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Title: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 12:49:09 PM
Hello all. . . . Allow myself to introduce. . . . . . myself (yes I know, not my joke). . . I was recommended the pub by our esteemed barman and just wanted to say hello, I'm sure I'll get more involved as topics catch my fancy.  Anyhoo, I'm an english / cypriot guy (more english than cypriot, truth be told) who has lived all over the world, currently residing in Cy and er. . . . well guess thats about it.  Barkeep, a cold beer please?
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Berek on April 28, 2008, 12:52:10 PM
 whistle:
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Post by: Just One More on April 28, 2008, 12:54:09 PM
Did he tell you the first round is on you. Mine's an Old Speckled Hen. Cheers
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 12:54:36 PM
Hello and welcome.







Just what we need ~ some new blood (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fchar137.gif&hash=a1bf73af93a53b92f2ebce66710e673396c7d7e1)
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Post by: Uncle Mort on April 28, 2008, 12:57:02 PM
Welcome  happy088
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 01:36:28 PM
Thanks all. . . . . as for the first round. . . *checks wallet* I'll just step outside to the cashpoint. . .  (and Berek, yes yes I know these introductory threads are tedious, but it is general forum etiquette. . . . )
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 01:47:31 PM
Blimey!  eeek:

A live one with a cash card!  cloud9:

I'll have a, er, two pints of bishops Finger please...  whistle:

Oh, and welcome.  ;)
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 01:51:48 PM
That's quite made your day BM  lol:
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 01:55:42 PM
That's quite made your day BM  lol:
Oh yes...  cloud9:
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Post by: The Moan Ranger on April 28, 2008, 01:56:36 PM
Welcome.

Two things to remember:-

1. Barman usually talks a load of bollox :-)

2. Make mine a pint of Young's.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:10:38 PM
I guess my implication that I might not return from the cash point wasn't so implicit.  .  .  .    rubschin:  edit: damn emoticon won't work. . .
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Bar Wench on April 28, 2008, 02:11:07 PM
Hello there!  ;)
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:19:50 PM
BW: What big stiens you have! ;)


Ah sod it *coughs up for a round on him* Barkeep. . . . keep em coming until we're all suitably sozzled. . .
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 02:20:19 PM
I guess my implication that I might not return from the cash point wasn't so implicit.  .  .  .    rubschin:  edit: damn emoticon won't work. . .
You have to make ten posts before they work...  noooo:

I'm still having two pints thanks...  whistle:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Bar Wench on April 28, 2008, 02:23:20 PM
BW: What big stiens you have! ;)


Ah sod it *coughs up for a round on him* Barkeep. . . . keep em coming until we're all suitably sozzled. . .

Thank-you  redface:

Excellent. I'll have a white wine please barkeep!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:26:31 PM
You're welcome.   I only comment because I had a close enounter with three stiens of local ale from the hofbrau house in Munich as a wee lad of 17.   Cue the 'rents dragging me home one one on each arm, doing my best impression of a boneless cat.   (possible that only cat owners will get the reference)

Edit: You're = you are, your = your, I think the beer is getting to me already, but something tells me this forum is not the right one for simple grammer mistakes ;)
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: TG on April 28, 2008, 02:29:42 PM
Bollox to grammar.  happy088
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 02:30:43 PM
As Grandpa said on more than one occasion
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:31:45 PM
Quote from: Snoopy link=topic=3592. msg71046#msg71046 date=1209393043
As Grandpa said on more than one occasion

<groans>  lol:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: TG on April 28, 2008, 02:33:13 PM
If you talk text speak something awful might happen though.  scared2:
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 02:34:22 PM
Stick with him ~ only three more posts and he gets full emoticon rights  whistle:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: tailgunner link=topic=3592. msg71051#msg71051 date=1209393193
If you talk text speak something awful might happen though.   scared2:

Not intentional, two more posts before my emoticons work. . . .
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:36:32 PM
Quote from: Snoopy link=topic=3592. msg71053#msg71053 date=1209393262
Stick with him ~ only three more posts and he gets full emoticon rights  whistle:

D'oh! (Simpsons quotes are acceptable right?) Got there before me and I even ignored the "you may want to revise your post" message.  Oh well. . . . one more to go. . .
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Bar Wench on April 28, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Come on hobx you can do it!

Suppose you spend a post telling us what on earth hobox is, means, stands for. I can't figure it out. But then as you will come to know, I am somewhat thick.  redface:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: TG on April 28, 2008, 02:37:31 PM
Stick with him ~ only three more posts and he gets full emoticon rights  whistle:

That saves the typing fingers.  smile:
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Post by: Pastis on April 28, 2008, 02:39:08 PM
Welcome hobx  happy088

Mine's one of those you see to the left  ;)  Ice, and some water with it please BM!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:41:10 PM
Doesn't really stand for anything, I've used it for many years now and originally it was a variation of Hobbes (as in Calvin and, not the philosopher) on a site where that was used already - tried other handles over the years but kept coming back to hobx.  Don't even know how to pronounce it myself, but the general consensus seems to be hob-ex.  So there you go, no need to feel bad about not being able to figure it out ;) Wahey. . . they're working!  cloud9:  eyes:  eveilgrin:  drumroll: Okay. . . . enough of that!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 02:41:55 PM
Try again
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:42:22 PM
Wahey. . . they're working!  cloud9:  eyes:  eveilgrin:  drumroll: Okay. . . . enough of that!

Hold on....referee!!!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 02:43:20 PM
Okay, all is now well in the world of the cloud...
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Nick on April 28, 2008, 03:15:04 PM
How am I meant to pronounce your name?
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 03:19:51 PM
How am I meant to pronounce your name?

Hob-ex seems to be what most people settle on :)
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Post by: Nick on April 28, 2008, 03:20:34 PM
Sounds like an oven cleaner ::)
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 03:21:03 PM
Mr Muscle?  eeek:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Pastis on April 28, 2008, 03:29:24 PM
I think we might be misinformed...

http://www.pressefach.info/hobex/

German translation anyone?  eeek:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 03:32:18 PM
Are you suggesting that we are conversing with a card reader? Do we have to have a PIN?
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Nick on April 28, 2008, 03:33:49 PM
He can do Tarot readings. Wow.

Wednesdays?
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 03:41:16 PM
Better than having LandLady sing again.

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Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Nick on April 28, 2008, 03:44:56 PM
Yeah. She broke most of the glasses noooo:
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Post by: Darwins Selection on April 28, 2008, 04:48:20 PM
I think we might be misinformed...

http://www.pressefach.info/hobex/

German translation anyone?  eeek:
Certainly, happy to oblige

Quote
Bankomatkarten: hobex senkt Disagio-Sätze
"Bank Card Reader: Hobbits can use it sitting down"

Quote
- Salzburger Anbieter reagiert auch auf Forderung der EU-Kommission
"Ankle-biters from Salzburg used it to buy old Ford Transits from the EEC"

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- Handel und Gastronomie profitieren stark
“Musicians and Chefs make more profit when naked”

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- Einziger Komplettanbieter in Österreich: Bankomatkarte, Kreditkarte und Einzugsermächtigung
“Even complete ankle-biters in Austrian banks can use it”

Quote
- Risikofreie Abwicklung für Händler und Gastbetriebe
“Risk-free for handlers of wicks and lungs as well as gas-mask testers”

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Hobex wurde 1991 als 100-Prozent-Tochter der hogast Einkaufsgenossenschaft für Hotel und Gastgewerbe gegründet und steht heute zu 90 Prozent im Eigentum von Banken.
“In 1991, Hobbits with daughters were 100% using Prozac when hunting wild boar and 90% were found with eagles in the bank.”

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Ziel ist, eine kostengünstigere, einfachere und schnellere Möglichkeit im bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr zu schaffen.
“The quicker you sign up, the sooner you will get shafted”
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 28, 2008, 04:50:36 PM
Yeah. She broke most of the glasses noooo:

That was LL? I'd put that down to Captain Calamity  redface:

I think we might be misinformed...

http://www.pressefach.info/hobex/

German translation anyone?  eeek:
Certainly, happy to oblige

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Bankomatkarten: hobex senkt Disagio-Sätze
"Bank Card Reader: Hobbits can use it sitting down"

I'm guessing that's one of Tolkein's stories that never made the publishers. 'Bilbo and the Credit Card of Doom'
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 05:00:51 PM
Yeah. She broke most of the glasses noooo:

That was LL? I'd put that down to Captain Calamity  redface:

I think we might be misinformed...

http://www.pressefach.info/hobex/

German translation anyone?  eeek:
Certainly, happy to oblige

Quote
Bankomatkarten: hobex senkt Disagio-Sätze
"Bank Card Reader: Hobbits can use it sitting down"

I'm guessing that's one of Tolkein's stories that never made the publishers. 'Bilbo and the Credit Card of Doom'

LL going for a Top C at the end of La Vie En Rose ~ not a pretty sight. noooo:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 06:41:56 PM
hahahah gone a few hours and look what happens.....just call me chip n pin for short....or maybe chip!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 06:43:13 PM
hahahah gone a few hours and look what happens.....just call me chip n pin for short....or maybe chip!

You'll get used to us ..... we do ramble about a bit though. whistle:
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Post by: Bar Wench on April 28, 2008, 06:44:30 PM
I don't ramble! That involves exercise! Outdoors! In the mud!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 07:11:40 PM
Nothing wrong with a bit of rambling, of the audio kind anyway.....wheres that barman btw? My glass is suspiciously empty...  eeek:
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:16:07 PM
Must have a hole in it. BM is probably "working" in the cellar. Help yourself and leave the money on the side.  whistle:


It generally goes quiet this time of the evening ~ I'd not be here myself but I am "watching" the live scores for the crucial match. 34 minutes played and still 0-0
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 07:18:14 PM
*helps self to beer* Damn...kegs empty *ventures down into the cellar*
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:21:48 PM
*helps self to beer* Damn...kegs empty *ventures down into the cellar*

You sure you know what you are doing down there? AND DON'T TOUCH BM'S "SPECIAL" MAGAZINES!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 07:25:04 PM
Yup....hold on....think I got it.....the tubes supposed to go into the hole right? Ooh bottles....much easier here....have one on me!
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:27:18 PM
Best be quick .... I hear BM's tread upon the stairs.
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Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on April 28, 2008, 07:28:17 PM
Hello all. . . . Allow myself to introduce. . . . . . myself (yes I know, not my joke). . . I was recommended the pub by our esteemed barman and just wanted to say hello, I'm sure I'll get more involved as topics catch my fancy.  Anyhoo, I'm an english / cypriot guy (more english than cypriot, truth be told) who has lived all over the world, currently residing in Cy and er. . . . well guess thats about it.  Barkeep, a cold beer please?
A cold beer, you must be bloody joking. The only time you get a cold pint in here is when BM leaves the cellar doors open, nevertheless I will have a pint of cooking cider please. Now pull up a sandbag and let me tell you a war story......
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 07:32:19 PM
I'm back!  eveilgrin:

Just put LL to bed with a sick bowl...  ::)

Of course, I won't take advantage...  whistle:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:33:04 PM
And peace descends once more over the denizens of the snug. Tobaco is handed round, pipes are gratefully filled and lit. A gentle hum of conversations hangs in the air as GOS pulls up a sandbag and settles down to retell tales of glories past. All is right with our little virtual world.
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:34:19 PM
I'm back!  eveilgrin:

Just put LL to bed with a sick bowl...  ::)

Of course, I won't take advantage...  whistle:

Kindly inform her Ladyship that self inflicted wounds are a chargeable offence under the War Act.
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: hobx on April 28, 2008, 07:36:09 PM
Ahhh BM.....erm....nothing been going on here....at all ....
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 07:38:44 PM
She let me take pictures of her with the sick bowl on her head...  point:
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Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on April 28, 2008, 07:42:39 PM
And peace descends once more over the denizens of the snug. Tobaco is handed round, pipes are gratefully filled and lit. A gentle hum of conversations hangs in the air as GOS pulls up a sandbag and settles down to retell tales of glories past. All is right with our little virtual world.
Christ, straight out of Tales of a Wayside Inn cloud9:
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:45:26 PM
And peace descends once more over the denizens of the snug. Tobaco is handed round, pipes are gratefully filled and lit. A gentle hum of conversations hangs in the air as GOS pulls up a sandbag and settles down to retell tales of glories past. All is right with our little virtual world.
Christ, straight out of Tales of a Wayside Inn cloud9:

Read it with a John Arlott accent ~ he came from Basingstoke, I come from ten miles up the road.  ;)
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:49:00 PM
She let me take pictures of her with the sick bowl on her head...  point:

She's pissed you mean. eeek:
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 07:52:26 PM
She let me take pictures of her with the sick bowl on her head...  point:

She's pissed you mean. eeek:
Um... yes...  redface:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 07:54:30 PM
She let me take pictures of her with the sick bowl on her head...  point:

She's pissed you mean. eeek:
Um... yes...  redface:

Tsk!

This'll be your fault come morning  ~ You know that don't you?
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:13:41 PM
She let me take pictures of her with the sick bowl on her head...  point:

She's pissed you mean. eeek:
Um... yes...  redface:

Tsk!

This'll be your fault come morning  ~ You know that don't you?
Yes...  ::)
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 08:14:42 PM
 happy100
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:16:31 PM
happy100
Thanx  sad24:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 08:18:02 PM
Don't mention it old chap ..... it's at times like this when you find out who your real pals are etc.
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:19:02 PM
Don't mention it old chap ..... it's at times like this when you find out who your real pals are etc.
Indeed... man's best fren'...  sad24:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 08:21:13 PM
Now Now ~ Don't go getting all maudlin on me.







If there is one thing I can't stand it's a drunk making a fool of himself ~ you'll be singing Nellie Dene in a minute
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:24:18 PM
Now Now ~ Don't go getting all maudlin on me.







If there is one thing I can't stand it's a drunk making a fool of himself ~ you'll be singing Nellie Dene in a minute
My besh fren'  cloud9:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 08:25:16 PM
 ::)
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:25:36 PM
::)
redface:
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Post by: Snoopy on April 28, 2008, 08:26:45 PM
 ;)
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Post by: Barman on April 28, 2008, 08:27:13 PM
;)
;D
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Post by: Nick on April 29, 2008, 06:47:09 AM
 noooo:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 29, 2008, 06:55:17 AM
noooo:
Mornin'  ;D
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on April 29, 2008, 07:35:36 AM
And peace descends once more over the denizens of the snug. Tobaco is handed round, pipes are gratefully filled and lit. A gentle hum of conversations hangs in the air as GOS pulls up a sandbag and settles down to retell tales of glories past. All is right with our little virtual world.
Christ, straight out of Tales of a Wayside Inn cloud9:

Read it with a John Arlott accent ~ he came from Basingstoke, I come from ten miles up the road.  ;)
lol: The Landlords Tale, reminds me of BM
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 29, 2008, 07:44:11 AM
And peace descends once more over the denizens of the snug. Tobaco is handed round, pipes are gratefully filled and lit. A gentle hum of conversations hangs in the air as GOS pulls up a sandbag and settles down to retell tales of glories past. All is right with our little virtual world.
Christ, straight out of Tales of a Wayside Inn cloud9:

Read it with a John Arlott accent ~ he came from Basingstoke, I come from ten miles up the road.  ;)
lol: The Landlords Tale, reminds me of BM
rubschin:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on April 29, 2008, 08:32:17 AM
In the nicest possible way eyes:
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Barman on April 29, 2008, 08:48:36 AM
In the nicest possible way eyes:
Of course...  char048
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on April 29, 2008, 08:54:43 AM
I see you standing beside the fire....




But first the Landlord will I trace;
Grave in his aspect and attire;
A man of ancient pedigree,
A Justice of the Peace was he,
Known in all Sudbury as "The Squire."
Proud was he of his name and race,
Of old Sir William and Sir Hugh,
And in the parlor, full in view,
His coat-of-arms, well framed and glazed,
Upon the wall in colors blazed;
He beareth gules upon his shield,
A chevron argent in the field,
With three wolf's heads, and for the crest
A Wyvern part-per-pale addressed
Upon a helmet barred; below
The scroll reads, "By the name of Howe."
And over this, no longer bright,
Though glimmering with a latent light,
Was hung the sword his grandsire bore
In the rebellious days of yore,
Down there at Concord in the fight.
Title: Re: Hello all....
Post by: Snoopy on April 29, 2008, 08:56:06 AM
'cactly.
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Post by: Barman on April 29, 2008, 09:04:01 AM
 cloud9:
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Post by: Barman on April 29, 2008, 09:11:12 AM
In the words of the great John Dunn...



"That's all for now. Join me at the same time tomorrow here on Radio 2"







Stolen shamelessly from Humphrey Lyttelton…  surrender: