mercuryg

he's always been good at cooking

the books

It's always interesting when people have a dig at the Tavern with reference to 'debt collectors' and 'cooking the books', especially when one considers the plac is still open while others fall by the wayside. being a regular in there (and elsewhere in the town, although with increasingly less choice sadly) some of the stories that come about are brilliant: there's the famous one about the Tavern not being able to get any beer as the other pubs have stopped lending it to them, and then there's further about how all of teh regulars have been asked for loans, and yet more about them having to pay fo their beer upfront as they can't get credit, and so on. yet, day in, day out, it's open. Unlike others.

The pub trade is going through hell these days, as the breweries have the landlords by the balls: they dictate the prices for both the rent and the beer, and there's little anyone (other than the management at a free house such as the Northumberland) can do about that. Cooking the books, as such, is not possible - pay the rent or you're out.

Clearly, with your constant references to dodgy goings on and such, you don't frequent the Tavern: i do, and i'm a lot better placed to comment on 'cooked books' than someone who relies on what is nothing more than heresay and gossip.

I wouldn't trust Ian to count up to ten, as it happens, but he can cook me a curry any time. Try it before you !*!@# it off.

i wonder who's cooking that then?

probably a debt collector.

Ho Ho; no, it's Ian actually, and it's bloody good.

until I physically see someone from Bedlington refused a job to have it given to migrant, I refuse to believe this rubbish.

Bang on, Mrs Vic - way to go old girl. Unemployment is always going to present a problem of one kind or another, but the 'jobs nicked by immigrants' excuse simply doesn't wash with me. before my present era of self-employment, and since my starting my first job at the age of 18 - my God, that was some time ago - I have worked for eight different companies, many of them with workforce of in excess of 500. The number of 'immigrants' I can count on having worked alongside is absolutely negligible. Of course, in a different part of the country (and bear in mind my working years in the great metropolis of Manchester) things may be somewhet different, but certainly not here.

As for the Gurkha's, let em in.

From my office window I can see several nice fences; anybody else have anything to say on boundary enclosures?

i thought the sunn inn was closing.last day was to be sunday i was led to believe.

anybody got any news on this.

Hang fire as the Sun is not yet closed! I believe there are 'interested parties'.

Sadly no exclusive interview with OBL, but just having a potter down Borneo way to hang out with some monkeys.

You can do that in the Tavern on a Saturday night - ginger ones included!

Back in good ole Bedlington now, which has never looked as good... but that's just because the Bell has shut down now

Good to have you back.

HP, uncannily accurate with the photoshop there! Although, with a handful gin-soaked, spray-tanned tourists and some screaming ginger babies. Bedlington has never looked as good.

What are you doing out there Mrs Vic?

While agreeing with Malcolms perfectly logical observation that we have, as a race, increased the levels of pollution we are soiling the planet with, the fact remains that our contribution - in terms of CO2 - pales into insignificance when weighed up against the natural emissions. The figures I do not have at hand, but we are talking hundreds of billions against tens of millions. I'm not advocating that we should all waste energy willy-nilly - it costs too much - but neither am I pedalling the myth that we all need to switch to hybrid cars pretty soon or the planet will die (in fact, as of the moment and for the last several years, I don't drive.)

As Threegee rightly points out, there is a considerable amount of money spent on research into this area, most of which seems to produce computer models that predict things we can not possibly predict; the weather forecast example is clearly relevant, as it highlights the variability of nature. Furthemore, if you talk to the Inuit, who carry out a regular census of Polar Bears (name, religion, address, telephone number....) they will tell you that while numbers are declining in some areas, they are increasing in others. They will also tell you that this happens over decades, it is not unusual. They do this regular count, incidentally, in order to deduce where they are most likely to get eaten while fishing.

The whole climate change industry is allowing governments to impose absurd and poorly thought out quotas and taxes on nations worldwide: the commitment to renewable energy that this country has made is impossible to meet - that's a fact, not a supposition: we could not build the number of wind turbines required in the time given, and then we would have nowhere to put them (apart from off shore, but remember - unlike our local ones - that the sea moves, and with it the cables....I'm sure Gooch would have told them that).

To sum up, the advert that runs for ever on TV - the one saying 'we are now producing more CO2 than the planet can cope with' - is not true at all; we are contributing very little indeed.

Now, on another note, Malcolm also raised the point about magnetic influences - I agree, there is a very odd planetary arrangement arriving soon, and cosmic storms are expected in the near future. This is all very interesting, and merits greater investigation. Meanwhile, I'm strapping myself to my desk for all of 2012, in case the increased gravitational pull of Jupiter sucks me out of the window.

I may not be allowed in there anymore either after I was caught by the management frequenting another establishment.

I doubt you'll miss it!

......will provide the remaining establishments with a few more punters... as long as the Bell clientelle aren't changing their venue to anywhere we go!

The majority of them are not allowed in anywhere MrsVic. Mind, I'm not allowed in somewhere.

....their quality control measures....

They don't have any!

We've been here before, in another thread I believe, with relation ot the IPCC approved data put put last October for Siberia which was, as it happens, a copy of that put out by the same agency in September. This resulted in alarmist claims that October, 2008, was the warmest, ever, on record! It wasn't, of course, as the figures were for the previous month. When questioned as to how this could happen, the agency (GISS? I have not the name to hand but they are one of four who monitor for NASA and the IPCC) stated that they could not afford a quality control process.

Whoa, it's gone all modern sort of! I like the grey, very neutral.

It's on Wiki, for heavens sake, you expect it to be nonsense!

Poor old Mr Darn. And I thought he was stronger than this. Come back, Darn, all is forgiven.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

Coming from a background in the print and publishing industry, and being a writer myself, I was aware of Lorem Ipsum; I just thought it was funny. I'll get me coat....

what is that a pontiac?

No, it's a supercar. Alfa Romeo, with a very tricky race bred engine under the bonnet. Probably not expensive enough for you, though, and built by Italians.

.......during Ken's terms as Mayor much good work was done........

Such as?

Asbestos roof. Steer clear.

This is the best news ever!

I've always wanted to own a tea-room and spend my days making rockbuns and cakes! Perhaps this could be my opportunity!

And hopefully, if my Bero recipes go well, it might stop people being sick outside of wor hoose at a weekend?

And it would be the perfect christening venue. (middle classes and above only)

Brilliant!

Your chicken soup was pretty good, but then it came in a tin.

I wouldn't be a customer, Mrs Vic: no beer, no me i'm afraid. I am, though, pretty much middle class despite my lowly address.

nah 01670 843131 is a handy number (chincillas pizzashop) 101 is just a waste of time!

Thought Italian food was !*!@# ?

i italians are b*llicks at everything even there food is b*llicks!

Philistine! That rules out Ferrari, maserati, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, not to mention Pagani....plus lasagne!

Any car built in the Zagato, Bertone or Pininfarina workshops has to be considered superior.

Not sure i can concur with that comment; Zagato, in particular, produced some absolutely hideous machines and have runied numerous very beautiful Alfa's/Lancia's by deliberately applying 'controversial' design touches. Furthermore, Italian steel throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's was notoriously thin and prone to rusting, leading to a great number of apparently 'quality' coachbuilt cars simply crimbling away without encouragement.

I note, on the other hand, that Monsta still insists on referring to 'supercar money'; I thought we'd agreed that, simply because a Noble M12 is now available for less than 20 grand, it does not suddenly mean it's no longer a supercar....

(so as not frustrate Mr Darn!)

But I LIKE to infuriate Mr Darn.

Rock and roll.

You got a hell of a lot to learn about roock n roll, lady....

Old hat this,but where would they build this leisure palace,where there is land W.D.C. build houses!

When did WDC last build a house?

As for money for us ie.Bedlington,get a grip man,any money W.D.C. gets goes to Newbiggin-By- the-Sewer or Ash-it-on as in Ash-It-on Bedlington. So no surprise the money is going elsewhere....eh!!! De-ja-vu.

yeah, of course, we'll just let it be; that old complacency, hey?

Mercury don't mention 'It's your country' in HP's precense you'll be accused of racism,cos if blacks muslims or others of ethnic minorities wanted anything in Bedlington you can Guarantee HP's support,I'm sure I saw him on telly holding a placard'Basra Murderers' when our brave troops returned home,I have also heard that he has a steel hook attached to one arm,he also patrols The Monkey and Northumberland Arms preaching his White Hatred

I don't know him, so wouldn't care to comment.

here look an offical list of supercars look here and swalnalla ya heaps not on it!

Hang on, this lost sort of stuffs your argument a bit - look:

Alfa 147GTA

AC Cobra 427

Audi TT (!)

BMW 125i, M3, and M5 - (er, you said....)

BMW 2002 Turbo (i'm only on 'B' for christs sake....)

Cadillac CTS, Chrysler 300 - who are they kidding?

Caterham 7??

This is a cracker - DeLorean DMC12!!!!!!!!!!

Honda S2000?

Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8?

Is this serious?

Lotus Elise?

Look, i'll stop there; we need some clarification as to what a supercar is; I take on board your expectations of teh exotic entirely, but a Jeep? A Cadillac CTS? The Audi TT?

What's official about this list?

We need an independent arbitrator to clarify the word 'supercar'......