The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

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Welcome to the Virtual Rugby Pub - a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the wedding pictures of Father Christmas, Sean Lamont and Paddy Wallace above the bar!


So pull up a chair....what'll it be?



Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t20203-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub

Howya Gibbo

Glad to hear you're having a good one mate. Bet it's tough being taken out for beers every night, but I'm guessing you'll soldier on manfully

evening guys

Hi Cricket. Good Christmas mate?

Pete,
Good win today. The little Ozzies brought you some Iris luck.

yh it was good thanks gibbo, how was yours mate?

For sure Gibbo, little ones had me in stitches throughout.

Much needed win for us as well, need to get a little run going as it's so tight from 3rd to 10th in the league.

It was grand Cricket. 16 people for dinner. The 3 wimmin did us proud. Feast.
We took over and cleaned up the mess. Then created another mess.

Playing charades pished is great craic. We took the game to the pub and woke them up. Everyone got involved. Got very messy by 12am. Nice messy.

top stuff gibbo

Evening All

Hope the rugby goers enjoyed themselves. Back to work for me tomorrow. I'll struggle to get up a half five!

Cari wrote:Evening All

Hope the rugby goers enjoyed themselves. Back to work for me tomorrow. I'll struggle to get up a half five!

try having to get up at half 4 lol.

Oh, and I will say this safe in the knowledge that it cannot be construed as sour grapes as we won, but the referee was absolutely shocking.

No clue in the scrums, and very inconsistent at the breakdown. Only saving grace was no absolute howler that affected the result.

Cricket - I wouldn't be surprised if I'm wide awake earlier actually. I've been wide awake around six every morning during the holidays.

i hate being up at half 4, but i think about the money lol.

Ive been up at the crack of 12 every day. Sleeping like a bu88er!

Hoi Cari darlin. Hope you had a great one. You seem to like the new job. So that makes it easier.

I can't sleep in, as much as I've tried, I still get up when it's dark!

Gibbo - Work wise, I've had a tough couple of weeks to be honest, but someone said to me the other day, apparently it takes on average about three months for someone to settle into a new job, so I've a while to go yet. It'll come. I just need to give myself a break once in a while, but that's me, always have to try twice as hard. Christmas has been a peaceful and much needed rest.

Gibson wrote:It was my niece btw... had me dancin like an eejit in the local pub. No change there.

As for the Bovril & Dean vids... not showing em. You'd only laugh at me...

I still haven't seen the one of Mrs P dancing on the tables.

MrsP wrote:Gibbo,

How could you even think that I would laugh???

Turkey and STUFFING CALLS!

Later!

Sorry Mrs P, but you don't get 10lb turkeys that are not deboned. It should have been obvious it was boned and rolled.

It will come Cari. It will come. Just ease yerself into it.

Glas,
Thats X-rated man and something MrsP did when she was younger and foolish. Last year.

Oh, that looks like a pick on p parade! It's just that those two caught my eye reading back.

X-rated in the way only good God fearing girls can dare to produce eh?

Phew!

Haven't done one in a while so..

https://www.606v2.com/t20904-your-2011-rugby-union-highs-and-lows#806558

Good enough game at Twickenham. Could have handed out eye patches to the Quins fans around us.

Evening again.

Glas, we do get 10lb turkeys here. This one wasn't boned or anything just prestuffed and already in one of those "roasting bags".

I feel I cheated somehow not having to do all that dressing, stuffing and basting.

Mind you, it was only stuffed in the neck cavity whereas I usually press loads of stuffing between the breast and the skin to keep the breast meat moist.

10lb with the stuffing and the rest of it?

Yeah Notch, it was 10.5lbs stuffed.

MrsP wrote:Evening again.

Glas, we do get 10lb turkeys here. This one wasn't boned or anything just prestuffed and already in one of those "roasting bags".

I feel I cheated somehow not having to do all that dressing, stuffing and basting.

Mind you, it was only stuffed in the neck cavity whereas I usually press loads of stuffing between the breast and the skin to keep the breast meat moist.

What you had was a big chicken. Healthy turkeys are properly matured at 16lb+

Are you sure it wasn't 10k?

Sounds great, what did you have for your main course after that?

Stuffing.

The Story of Ireland (Fergal Keane) is now being repeated on RTE it seems. Great series.

Just on the Viking raiding parties striking at a small settlement on the Liffey known as Dubh Linn. Turned into a fortress, a port and then- over time- a cosmopolitan European trading hub.

Excellent and really informative series that. Learned a lot. It gets close to the bone too about the Irish. Good and bad. Keane pulls no punches. He's just the man for the job.

Glas,

Obviously I didn't get to meet the bird in it's prime but it was labled Bronze Turkey from a reputable retailer and it tasted like turkey so....

Maybe it was a youngun or a smallun?

Or maybe it had very heavy inards? Or very heavy feathers?

Does explain why I have so much trouble trying to get a fowl that wouldn't feed a small army!

MrsP, threatening not to have a Christmas and only cooking turkey today! Whatswrongwithya?

Spoiler:

Well it isn't as as it sounds.

I used to do the whole shebang on Christmas Day but the kids were never that fussed on the turkey and trimmings and they jusy wanted me to be there with them when they were playing with their pressies. So we decided to have "Party Food" on Christmas Day so I can spend more time with the kids and less time in the kitchen.

When we are home I would have cooked the traditional Turkey and trimmings on Punching (Boxing/St Stephens) Day but we were out this year so....

That's a good idea actually. I personally couldn't have gone without my Turkey and the sandwich that followed yesterday. Hope the weeuns had a fab time

Works for us!

Was the big guy in the red suit good to you?

He told my brother to buy me a box of cereal but besides that yeah! Got some interesting gifts aswell and some home made chocolates.

A box of cereal!

The big lad in the red suit was very good to me indeed. I have a good few books and DVDs that I won't have time to enjoy once I start back

Well you must have come up as "Nice" on the elf scanner then Notch, although, hearing about the box of cereal, the jury is still out on Thomond.

It was a surprise to the main gift really. They are very tasty but will probably give you diabetes. A breakfast cereal with Marshmallows!

MrsP wrote:Glas,

Obviously I didn't get to meet the bird in it's prime but it was labled Bronze Turkey from a reputable retailer and it tasted like turkey so....

Maybe it was a youngun or a smallun?

Or maybe it had very heavy inards? Or very heavy feathers?

Does explain why I have so much trouble trying to get a fowl that wouldn't feed a small army!

You never said it was a bronze. They are the black feathered ones with much gamier meat. The White ones have much heavier breasts.

Thomond wrote:MrsP, threatening not to have a Christmas and only cooking turkey today! Whatswrongwithya?

Spoiler:

Bara-gravy. Every Sunday when you had just gravy left on your plate after lunch, a 'toc' of bread and some spare gravy. Fills a hole till the rice pudding arrives.

Can anybody tell me why, although I'm not fond of swedes, gravy made with swede water is much nicer?

I suppose it's like Potato water.

I guess the starch acts as a thickening agent.

Evening all!! I just beat the family at the original trivial pursuit

Morning all

Back to work for me today

Ah well, it could be worse, could be out of work and Santa may not have visited for the littlies, so can't grumble too much.

And it's almost the weekend, and it's the littlest of the O's 2nd birthday on Saturday, so we are now busy preparing for that having just got through Christmas.

Ozzy

I had two calls yesterday (I wasn't even on call) for a street assault and a domestic where both parties were in the nick.

"tis the season of family breakdown
Tra la la la la la la la la..."

'tis most definitely the season where I get very busy Glas, lot's of domestics and plenty of shiny new presents in houses for all the local scagheads to try to get their sticky little mits on!

Morning all,

Awfully empty office this morning, nice 'n' quiet.

tis very much in my office

That used to urine me off royally. The Partners would insist the office was open 2 days between Xmas and new year, but wouldn't turn up themselves nothing got done and it just caused resentment. Since I became partner we have closed all week. It's a small gesture but buys a lot of goodwill.

Morning all,

I hope you all had a great Christmas, looking forward to New Years and that the b'tards you work for haven't dragged you back in this week.

Hope you had a nice Christmas too maesteg... and have a great NYE!

Most of my clients take the time off... although there is one who expects me to be 'on call' - which I am. However, so far so good.
No phone calls or emails.