It's Friday... join me for a drink... [Archive]

Steviefan49

02-29-2008, 05:03 PM

Great news, Arlene!!!

~ sigh ~ It has been an insane week for me and I am much deserving of a serious cocktail. Let's see . . . I guess I'll stick to the usual: A very large glass of merlot. Chilled, of course.

!!Hey, Pip!!

Thanks Ruthie! LOL.. Sorry to hear this week was a nutty one.. On to better weeks for sure!:woohoo: And a "cheers" headed your way too! I'm after a nice Malibu rum and pineapple juice cocktail!

jannieC

02-29-2008, 05:46 PM

I'm headed out to a bachelorette party tonight. :cool::woohoo::lol:

xxxmx

02-29-2008, 08:24 PM

cheers! looks like we're all red-wining the night away? i've got a glass of valpolicella and life is good. the cat's keeping my feet warm and i don't have a thing to do tomorrow. by the by, girl scout cookies were delivered this week and i've found that trefoils are lovely dipped in wine.

:wavey:

David

02-29-2008, 10:27 PM

i've got a glass of valpolicella and life is good.Would you send me over a bottle of that? I'd love to try it! :nod:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-01-2008, 03:45 AM

Hey Pip! :woohoo: I wish they had the two smileys that did the "cheers" thing.. LOL.. I hope your week was a GOOD one, and not a bad one! I had a GREAT one, as I got a new job, and my mammogram was good! WOOOOOHOOOOOO.. The celebration is on!:blob1::woohoo:

Well it's the morning after...lol. My week wasn't the greatest... hence the need for a drink! :laugh:

Oh and congrats on the mammogram news!

Steviefan49

03-03-2008, 10:42 AM

Well it's the morning after...lol. My week wasn't the greatest... hence the need for a drink! :laugh:

Oh and congrats on the mammogram news!

Hey Pip!

Awww.. sorry to hear your week wasn't a good one.. Hopefully, this up-coming one will be a better one for you! When I have those weeks, I *live* for the weekends.. LOL:p- Thanks SOOO much for the congrats on the mammogram news... I always feel I jump a huge hurdle when I get the "ok" there.. LOL- (Here's to a GREAT week ahead) CHEERS!

Steviefan49

03-06-2008, 11:20 AM

Well it's the morning after...lol. My week wasn't the greatest... hence the need for a drink! :laugh:

Oh and congrats on the mammogram news!

Well, I had to *bump* this thead up, as it's almost Friday again.. and I hope everyone's week is going better! LOL..I'm up for a drink too! LOL:thumbsup:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 03:22 PM

I just settle for getting through the week now!

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 03:28 PM

.....and have you opened the Shiraz yet?

Steviefan49

03-07-2008, 03:30 PM

I just settle for getting through the week now!

I hear you Pip.. :p

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 03:47 PM

.....and have you opened the Shiraz yet?

I have indeed... sick of drinking alone though:rolleyes:

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 03:50 PM

I have indeed... sick of drinking alone though:rolleyes:

Well if you can get over to Chicago for 7pm - you can come out with me:)

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 03:52 PM

Well if you can get over to Chicago for 7pm - you can come out with me:)

I wish! :lol:

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 04:01 PM

I wish! :lol:

Well you just need to finish earlier next Friday :laugh:!

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 04:03 PM

Well you just need to finish earlier next Friday :laugh:!

Indeed! :p

Gearing myself up for the return of the tosser/wanker/dickhead/bastard on Monday :rolleyes:

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 04:13 PM

Indeed! :p

Gearing myself up for the return of the tosser/wanker/dickhead/bastard on Monday :rolleyes:

I assume that isn't a ledgie:shrug: but Mike:laugh:

Good luck with that - I guess he'll have arm fulls of presents for the kids:rolleyes:!

I have to pick up our two from school shortly and take them down to their fathers. So I'll be doing a bit of the 'happy' families thing!:laugh: He's only having them for one night cos he has 'more important' things to do Saturday.

Hey we're English - we rise above this sort of bollocks!:lol:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 04:16 PM

I assume that isn't a ledgie:shrug: but Mike:laugh:

Good luck with that - I guess he'll have arm fulls of presents for the kids:rolleyes:!

I have to pick up our two from school shortly and take them down to their fathers. So I'll be doing a bit of the 'happy' families thing!:laugh: He's only having them for one night cos he has 'more important' things to do Saturday.

Hey we're English - we rise above this sort of bollocks!:lol:

I do love the word bollocks... hehe. Yeah Mike... presents for the kids?? Excuse me while I puke :lol: He actually sent me a message on skype the other day (I deleted him from my contacts) to let me know he is home Monday. Didn't even ask me how the kids were :rolleyes:

Are you doing anything with your child free night?

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 04:34 PM

Are you doing anything with your child free night?

YES I have plans!! - so we will only be out a couple of hours:laugh:.

No - we're out for dinner at an Italian place in the city that we like with some other people. It will be cool.

Steviefan49

03-07-2008, 04:34 PM

I do love the word bollocks... hehe. Yeah Mike... presents for the kids?? Excuse me while I puke :lol: He actually sent me a message on skype the other day (I deleted him from my contacts) to let me know he is home Monday. Didn't even ask me how the kids were :rolleyes:

Are you doing anything with your child free night?

I SOOO love that word bollocks as well! Every time I hear John use it, I swear I crack up for like 30 minutes afterwards.. I've also grown to LOVE the show "Ramsey's Kitchen" on the BBC every Thursday night, and that word gets used more than anything.. well.. maybe other than the "f" bomb.. ROTFL

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 04:36 PM

YES I have plans!! - so we will only be out a couple of hours:laugh:.

No - we're out for dinner at an Italian place in the city that we like with some other people. It will be cool.

God... 'plans' are a long distant memory... hehe

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 04:39 PM

I SOOO love that word bollocks as well! Every time I hear John use it, I swear I crack up for like 30 minutes afterwards.. I've also grown to LOVE the show "Ramsey's Kitchen" on the BBC every Thursday night, and that word gets used more than anything.. well.. maybe other than the "f" bomb.. ROTFL

We've had this discussion here before but we (Brits) have a few swear words like bollocks that are quite inoffensive really....but the Americans I work with go straight to using the f word. It takes a bit of getting used to........:laugh:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 04:40 PM

We've had this discussion here before but we (Brits) have a few swear words like bollocks that are quite inoffensive really....but the Americans I work with go straight to using the f word. It takes a bit of getting used to........:laugh:

I use bollocks, wanker and bugger quite often. (usually when talking about my ex..:laugh:)

Steviefan49

03-07-2008, 04:53 PM

We've had this discussion here before but we (Brits) have a few swear words like bollocks that are quite inoffensive really....but the Americans I work with go straight to using the f word. It takes a bit of getting used to........:laugh:

See.. to me bollocks is HILARIOUS.. I don't know why it just comes across as funny to me.. but it IS much better then the "f" bomb for sure, and you are right.. To me, that doesn't sound offensive at all.. I need to try using that word, verses the other at work, and see what the consesus would be.. Now, keep in mind, this is in Texas.. ROTFL:laugh:

Steviefan49

03-07-2008, 04:56 PM

I use bollocks, wanker and bugger quite often. (usually when talking about my ex..:laugh:)

ROTFL.. Pip.. you are a mess.. but I guess in your case, I would probably use "wanker" for sure! I don't even think Mike would be considered a "bugger".. that just seems too nice for that one.. :(

DavidMn

03-07-2008, 05:00 PM

I went out with some friends last night, and as always I was the designated driver as I drink very little alcohol ever. I actually did have a Malibu Pineapple with Midori last night, but that's it. My friends though, thats a different story. Oh well, we all made it home safely and thats what matters.:nod:

Stew_Matthews

03-07-2008, 05:10 PM

Malibu Pineapple with Midori last night

That sounds exotic - the sort of thing Strandinthewind would drink. I've had two alcoholic drinks since October. I don't drink much anyway but my g/f's two brothers got me stinking drunk on Whisky. I was in bed for two days thinking I would die - so the smell of alcohol just makes me feel sick now.

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-07-2008, 05:14 PM

That sounds exotic - the sort of thing Strandinthewind would drink. I've had two alcoholic drinks since October. I don't drink much anyway but my g/f's two brothers got me stinking drunk on Whisky. I was in bed for two days thinking I would die - so the smell of alcohol just makes me feel sick now.

I don't remember the last time I drank to the point of being ill. Despite starting these threads I really don't drink that much alcohol.

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 06:35 PM

Here we are again... another Friday night. Where is everybody?

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 06:40 PM

Here we are again... another Friday night. Where is everybody?

Pip - you said last week you didn't drink much:laugh: and you have started again!

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 06:50 PM

Pip - you said last week you didn't drink much:laugh: and you have started again!

Ah the perils of being alone...lol. And the kids will be with their father (the asswipe) tomorrow so no doubt I'll be having a glass or three then too! :lol:

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 06:59 PM

Ah the perils of being alone...lol. And the kids will be with their father (the asswipe) tomorrow so no doubt I'll be having a glass or three then too! :lol:

Pip - you gotta take the pledge:laugh:.

Everyone is in the Rumours thread arguing about the (limited) merits of Sheryl joining the band.

Is Mike on English soil?

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 07:01 PM

Pip - you gotta take the pledge:laugh:.

Everyone is in the Rumours thread arguing about the (limited) merits of Sheryl joining the band.

Is Mike on English soil?

Do we know for certain she's joining? Or just touring with them? I'll meander over to that forum in a sec.

And yes... he returned to the UK on Monday. Apparently his latest spawn is due in July. He is supposed to break the news to the kids over the weekend... I await the fallout...

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 07:10 PM

Do we know for certain she's joining? Or just touring with them? I'll meander over to that forum in a sec.

And yes... he returned to the UK on Monday. Apparently his latest spawn is due in July. He is supposed to break the news to the kids over the weekend... I await the fallout...

No we are working ourselves into hysteria over something that may or may not happen!

Had she been joining the E Street Band, I would have been rioting in the streets of Chicago:) but it isn't clear.

Good luck with the 'news'. Will this arrival be the excuse the pay less maintenance?

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 07:13 PM

No we are working ourselves into hysteria over something that may or may not happen!

Had she been joining the E Street Band, I would have been rioting in the streets of Chicago:) but it isn't clear.

Good luck with the 'news'. Will this arrival be the excuse the pay less maintenance?

Dunno... better bloody not be. Apparently his woman is back in Venezuela at the moment. Not sure when she'll be back here.

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 07:25 PM

Dunno... better bloody not be. Apparently his woman is back in Venezuela at the moment. Not sure when she'll be back here.

Hopefully she'll stay there and then he'll go there too!!:laugh:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 07:28 PM

Hopefully she'll stay there and then he'll go there too!!:laugh:

God knows what he's planning.

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 07:31 PM

God knows what he's planning.

Well I'm in sunny California all next week - my suntan is fading:laugh: so it's a good job! It's Easter in the UK isn't it?

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-14-2008, 07:37 PM

Well I'm in sunny California all next week - my suntan is fading:laugh: so it's a good job! It's Easter in the UK isn't it?

Next weekend is easter. I'm hoping to make it out to LA later in the year

Stew_Matthews

03-14-2008, 07:58 PM

Next weekend is easter. I'm hoping to make it out to LA later in the year

Southern California is good. I'm hoping to get a couple of weeks there in the summer - I want to go back to San Diego. It's not very good this whole having a 'proper job' thing. I don't get enough time off:laugh:.

JWS

03-14-2008, 11:16 PM

Here we are again... another Friday night. Where is everybody?

Watching the SEC tournament from Catlanta which was halted by a tornado. The Kentucky game was postponed.

michelle2677

03-15-2008, 09:49 PM

Watching the SEC tournament from Catlanta which was halted by a tornado. The Kentucky game was postponed.

:sniffle: *wipes a tear*

dude. that game today was bull****te.

granted, that 3 pt shot at the end was awesome, i'm not denying that. But they should have called that foul when the guy knocked bradley down. :mad:

it's a sad day in the bluegrass state. i think i'll go have a beer and lick my wounds.

JWS

03-15-2008, 10:22 PM

:sniffle: *wipes a tear*

dude. that game today was bull****te.

granted, that 3 pt shot at the end was awesome, i'm not denying that. But they should have called that foul when the guy knocked bradley down. :mad:

it's a sad day in the bluegrass state. i think i'll go have a beer and lick my wounds.

The offciating was a travesty. Clearly a charging foul bowling over Bradley at game end. As Bob Knight said on ESPN, if it's a foul in the first minute of the game then it's still a foul in the last minute. Kentucky was robbed big time.:mad::mad:

And how about the sorry treatment of UK fans? 20,000 with tickets turned away when the game was postponed and switched to 9,000 seat Georgia Tech's place after the tornado struct the Georgia Dome. The UK fan boards are ballistic with venom right now. The SEC officials blew this horribly. They should have waited out the storms and played the game in the middle of the night if necessary. I know UK people that spent thousands, including transportation, hotels, and tickets...and didn't see a single game. This SEC tournament was a complete disaster.

Give a lot of credit to Georgia for going on to win a second game, beating MSU, the same day!!

michelle2677

03-15-2008, 10:48 PM

The offciating was a travesty. Clearly a charging foul bowling over Bradley at game end. As Bob Knight said on ESPN, if it's a foul in the first minute of the game then it's still a foul in the last minute. Kentucky was robbed big time.:mad::mad:

And how about the sorry treatment of UK fans? 20,000 with tickets turned away when the game was postponed and switched to 9,000 seat Georgia Tech's place after the tornado struct the Georgia Dome. The UK fan boards are ballistic with venom right now. The SEC officials blew this horribly. They should have waited out the storms and played the game in the middle of the night if necessary. I know UK people that spent thousands, including transportation, hotels, and tickets...and didn't see a single game. This SEC tournament was a complete disaster.

Give a lot of credit to Georgia for going on to win a second game, beating MSU, the same day!!

yeah, no ****. I mean, I know there would have been more than 9,000 KY/GA fans...but come on. they could have figured out a way to either make them upgrade tickets or something. Not that this was the reason they lost, but KY has such a huge fanbase, and it creates a completely different atmosphere when you go from 24,000 fans at a home game, to 300. seriously? SERIOUSLY? I'm not saying they should have played in the middle of the night, because they had no idea when the warning for the second band of thunderstorms was going to be lifted, but it was just a bad situation all around.

and i completely agree about the foul. I know it happens all the time and coaches do it to purposely get a foul, but come on. and WTF was up with (was it stevenson?) who got the technical foul at the very end during a free-throw? um....?? wtf was he thinking. I heard some talk about him losing his balance and he thought the ball had already started to go down, but not completely sure what that was about.

JWS

03-15-2008, 11:02 PM

yeah, no ****. I mean, I know there would have been more than 9,000 KY/GA fans...but come on. they could have figured out a way to either make them upgrade tickets or something. Not that this was the reason they lost, but KY has such a huge fanbase, and it creates a completely different atmosphere when you go from 24,000 fans at a home game, to 300. seriously? SERIOUSLY? I'm not saying they should have played in the middle of the night, because they had no idea when the warning for the second band of thunderstorms was going to be lifted, but it was just a bad situation all around.

and i completely agree about the foul. I know it happens all the time and coaches do it to purposely get a foul, but come on. and WTF was up with (was it stevenson?) who got the technical foul at the very end during a free-throw? um....?? wtf was he thinking. I heard some talk about him losing his balance and he thought the ball had already started to go down, but not completely sure what that was about.

By rule, swatting away a freethrow is goaltending. I didn't know it was a techincal and neither did Billy Clyde.

Michelle, I live in Los Angeles so could only get the game on Yahoo Sports. It was ridiculous. There were only about 500 people including media in a 9,000 seat arena. Meanwhile 20,000 UK fans were screaming, pushing outside wanting to get in. I know Uk fans that were there and apparently there was pushing, shoving and inevitable fights broke out (even among UK faithful, just awful). It's a sad day and black eye for the SEC.

I just hope this traggic loss doesn't cost UK an NCAA berth.

michelle2677

03-16-2008, 12:27 AM

By rule, swatting away a freethrow is goaltending. I didn't know it was a techincal and neither did Billy Clyde.

Michelle, I live in Los Angeles so could only get the game on Yahoo Sports. It was ridiculous. There were only about 500 people including media in a 9,000 seat arena. Meanwhile 20,000 UK fans were screaming, pushing outside wanting to get in. I know Uk fans that were there and apparently there was pushing, shoving and inevitable fights broke out (even among UK faithful, just awful). It's a sad day and black eye for the SEC.

I just hope this traggic loss doesn't cost UK an NCAA berth.

right, i didn't realize it was technical either, but whoops.

ooh that's horrible. and yeah, if i had paid the bucks for those tix, i'd be screaming, pushing and wanting to get in as well.

and naaah. i'm sure they'll be an 8 or 9 seed.which means they'll play a number one seed the second round and won't make it to the sweet sixteen. Which also means while i'm in london (march 28-april 5) I won't have to worry about hunting down a bar that gives a **** about march madness :lol:

JWS

03-16-2008, 10:37 AM

right, i didn't realize it was technical either, but whoops.

ooh that's horrible. and yeah, if i had paid the bucks for those tix, i'd be screaming, pushing and wanting to get in as well.

and naaah. i'm sure they'll be an 8 or 9 seed.which means they'll play a number one seed the second round and won't make it to the sweet sixteen. Which also means while i'm in london (march 28-april 5) I won't have to worry about hunting down a bar that gives a **** about march madness :lol:

London, KY? :lol:

michelle2677

03-16-2008, 11:59 AM

London, KY? :lol:

uuuh. no. :laugh:

Steviefan49

03-28-2008, 04:23 PM

I was like.. "Where's that Friday night drink thread"? LOL.. Ok.. well, it's another Friday night.. and I'll join you all for a drink! CHEERS!:thumbsup:

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-28-2008, 05:03 PM

No alcohol for me as I'm back on a diet trying to shift the weight I gained since the split! I'm drinking a coffee right now though!

Stew_Matthews

03-28-2008, 05:25 PM

No alcohol for me as I'm back on a diet trying to shift the weight I gained since the split! I'm drinking a coffee right now though!

The Australian Vineyards will be issuing a profits warning tonight:laugh:!

Just water for me - I've got drive from work in Cleveland back to Chicago - I might just get back by Saturday night:rolleyes:!

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-28-2008, 05:35 PM

The Australian Vineyards will be issuing a profits warning tonight:laugh:!

Bloody cheek!! :laugh:

Actually it doesn't bother me if I don't drink. I usually don't when I go out anyway as I wouldn't want to make a fool of myself!:laugh: And the weight loss is more pressing now I've forked out for tickets to LA in August!

Stew_Matthews

03-28-2008, 05:45 PM

And the weight loss is more pressing now I've forked out for tickets to LA in August!

If you're flying with BA, you can weigh up to 18 stones without needing to have a bigger seat or pay more money:laugh:!

And I know you don't weigh ANYTHING like that - so you can relax.:)

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-28-2008, 05:52 PM

If you're flying with BA, you can weigh up to 18 stones without needing to have a bigger seat or pay more money:laugh:!

And I know you don't weigh ANYTHING like that - so you can relax.:)

Haha! Shockingly I used to!:eek:

The holiday gives me something to aim for so I can stick to the diet. I love food so it's always hard!

Oh and I am flying BA...lol

Stew_Matthews

03-28-2008, 06:00 PM

Haha! Shockingly I used to!:eek:

The holiday gives me something to aim for so I can stick to the diet. I love food so it's always hard!

Oh and I am flying BA...lol

:shocked::shocked: god I can't believe that. I'm amazed.............

Well good luck with the diet..........gotta make tracks home now.......catch you later....

Gypsy-Rhiannon

03-28-2008, 06:02 PM

:shocked::shocked: god I can't believe that. I'm amazed.............

Well good luck with the diet..........gotta make tracks home now.......catch you later....

:xoxo: catch you later!

Steviefan49

03-28-2008, 10:39 PM

No alcohol for me as I'm back on a diet trying to shift the weight I gained since the split! I'm drinking a coffee right now though!

Well, it worked out that I ended up going out to dinner and see a movie, so I ended up missing a Friday night drink as well!~ :distress: Oh well.. Good luck with the diet Pip! I'm starting Weight Watchers this coming Sunday, with a friend, and I'm pretty excited. I just need to get rid of it once and for all, you know? And I SOOO hear you on loving to eat. I do too.. but now, I guess it's just a question of learning to eat the right things instead of the wrong things..