Brendan

"Ghosts?.. rubbish!" There we go. That's what I'm more used to.

I do actually hope that the old regulars (not the trouble causing element) still feel comfortable there and frequent the place.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very creepy - Do you often have to defend yourself > against people saying they don't believe you as > well? Nah. I never try to force people to believe what I say. Anyway I don?t ?believe? in ghosts (if indeed our cultural perception of what ghosts are is the phenomena that people see) any more than I ?believe? in the chair I?m sitting on. I can however quite reliably tell you that the chair is here or I wouldn?t be able to reach the keyboard right now. Now if I could just reach some actual conclusions about that cat in the box over there.

If wine exists in a pub and there is noone there to drink it does it really exist? Anyway it is my firm conviction that given the right motivation you can teach girls how to drink beer.

I?m bringing this over from the thread about flats in the general section so as not to get it lounged. I mentioned in that thread that a consideration for me when finding a new home is whether there are ghosts in the place. I was asked to elaborate on this so here you go: I?m no new-ager, spiritualist or anything like that. In fact I?m not a very spiritual person at all. I am just one of those people in this world who is slightly more sensitive to these things. I seem to regularly see ghosts and have many a time had them verified by other, trustworthy people who have seen the same things. I also know that this is not at all uncommon and I wish that I wasn?t inflicted with it. Normally it isn?t such a problem. There may be a part of a house that feels a little strange and this may be accompanied by seeing someone standing there once or twice over a period of years but nothing that would make you want to move. Then I rented one of the many 2 bedroom Victorian split-level flats that make up most of ED and almost every night I would see something. There was a man who stood in the corner of the front-room and just watched you, there was a little girl in the bathroom and a lady in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. All in all very disconcerting. Thing is I actually felt slightly cheated by the estate agent. I felt the rent should have been cheaper or something. Or at least the advert should have read: ?2 Bedroom Victorian garden flat complete with all mod cons and significant paranormal activity to keep you entertained on those quiet nights in? Anyway the experience has made me think twice about older properties. I wonder how an estate agent would react if I asked if I could just be left alone in a place for a few hours before I decided to buy it. Oh and before you ask. Yes I did take lots of drugs as a student but I have been seeing things since way before then when my brain was still clean and innocent.

I will start another thread in the Lounge so as not to get this one sent there.

The one thing I prefer about new builds is you have less chance of ghosts. I know this sounds strange but if you are the kind of person who sees these things (and would rather not) they can be an annoyance. I lived in a Victorian conversion on Goodrich road a few years back and it was riddled with the bloody things.

I know what you mean. I went in again last night. This time because my neighbour popped his head over the fence and suggested we go see what it's like.

According to what I've read they have come in on ships form other parts of europe and populations have been recorded in various coastal cities in the UK since the 19th centuary.

Who's that then?

For gods? sake don?t let it out! What if the thing is pregnant? There are scorpion populations in England that survive in the cracks and crevasses of buildings. [according to my google research] So ED with its wealth of Victorian brickwork may be just the place for them. The species found in England is Euscorpius flavicaudis which is also found in Italy. So it may be one of these. Ok the likelihood of it being able to survive, be pregnant, reproduce and form a colony is slim but you never know. Even if it isn?t pregnant some scorpions are known to reproduce asexually. The last thing I want is to have to go back to checking my boots for creepy crawlies before I put them on in the morning. *Gets hysterical ? Runs to the hills.* *Gets even more hysterical at the sight of Dawson Heights architecture and runs back down* Or you can do what we used to do when we were kids and put it in a hole in the ground with a mantis and watch the ensuing fight. The mantis usually wins. Although you would have to find a mantis first of which I do not think there are any in Britain. Although check your toiletry bag. On a practical not though. Put it in a jar and call the zoo or just kill it.

Pah. Call yourself a barman? Sacked. Sacked. Sacked!

I've been doing a bit of research and my closest estimation is some time late Friday afternoon 11 March 2005.

hook, line and sinker.

Bols ? the Dutch distillery they make Bols Blue and various brandys etc. Too obscure? Sorry.

No that's BOLS.

Yeah they start using words like subsumed and amorphous and next thing you know it's all 4X4s and 18 year olds with gold cards. ;-) Just kidding there CWLD don't take me seriously.

Erhermmmm... Adnams & Old Speckled Hen as well Mr Road. You're sacked! How bored am I... in general?

Nope couldn?t have been me as I do not own such a thing as a South African shirt. I do go in to the CPT to watch the cricket though. Normally the England games and sometimes SA ones if they will show them for me. I?m the guy drinking Guinness and shouting at the television.

Yeah I go in there quite often and have an idea that there must be people from this forum in but have no idea who they are so I just make sure I behave myself incase the next day there is a thread up her saying something like: "Was in the CPT last night and this *%(?&?)*)%$?*& drunk *&%$~# South African ##$!??()U%?&%$ went and $&*^?* etc etc."

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I went in again last night as Mrs B was curious to see what they?ve done. The gent?s loos aren?t half posh! I thought I had walked into the ladies until I noticed the urinals. :-S I ordered a Broadside and it was served up in a jug. (tu):)) They don?t have stools at the bar though. I always find that a bit unfriendly in a pub. (td)

It is black pudding without the blood actually. Just ground meat and fat and outmeal. And suet I think. Is there suet in black/white pud?

Lucyl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ( what is white pudding anyway? The puss as > opposed to the blood I presume.) White pudding is a completely vegitarian alternative to black pudding. You should try some. ;-)

Yep Speckled Hen is correct.