Non Footy Chat Thread II

[Bazal]

Just made my first Indian dish - rogan josh.
Somthn dont feel right.
Goodnight fellas.

Rogan josh is easy my friend. A classic curry, so long as you don't f**k it up.

I'm more interested in the happy hour clash. New place (chain I'm sure) five mins from my house has $5 half litres of beer from 4pm to 6pm. Who can drink the most?

I've got @Gary Gutful, @I'm a loser baby... And myself as early faves. But not discounting the likes of Happy MEel, strider, Hollywood Jesus in the pot. @hineyrulz a chance with $5 basic spirits...

 

[hybrideel]

10 years ago I would have been all over that. Unfortunately now if I have more than half a dozen beers it takes me 3 days to recover.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Rogan josh is easy my friend. A classic curry, so long as you don't f**k it up.

I'm more interested in the happy hour clash. New place (chain I'm sure) five mins from my house has $5 half litres of beer from 4pm to 6pm. Who can drink the most?

I've got @Gary Gutful, @I'm a loser baby... And myself as early faves. But not discounting the likes of Happy MEel, strider, Hollywood Jesus in the pot. @hineyrulz a chance with $5 basic spirits...

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to slow down for a couple of hours.

 

[Gronk]

Just made my first Indian dish - rogan josh.
Somthn dont feel right.
Goodnight fellas.

That’s just f**king wrong mate.

 

[Happy MEel]

Rogan josh is easy my friend. A classic curry, so long as you don't f**k it up.

I'm more interested in the happy hour clash. New place (chain I'm sure) five mins from my house has $5 half litres of beer from 4pm to 6pm. Who can drink the most?

I've got @Gary Gutful, @I'm a loser baby... And myself as early faves. But not discounting the likes of Happy MEel, strider, Hollywood Jesus in the pot. @hineyrulz a chance with $5 basic spirits...

As long as it’s not low carb beer I’m in. That shit gives me the worst headaches. No idea why.

As an aside, had the pleasure of cracking this small batch wild ale over the weekend. Having been barrelled in 2013, Id say it would be one of the last in existence. It was superb!!

 

[Avenger]

Lest we forget.

 

[Gronk]

My Great Uncle (my great grandfather’s brother) was killed in WWII in Belgium. My grandfather and two other brothers all managed to return to Carcoar in 1918 - all wounded. We plan to visit his grave in Dec/Jan.

 

[Gronk]

There is irony in our household, as we remember the fallen in WW1. My wife who is Serbian bares he pain that it was a mad merkin Serb who assassinated Frans Ferdinand, which resulted in Austria-Hungary invading Serbia and hence the start of the Great War.

 

[Avenger]

There is irony in our household, as we remember the fallen in WW1. My wife who is Serbian bares he pain that it was a mad merkin Serb who assassinated Frans Ferdinand, which resulted in Austria-Hungary invading Serbia and hence the start of the Great War.

Merely a trigger. It was always going to start. He actually wanted to end Austro Hungarian rule in Bosnia, not Serbia. He was actually a Yugoslav nationalist which included Serbs, Slovenes, Croats and Bosnians. A Royalist Yugoslavia not a communist one.

During his trial he stated: "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be freed from Austria.

He is a true patriot and my father wanted to name me after him. Mum didn’t let him.

My grandfather served in the Royal Yugoslavia army. The Chetniks also fought for it and not merely Serbia.

Even during the recent 1990’s wars the Serbs were the only people that wanted to preserve Yugoslavia. However it did not suit American interests and they destroyed it.

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

Rogan josh is easy my friend. A classic curry, so long as you don't f**k it up.

I'm more interested in the happy hour clash. New place (chain I'm sure) five mins from my house has $5 half litres of beer from 4pm to 6pm. Who can drink the most?

I've got @Gary Gutful, @I'm a loser baby... And myself as early faves. But not discounting the likes of Happy MEel, strider, Hollywood Jesus in the pot. @hineyrulz a chance with $5 basic spirits...

I'm a bit offended to not at least get a mention. Some of the shit I dribble on here comes from a very early start I'll have you know.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Gavrilo Avenger.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I'm a bit offended to not at least get a mention. Some of the shit I dribble on here comes from a very early start I'll have you know.

I have a feeling you would outdrink all of us by some margin and then go home for a couple of night caps.

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

I have a feeling you would outdrink all of us by some margin and then go home for a couple of night caps.

I doubt ANYONE could outdrink Bazal. I'd be up for giving it a go though. And thanks for the vote of confidence mate. I really appreciate it.

 

[Gronk]

Merely a trigger. It was always going to start. He actually wanted to end Austro Hungarian rule in Bosnia, not Serbia. He was actually a Yugoslav nationalist which included Serbs, Slovenes, Croats and Bosnians. A Royalist Yugoslavia not a communist one.

During his trial he stated: "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be freed from Austria.

He is a true patriot and my father wanted to name me after him. Mum didn’t let him.

My grandfather served in the Royal Yugoslavia army. The Chetniks also fought for it and not merely Serbia.

Even during the recent 1990’s wars the Serbs were the only people that wanted to preserve Yugoslavia. However it did not suit American interests and they destroyed it.

Well we agree to disagree if he is a hero. I understand that many of the south balkan countries were under Austrian-Hungarian rule at the time, however Princip was part of a malitia motivated and funded by the Black Hand. The Black Hand may have had genuine intentions, however the bottom line is that they were probably equal to what Hezbollah or PLO are to Palestine or perhaps the IRA were to Northern Island. There will always be a grey area between patriotism and terrorism when a country is under foreign rule. Whilst Serbia were not truly independent at the time they were an autonomous state, ruled by their royal family and referred to as the Kingdom of Serbia. So the quest for total independence was not as I understand it a majority view.

These Black Hand merkins continued to have blood on their hands even after the war, as they were involved with assassination of royal family members including that Karageorge merkin.

My earlier point was that his assassination of FF was the trigger for Austria-Hungry to invade the greater Serbia, which of course fired up the Russians. Then the Germans, French, Brits etc took sides. Hence WW1 ensued.

Did the assassination cause WW1 ? Yes. Did this action free the Serbs of Austrian-Hungarian rule ? Yes. Could they have achieved this through other means ? Through the pressure of Russia’s big brother allegiance, they already had autonomy. So the potential to be released via the same Russian pressure could have allowed them to achieve the same goal. So probably yes.

Of course many think that the war would have started anyway LINK.

I am no expert and can only relay what I have been told over the years by my in-laws, their friends and from what I have read.

As you have already said, Lest we Forget.

 

[Bazal]

I doubt ANYONE could outdrink Bazal. I'd be up for giving it a go though. And thanks for the vote of confidence mate. I really appreciate it.

I reckon quite a few people could outdrink me tbh.

As I get older it gets very erratic. Some nights you can have pints for days, some nights you have three beers and you're totally done

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

As long as it’s not low carb beer I’m in. That shit gives me the worst headaches. No idea why.

As an aside, had the pleasure of cracking this small batch wild ale over the weekend. Having been barrelled in 2013, Id say it would be one of the last in existence. It was superb!!

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I went to 4pines and tried nearly everything in the place. Very impressive. And that barmaid with the strawberry blonde hair down to her arse...OMFG! What a ray of sunshine she is.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Some nights you can have pints for days, some nights you have three beers and you're totally done

I have never been able to drink so much that I transcend time. That’s impressive.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I went to 4pines and tried nearly everything in the place. Very impressive. And that barmaid with the strawberry blonde hair down to her arse...OMFG! What a ray of sunshine she is.

That’s a guy mate. How many imperial stouts did you have?

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

That’s a guy mate. How many imperial stouts did you have?

I'm not much of a stout drinker but I did have a few Double Ipa's. And if that's a guy, I still lick her dot.

 

[Happy MEel]

I went to 4pines and tried nearly everything in the place. Very impressive. And that barmaid with the strawberry blonde hair down to her arse...OMFG! What a ray of sunshine she is.

The one in Manly?
I don’t get down there very much as I have the Public House 5 minutes down the road in Newport. If it’s barmaids you’re after, head across the road to wharf bar (in Manly).