The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:06 pm

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 only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing picture of newly retired Gareth 'Alfie' Thomas.

Also a special picture of Thomas Domingo and wishing him all the best on a speedy recovery.

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?

Ale

Pāparakāuta tawhito/Hen dafarn/Old pub: https://www.606v2.com/t16896-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:08 pm

wasn't sure which pic to put up. If people aren't happy with Alfie, then I can just change it Smile

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:10 pm

So where does Gogland begin, after Aberystwyth?

by Cari Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:11 pm

Dreamer - that picture will scare away the customers! Yikes

Should've had George North being as we're on about Gogs... Whistle

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:12 pm

(Really for Dog

of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

by Luckless Pedestrian Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:13 pm

In fairness, Cari, it's Hallowe'en so a photo of Alfie's pretty apt! Wink

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:13 pm

Be nice to put up a piccie of poor Thomas Domingo Crying or Very sad

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:13 pm

ha true suppose I could have!

Mick - aye yeah I suppose so. Certainly the Gog accent starts from Aberystwyth and then upwards throughout Wales.

by Glas a du Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:14 pm

Lampeter in my book.

Off to bed for 40 winks. Doing nothing really knackers you. The Physio put it down to mental distress in response to physical distress. He'd guessed that I was in a foul mood yesterday, at least Mrs G understands why now!

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:16 pm

ASM have got Clancy at SdF against stade Francais next Saturday;warming up for the HCup

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:17 pm

Mick - done!

Nah not Lampeter, Glas. I worked there every summer from the age of 14 - 20. Gogs they are not, bit blydi weird there though...

by Cari Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:17 pm

Mick (Chef) - North Wales is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales, but boundary between them is arbitrary and its definition may depend on the use being made of the term. For example the boundary of North Wales Police differs from the boundary of the Environment Agency Wales.

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:18 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:(Really for of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

Count me in Smile

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:18 pm

dreamer

by Glas a du Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:20 pm

I was teasing Dreamer, Cardi's hate being called gogs. For me Machynlleth is the great divide.

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:23 pm

ha aye they do a bit don't they? My friends in Aber hated me calling them Gogs, but they didn't half sound like one!

Machynlleth....not a bad shout that.

I'm living with a Gog now, and we sometimes try and have a conversation in Welsh but I just can't understand him. Can't believe in such a small country the language can be so blydi different.

by Luckless Pedestrian Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:33 pm

It's quite cool how Welsh varies between north and south.

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:34 pm

One for the wall: https://www.606v2.com/t17295-scarlets-hc-squad

Lucky - aye it is pretty cool, and I love how many different dialects there are, just makes it a right bugger to learn is all Smile

by Rava Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:36 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:(Really for of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

Would love it but sorry I can't make it. By the way the grandson has scored a try in each of his last two games. He's loving it. Can't watch though, get VERY involved Wink

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:37 pm

So that's a yellow for an over-excited granddad then?

by red_stag Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:37 pm

Success fohnd my wallet Very Happy

by Luckless Pedestrian Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:44 pm

With all your cards?

by Cari Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:51 pm

Staggy - you hadn't cancelled your cards...? Where was it?

by Hound_of_Harrow Mon 31 Oct 2011, 1:59 pm

As – I will be at Ealing v Cambridge next Saturday. But a heads up – it’s the Exiles derby a fortnight after that (19th ) - Welsh v Scottish at Old Deer Park. There’s a few of us from the Wheatsheaf heading for that one. And I should be having a beer with Kiwi

after work on Wed 12 th as I’ll be over his way to pick up yoyos for the Bordeaux trip. Anyone is welcome to join us.

by prop_lyd Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:09 pm

Lucky: I should be able to make it, guessing Rev/Rhino'll be going too? Will have to let you know closer to the time where to meet etc!

Off to see paranormal activity Thursday Yahoo

and my flogging molly tickets turned up....just what a needed the way this day is going.

by Luckless Pedestrian Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:13 pm

I presume they will be, Prop.

I looked to see if the first Paranormal Activity was on pay-per-view on Virgin Media and it's not. I fancied watching a good horror tonight.

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:14 pm

Keep an eye out for a postponement of the match;there appears to be an outbreak of mumps in SW France, 2 games have already been called off.

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:15 pm

Right you are, Dog

- I'll miss the Exiles derby sadly as will be at Exe's Amlin game vs I Cavalieri Prato

PS Wed 9th or 16th Nov for drinks?

by Cari Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:15 pm

I think Risca is away soon? but Rhino most definitely I would've thought.

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:17 pm

Mick(TEFC) wrote: Keep an eye out for a postponement of the match;there appears to be an outbreak of mumps in SW France, 2 games have already been called off.

Clermont at 9/1 for HC - looks worth a tenner?

by red_stag Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:19 pm

It was on the ground outside my mates house. I have obviously dropped it after getting out of taxi. All the money (two €5s) turned to mush and the wallet itself is a bit battered having been out in rain all night. But its safe and I didn't cancel cards.

by Mick(TEFC) Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:21 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
Mick(TEFC) wrote: Keep an eye out for a postponement of the match;there appears to be an outbreak of mumps in SW France, 2 games have already been called off.
Clermont at 9/1 for HC - looks worth a tenner?

At those odds, you could have a bit more than a tenner!

by Hound_of_Harrow Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:23 pm

Sorry bud - I meant 9th. Still looking at feicen October on my desk calendar!!

Doh

by Hound_of_Harrow Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:36 pm

Sorry guys, but Clermont have never looked like winning the HC. Their efforts are squarely focussed on the T14 thumbsup

by Suspicious lurker Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:39 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
Mick(TEFC) wrote: Keep an eye out for a postponement of the match;there appears to be an outbreak of mumps in SW France, 2 games have already been called off.
Clermont at 9/1 for HC - looks worth a tenner?

Giving out my tips as yours, cheeky feicer!!!

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:41 pm

hughie1986 wrote:
AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
Mick(TEFC) wrote: Keep an eye out for a postponement of the match;there appears to be an outbreak of mumps in SW France, 2 games have already been called off.
Clermont at 9/1 for HC - looks worth a tenner?

Giving out my tips as yours, cheeky feicer!!!

Ah, but I found better odds than you. Anyway, it's no worse than pinching someone's userid!! boxing

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:42 pm

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Sorry bud - I meant 9th. Still looking at feicen October on my desk calendar!!

In de Dam for 9th Crying or Very sad

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:43 pm

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Sorry guys, but Clermont have never looked like winning the HC. Their efforts are squarely focussed on the T14

Think this year might be a little different? Top6 T14 finish with Brennus victory plus HC well within the capabilities of that squad thumbsup

by Cari Mon 31 Oct 2011, 2:56 pm

red_stag wrote:It was on the ground outside my mates house. I have obviously dropped it after getting out of taxi. All the money (two €5s) turned to mush and the wallet itself is a bit battered having been out in rain all night. But its safe and I didn't cancel cards.

Phew! That was close! Can you put the two fivers on the radiator to dry off?

by Luckless Pedestrian Mon 31 Oct 2011, 3:11 pm

Ah, a bit of Donovan on the radio...

by Hound_of_Harrow Mon 31 Oct 2011, 3:15 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Sorry guys, but Clermont have never looked like winning the HC. Their efforts are squarely focussed on the T14

Think this year might be a little different? Top6 T14 finish with Brennus victory plus HC well within the capabilities of that squad

Oh, I agree, they CAN win it, but can they be arsed with it? They always seem to go all out to win their home games but as ssob as they lose an away game they lose interest.

Hopefully ASM will give it tgeir best shot this season.

by **Ozzy3213** Mon 31 Oct 2011, 3:36 pm

Kiwireddevil wrote:
AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:(Really for of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

Count me in

Will check with senior management later that the kids have got no parties to be taken to this weekend, but if we are free, then sounds like a plan my man.

Just in from the first day of my tutors course. Have to put together a 15 minute teach to do for the class tomorrow, and can be on any given subject. Apparently according to Honey & Mumford's Learning Styles Questionnaire I am a pragmatist, so have to attempt to present the teach in a manner that would enable Reflectors and Theorists to get the most from it.

Should be entertaining!!! Rolling Eyes

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 31 Oct 2011, 3:53 pm

Ozzy3213 wrote:
Kiwireddevil wrote:
AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:(Really for of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

Count me in

Will check with senior management later that the kids have got no parties to be taken to this weekend, but if we are free, then sounds like a plan my man.

Great. With Finn at 4.5, a wee chum would go down a treat!

by Suspicious lurker Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:25 pm

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
Ozzy3213 wrote:
Kiwireddevil wrote:
AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:(Really for of Harrow, Kiwi Pete and Hoog, altho anyone that finds themselves in the vicinity of Richmond would of course be welcome) Am going to take Finn to watch London Scottish vs Esher on Saturday afternoon coming - any interest in joining us?

Count me in

Will check with senior management later that the kids have got no parties to be taken to this weekend, but if we are free, then sounds like a plan my man.
Great. With Finn at 4.5, a wee chum would go down a treat!

That's usually my job Laugh

In other news, man done got himself a new job!!!! Start January

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:30 pm

Just sneaking a quick cuppa

, only half hour till home time!

Congrats on the job Hughie!

is it very different from what you're doing now?

by **Ozzy3213** Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:32 pm

Good work Hugster, what job is it? Pay rise???

by red_stag Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:35 pm

Delighted for you Hughie

by Suspicious lurker Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:53 pm

Going Train Guard, more than double my money now

Delighted

by Guest Mon 31 Oct 2011, 4:58 pm

that's really fantastic Hughie clap

and yes, finally, time to leave this stupid office Run

by Gibson Mon 31 Oct 2011, 5:37 pm

Oíche Shamhna Shona mo chairde!

This very night, the Dead shall walk the Earth freely. They will indulge in hedonistic parties fueled by grog, hallucinogens and shall result in sacrifices,dressing-up and well kinky-sex.

Yeah, havin a small bash at my gaff. guinness

Pagans of the Other World, Rejoice!

ghost

Mists gather in the valleys and pour down the ancient riverbeds to the darkening sea. Gone the fires of autumn's glory, lost to the legions of cloud-swept days and chilling rains. Gone the wild geese flying southward, gone the last of summer's bounty. Mornings rimed with silver frost, evenings gathering gloom for sitting round the hearthfires glow.

Hearken now, the darkness comes!

In the vale under the moor, the village speeds it's frantic pace. Thatcher's finish repairs on thick round roofs to hold out the snows of winter. Children bring in the last of the nuts and withered fruits from the woods. The wheat is threshed and winnowed on the chilly breeze. Woodsmoke rises from the hearthfires and axes ring in the clear air. Down from the moors come the cattle and sheep to the winter fields, come too the pigs from the forest glades. The smell of blood is thick in upon the air as those animals chosen for the slaughter are slain and cured against the winter's needs. The planting begun at Beltane is now the harvest.

Hearken now, the darkness comes!

In the great forests that lie across the land, the leaves form a thick carpet upon the ground upon which treads the King Stag, velvet gone from his crown of horn, challenging all with his trumpeting cries. The bear and the fat squirrels seek their dens. The wolves stir in the cold, and their voices rise in songs to the moon. Now is the time of the Hunter. His shadow flies across the midnight sky, His horn sounds in the wind like thunder, His red-eyed hounds fly on before.

Hearken now, the darkness comes!

She who stands guardian now is no longer the soft Maiden of spring, nor yet the fecund Mother full of the heat of summer. It is Cerridwen now, the Crone, the Hag, who stands without. In dreams and trance you see her, holding the cauldron into which all that live must go. Holding the cauldron that is Death. Gone too the young Lord of Spring, the Summer King. Now is the time of Herne the Hunter, wild master of the Winter's night. Harsh he is and full of fire, Lord of Death made manifest.

Hearken now, the darkness comes!

And in the turning of the year, the walls of time and space become as air, until life and death are as one and departed souls walk again among the living. Here on this most sacred night, as the old year died and the new was born, around the fires the people gathered in celebration. There was wine and cider from the vines and groves, bread from the fields of winnowed wheat, and meat steaming from the slaughter. A great feast and celebration of life to take into the darknss.

Hearken now, the darkness comes!

And as the earth moved onward into the darkness, the veil between the worlds grew thin, and strange beings walked upon the land. See now the pooka shake his tangled mane, the sidhe come forth from out the hollow hills, listen as the bean sidhe sings forth her terrible cry. And against this army of eldritch power, men did wield a greater weapon as fires sprang forth upon the hilltops and lit the standing stones and village greens. Dancing, swirling, leaping past the fires, the people held back the powers of the night with light and music until the dawn came once more.

Yet still the darkness comes!

Turn and turn again the Earth did in its endless dance among the stars. Gone now the villages that lay beneath the downs and among the wolds. Gone the straight track and winding sheep path. Gone the King Stag and the shaggy bear. Yet still we hear an echo of that time and place as we sit to honor our blessed dead, as our children dress as monsters and play in the shadows. We hear the whisper of the Goddess in our hearts, and sometimes, late at night we hearken to the cry of the Hunt high in our crowded skies.

Hearken, for the darkness comes!

And we, the spirit children of that ancient age, we remember. Though we labour not in the fields of waving grain, yet do we too now bring in our harvest. We gather to ourselves the fruits of our projects begun in the spring of the year and ready ourselves for a time of rest and introspection. We unburden ourselves with that which is no longer needful for our survival through the winter of the year.

We the children of this ancient age remember too our honoured dead who speak to us again as the walls of this world grow thin. We pass the Cup of Remembrance as we think upon one who has gone before. We remember the good times and the bright things we treasure from their memories, and we allow them to fly free. We make our peace with She who waits for all.

We remember the fears of the darkness, and in our masquerade and games, we come to terms with Death and with change. For such is the meaning at the heart of the feast.

So prepare you now as the darkness comes. Ready the harvest of your hopes and dreams. Light the fires against ignorance and fear. For remember also, that the darkness is but one turn upon the Wheel, it is the darkness of the womb. And the Death we all must face is merely the doorway to the Life to come.

devil

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