2 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

you're all wrong!

that was from A&W who do the best root beer, they have a chain of burger stores in Canada and a few in the states, maybe the best burger chain I've been to (the wife didn't like shake shack, there was a lot of fat in the meat, soaked the bun)

 

Looks the bollocks, tastes like bollocks. 

1 hour ago, Chindie said:

The Snyder Cut of Justice League is going to be released. Next year. On HBO's new streaming service.

I'm not convinced Snyder's vision is going to save that film, but it is true that what Whedon released as a rescue job was a complete dogs dinner that was so crap he actually puts a mildly hidden apology in the opening credits. I'd hope Snyder can put together something that was at least less shit than that. It's likely we'll get to see Darkseid and maybe they'll roll back the awful take on Steppenwolf...

I’m interested to see it. It’s around 3 1/2 hours long apparently and he’s been given a budget to finish it ahead of its release next year. I read an article on it the other day and it sounds like a radically different film. 

3 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

Thank you. For years as a kid reading American comics I desperately wanted to try root beer. When I finally got to the US and tried some, I spat it out after the first mouthful - it was rank. What a let-down. 

Same here, tried it the first time I went to Florida a few years back and thought they’d left cleaning fluid in the dispenser! 

I was hammered last night and there were no munchies about, so I ate 2/3 of a jar of peanut butter, with New York BBQ sauce. 

10 minutes ago, Straggler said:

Businesses are so dumb.  They hardly ever look past what is looking at them in the face.  During a time of emergency it is possible to get less people to do more as they bust a gut for the greater good.  These same people will be looking down the road to the point that they get some relief, it won't be a sustainable workload over the long term in most cases.  If the reward for busting a gut during an emergency is that the business decides to make that the new normal then all you get is a massive amount of resentment.  I bet you a pound to a penny that the new normal will not come with a pay rise either.

My firm has been pretty good so far, they haven’t furloughed anybody or announced any redundancies as yet.

It’s pretty unusual as they are normally absolutely hopeless in difficult times and are basically the corporate version of the Tories - their only answer is austerity. The story goes that the only reason we’ve all been kept on, is because we are owned by a massive bank and the bank are worried about the fallout if they get rid. 

We’ve already been told there is no pay rise and commission schemes are being looked at, so it won’t be long before they start trying to clawback the ‘goodwill’ they have shown us by turning the screw. 

I am grateful to have remained in post and on full pay, but I’m not naive enough to know it’s going to come at a price. 

18 hours ago, TheMelvillan said:

Dont judge me too harshly but Extraction - Netflix. Absolutely brain dead story line but fantastic action sequences if you like that sort of thing. Hemsworth is really good in it

It’s a decent film. 
 

Another one with a similar Avengers connection is 21 Bridges on Amazon Prime. Produced by the Russo Bros and starring Chadwick Boseman. Extraction is better, but it’s watchable and Boseman is good in it. 

51 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

One of the reasons I don't like 5 guys - the peanut oil fried chips - really not for me

The only thing I liked in 5 guys was the american drink machine with grape Fanta and the various cokes - but not proper mountain dew, or the best American drink which is obviously root beer

I was in the States in December, American food would probably tick a lot of boxes on this thread, root beer floater being one of them 

Root Beer is proper nasty. It’s like drinking fizzy Covonia. 

Quite a big trial this one. Finger crossed. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52737169
 

Quote

Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial begins in the UK

A trial to see whether two anti-malarial drugs could prevent Covid-19 has begun in Brighton and Oxford.

Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine or a placebo will be given to more than 40,000 healthcare workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.

All the participants are staff who are in contact with Covid-19 patients.

My favourites are the Cajun fries from Five Guys. Orgasmic. 

5 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

I get that though, vinegar and gravy doesn’t always feel right, sometimes it does. 
 

I can forgive the lack of vinegar if there’s gravy in the equation.

 

Although personally, I’m a vinegar and gravy man. Only time I won’t apply vinegar is if they’re fries.

Same. 
 

Chippy chips and oven chips absolutely need vinegar, but not fries. 

If I list all the shite I’ve bought so far, I’d have to admit I have a problem. 

11 minutes ago, chappy said:

Working my way through Brassic series 1 on sky. Joe Gilgun is excellent. The episode with Erin’s brother that I just watched was a highlight so far - like Shameless at its best.

It’s a proper gem, S2 is quality too 

In the immortal words of Star Lord, I’d say Jordan was ‘an Asshole, but not a 100% Dick’ 

Ozark S3 Episode 1.

That was one damn fine hour of prestige TV.

The use of Radiohead’s ‘The Daily Mail’ during the final scene 

4 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

You can. Believe me

You’re a wrong ‘un! 

Started a diet. Looking for some decent salad recipes and found this one. Sounds lush. 
 

Cheese and Jam on crackers or a sandwich is decent, but it needs to be chilli jam or something a bit different. You can’t just go chucking bit of a standard Robinson’s strawberry on there, you animals. 

2 minutes ago, bickster said:

Just a bit of a sod to clean the man afterwards, but worth it

Ha yeah, you could lay bricks with the stuff if you let it go cold after heating. 

Old El Paso Refried beans are ace. Love ‘em. 

We’ve decided to go back through Tarantino’s films in order, started tonight with Reservoir Dogs. 
 

I loved the film as a teenager, but It’s been over 20 years now since I’ve sat and watched it all the way through. 
It was great, it’s a fantastic film and I’d forgotten a fair few of the details here and there.

The madness of opening a crime thriller with a 7 min scene about Madonna and tipping etiquettes. The iconic scenes, the dialogue, the music, the back stories and the causal, menacing brutality of Michael Madsen. It’s a great introduction to what became a lot of his trademarks. It’s so lean as well, and by his own latter standards it’s like watching a short film. 

@Phil Silvers @mottaloo
 

Here we go! Made a bit of ‘slaw too. 
 

Not a bad effort all told 

2 minutes ago, Awol said:

Corbyn’s mentalist brother has been arrested there today. 

Yeah, I saw ‘Piers Corbyn’ trending and like quite a few people, I thought it was a alt-right piss take about Piers Morgan becoming a leftie! 

His brother actually looks like Jeremy does in Sun/Mail readers minds! 

Just stuck a rack of ribs in the oven with some homebrew BBQ sauce 

Giving ‘em 8hrs, low and slow.