BEER BLOKES
Seems like we have a bit of a tradition happening so come on, lads, hand over your loose foreign change to another bloke to buy a beer and raise a toast and send us your yarn and pic.
Ian McDougall's beer blokes
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When I went overseas last year Shady Lane gave me a few quid to take. They were English pound coins that would no longer be legal currency after September. I said I’d buy a beer and raise a toast to him, which I did at The Sherlock Holmes in Northumberland Street near Charing Cross railway station and Trafalgar Square which displays a large collection of memorabilia related to Holmes. Previously known as Northumberland Arms, it appeared in the 1892 Holmes story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor. |
A while back I gave some Euros to Wombat Crook.
He asked for a small beer and this is what he got so it was a tiny toast, indeed. The Euro doesn't go far in Amsterdam apparently.
You coulda bought a cheap spliff there Wombat. Mighta made the Dutch seem interesting eh! (Sorry Ron, no offence mate)
He asked for a small beer and this is what he got so it was a tiny toast, indeed. The Euro doesn't go far in Amsterdam apparently.
You coulda bought a cheap spliff there Wombat. Mighta made the Dutch seem interesting eh! (Sorry Ron, no offence mate)
I also gave Gwyn Roberts a few $USD for his cruise with his wyrion (grandkids). Gwyn chose coffee as his tipple and, with an engineer's eye for detail, provided these spiel about where, when etc:
Ship: Sea Princess [Atrium, Deck 7]. Commodore: Giuseppe Romano
Location: Pacific Ocean. More Precise: Close to the International Date Line
Exact Location: 330 341 S 179o 161 W
Date: 30 or 31 May 2018 (take your pick!) Time: 12.00noon
Nearest piece of land: L’Esperance Rock, on the Starboard at a distance of 133NM
Trivia Information: L’Esperance Rock is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands; it is 250m in diameter and it rises to a height of 70m
Wind: South Westerley (Force 3). Pressure: 1019mb
Temperature: Dry: 17oC Wet: 16oC Sea: 19oC
Ship: Sea Princess [Atrium, Deck 7]. Commodore: Giuseppe Romano
Location: Pacific Ocean. More Precise: Close to the International Date Line
Exact Location: 330 341 S 179o 161 W
Date: 30 or 31 May 2018 (take your pick!) Time: 12.00noon
Nearest piece of land: L’Esperance Rock, on the Starboard at a distance of 133NM
Trivia Information: L’Esperance Rock is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands; it is 250m in diameter and it rises to a height of 70m
Wind: South Westerley (Force 3). Pressure: 1019mb
Temperature: Dry: 17oC Wet: 16oC Sea: 19oC
