Dry January..

[Angelina]

ED Morris Dancing - what a brilliant idea!

Would you lead it, Foxy?

[Sue]

Morris dancing is blooming hard work! I did it for a while!

The stick bashing was the best bit :)) Not so keen on the handkies :))

I'm having a dry-ish February. Can't say I've noticed any great difference in energy levels, but I do seem to be sleeping better ......

[*Bob*]

An ex of mine came from a family heavily into traditional dancing (from the North). Not Morris though. They laughed in the face of Morris. Apparently Morris was a bit of a joke; akin to playing a viola.

Of course, to the impartial observer looking in - it all looks the bloody same.

[DulwichFox]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> An ex of mine came from a family heavily into

> traditional dancing (from the North). Not Morris

> though. They laughed in the face of Morris.

> Apparently Morris was a bit of a joke; akin to

> playing a viola.

>

> Of course, to the impartial observer looking in -

> it all looks the bloody same.

Well they are into Clog dancing in those parts...

http://www.abingdonblog.co.uk/imag10/10050805.jpg

..and Molly Dancing in other parts..

There are dozens of Morris Traditions from all over England.. Possibly originating from Moorish The Moors...Spain.

Foxy

[*Bob*]

Can't remember the exact variety. I remember I said 'Morris' once - a caught a few sharp words, like I'd just shat in their collective face or something. Morris men (mostly down south) were all shandy drinking pig-shaggers etc. It was quite competitive.

Anyway, it mostly seemed to be an excuse to go out and drink lots and lots of beer - I'm sure that was the same north or south.

Everyone has a snigger these days if the Morris Mob arrive down the pub waving their sticks and jingling their bells. I suppose it was different in the old days when a troupe consisted of a dozen burly miners built like brick shitters and just on their 10th pint.

[BrandNewGuy]

Oi! The Shropshire Bedlams, for one, do not drink shandy and are pretty severe with their sticks. Not a hanky in sight. Border Morris is pretty, er, rustic, shall we say?

[Jeremy]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> akin to playing a viola.

Could be worse.. could be a ukulele...

[*Bob*]

As someone in my 'line' once wrote "if you don't specify, you will get a ukulele"

[Jeremy]

A real ukulele, or "Ukulele 1"?

[Jah Lush]

A banjolele.

[*Bob*]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> A real ukulele, or "Ukulele 1"?

It's always ukulele 1 these days, on account of no-one having any money

[georgia]

'Most pubs in East Dulwich are pretty dire' Really??

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Angelina Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > well done indeed.

> >

> > Will ask though - if you find it hard to stop

> for

> > a month, does that not make you think there is

> > something wrong somewhere?

> >

> > Foxy, you say you don't go out unless you go

> out

> > for a drink, which is understandable - but the

> > money you save - you could get up to all sorts!

> > Spend half of it throughout the the year and

> one

> > super holiday! Even if you go out less, there

> > would be payoff..

> >

> > www.meetup.com

> > This is a really good site for finding

> likeminded

> > groups to join - of course - you can just go

> along

> > to try it out and it isn't a set group so don't

> > worry about feeling an 'outsider'.

>

>

> It wasn't hard to stop.. I have been cutting down

> for several years to what I might of drunk 10

> years ago...

>

> Like I said based on 3 pints a night @ ?4.00 per

> pint -- ?12.00 per night is ?4,380 per annum.

>

> I do out for a meal and often just drink water.

> Alcohol ruins the taste of food.. IMHO.

> I go out to meet people , not specifically to

> drink. I drink very little alcohol.

>

> By staying in a few nights a week I saved ?1,000 +

> in 2015.. ?2,400 in 2013..

>

> ?320.00 in Jan 2016.

>

> I did have 2 good holidays in 2014 and 2 in 2015.

> So money saved is put to good use..

>

> Most pubs in East Dulwich are pretty dire and I

> have very little desire to travel further afield

> just to drink 1-2 pints.. I seldom drink alcohol

> during the day..

>

> DulwichFox

[Mick Mac]

georgia Wrote:

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> 'Most pubs in East Dulwich are pretty dire'

> Really??

>

It depends how much you have had to drink.... :) they are a bit dire when you enter and get better the longer you stay and they get a bit wobbly on the way out.

[littlemissj]

Congrats to you too DulwichFox : )

Hope you are fully recovered after your flu!

You going again in June???? Hmmmmm not sure if i will once a year was enough for me & i have actually been drinking less, well i say that it has only been 2 weeks lol

[DulwichFox]

littlemissj Wrote:

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> Congrats to you too DulwichFox : )

> Hope you are fully recovered after your flu!

> You going again in June???? Hmmmmm not sure if i

> will once a year was enough for me & i have

> actually been drinking less, well i say that it

> has only been 2 weeks lol

Yes.. I too have got into the habit of staying in more .. but that may well be due to the cold weather..

Perhaps June would be more difficult ..

DulwichFox

[????]

I have a massive confession. I don't really like going to pubs anymore I was bought up in a pub going extended family and the pub was central to my life for most of my teenage years and the majority of my adult life. Nowadays I can't understand the attraction of going night after night or staying out until the early hours in pubs. I don't mind going out once in a while to the pub but in general it's a boring money drain and I'd rather do something else. There. I said it. I feel liberated an am embracing my grumpy old man.

[Mick Mac]

I'll be 50+ some day and I feel confident i'll feel the same.

[????]

It has crept upon me since 50 Mick it's true.

[Dog duck]

...yawn,get a wriggle on it's nearly March