The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Taihape

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Hello and 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 Pub has made its way to Taihape - The Gumboot Capital of the World!

http://www.taihape.co.nz/

We also welcome our newest member, Amber ...who no doubt will have an interest in those boots!

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Aaron Smith, Topsy Ojo, Jason Shoemark, Tom Rees, Gonzalo Garcia, Leo the Leinster Lion and Lalakai Foketi up on the wall.



Last Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t35494p1050-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-oxford

rodders wrote:Wow just seen Exeter thumped quins.

for ASBO for Stag.

How's Whitten getting on?

rodders, he's doing great, been playing OC or wing, and coming on in leaps and bounds - was a big part of yesterday's 5 try display

Thomond wrote:People outside of Ireland, heck even those outside of Cork might have trouble with it but I find this funny, bit of lanugage in it but your man has made some good videos on kind of Cork or Irish things

Spoiler:

Yeah I saw all those a while back! My favourite by far is Tommy;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocWVgmkUSk&feature=relmfu

Risca Rev wrote:I'll have a question about steaks when I get back to the UK, Glas. Had a leaflet with a steak offer in Rugby World and wondering if it's worth it?

Something like 2 fillets, 2 ribeyes, and 3 other ones plus 12 mini steak burgers for £29

Rev. I used to Order from Donald Russell. To be honest I think you are better off with your local butcher.

Risca Rev wrote:I'll have a question about steaks when I get back to the UK, Glas. Had a leaflet with a steak offer in Rugby World and wondering if it's worth it?

Something like 2 fillets, 2 ribeyes, and 3 other ones plus 12 mini steak burgers for £29

Value for money OK, but what about quality. Only one way to find out!

Notch wrote:

Thomond wrote:People outside of Ireland, heck even those outside of Cork might have trouble with it but I find this funny, bit of lanugage in it but your man has made some good videos on kind of Cork or Irish things

Spoiler:

Yeah I saw all those a while back! My favourite by far is Tommy;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocWVgmkUSk&feature=relmfu

Hoog always says Tommy looks like a turtle...

Yeah that's the thing Glas, I was sceptical about the quality. I will try them. You're only allowed one order per household anyway, so it'll only be a one off unless I use other addresses.

Rav, I'm far too lazy for going to a butchers. Do see some good deals when I'm passing by on nights out though.

Glas a du wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:I'll have a question about steaks when I get back to the UK, Glas. Had a leaflet with a steak offer in Rugby World and wondering if it's worth it?

Something like 2 fillets, 2 ribeyes, and 3 other ones plus 12 mini steak burgers for £29

Value for money OK, but what about quality. Only one way to find out!

The quality is excellent Glas/Rev. The value of that offer is as well but I found the general price a bit expensive. Also if you check the weights of the cuts they are fairly small. The Fillets are around 4oz I think. The ribeyes and rumps are about 6 ounces.

Jeepers, we buy a 14k box for £120! You get steaks, mince, stewing steak and joints.

Rava wrote:

Glas a du wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:I'll have a question about steaks when I get back to the UK, Glas. Had a leaflet with a steak offer in Rugby World and wondering if it's worth it?

Something like 2 fillets, 2 ribeyes, and 3 other ones plus 12 mini steak burgers for £29

Value for money OK, but what about quality. Only one way to find out!

The quality is excellent Glas/Rev. The value of that offer is as well but I found the general price a bit expensive. Also if you check the weights of the cuts they are fairly small. The Fillets are around 4oz I think. The ribeyes and rumps are about 6 ounces.

+1 Quite often use DR, particularly for kiddies size steaks, and puddings (white, black, etc.)

Nice one ASBO, glad to hear he's doing well.

Flip another epic day. 3 hours slogging uphill through soaking wet Donegal bogland. Never again .

writers if you could take a look at an article, I'd be grateful. Part of it is a day late to be on here now, but the rest should be okay

Will do Dreamer.

My flatmate has control of the remote tonight so Xfactor is on

The guest artist just came off stage and hugged on of the judges. And the singing carried on despite him not having the mic near his mouth. Lip synch fail.

Diolch

I am quite glad I've successfully managed to avoid that rubbish this year Pete!

You had a good weekend?

just seen it on twitter, but have you guys read about that Warrington player?!

rugbydreamer wrote:Diolch

I am quite glad I've successfully managed to avoid that rubbish this year Pete!

You had a good weekend?

Yeah. Lovely weather, spent yesterday afternoon in the Wheatsheaf to watch the ABs win, a Holden won Bathurst overnight, had a nice long walk this afternoon and cooked my Mum's Tuna "pie" recipe* for dinner. And I can take the leftovers to work for lunch tomorrow.


*
Mix together
A tin of tuna
1 cup of cooked rice
1 cup of frozen peas
A roux (ie about 1cup of white sauce) - I included mustard and paprika in the sauce
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped up
Some sliced spring onion or chives

Top with a layer of tomato slices then grated cheese & breadcrumbs, bake until topping is golden

Comfort food. Even if it's not really a pie.

rugbydreamer wrote: just seen it on twitter, but have you guys read about that Warrington player?!

Ouch. I was about to mention him. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

rugbydreamer wrote:Diolch

I am quite glad I've successfully managed to avoid that rubbish this year Pete!

You had a good weekend?

Yeah. Lovely weather, spent yesterday afternoon in the Wheatsheaf to watch the ABs win, a Holden won Bathurst overnight, had a nice long walk this afternoon and cooked my Mum's Tuna "pie" recipe* for dinner. And I can take the leftovers to work for lunch tomorrow.


*
Mix together
A tin of tuna
1 cup of cooked rice
1 cup of frozen peas
A roux (ie about 1cup of white sauce) - I included mustard and paprika in the sauce
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped up
Some sliced spring onion or chives

Top with a layer of tomato slices then grated cheese & breadcrumbs, bake until topping is golden

Comfort food. Even if it's not really a pie.

Just made a note of that recipe, sounds yum!

Congrats on the AB's win too, it's been a v good tournament for you guys

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

rugbydreamer wrote:Diolch

I am quite glad I've successfully managed to avoid that rubbish this year Pete!

You had a good weekend?

Yeah. Lovely weather, spent yesterday afternoon in the Wheatsheaf to watch the ABs win, a Holden won Bathurst overnight, had a nice long walk this afternoon and cooked my Mum's Tuna "pie" recipe* for dinner. And I can take the leftovers to work for lunch tomorrow.


*
Mix together
A tin of tuna
1 cup of cooked rice
1 cup of frozen peas
A roux (ie about 1cup of white sauce) - I included mustard and paprika in the sauce
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped up
Some sliced spring onion or chives

Top with a layer of tomato slices then grated cheese & breadcrumbs, bake until topping is golden

Comfort food. Even if it's not really a pie.

Sounds delicious, I'll give that a lash so thanks to you & Ma C.

But as you rightly state, Pete. Nae pastry case = nae pie, there is no exception.

You need all the comfort food you can get PJ

£10 says Bath finish ahead of Glaws again this year, to charidee of course.

Incidentally, I just watched Andrew Marrs' history of the world, and two things struck me.

i) The Trade and Goods Descriptions Act does not relate to TV broadcasting.

ii) If Andrew Marrs' mouth was any wider, his head would hinge backwards from his neck.

Cartoon gag from yesterday.

Woman talking to man at a party.

"You work for the BBC." "So are you a tax dodger or a p a e d o p h i l e?"


I'll get me coat.

Or just guilty by association?

They all knew about "it" but did nothing to stop it, meally-mouthed liberal bed-wetters. Esther Rantzen? What a fraud.


As for tax-dodging?

Some of them are clearly employed by the BBC but benefit from Self-Employed status.

The rules regarding being "self-employed" in the construction industry are extremely well defined and strict.

The two primary indicators are that work should be undertaken on a fixed price basis, and that all risk should lie with the contractor.

In other words, you don't get a salary, you get a price for the delivered product, and if it runs over, or under-delivers, you need to provide more materiel and time/effort to produce the required product, at the original price agreed - i.e. "at your own risk".

Self-employed my arse,

Jaysus, who'd be stoopid enough to support this bloated cesspit of human vanity?

Bollix, there must be a way around the licence fee using European Law?

Dreamer's weekend work http://www.v2journal.com/foundations-development-and-results---the-drovers-way.html

PJ, sadly I'm fond of shepherds pie and cottage pie too. Neither of which are known for their pastry

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:Dreamer's weekend work http://www.v2journal.com/foundations-development-and-results---the-drovers-way.html

PJ, sadly I'm fond of shepherds pie and cottage pie too. Neither of which are known for their pastry

Yup, they're nae pies though either Pete, just stews with a tater lid on 'em. I'm cool with various dishes being flirtatious with the "pie" epithet, to be fair, there's little so flattering as imitation, but there is one thing, and one thing alone that remains constant when it comes to a pie.

It has to be entombed in pastry, else it's just a wannabee.

I'm still having a lash at Ma C's ensemble mate, call it what ye want, it sounds bloody lovely mate.

Morning all. Looks like I'd better get a brew on

Bore da pawb / good morning all, it's a dark and drizzly morning here on the docks, but I wouldn't mind a day of steady lightish rain. It seems like every time it's rained the last few weeks, it's been the heavy stuff.

Good this, Pete!

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Bore da pawb / good morning all, it's a dark and drizzly morning here on the docks, but I wouldn't mind a day of steady lightish rain. It seems like every time it's rained the last few weeks, it's been the heavy stuff.

Good this, Pete!

Cheers Lucky. I'll try and send some London drizzle your way. Generally I prefer proper heavy rain, to get it over and done with.

Morning guys,

Best proper rain I've experienced is in Saigon. It bounces about 1-2m off the road creating a sort of white-out effect. I'll never forget a chain of about 3 or 4 people carrying massive umbrellas* between the road and the hotel lobby which allowed us 'foreigners' to get through the doors relatively dry.

* They were about 2.5m diameter. Thought it was some sort of gimmick at first but soon realised it was another practical Vietnamese improvisation.

PJHolybloke wrote:

PJ, sadly I'm fond of shepherds pie and cottage pie too. Neither of which are known for their pastry

Yup, they're nae pies though either Pete, just stews with a tater lid on 'em. I'm cool with various dishes being flirtatious with the "pie" epithet, to be fair, there's little so flattering as imitation, but there is one thing, and one thing alone that remains constant when it comes to a pie.

It has to be entombed in pastry, else it's just a wannabee.
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At Last!! Someone who agrees with me and Hughie

PJ your dead right, I'm sick of these jumped up stews with a hat on mascarading around the place pretending to be a pie.

You want to be a pie then get yourself surrounded in pastry. Then and only then will I accept you as a pie.

:mumblestohimselfinthecornerjumpedupstewswhodotheythinktheyarepretendingtobeapie:

Ah rav, I see you've already got into this. Good man

Hughie, its a debate that shouldn't be allowed to be swept under the proverbial carpet so I welcome the views of the very knowledgeable PJ

I'm with you guys on this one. I mean if I stick some mashed spud accidentally on top of a lamb chop does that suddenly become a pie. NO IT DOES NOT!!!!

Get into the pastry of you want to be a pie, puff or short crust I don't care.

God I am so sick of morning TV, I have even gotten into counting guests' teeth on Jeremy Kyle, there's 3 guests and I can count 5 teeth so far. They also don't seem to be speaking english, subtitles please ITV

Indeed Rav, its not very often we meet someone as knowledgable as us on this matter. Together we shall take on the world

Scotty,

Good to see that little operation hasn't affected your sense of reason. Cracking point about the lamb chop.

I feel we need to start a campaign.....

Hoog wrote:Scotty,

Good to see that little operation hasn't affected your sense of reason. Cracking point about the lamb chop.

I feel we need to start a campaign.....

I shall crack on with getting the T-shirts and banners printed as I have far too much time on my hands.

Pete330v2 wrote:

Hoog wrote:Scotty,

Good to see that little operation hasn't affected your sense of reason. Cracking point about the lamb chop.

I feel we need to start a campaign.....

I shall crack on with getting the T-shirts and banners printed as I have far too much time on my hands.

Step 1 is to come up with an alternate, short appellation to apply to all the current faux pies
"Shepherd's Bake" ?

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

Pete330v2 wrote:

Hoog wrote:Scotty,

Good to see that little operation hasn't affected your sense of reason. Cracking point about the lamb chop.

I feel we need to start a campaign.....

I shall crack on with getting the T-shirts and banners printed as I have far too much time on my hands.

Step 1 is to come up with an alternate, short appellation to apply to all the current faux pies
"Shepherd's Bake" ?

Pete we are happy to encompass the "traditional" pies such as cottage and shepherds and even your Ma's Tuna version. The problem area is the bowl of stew with the unattached pastry lid. Just imagine that lid falling off on the way to the table. What would you be presented with?

The problem with starting a campaign like this is, where do you stop? For example, I've never met a particularly promiscuous custard tart.

Hi all thanks for the birthday wishes. Didnt come on here yesterday had a great day. Stayed in bed til 11, big fry up, watched a film and then watched the Lions v South Africa 2nd Test from 2009, big family dinner in the evening, then cake and drinks until the wee hours.

Cracking birthday!

Something encased is pastry is a pasty.

A filling with a lid or a pastry bottom is a pie.

Happy Belated Birthday Stag!

Glas a du wrote:Something encased is pastry is a pasty.

A filling with a lid or a pastry bottom is a pie.

I'm with Glas on this one.

I'd also like to see Pizza reclassified as an open faced toasted sandwich...

Haha your on PJ!! Charity of our choice?

Man it's very welsh weather today!! Best improve for the half marathon on Sunday....should be fun and am aiming to be pretty sloshed that evening, good times!!

Mick did you get any of the ten euro tickets for asm?*

Nah bud. I didn't think i needed to, haven't had any requests come in for tickets. Are you over for it?

Aye I am, didn't realise they were on sale today. Only found out ten minutes ago.


Will need to pick up some

Well you will have missed the €10 ones, but at €30 the standard priced tickets aren't too steep. Did your new jersey arrive?

Aye it did, its delicious!!

Will be out on full show come Saturday. Really looking forward to it.

Rava wrote:

Glas a du wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:I'll have a question about steaks when I get back to the UK, Glas. Had a leaflet with a steak offer in Rugby World and wondering if it's worth it?

Something like 2 fillets, 2 ribeyes, and 3 other ones plus 12 mini steak burgers for £29

Value for money OK, but what about quality. Only one way to find out!

The quality is excellent Glas/Rev. The value of that offer is as well but I found the general price a bit expensive. Also if you check the weights of the cuts they are fairly small. The Fillets are around 4oz I think. The ribeyes and rumps are about 6 ounces.

Thanks a lot for that mate. I'll do the offer, then stick with the butchers.

Hi all. Started making my way home. Back in UK tomorrow aft. Can't wait. Will miss the sun though.