NFR NFC 2017 - The friendly thread for lovely people

[Quark]

2 hours ago, dizzymoo said:

 Unfortunately the gulls haven't taken long to notice the nice new outdoor dining area, and nicked half my lunch! 

That's fighting behaviour for me Dizzy!!

Just got back from a 2 hour walk up on the downs, about to do a nice mezze dinner outside with, I think, a rum and ginger to round off the weekend

[Funkyfairy!]

Just now, Quark said:

That's fighting behaviour for me Dizzy!!

Just got back from a 2 hour walk up on the downs, about to do a nice mezze dinner outside with, I think, a rum and ginger to round off the weekend

Ooo dark n stormy - my favourite :-)

[Quark]

49 minutes ago, Funkyfairy! said:

Ooo dark n stormy - my favourite :-)

Not quite! Fiery ginger beer instead of coke, and a sprig of mint if you're feeling sophisticated. Which, obviously, I am

[djdavejohnson]

Morning all, hope everyone's good and had a great weekend. Back to work for me today - boo!

[Funkyfairy!]

12 hours ago, Quark said:

Not quite! Fiery ginger beer instead of coke, and a sprig of mint if you're feeling sophisticated. Which, obviously, I am

Ooo get you :-) dark and stormys are rum and ginger but not fiery (whatever that is ) and defo not the Mint .... Interesting and one to try next weekend :-) 

[Quark]

12 minutes ago, Funkyfairy! said:

Ooo get you :-) dark and stormys are rum and ginger but not fiery (whatever that is ) and defo not the Mint .... Interesting and one to try next weekend :-) 

Ah my error - I'd always known D&S as rum & cokes!  I'll get back in my box

By fiery I mean the stuff like Old Jamaica ginger beer that's got a bit of kick to it, rather than ginger ale.  I'm hooked on Red Leg spiced rum with it as well, has more vanilla to it than Sailor Jerry.  If you're feeling really swish, a little splash of apple juice along with the mint is good too.

Not that I've given this much thought or anything...

[Quark]

Ooh, and of course, as instructed I'm only praising appropriate gods these days

 

[lucyginger]

Dark and stormy?! That's a bit risky for here!! 

 

[tommywillo]

Good morning one and all,

First time on efests for while and all i have to say is......

 

IS IT FECKIN OCTOBER YET!

Sorry i didn't get to meet everyone at the meet and those i did it was frickin great to see you and put faces to names 

Roll on next year

[djdavejohnson]

Hi @tommywillo I don't believe we've conversed yet, I hope you had a great festival! 

Not October yet but we are into August! Seriously, where is the time going?

My first day back at work today and I've been working on pensions all day. Massive bleugh! 

Doing my first bit of exercise in almost a month shortly, and hoping the shoulder holds up. Fingers crossed

[H.M.V]

Rum and coke = Cuba libre 

Rum and ginger = dark and stormy. I like to splash a dash of angostura bitters in there as well. And none of that spiced rum shite. Proper dark rum with lots of lime. 

[Quark]

20 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

Rum and coke = Cuba libre 

Rum and ginger = dark and stormy. I like to splash a dash of angostura bitters in there as well. And none of that spiced rum shite. Proper dark rum with lots of lime. 

I'll stand corrected on the preferred nomenclature; not going to argue with your booze knowledge HMV!

However I am going to stand up for a good spiced rum. I do like a dark (brought a nice bottle of 12 year Appletons back from Jamaica ) but spiced and ginger in the sunshine, heaven!

[eastynh]

Had it died down on here a little since the festival? I don't remember it being so quiet in the aftermath last year.

[tommywillo]

16 hours ago, djdavejohnson said:

Hi @tommywillo I don't believe we've conversed yet, I hope you had a great festival! 

Not October yet but we are into August! Seriously, where is the time going?

My first day back at work today and I've been working on pensions all day. Massive bleugh! 

Doing my first bit of exercise in almost a month shortly, and hoping the shoulder holds up. Fingers crossed

Hiya Davejohnson

I don`t think we have had a chat yet mate its nice to virtually meet ya Had my best festival so far and so can`t wait for next year,  How was your festival mate?

first day back in work? it feels like i`ve been back a bloody lifetime already, haha,

Take it easy with the exercise if you have a bad shoulder mate...... bed yourself in and start slow.

 

Edited August 2, 2016 by tommywillo
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[lucyginger]

1 hour ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

It's always quiet once everyone's reviewed Glastonbury and gone on holiday. The tourists will be around next month for advise on getting tickets then it'll be manic for a few weeks  before the winter death just after T day.

There was a timeline year thingy a couple of years ago wasn't there? I'm sure someone clever can find it! 

Morning all, btw. I put up some pics from the festival last night onto FB, they're @Wellyboots pics, I havent put mine up yet! I'll see if I can post some here later this week, bit busy til friday! 

HMV, thanks for clarification, that makes sense now!  

[Wellyboot]

5 minutes ago, lucyginger said:

There was a timeline year thingy a couple of years ago wasn't there? I'm sure someone clever can find it! 

Morning all, btw. I put up some pics from the festival last night onto FB, they're @Wellyboots pics, I havent put mine up yet! I'll see if I can post some here later this week, bit busy til friday! 

HMV, thanks for clarification, that makes sense now!  

Don't we have a couple of when we met @mr gumby and his lovely wife too!

The photos were SO lovely! It's made me feel a bit happier about being back, I havent been on for a bit cos I've only just got over my sad of being back and now I have the fear for Oct haha!

 

Hope you are all well X

[lucyginger]

15 minutes ago, Wellyboot said:

Don't we have a couple of when we met @mr gumby and his lovely wife too!

The photos were SO lovely! It's made me feel a bit happier about being back, I havent been on for a bit cos I've only just got over my sad of being back and now I have the fear for Oct haha!

 

Hope you are all well X

We do!! I'll put them up later!! There's one of the four of us  

[Quark]

1 minute ago, lucyginger said:

We do!! I'll put them up later!! There's one of the four of us  

Now if I'd seen some of these pics before GF I might have found some of you at Croissant Neuf!!

For anyone remotely as soft as I am, BBC have reported that Viola Beach's album is on the way to number 1 this Friday.  If you've not already downloaded it or streamed it, let's keep it going and give them a number 1 slot

[lucyginger]

13 minutes ago, Quark said:

Now if I'd seen some of these pics before GF I might have found some of you at Croissant Neuf!!

For anyone remotely as soft as I am, BBC have reported that Viola Beach's album is on the way to number 1 this Friday.  If you've not already downloaded it or streamed it, let's keep it going and give them a number 1 slot

I couldn't find anyone at CN and I've met half of you before!!! Next time, Quark, next time. All hail the ticket gods! And the weather gods! 

I don't think I have heard any of their music but I will investigate, what a lovely thing to do

[Quark]

Just now, lucyginger said:

I couldn't find anyone at CN and I've met half of you before!!! Next time, Quark, next time. All hail the ticket gods! And the weather gods! 

I don't think I have heard any of their music but I will investigate, what a lovely thing to do

Apparently their families pulled together the material that was completed (originally intended for EPs and B-sides I think) and put it out as a full album so they had a posthumous release.

It's actually really good.  Definitely a first album / early effort, but can see why they were tipped for big things.

And damn right next time

 

[Funkyfairy!]

On ‎01‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 8:05 AM, Quark said:

Ah my error - I'd always known D&S as rum & cokes!  I'll get back in my box

By fiery I mean the stuff like Old Jamaica ginger beer that's got a bit of kick to it, rather than ginger ale.  I'm hooked on Red Leg spiced rum with it as well, has more vanilla to it than Sailor Jerry.  If you're feeling really swish, a little splash of apple juice along with the mint is good too.

Not that I've given this much thought or anything...

I was working in bermuda in June - the birthplace of the Dark n stormy, so drank far too many of them, along with Dark and very stormy

Always ice first, then ginger beer, then Goslings dark rum and a wedge of lime

Frozen and particularly good sat on a beach, and dark and very stormys are lethal (alcoholic ginger beer with the rum)

I love them and no hangover :-)

[djdavejohnson]

3 hours ago, tommywillo said:

Hiya Davejohnson

I don`t think we have had a chat yet mate its nice to virtually meet ya Had my best festival so far and so can`t wait for next year,  How was your festival mate?

first day back in work? it feels like i`ve been back a bloody lifetime already, haha,

Take it easy with the exercise if you have a bad shoulder mate...... bed yourself in and start slow.

 

Good stuff! It was my best festival yet too - for me 2013 still leads with what I consider the 'best top sets' I have seen so far (The Rolling Stones, Chic etc.), whereas this year came close with Adele and Coldplay delivering but overall there was a lot more I wanted to see generally, if that makes sense.

It was my first day back after having last week off - been back since a day after the festival. Would have been great though if yesterday was actually my first day back!

Shoulder-wise I made that exact mistake initially, so have waited a few weeks and only starting out on jogs for a bit. If it holds up (which it did last night) for 2-3 weeks then I'll consider gym and squash again, but only once I'm as sure as I can be that it's properly rested etc. I definitely don't want the pain of re-tearing the muscle again!

[djdavejohnson]

3 hours ago, Quark said:

For anyone remotely as soft as I am, BBC have reported that Viola Beach's album is on the way to number 1 this Friday.  If you've not already downloaded it or streamed it, let's keep it going and give them a number 1 slot

I'm on it - let's hope they can make it to the top

[mr gumby]

3 hours ago, Wellyboot said:

Don't we have a couple of when we met @mr gumby and his lovely wife too!

 

3 hours ago, lucyginger said:

We do!! I'll put them up later!! There's one of the four of us  

Oh, bloody hell.........

[Wellyboot]

4 minutes ago, mr gumby said:

 

Oh, bloody hell.........

They are lovely! Was very nice to see you!