Free Association Thread 5

[SamScribble]

And it will be included as a new disorder in the DSM-VI!
Hi Sam.

It's how such things get started, Tio.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

It's how such things get started, Tio.

Now we codgers just have to find the young women who display that kink...

 

[SamScribble]

Now we codgers just have to find the young women who display that kink...

Ha ha. Maybe we need to explore a few new pubs.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Ha ha. Maybe we need to explore a few new pubs.

Good idea - if we don't find the women, we might at least find a few good ales.

 

[Handley_Page]

Good idea - if we don't find the women, we might at least find a few good ales.

That's a very important point, Tio.
Now, bearing in mind that the South-East of UK has not very good water, we need to investigate other regions; the West of England, West Midlands, North-East England, to make a bit of a start.
Cheers!

 

[JKendallDane]

That's a very important point, Tio.
Now, bearing in mind that the South-East of UK has not very good water, we need to investigate other regions; the West of England, West Midlands, North-East England, to make a bit of a start.
Cheers!

Road trip!

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[Handley_Page]

Road trip!

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Been there, done that.
I really must tell that tale, sometime

 

[SamScribble]

Been there, done that.
I really must tell that tale, sometime

navigating by pubs

 

[JKendallDane]

navigating by pubs

Sounds like the human version of pinball...just zigging and zagging and bouncing off everything you can.

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[SamScribble]

Sounds like the human version of pinball...just zigging and zagging and bouncing off everything you can.

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And lighting up the world as you go.

 

[Handley_Page]

navigating by pubs

More like 'Navigating by Brewery'

And lighting up the world as you go.

Ah, well that goes with the territory, I guess; especially Wiltshire/Somerset, Glos.

 

[JKendallDane]

More like 'Navigating by Brewery'

Ah, well that goes with the territory, I guess; especially Wiltshire/Somerset, Glos.

How else do you get a real feel for any European country if you don't spend a couple hours soaking up the atmosphere in a neighborhood pub? At least that's been my experience.

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[Gotham_Central]

How else do you get a real feel for any European country if you don't spend a couple hours soaking up the atmosphere in a neighborhood pub? At least that's been my experience.

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I miss the corner pubs in Phillie.

 

[Handley_Page]

How else do you get a real feel for any European country if you don't spend a couple hours soaking up the atmosphere in a neighborhood pub? At least that's been my experience.

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Yes, but do not forget that many pubs are allied to one brewery, so you don't go looking for pubs so much as what the brewery can offer. Just find a nice pub !

 

[MagicaPractica]

Yes, but do not forget that many pubs are allied to one brewery, so you don't go looking for pubs so much as what the brewery can offer. Just find a nice pub !

Not sure American bars qualify, I never spent much time in them, but I do have a favorite these days. Serves good food, my favorite wine, and I can get fizzy water with a twist. I can also usually hear my friends.

 

[Gotham_Central]

Not sure American bars qualify, I never spent much time in them, but I do have a favorite these days. Serves good food, my favorite wine, and I can get fizzy water with a twist. I can also usually hear my friends.

I know it makes me a wack job, but I have never enjoyed live music in small venues like pubs or bars. I don't think anyone has ever gotten the sound right. Always too loud or too garbled.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I know it makes me a wack job, but I have never enjoyed live music in small venues like pubs or bars. I don't think anyone has ever gotten the sound right. Always too loud or too garbled.

I've only heard live music in one small venue, a coffee bar, and you're right - it is WAY too loud.

 

[Gotham_Central]

I've only heard live music in one small venue, a coffee bar, and you're right - it is WAY too loud.

I love the open air venues!

 

[Emmeline]

I love the open air venues!

I'd love to see a concert at Red Rocks in Colorado one day!

 

[Gotham_Central]

I'd love to see a concert at Red Rocks in Colorado one day!

There used to be an incredible venue in North Eastern WVa, but the name of it escapes me.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Yet in the 60s I loved the coffee houses of Greenwich Village for their intimacy. Even found myself sitting on stage with Ian and Sylvia one Saturday night. But, then, it was acoustic, and never too loud.

 

[JKendallDane]

Yet in the 60s I loved the coffee houses of Greenwich Village for their intimacy. Even found myself sitting on stage with Ian and Sylvia one Saturday night. But, then, it was acoustic, and never too loud.

Then there are those wonderful coffee houses in Amsterdam where you don't care whether they have music or not.

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[Handley_Page]

I know it makes me a wack job, but I have never enjoyed live music in small venues like pubs or bars. I don't think anyone has ever gotten the sound right. Always too loud or too garbled.

For me, that depends on the music.
A good jazz trio or quartet is always best heard live, for example.
But I recall seeing several live pop groups at a time when studios did not have loads of electronic funny-stuff. (I liked "the Hollies".)

 

[MagicaPractica]

For me, that depends on the music.
A good jazz trio or quartet is always best heard live, for example.
But I recall seeing several live pop groups at a time when studios did not have loads of electronic funny-stuff. (I liked "the Hollies".)

Everything is amplified these days, acoustic would be a different matter.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Everything is amplified these days, acoustic would be a different matter.

I'm never sure whether music got amplified to fill large venues or venues got large to contain amplified music...