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Armaghtoffee said:
If those walls could talk @roydo there would be some stories to tell.

Give me an old boozer any day of the week over one of the cookie cutter chain ones.
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Not half mate. Its only had 3 landlords (of any length) in the 40 years I have been going there. The latest, John, is committed to keeping it as is, and has been a regular himself for years.

Carol Vordrman got absolutely arse hole drunk there a few years ago. Was very very funny. It was the usual virginal attempt to drink the local scrumpy; it rarely ends well!

And everyone for miles around knows it. So if I need a tradesman/delivery etc etc, for directions, its "Go past the Black Horse, up the short hill, and we are on the right. You can see the Snevets (house name, read it backwards) sign from the road".
 
Sassy Colombian said:
Happy match day friends!

Our first time of the season is finally here and while i wish our first game wasn’t against Chelsea, at least we are playing home so hopefully we will achieve a good result in front of our crowd.

So much has happened the past couple of weeks but it would take me far too long going over everything but the highlights are that I lost my phone in the river while tubing after my tube when under a branch that had a copperhead hanging from it that almost landed in my tube. Then my iPhone replacement got stolen from outside my gate, the whole ordeal left me without phone for almost a week which seem like an eternity during this age of technology. In the meanwhile Sofia came home from camp one day claiming that she was now a woman since she got her period for the first time so my poor husband is now going have to deal with two PMSing women every month and just a bathroom, not good at all. Then my younger brother decided he didn’t want to go to the beach while he is visiting from Belgium canceling our only chance to go to the beach this summer so that was very disappointing. Work has been very busy still but last Saturday at an event that I attended I got a visit from the VP of Student Services, who is the main boss in my department, and he expressed how happy they are with my work. Later in the conversation when I told him how much I want to continue growing within the college he mentioned that in the future my boss position will become available once she retires and that I should pursue it, which is great to hear that he would consider me for that job. Lastly, Sofia is going to overnight Girl Scout camp tomorrow, I have been helping her things get ready which has added to my busyness. She is super excited about going again on this experience and one of her best friends is going too and they will be placed in the same cabin so they can’t wait to spend this time together without parents. The hubby and I are also thrilled to have some time on our own, our 26 year anniversary is the following week and that will be a busy time for me as it is the beginning of the fall semester at the College so we are going to make the most of it next week instead. That’s my quick update and it took much longer than I hope.

I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend and may our Blues give us the first happiness of the season with a win!

Arriba los Caramelos!
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Well done on getting recognition for your work Sassy, your passion and drive will get you far.

Thoughts and prayers with Mr Sassy as he embarks on this new chapter of his life sharing a house with 2 women ?
 
Sassy Colombian said:
Seems like a very enchanting place. What brought you and Nikki there?
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I have been an on/off regular for decades Sass, and Nikki, at the time, rented the house we bought a few months later. I was having a pint with my Dad one early evening, and I noticed this very pretty girl at the bar. As she left, she said Hi to my Dad, and after she left, I asked him who was that? "Thats Nikki from the Black Horse mate".

The next weekend, I was there on a Saturday, on the lash with a mate, and this very pretty petite girl asked if she could buy me a pint. We got chatting, set a date, and that was that.

I later found out that she had quizzed her pal, who knew me and Dad, and she gave me a decent reference, but then she dared Nikki to buy me a pint! Glad she liked dares!
 
roydo said:
Not half mate. Its only had 3 landlords (of any length) in the 40 years I have been going there. The latest, John, is committed to keeping it as is, and has been a regular himself for years.

Carol Vordrman got absolutely arse hole drunk there a few years ago. Was very very funny. It was the usual virginal attempt to drink the local scrumpy; it rarely ends well!

And everyone for miles around knows it. So if I need a tradesman/delivery etc etc, for directions, its "Go past the Black Horse, up the short hill, and we are on the right. You can see the Snevets (house name, read it backwards) sign from the road".
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My local at home has been in the same family since 1880- current Landlady is 97. She is also the aunt of the actor Martin Short. Former Labour MP Clare Short is also a niece of the family.

How strong is the Scrumpy?

Snevets is an in joke surely ?
 

Armaghtoffee said:
My local at home has been in the same family since 1880- current Landlady is 97. She is also the aunt of the actor Martin Short. Former Labour MP Clare Short is also a niece of the family.

How strong is the Scrumpy?

Snevets is an in joke surely ?
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Its pretty strong, but creeps up on folk. I have literally seen scrumpy virgins just fall off a bar stool.

No, Snevets is the name of our house. First owner/builder/farmer, who knows, must have been called Stevens, or Steven, and named it thus. We quite liked it. It usually gets a reaction.
 
roydo said:
Its pretty strong, but creeps up on folk. I have literally seen scrumpy virgins just fall off a bar stool.

No, Snevets is the name of our house. First owner/builder/farmer, who knows, must have been called Stevens, or Steven, and named it thus. We quite liked it. It usually gets a reaction.
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He must have been called that at school or something.

Probably a really silly question this but the ‘in Gordano’ in the name, isn’t there a couple of places with that suffix? Is Gordano the wider area or something?
 
Armaghtoffee said:
He must have been called that at school or something.

Probably a really silly question this but the ‘in Gordano’ in the name, isn’t there a couple of places with that suffix? Is Gordano the wider area or something?
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There are a few mate. Gordano is the valley nearby. It was drained by the Romans, or Normans, using rhynes and that. (It is below sea level, just), and the network is still here. Its a nature reserve and Site of Scientific Interest these days. Plus farmland.

You have Walton In G, Eastern In G, Clapton, obvs, the Gordano Motorway services, and Western in G. Its quite a beautiful spot, but every summer, probably millions of folk drive above it, (the motorway is 200 feet in the air and invisible), to heavens knows where further down into the South West. Suits me fine.
 
Sassy Colombian said:
Happy match day friends!

Our first time of the season is finally here and while i wish our first game wasn’t against Chelsea, at least we are playing home so hopefully we will achieve a good result in front of our crowd.

So much has happened the past couple of weeks but it would take me far too long going over everything but the highlights are that I lost my phone in the river while tubing after my tube when under a branch that had a copperhead hanging from it that almost landed in my tube. Then my iPhone replacement got stolen from outside my gate, the whole ordeal left me without phone for almost a week which seem like an eternity during this age of technology. In the meanwhile Sofia came home from camp one day claiming that she was now a woman since she got her period for the first time so my poor husband is now going have to deal with two PMSing women every month and just a bathroom, not good at all. Then my younger brother decided he didn’t want to go to the beach while he is visiting from Belgium canceling our only chance to go to the beach this summer so that was very disappointing. Work has been very busy still but last Saturday at an event that I attended I got a visit from the VP of Student Services, who is the main boss in my department, and he expressed how happy they are with my work. Later in the conversation when I told him how much I want to continue growing within the college he mentioned that in the future my boss position will become available once she retires and that I should pursue it, which is great to hear that he would consider me for that job. Lastly, Sofia is going to overnight Girl Scout camp tomorrow, I have been helping her things get ready which has added to my busyness. She is super excited about going again on this experience and one of her best friends is going too and they will be placed in the same cabin so they can’t wait to spend this time together without parents. The hubby and I are also thrilled to have some time on our own, our 26 year anniversary is the following week and that will be a busy time for me as it is the beginning of the fall semester at the College so we are going to make the most of it next week instead. That’s my quick update and it took much longer than I hope.

I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend and may our Blues give us the first happiness of the season with a win!

Arriba los Caramelos!
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Sorry to hear that you had a bit of bad luck regarding your phone and the fact that you won’t be able to go to the beach this summer however it’s good to know that you well regarded at work and there could be a promotion in the future. Enjoy your time alone with Mr Sassy and early Anniversary wishes to you both.??.
 

roydo said:
I have been an on/off regular for decades Sass, and Nikki, at the time, rented the house we bought a few months later. I was having a pint with my Dad one early evening, and I noticed this very pretty girl at the bar. As she left, she said Hi to my Dad, and after she left, I asked him who was that? "Thats Nikki from the Black Horse mate".

The next weekend, I was there on a Saturday, on the lash with a mate, and this very pretty petite girl asked if she could buy me a pint. We got chatting, set a date, and that was that.

I later found out that she had quizzed her pal, who knew me and Dad, and she gave me a decent reference, but then she dared Nikki to buy me a pint! Glad she liked dares!
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Such a nice story. The pretty girl thought highly of you and for a good reason she went for that dare.
 
Gwladysover said:
Sorry to hear that you had a bit of bad luck regarding your phone and the fact that you won’t be able to go to the beach this summer however it’s good to know that you well regarded at work and there could be a promotion in the future. Enjoy your time alone with Mr Sassy and early Anniversary wishes to you both.??.
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Thanks @Gwladysover l wish I had not dropped my phone mostly because i lost some great pics I had taken that day but at least I had insurance on it. I do wish I had video of me encountering that huge snake and dropping my phone. When it was happening everyone was acting like a mad woman and to jump of my tube ?
 
Sassy Colombian said:
Such a nice story. The pretty girl thought highly of you and for a good reason she went for that dare.
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Dad was astonished when she turned up with me for Sunday lunch not 2 weeks later! They got on famously, he even delayed a medical proceedure so he could be at her funeral.

As I probably said in her leaving thread, we just clicked, from day one. Wasnt hard, wasnt always perfect mind, what is ? But when she was back home, I told her I was so lucky to have met you. . "Roydo, you had no choice in it".

As ever, she was most likely right.

Anyrate. Forza Nikki, and UTFT.
 
roydo said:
Well, stone me.

For the first time in a while, (y'know), have felt happy today. Spent a few hours with my Mum pottering around the marina, where she is soon moving to after Dad died, @Barnfred 55 will know the place. Then confirmed a delivery and installation of a log burner in the snug, and booked a chimney sweep for Tuesday. And, which still makes me giggle, I get a certificate from the sweep which I show to the burner installation bloke!

The thought of a chimney certificate would have tickled Nikki's funny bone. "Well done chimney, you have been a good chimney" would have been the sort of thing she would have said. Bless her cottons.

Had worse days Rodney.
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Having a go at that chicken and chirozo dish tonight mate, with a couple of amendments to suit my taste. Will let you know how it goes
 

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