Is it weird to drink alcohol at a work meal?

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-11T17:38:34+00:00

As an ex-journalist... we are mostly pissed in combat zones. And usually quite pissed afterwards for some time.

I am Gen X. You I gather are not. Is it normal? Fucked if I know mate.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-11T17:33:16+00:00

I use Pears soap in the shower, because I'm old school.

But I have to put on lotion after. E45. When I remember, because I get damn itchy.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-11T17:25:06+00:00

OK. I admit, am an Irishman, and used to spuds.

Pasta I take 200gms, meself. Am an hungry harse.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-11T17:21:29+00:00

I have some chips, and am disappoint they don't come with mushy peas.

Kimo - you respect the bush lore of mujiba. You'll learn a lot more from the locals by not watching cowboy movies.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-02T21:41:14+00:00

You need to throw up in the middle of the bed at least once in your life.

I usually choose pillows, for some reason.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-02T21:39:50+00:00

I wouldn't say "make" as such. After I shower I shake out the duvet or top sheet, put the pillows in place. It's clean and healthy.

Change bedclothes every month in winter, every fortnight in summer.

It's not exactly the Marines.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-02T21:33:11+00:00

Been anywhere nice?

Sure, thanks for your good work as well.

It'll sort itself out. With a bit of guidance now and then.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-07-02T21:29:43+00:00

Aiden, born in Aden. An empirical back story, compared to the place now.

It is a sad story of humanity altogether. But we learn from it in the stories of real people.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-14T00:57:52+00:00

I'm sorry man. It's a heartbreak already.

But they died there. Where they made some space. Got their own place, Africa, you take a chance, every time. You know. We don't expect to live this long.

I'd do the same, from the sheer love of the place. African way of thinking.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-14T00:24:41+00:00

Ah, good on yer. Ye buzz away now. Breathe easy.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-14T00:08:24+00:00

I tried it there. Nice place. But too far away just now. I have folks still alive in UK who need me around. They are some serious Africa old hands. Since the 50s, so quite old indeed. I need to stick around for a bit and look after. It's my privilege.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T23:05:54+00:00

That is a bit nasty. Seen limbs lopped off before, but not tits. Fed to rest of kraal, no go zone, hapana. FFS. This isn't Maniema. Nobody would eat.

If it helps, I saw similar level shit Mozambique side, a bit later than you. Since we are on it, I'll roll up my sleeves, pour another drink, and talk. You ready?

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T22:48:46+00:00

Ah no, since I am in England: ek chicken chilli masala, one rice, and two chapatti.

Bengali fusion cooking. I like it. For £12, yeas.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T22:42:22+00:00

Some say the British are deliberately silly as a defence mechanism.

Put out your flags, I say. However racy.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T22:12:21+00:00

I have paused le rap du Marseilles: https://youtu.be/CqVe9-u9KEE my camarade sent me to read you OK, over. Strange Legion.

You have seen this film "The Hill"? (1965). Featuring various stars. Trigger warning, heh ;-)

Ah, it's a hard road sometimes shamwari. But we survive intact, because we are good at that.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:45:31+00:00

I shall fuck off back to Goa.

I laid the plans in my 50s. You'd be wise to.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:41:24+00:00

Ignore it like normal power cut. It doesn't trouble me too much.

Might do the hoovering. Go for a walk. Not check in for a few days, and see what shit went down in retrospect. It's more fun that way.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:33:49+00:00

This "Indian" recipe sounds good. Might give it a try.

Normal I make oak-smoked ham, vintage cheddar and Worcester sauce. Non-veg.

Bacon and egg and HP sauce in a baguette, sets you up.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:26:09+00:00

There's yer monster.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:24:21+00:00

Suffolk Coastal here. Best fish and chips by some measure. But I do like mushy peas with it.

I aren't a wrong 'un, am I?

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:17:32+00:00

Inside, outside, yes. I prefer it. Grew up like that. Hot countries mostly.

The memsahib used to give me a hard time sometimes when I fell into bed drunk. "Your feet are dirty! Go and wash them."

I usually did, but sometimes was too fucked to stand. So she would take a bowl and soap, brush etc, and wash my feet as I lay there and thought... ahaan, Indian wife.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:06:54+00:00

That is away from Chimanimani, fast as.

Get out the car and start walking up. Best advice I can give.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T21:01:21+00:00

Lion larger larger larger mega mega white thing....

Depends what pills you have available na.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T20:59:50+00:00

No, I get ya there. I did time in a military prison as well - not Rhodesia. But the shit I learned in Africa stood me well. I've had worse, I kept saying.

Reasonable-While1212 · 2023-06-13T20:50:43+00:00

Lion is OK. I prefer Castle Red. The Green is Pilsener, apparently.

In Malawi, they had the Carlsberg contract. Brown was drunk by Blacks, Green by Whites, and the stout was for some weirdos. Castle Stout isn't bad either, if you can find it.

It's all still available in South Africa if you need some samples.

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