out of hand.

I experienced quite a few BH Mondays in Whitley Bay. Absolutely mad. Everyone started drinking at lunchtime, and were off their faces mid-afternoon. Sylvester's nightclub used to open at 4pm and would be rammed in minutes.

The whole drinking culture has changed in WB, it's all wine bars and micropubs these days. A definite change for the better, but I did love the madness back in the mid-90s.

 

[Slab]

12 different options for choosing your prefered plane food but no way to say. No mushrooms !

 

[KenL]

Problem with my left knee, had difficulty swinging the club, it blew up like a balloon overnight, lucky to get in to see the doctor and having MRI on Monday, now taking anti inflammatory tablets.

So a quiet few days or weeks ahead.....good news are the tablets are working.

Sounds like your health service is in decent shape there, or are you paying privately?

 

[nickjdavis]

12 different options for choosing your prefered plane food but no way to say. No mushrooms !

Not flying Easy Jet then!!

Mind you...they'd probably charge a tenner to remove the mushrooms.

 

[Golfmmad]

Dentists!! Just them in general doesn’t irritate as much as it’s pure hatred

I’d rather be punched in the face than sit in the chair I’m waiting to go in and have someone shove implements in mouth whilst telling me to open wider whilst they drill and prod

Not really......he's still got to fork out £10K for a gearbox!!!!!!! I assume he's plenty money?

Yes really!