howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 January 2011
18:2787574that's the second quip you have missed to day paul.
phil's irony on the deleting members thread was the first, barry above "tattooist" "criminality written all over him".
clever play on words, comes from playing all those parlour games at his country seat.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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3 January 2011
18:3287578Well Im glad you explained that one Howard as didnt get it, but yes I got the Phil's irony one, perhaps my answer didnt register it though at the time as distracted by other events.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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3 January 2011
18:5287595The White Horse some years ago was for a short time run by me. Although it was never empty of customers the level of expenditure was greater than the income by the time all the bills had been paid. If any of you remember I queried at the time it was due to re-open how viable it would be and that to become viable radical changes would have to be made.
First impressions tell me that the pub was simply not turning over enough money and accordingly the pubco or holding company decided it was more cost effective to close it and perhaps sell the property.
I genuinely believe that without a radical change the pub is a lame duck and will never pay but I shall watch with interest what the future is.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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3 January 2011
18:5487597Incidentally as a post script much has been said about the tie and deposits which have to be paid, I can only say that most of it is incorrect.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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3 January 2011
18:5687599there is so much wasteland close by, pubs need houses and businesses close by.
having said that i have never run a pub and hope that the "white horse" returns like a phoenix from the ashes and gets by with tourist, channel swimmers and some locals drinking and eating there.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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3 January 2011
19:5987613If you listen carefully you can hear the very social fabric of the town, indeed the country, snapping all around you.
An entire culture is in relentless retreat, replaced by a cowering, atomised anomie.
Soon we will all be isolated in our Barrett's boxes in Whitfield's condemned countryside, drinking from wineboxes while we interact virtually with people from the other side of the world instead.
The nearest you will get to a sense of community is a hideous corporate feeding station like The kittiwake.
Come friendly bombs...
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 January 2011
21:1887630From the UKIP Manifesto.
UKIP realises that the local pub is a unique part of the British COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS UNDER SERIOUS THREAT from supermarket price undercutting, brewery company indiffernce and the smoking ban,you can download the full "Pubs &Smoking"policy fron the "Policies"section of
www.ukip.org.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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3 January 2011
23:1687652Such verbosity Andrew !
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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4 January 2011
10:2687671Ignorant remark, kath Hollingsbee.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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4 January 2011
10:3187673bit heavy there andrew, kath was just commenting on your eloquent use of language.
i must admit to not knowing what "atomised anomie" means.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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4 January 2011
10:3787674Commenting in a misguidedly negative way, Howard. She should look up what verbose means for a start.
4 January 2011
10:5387675Oh now mr stucken it there any need for such disgusting comments?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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4 January 2011
10:5587676i must admit that i thought that the word just meant "flowery speech" or similar andrew.
having checked it in the dictionary it refers to using unnecessary words as you say.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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4 January 2011
11:0987679What? What "disgusiting" speech Melissa? I am entitled to defend myself against an unwarranted personal attack,.
I don't need this. Sorry if I offended anyone by using words of more than one syllable.
llI'll leave you to get on with it.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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4 January 2011
11:3087681Ah now chappies..keep smiling and relax with a deeeep breath...I enjoyed Andrew's post there myself, thought it was great. I have been known to attempt similar myself in the past.
4 January 2011
11:3387682By the way Andrew my sister Charlotte Starbuck sends her love and her husband Adrian Starbuck
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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4 January 2011
11:4287683Thanks Paul - but it should be possible to post an opinion without getting personally attacked, and not even in a justified way.
Let the town carry on being run in its cosy way then, that has served it so
badly.
Anyway this thread is about the white Horse, not me. I am sorry to see it go, not least because I gave Jeanette a hand there in numerous ways.
BTW thanks Howard for the vindication. I won't ask for an apology from the two good ladies in question, but wish them a Happy New Year. Adieu.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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4 January 2011
12:2987684Actually Andrew, I took Kath's comment to be light-hearted, as implied by the ! at the end.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Keith Sansum1
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4 January 2011
15:1787685andrew
believe word went over my head
lets relax
chill out
and all get on
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Jan Higgins
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4 January 2011
15:3487697I was going to leave a comment but thought it might upset Andrew, which it seems is easily done.
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