Slung out the pub !

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

There’s a new one,

slung out because Brum has a power cut!

 

Well I’m now sitting smug on the boat with electricity and cold beer in fridge. 

While others miss the Olympics on telly and worry about the stuff in the fridge/freezer going off

Edited August 11 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer

[MtB]

26 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Well I’m now sitting smug on the boat with electricity and cold beer in fridge. 

 

Eh? You drink your Bathams ice cold out of the fridge??!!! 

[Lily Rose]

Depends on the fridge surely?

 

Maybe the best it can manage is 12°C. Perfect.

[dmr]

Its a sad  world were nothing works without electricity and the internet.  Handpumps and cash, thats the solution.

 

We had posh breakfast in Marlborough two weeks ago. A bloke opposite with a mini digger dug into the leccy main, spectacular and scary, a fireball and a sort of orange mushroom cloud.  All the shops shut. luckily our breakfast had just arrived.  We did think breakfast was going to be free but they had a card reader thing on their mobile phone 😀.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

14 minutes ago, Lily Rose said:

Depends on the fridge surely?

 

Maybe the best it can manage is 12°C. Perfect.

Lager, so nice and cold. 
I find if I’ve had enough cold Stella I’m brave enough to get into a fight over fairy lights,

or usually

fall asleep 💤 instead. 

 

15 minutes ago, dmr said:

Its a sad  world were nothing works without electricity and the internet.  Handpumps and cash, thats the solution.

 

We had posh breakfast in Marlborough two weeks ago. A bloke opposite with a mini digger dug into the leccy main, spectacular and scary, a fireball and a sort of orange mushroom cloud.  All the shops shut. luckily our breakfast had just arrived.  We did think breakfast was going to be free but they had a card reader thing on their mobile phone 😀.

 

this was the Flapper who only do card now. 
Went corner shop who take cash and they served me by torchlight, even showed me around the shop by torch light. 
 

 

[Cheshire cat]

Last time i wa subjected  to a powercut it was a case of copporing up on the bar

 

[dmr]

This card only thing is not good, but I can see that it's actually quicker than handling cash. I've got sucked in, I started using cards in pubs during Covid, and sort of got stuck with it. Its worrying when I look at my bank statements, and I guess the government can look too if it wants.

 

Coming off the Rochdale we popped into the Ship at the top of Slattocks, I got the card out, the landlady gave me a stern look "its cash only here and you should know better because you've been in here before" 😀

[MtB]

26 minutes ago, dmr said:

Its a sad  world were nothing works without electricity and the internet.  Handpumps and cash, thats the solution.

 

We had posh breakfast in Marlborough two weeks ago. A bloke opposite with a mini digger dug into the leccy main, spectacular and scary, a fireball and a sort of orange mushroom cloud.  All the shops shut. luckily our breakfast had just arrived.  We did think breakfast was going to be free but they had a card reader thing on their mobile phone 😀.

 

 

Lol, that incident created traffic chaos. It delayed me by about 20 mins on my way to fix a boiler in Gloucester.

 

I too have a variety of ways of collecting payment about my person when I get there!

 

 

[mrsmelly]

12 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Lager, so nice and cold. 
I find if I’ve had enough cold Stella I’m brave enough to get into a fight over fairy lights,

or usually

fall asleep 💤 instead. 

 

 

this was the Flapper who only do card now. 
Went corner shop who take cash and they served me by torchlight, even showed me around the shop by torch light. 
 

 

LAGER!!!!! 😱

[Mike Hurley]

How can you have a name of beerbeerbeerbeer if you drink that awful Lager.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

1 minute ago, mrsmelly said:

LAGER!!!!! 😱

Yeah, I try not to drink when I’m home 

 

I was happy drinking some Enville beer in pub til power cut. 
 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:

How can you have a name of beerbeerbeerbeer if you drink that awful Lager.

I’ll change it to beerbierebeerbierebeer as soon as I can. 

[Lily Rose]

12 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

LAGER!!!!! 😱

 

My thoughts too. One benefit of a poorly performing fridge is that it's perfect for bitter and such like but too warm for lager.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Oh it’s a well performing fridge 👍

and I have a freezer for the vodka 

[MtB]

I had an eight day long power cut in my hovel. After a couple of hours I decamped to the boat and stayed there till it csme back on. 

 

Bewilderingly, I got a cheque in the post from SES or some random electricity supplier as 'compensation'. Guess how much!!

 

 

[Mike Hurley]

The downside of living abroad is what they call beer isnt, makes my UK visits worthwhile to get proper ale, my local spoons always has a good selection at cheap prices.

1 minute ago, MtB said:

I had an eight day long power cut in my hovel. After a couple of hours I decamped to the boat and stayed there till it csme back on. 

 

Bewilderingly, I got a cheque in the post from SES or some random electricity supplier as 'compensation'. Guess how much!!

 

 

Hope it covered 200 quids worth in the freezer that went off.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

So what beer that isn’t beer you got out there? 

[MtB]

3 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:

The downside of living abroad is what they call beer isnt, makes my UK visits worthwhile to get proper ale, my local spoons always has a good selection at cheap prices.

Hope it covered 200 quids worth in the freezer that went off.

 

£500

[Mike Hurley]

4 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

So what beer that isn’t beer you got out there? 

All Lager type stuff, Hieneken, Amstel and local brews, oh and Tuborg, there is a Cider that is stupidly sweet. There was a local brewery that done an IPA at 6.5% but covid seen them off, now when i visit UK i drink Punk IPA or Abbot ale.

Edited August 11 by Mike Hurley

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Ooooh, that’s a poor show,

oh dear..now wonder you like it back here

[Mike Hurley]

1 minute ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Ooooh, that’s a poor show,

oh dear..now wonder you like it back here

A week is all i can take.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I’ve just checked to see where you are,

they must have some descent local brews?

I bet they got some good home made spirits !

[jonathanA]

7 minutes ago, MtB said:

I had an eight day long power cut in my hovel. After a couple of hours I decamped to the boat and stayed there till it csme back on. 

 

Bewilderingly, I got a cheque in the post from SES or some random electricity supplier as 'compensation'. Guess how much!!

 

 

Well they are required to pay up if there are more than a few unscheduled power cuts within a certain time frame. It happened to me few years ago and I berated ENWL about the number of power cuts I had and they sent me 50 quid. ...

 

So my guess £50.

 

Needless to say I had to find the small print on the ofgem website to find the number of unplanned power cuts, in what period and of what duration then claim the 50 quid... 

[MtB]

5 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:

now when i visit UK i drink Punk IPA or Abbot ale.

 

Oh my goodness. Punk IPA tastes like grapefruit juice but I find Abbot passable if cellared well. Try and find a pint of London Pride - a step up from abbot or even better, seek out some Butcombe Original. A truly gorgous bitter when cellared well! 

[Mike Hurley]

2 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

I’ve just checked to see where you are,

they must have some descent local brews?

I bet they got some good home made spirits !

They make something called Raki, strong spirit made from various fruits, very nice but deadly.

[MtB]

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, jonathanA said:

So my guess £50.

 

As already stated, it was £500. Shocking!