tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post2246554676839905368..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Beer and whineCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-75423082968304672962019-02-27T07:19:33.703+00:002019-02-27T07:19:33.703+00:00The Trent passing through the village three miles ...The Trent passing through the village three miles north-east of me is a small river with bridges approximately every mile.<br />It is though a big river by the time it gets to Burton and it's massive as it joins the River Ouse to form the Humber. The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-86312985961267991232019-02-26T19:36:46.976+00:002019-02-26T19:36:46.976+00:00Yes, the Trent is a big river, historically with r...Yes, the Trent is a big river, historically with remarkably few bridges. Things are often quite different either side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64314530126080711382019-02-25T12:28:03.725+00:002019-02-25T12:28:03.725+00:00It is quite rare to get a warm pint in Newcastle b...It is quite rare to get a warm pint in Newcastle but in Edinburgh that is the norm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10603987317820861401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-82791257510762353532019-02-23T23:50:03.135+00:002019-02-23T23:50:03.135+00:00I don't know which annoyed me more, this ill-i...I don't know which annoyed me more, this ill-informed nonsense from Bruce Anderson, or the predictably Toryphobic Twitter shitstorm that followed. Ben Viveurhttp://www.benviveur.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-42303366792033648742019-02-23T08:04:33.039+00:002019-02-23T08:04:33.039+00:00Paul,
Yes, and the founding member who had come ba...Paul,<br />Yes, and the founding member who had come back for the project "as a favour" after thirty years likewise walked. The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-36514705394579059872019-02-22T22:26:12.817+00:002019-02-22T22:26:12.817+00:00Yes, CAMRA's departed, former CEO wasn't e...Yes, CAMRA's departed, former CEO wasn't exactly a rip-roaring success, and after he screwed up, he walked. Rather like a former Prime Minister I could name.<br /><br />Perhaps the former squaddie will also retire to an expensive shed in the garden to write his memoirs.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-73571318896222549422019-02-21T14:48:49.973+00:002019-02-21T14:48:49.973+00:00Frankly, anywhere outside my own enclave of shored...Frankly, anywhere outside my own enclave of shoreditch is a racist brexit voting cheap beer swilling hellhole that will ever appreciate craft beer writing.Total Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-34147672960024817442019-02-21T12:46:15.584+00:002019-02-21T12:46:15.584+00:00Tandleman wrote a very interesting blogpost about ...Tandleman wrote a very interesting <a href="https://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/does-civilisation-end-and-begin-at-derby.html" rel="nofollow">blogpost</a> about the "sparkler divide" between Northern and Southern beer a few years back. The border starts at Derby apparently.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387170913578542671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-92147491115128676972019-02-21T12:36:50.229+00:002019-02-21T12:36:50.229+00:00Yes, and I think his "Torture the wife and ch...Yes, and I think his "Torture the wife and children" goes beyond Thatcherism.<br />Now can we please get back to discussing southern beer ? The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-92132700130820203932019-02-21T10:57:33.058+00:002019-02-21T10:57:33.058+00:00Bruce Anderson and his fellow journalist Peter Hit...Bruce Anderson and his fellow journalist Peter Hitchens both moved from the far left in the late 60s to the Thatcherite right in the 80s, much like the RCP/Living Marxism, now trading as Spiked Online, has in the last decade or so.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387170913578542671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-54769149583136119562019-02-20T20:14:44.470+00:002019-02-20T20:14:44.470+00:00What is The Spectator? Some kind of television fa...What is The Spectator? Some kind of television fanzine by the name?dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-15163861988496298962019-02-20T18:23:12.266+00:002019-02-20T18:23:12.266+00:00The problem is that it was sincere. You and I are ...The problem is that it was sincere. You and I are the only Northern readers of the Spectator.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-22167974832316946202019-02-20T18:22:07.084+00:002019-02-20T18:22:07.084+00:00Mee-ow!Mee-ow!Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-88867035604355963712019-02-20T17:32:16.628+00:002019-02-20T17:32:16.628+00:00I would join you in condemning it but I enjoyed th...I would join you in condemning it but I enjoyed the outrage so I doff my cap to a better crack at trolling than I have managed in a long while.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-5982414750055853322019-02-20T17:20:57.302+00:002019-02-20T17:20:57.302+00:00"Such a complete load of ill-informed, xenoph..."Such a complete load of ill-informed, xenophobic nonsense" is equalled with Bruce's "That is especially true when it comes to the ablest group of them all, the soldiers".<br />https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/why-our-soldiers-are-more-impressive-than-every-other-kind-of-leader/ <br />Yes, recruit a retired soldier who brings in a dodgy Revitalisation plan and then after he has "aroused strong passions and unsettled many members" and steadily rising membership figures go into decline he's gone ! The Stafford Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-78811313999509238642019-02-20T17:02:54.178+00:002019-02-20T17:02:54.178+00:00"we Scots are not good at beer"????
Mak..."we Scots are not good at beer"????<br /><br />Makes me wonder when last this person ventured back over the Tweed.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-76930844156672900802019-02-20T16:19:07.466+00:002019-02-20T16:19:07.466+00:00The author of that piece clearly resides in London...The author of that piece clearly resides in London, with the untermenschen. Must more be said?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89238353415483713762019-02-20T15:32:28.432+00:002019-02-20T15:32:28.432+00:00I seem to recall Kent and Essex being some of the ...I seem to recall Kent and Essex being some of the keenest areas to vote for Brexit...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-67990870381257731592019-02-20T15:16:44.804+00:002019-02-20T15:16:44.804+00:00I believe the record should be set straight with a...I believe the record should be set straight with an equally generalised and xenophobic retort about soft southern nancies drinking warm, flat piss with a lemonade top to take the nasty beer taste away, in between sipping lattes and knitting quinoa hats and pashminas.electricpicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144970068645280352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-46043843365473403712019-02-20T15:04:14.954+00:002019-02-20T15:04:14.954+00:00You uppity northerners really need to learn your p...You uppity northerners really need to learn your place. First you all vote for Brexit like the inbred racists you all are, then claim your cheap brown sparkled swill is comparable to our fine highly priced sour murk ? What's to be done about you all?Total Curtisnoreply@blogger.com