...and All is alright with the World.

[N4521U]

Story ..... frogs legs.

When I was about 15, we, the Mexican peach pickers, and I took a small boat out on the Feather River near Yuba City, CA one night. Armed with a big lantern, and big flash light and a frog gig on a pole, or two. We would spot the bull frog with the flash light and lunge the gig at the eyes. Swing the pole to the back of the boat where another would strip the gig and the frog would go into a tub. That night all the hind legs were cut from the frogs and the carcusses were tossed back into the tub, which was in the yard! Next morning about 85 frogs, sans rear legs, were making their way to freedom. Not getting very far tho. A sad sight.

The legs were good tho!

 

[Njaco]

Story ..... frogs legs.

When I was about 15, we, the Mexican peach pickers, and I took a small boat out on the Feather River near Yuba City, CA one night. Armed with a big lantern, and big flash light and a frog gig on a pole, or two. We would spot the bull frog with the flash light and lunge the gig at the eyes. Swing the pole to the back of the boat where another would strip the gig and the frog would go into a tub. That night all the hind legs were cut from the frogs and the carcusses were tossed back into the tub, which was in the yard! Next morning about 85 frogs, sans rear legs, were making their way to freedom. Not getting very far tho. A sad sight.

The legs were good tho!

Been there, done that!

 

[Njaco]

oh..........





bacon

 

[Readie]

Readie, Plenty of McDs in London. One of the nicest looking ones was Hounslow West, near London Heathrow

I remember that place when I worked at Heathrow in the '70's.
It was a pub then.
Cheers
John

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I admit I had to google 'Arthur Treacher' Chris never had heard of him ( them).
You are right...Cod and Chips with salt and vinegar is a very English thing and has to eaten on soggy newspaper on a soggy beach with a western gale blowing the sand up your nose in the rain....you can't beat it.

I'll take your word for it.

 

[meatloaf109]

I remember that place when I worked at Heathrow in the '70's.
It was a pub then.
Cheers
John

They turned a perfectly good Bar into a McDonalds!?!?
A sign of the apocolypse.

 

[Njaco]

Aaron, I don't know about the circumstances, but I can vouch for the fish and chips with the salt/ vinegar - excellent!

 

[Readie]

They turned a perfectly good Bar into a McDonalds!?!?
A sign of the apocolypse.

That's progress I guess....A lot of pubs have shut as prices have gone up, the smoking ban, drink drive laws and very cheap prices of beer in supermarkets.
A good old fashioned pub is a treasure.
The 'Aussie' theme styled bars are horrors.
Cheers
John

 

[Readie]

I'll take your word for it.

Part of most English boys summer hols....

 

[meatloaf109]

The 'Aussie' theme styled bars are horrors.

There was one here once. Imagine a Tiki (!) style room decorated with stuffed toy kangaroo's, Men at Work's classic "Land Down Under" blasting over the speakers, and the hillbilly behind the bar screaming, "G-day, mate!" to anyone that had the misfortune of wandering in.
Lasted about 6 months.

Oh, and "Bacon".

 

[gumbyk]

That's progress I guess....A lot of pubs have shut as prices have gone up, the smoking ban, drink drive laws and very cheap prices of beer in supermarkets.
A good old fashioned pub is a treasure.
The 'Aussie' theme styled bars are horrors.
Cheers
John

Its funny, they have "Aussie" themed pubs in England, and "English" themed pubs in Aussie and NZ!!! Both badly done, for the most part.

I guess everyone wants to be somewhere else...

 

[Readie]

There was one here once. Imagine a Tiki (!) style room decorated with stuffed toy kangaroo's, Men at Work's classic "Land Down Under" blasting over the speakers, and the hillbilly behind the bar screaming, "G-day, mate!" to anyone that had the misfortune of wandering in.
Lasted about 6 months.

Oh, and "Bacon".

We have this chain to torment us...Walkabout (pub chain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plymouth is a Navy city where a punch up is not unknown but, Walkabouts have taken this to a new level.
The Police are in favour of its licence as most on the trouble is contained within its walls.

'Gud-day' in a screeching Pymothian accent?

No bacon here.
Just 'Roo burgers...

 

[Readie]

I
I guess everyone wants to be somewhere else...

Very true.
Except that at the moment everyone wants to come here...not for the weather I hasten to add....just our benefits system.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Aaron, I don't know about the circumstances, but I can vouch for the fish and chips with the salt/ vinegar - excellent!

Oh, I can just imagine the fish and chips are great, I just don't want to have to eat them under those circumstances.

 

[Njaco]

We have this chain to torment us...Walkabout (pub chain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plymouth is a Navy city where a punch up is not unknown but, Walkabouts have taken this to a new level.
The Police are in favour of its licence as most on the trouble is contained within its walls.

'Gud-day' in a screeching Pymothian accent?

No bacon here.
Just 'Roo burgers...

You're not alone, mate! Here in the states we have...

Outback Steakhouse - Restaurant Gift Cards - Locations - Menu

where the commercials are god awful. The worst accent you're never heard. Almost as bad as the Fosters commercials years ago...

 

[N4521U]

I went to an outback steakhouse, once. My roomies took me there just before I came to Oz to stay. I guess they thought it was authentic. Even bought me a Fosters. And the only good thing that stuff is for ...... is cooking with. It does make good gravy.

 

[Wayne Little]

Beer gravy...

 

[michaelmaltby]

".. Beer gravy..."

Absolutely. Beer trumps even bacon on the 'versatile necessities' list of food groups.

MM

 

[meatloaf109]

Give me a "Hooters" anyday. Hot wings and beer. and usually some pretty good scenery.

 

[Njaco]

Give me a "Hooters" anyday. Hot wings and beer. and usually some pretty good scenery.

I tried hitting the 'Like' button about 50 times and I banned myself. Uugghhh...............