while the virtual bar is always nice to visit, those wanting to abide in reality can visit a new bar in Glasgow (in Scotland for those geographically challenged) called ... Lebowski's, tag line - "not a man, but a way of life".
I am not affiliated with this place and have yet to actually visit but one can only hope it is more than a tacky theme bar ... and serves a nice white russian or oat soda ;)
a recon mission is required i think!
Quote from: milnie on October 07, 2011, 11:50:27 AM
while the virtual bar is always nice to visit, those wanting to abide in reality can visit a new bar in Glasgow (in Scotland for those geographically challenged) called ... Lebowski's, tag line - "not a man, but a way of life".
I am not affiliated with this place and have yet to actually visit but one can only hope it is more than a tacky theme bar ... and serves a nice white russian or oat soda ;)
a recon mission is required i think!
One of the reviews from http://www.list.co.uk/place/103063-lebowskis/
is this the naffest concept for a bar ever?
sure, if it'd opened a couple of years after the film was out, and it was a proper spit and sawdust joint with a bowling alley and a rug that really tied the room together, maybe they'd have got away with it... but jumping on the sad-act bandwagon years after everyone but fat IT geeks have lost interest, and basically opening an early 90s style bar - wrought iron! blonde wood! - full of b-list ageing losers...
the food's alright but the complete lack of atmosphere, half-assed decor and cheesy music won't have rushing back in a hurry.Yep, sounds like a dude's place to me! ;D
Thanks dude for the link. Wonder if a minister can get a freebie?
Quote from: milnie on October 07, 2011, 04:46:49 PM
Thanks dude for the link. Wonder if a minister can get a freebie?
Well we just don't know dude...it may be worth a try though...just whip out your Dudeist Priest ID card and tell them the Dudely Lama sent you! ;D
Having spent 20 years in that part of the world I was adamant that I would never cross Hadrian's wall again.
However,I think I might revise that decision shortly.
Bloody long way out of town though.
I used to go to a singles club down on the river between Anderston and Finnieston and that was bleak and far enough to walk home from with a skinful.
Is that, like a "Campbell" thing?
I have to admit that when I saw the topic title all I could think of is Cheers.
And now I have the theme song stuck in the ol' noggin.
Quote from: A.B. Dude on October 08, 2011, 04:00:46 AM
I have to admit that when I saw the topic title all I could think of is Cheers.
And now I have the theme song stuck in the ol' noggin.
I hate when that happens...here, maybe this will help...Yummy....yummy....yummy...Don't go changing to try and please me..I love you just the way you are....if you want it...here it is...come and get it...
More "earworms" here: http://www.koat.com/entertainment/23216575/detail.html
You can listen here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/collection-of-songs-that-get-stuck-in-your-head
QuoteIs that, like a "Campbell" thing?
Ye cannae trust yin o them pal! :o
Right bunch o rug pissers and nihilists!
Quote from: Caesar dude on October 08, 2011, 11:49:04 AM
QuoteIs that, like a "Campbell" thing?
Ye cannae trust yin o them pal! :o
Right bunch o rug pissers and nihilists!
Aye! I heard the story while visiting Castle Campbell in Scotland back in 2001.
http://www.thesonsofscotland.co.uk/themassacreofglencoe1692.htm
Indeed and as a kid it is taught at the knee.
Scots will never forget the misery and atrocities that were put upon their ancestors for hundreds of years.
Freedoooooooooooooooooooooooooommmm!!!!!!!!!
Braveheart is a fav of mine... Visited Stirling Castle too... climbed the steep narrow staircase up to the top carrying tons of photography equipment. It might have been worth the trip had it not started pissing rain once I got there.
What - rain in Scotland? NO!!!
My ancestors were Scot (a MacDonald Clan derivative). Can't fit into my kilt any more though since I quit smoking years ago.
Oh, speaking of atrocities, the highland clearances were the worst. Fucking England...
Haud oan there a minnit.Haud yer wheesh.They clairences where doon t' yon Heilan Cheifties sellin oot 'cause of all yon monney they lost in ra sooth sea bubble.An' sheep where easier an cheaper t' look efter th'n coos.
An' they only moved doon t' London on account of losin' all there monney in the Panama fiasco.
Culloden was Scot on Scot and was not a bid for independence.Scottish regiments of the government forces fought followers of the Stewart claim of right to the 'British' crown.It was a British rebellion.It just happened to have been fought in Scotland.
If you want to discuss atrocities we could start with manifest destiny.And why Mexico is only half the size it started out.Oh and how Cuba Libra got its name and why the state flag of Hawaii has a Union Jack in it.
On the other hand...................................I think I'll just have another beer.
Now see you! Ah ken whit yer sayin mon. Aye a Big battle fought on Scottish soil between a German king and A French fop....ah've nuthin against the French mah self but. That fucking girl Charlie needed tae hae a right good look at his self...dragging aw they lads doon wi him under the pretence o an independant Scotia....then the wee fuckhead lost his bottle and rin awa' dressed as the big french tart he really was....sheesh nae wonder we're aw fed up!
Aye I'll hae a pint o special please! :)
for those who have the cheers theme tune stuck in their head i truly apologise.
before we start sharpening our swords and heading for York again to battle the rug-pissers, we should remember that with all politics it was the under table stuffed envelopes that undone the Scots in those days, the Other Lebowskis of the day out to protect theirs'.
However, we should also take great comfort in that fact that a thousand years before all this, the greatest army the world has known took one look at us and thought,"fuck that" and built a great big wall to keep us out!
But we digress ... ;-)
To be fair to the Romans...they'd only been fighting for a thousand years and had probably never met a few drunken Scotsmen before..... ;)
...come-back HAPpy, come-back HAPpy...
Aye an' a bit of Mackeral settler rack and ruin
ran it doon by the haim, 'ma place
well I slapped me and I slapped it doon in the side
and I cried, cried, cried.
The fear a fallen down taken never back the raize and then Craig Marion,
get out wi' ye Claymore out mi pocket a' ran doon, doon the middin stain
picking the fiery horde that was fallen around ma feet.
Never he cried, never shall it ye get me alive
ye rotten hound of the burnie crew. Well I snatched fer the blade O my
Claymore cut and thrust and I fell doon before him round his feet.
Aye! A roar he cried frae the bottom of his heart that I would nay fall
but as dead, dead as 'a can be by his feet; de ya ken?
...and the wind cried Mary.
;)
The Romans! What did they ever do for us? Apart from............No hold on a minute.
When they cleared off, the bath houses closed, the theatres closed,the roads disappeared under the weeds, the postal service stopped and all the nice buildings fell down.Shoot through bunch of bastards.
Quote from: Zen Dog on October 10, 2011, 08:35:09 PM
The Romans! What did they ever do for us? Apart from............No hold on a minute.
When they cleared off, the bath houses closed, the theatres closed,the roads disappeared under the weeds, the postal service stopped and all the nice buildings fell down.Shoot through bunch of bastards.
What did the Romans Give US!...
(I think I received this in an email back before the turn of the century.)
Subject: The Impact of the Roman Empire on Space Shuttle Design
A useless fact (with a twist) about technology:
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4
feet 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in
England, and English expatriates built the US railroads.
Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail
lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad
tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the
tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building
wagons, which used that wheel spacing.
Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would
break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because
that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads? The first long distance roads
in Europe (and England) were built by Imperial Rome for their
legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts? Roman
war chariots first made the initial ruts, which everyone else had to
match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels and wagons. Since
the chariots were made for, or by Imperial Rome, they were all alike
in the matter of wheel spacing.
Thus, we have the answer to the original question. The United States
standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches derives from the
original specification for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
Specifications and bureaucracies live forever. So, the next time you
are handed a specification and wonder which horse's rear came up
with it, you may be exactly right. Because the Imperial Roman war
chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of
two war-horses.
And now, the twist to the story...
There's an interesting extension to the story about railroad gaugesand horses' behinds. When we see a Space Shuttle sitting on its
launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides
of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs.
Thiokol makes the SRBs at their factory at Utah. The engineers who
designed the SRBs might have preferred to make them a bit fatter,
but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the
launch site. The railroad line from the factory had to run through a
tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.
The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the
railroad track is about as wide as two horses behinds.
So, the major design feature of what is arguably the world's most
advanced transportation system was determined by the width of a
Horse's [rear]!
Think about it!
Received from L. Rodney Ford via Doug Taylor.
Innerestin.But the Romans didn't use 'war' chariots.Chariots were for racing, (in the circus) and ceremonial parades.
The 'Eagle' also fucks up the truth.The Britons didn't use them in combat either.They were just a transport system.
Also used for showing off pre combat.There was a lot more to conflict in those days.Like stags rutting.
Wagon wheel spacing was as it was just because of regulation.The civil service is not a modern concept.
Quote from: Zen Dog on October 12, 2011, 07:33:00 PM
Innerestin.But the Romans didn't use 'war' chariots.Chariots were for racing, (in the circus) and ceremonial parades.
The 'Eagle' also fucks up the truth.The Britons didn't use them in combat either.They were just a transport system.
Also used for showing off pre combat.There was a lot more to conflict in those days.Like stags rutting.
Wagon wheel spacing was as it was just because of regulation.The civil service is not a modern concept.
Yeah, someone corrected calling it a hoax on the MOTU forum with this link:
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp
It did make a good story though. 8)