Threshers owner in administration

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 30 Oct 2009, 13:07

emordnilap wrote:Coors I have.

Pure genius.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 30 Oct 2009, 13:16

They'll just have to grin and beer it.

Missed one there: They'll just have to gin and beer it.

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 30 Oct 2009, 13:19

Vortex wrote:
They'll just have to grin and beer it.
Missed one there: They'll just have to gin and beer it.

I think you'll find it's you that's missed it Vortex.

Mark wrote:
re wrote:Hope the workers keep their spirits up. They'll just have to grin and beer it. sorry.
I'm not having a wine at your post, but shouldn't it read 'gin & beer it' ?

Have another drink - it's Friday!

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 30 Oct 2009, 13:22

Oops - <blush> .... speed reading ain't wot it used to be.

Andy Hunt · Post by **Andy Hunt** » 30 Oct 2009, 13:23

Vortex wrote:Oops - <blush> .... speed reading ain't wot it used to be.

Maybe you need new 'glasses'.

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emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 30 Oct 2009, 14:44

Andy Hunt wrote:Pure genius.

No, whiskyed.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 30 Oct 2009, 18:56

If the threshers are out of work, they must be becider themselves now they won't get their traditional drink after a hard day on the farm.

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 31 Oct 2009, 07:37

That's sure to foster discontent and castlemaine 4 X workers.

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 31 Oct 2009, 13:35

You know why the Aussies call it XXXX?

'cos they can't spell BEER.

But at risk of killing this thread off with a serious point - doesn't conventional wisdom state that fags n booze are recession proof?

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 31 Oct 2009, 14:02

Mean Mr Mustard wrote:But at risk of killing this thread off with a serious point - doesn't conventional wisdom state that fags n booze are recession proof?

That probably applies to fags and booze that come into the country on a ferry in battered white vans and car boots!

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 31 Oct 2009, 15:02

So ever higher duties levied by a bankrupt Treasury means the UK outlets fail. Peak oil renders transportation of French booze too expensive.

Climate change means more vineyards in UK back yards, therefore...

expect a major revival in wine making? Another skill being lost with the older generation. If you've ever been to a winemaker's club, they are typically old soaks, 70+...

JonB · Post by **JonB** » 31 Oct 2009, 21:00

JohnB wrote:
Mean Mr Mustard wrote:But at risk of killing this thread off with a serious point - doesn't conventional wisdom state that fags n booze are recession proof?
That probably applies to fags and booze that come into the country on a ferry in battered white vans and car boots!

Anything but vans . Last ferry I came back on, EVERY SINGLE VAN got pulled by customs, and they were making them unload if they were loaded at all.

More likely more organised criminal gangs with artics from further afield.

I understand when the French put up duty a fair wack, the Calias warehouses really started to suffer.

Supermarket offers are more likely to be at fault.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 31 Oct 2009, 21:49

EVERY SINGLE VAN got pulled by customs,

Anecdotal aside: Just see what happens if you get an oil leak which messes up the tyre well in the car boot, and you then clean it up with talcum powder ... and later in the day you get stopped in a random customs check ....

JonB · Post by **JonB** » 01 Nov 2009, 20:22

Vortex wrote:
EVERY SINGLE VAN got pulled by customs,

Anecdotal aside: Just see what happens if you get an oil leak which messes up the tyre well in the car boot, and you then clean it up with talcum powder ... and later in the day you get stopped in a random customs check ....

I can imagine the look on their faces when you said that.
How long were you detained?

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 01 Nov 2009, 21:52

How long were you detained?

Three hours.

They took the car apart - literally.

About 6 of them at it.

What they couldn't take apart they stuck flexible cameras into or X-rayed.

Drugs dog too.

(The dog handler KNEW I was innocent - I could tell by the way he looked at me and at the busy little bees with their spanners.)

When they couldn't find anything they called out an old chap from the back room.

He shuffled over and simply looked me in the eyes for maybe 20 seconds and then said: "You are free to go."

However the rummage team leader (a blond bimbo) whispered in my ear as I left: "I know you've got something stashed. I'll get you next time."

Nice.