What are you drinking? Page 90

Quote: Marc P @ November 21 2009, 2:32 PM GMT

Meanwhile Rugby's about to start!

I did ask the barmaid if she would be giving me a little nibble later and she slapped my face, so I use the word canape now to save further dissapointment.

And another thing in the national anthelm they sing 'send us Victoria's' Victoria's what, her perfume, her book, her new bloody record???

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I asked my local barmaid for a small fruit salad.
She said they didn't sell any.
So I say but you're a peach with a nice pair.

I'm drinking tap water. I've stopped buying bottled water and gradually getting used to the taste. It's not too bad - better than Evian. Tap water in Berkshire is really heavily chlorinated and tastes vile.

Get a filter?

Quote: Leevil @ November 21 2009, 4:53 PM GMT

Get a filter?

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Yeah I was thinking of getting one, just they take up so much room in the fridge.

Yeah, they are overly bulky sometimes.

You could boil it in the kettle then transfer is to the fridge in a smaller water jug, but that is a lot of effort.

Quote: Leevil @ November 21 2009, 4:58 PM GMT

You could boil it in the kettle then transfer is to the fridge in a smaller water jug, but that is a lot of effort.

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That's an idea.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 21 2009, 4:55 PM GMT

Yeah I was thinking of getting one, just they take up so much room in the fridge.

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Maybe your fridges are different, but most decent fridges with in-the-door water and ice dispensers have a very good built-in filter. I've been drinking filtered tap water via my fridge for years and it tastes great.

Quote: sootyj @ November 21 2009, 4:40 PM GMT

DaButt beware you are rapidly turning into the BCG's resident chav. Do you have a burberry cap? A staffy? Or a Nissan Micra with under body UVs, chromes and a stereo that used to belong to someone else?

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None of the above, but last night we were talking about knives and guns and discussed a trip to the gun range. All my neighbors own guns except for me.

Quote: sootyj @ November 21 2009, 4:40 PM GMT

DaButt beware you are rapidly turning into the BCG's resident chav. Do you have a burberry cap? A staffy? Or a Nissan Micra with under body UVs, chromes and a stereo that used to belong to someone else?

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Chav's don't exist in America. I had two weeks there and didn't see one of them. An example is when I was in Cleveland and I accidently stood in the way of this teenager's bike. In this country they would be likely to shout abuse at you, but this kid said 'Sorry Mister'

I thought this was pretty accurate:

"Chav" has no direct translation in American English. "White trash" and the unfortunate "wigger" are imprecise matches. Yes, Chavs are loud, vulgar and largely white, and they do fancy a spot of rap music. Yes, Chavs are devoted aficionados of bling, booze, drugs, teen pregnancy, counterfeit athletic wear, and the smashing and puking upon of private property. But Chavs are also a byproduct of The Dole, of a welfare state that never existed in America. Where our main fault line runs through race, Britain's runs through class. Chavs flummox England not because they are white people acting black, but because they are lower class people acting uppity. Their resemblance to American scum is only as close as the similarities between the droogs of A Clockwork Orange and the Crips.

http://www.ocweekly.com/2006-11-09/music/king-of-the-chaff/

Quote: DaButt @ November 21 2009, 7:58 PM GMT

Maybe your fridges are different, but most decent fridges with in-the-door water and ice dispensers have a very good built-in filter. I've been drinking filtered tap water via my fridge for years and it tastes great.

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I don't have one of those huge American fridges (a lot of Brits do though), but two small fridges, which always seem to be full.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 21 2009, 8:18 PM GMT

I don't have one of those huge American fridges (a lot of Brits do though), but two small fridges, which always seem to be full.

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Maybe you can consolidate the two into a single large refrigerator?

Does the average UK home/flat have a spot large enough for a big fridge? Our homes and apartments always have a large nook in the kitchen specifically for a large appliance. They'd look very odd if a small fridge were installed.

I think I'm the only person on my street without a second fridge in the garage. People here tend to recycle their old fridges as beer/wine/drink coolers in the garage.

Quote: DaButt @ November 21 2009, 8:24 PM GMT

Maybe you can consolidate the two into a single large refrigerator?

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No. I live in a cottage. I can only fit one in the kitchen and one in the utility room and a separate freezer. My childhood spent being hungry a lot of time means that I like to always stock up on loads of food.

Quote: DaButt @ November 21 2009, 7:58 PM GMT

None of the above, but last night we were talking about knives and guns and discussed a trip to the gun range. All my neighbors own guns except for me.

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Geez so if you all went on a murder rampage you'd be having to hit people with a hedge trimmer?

Quote: DaButt @ November 21 2009, 8:18 PM GMT

I thought this was pretty accurate:

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Quote: sootyj @ November 21 2009, 9:33 PM GMT

Geez so if you all went on a murder rampage you'd be having to hit people with a hedge trimmer?

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I have a nice machete and several battery-powered power tools.

I have my husband's machete,a Mossberg shotgun, a Ruger 10-22 and then my trusty chainsaw. Those zombies don't stand a chance!