shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 This Thirded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I would - not least because I live on the same street. Problem is, it's ******* expensive. There's a GAP that's just opened there, btw. I'm not a fan of that company, but at least it'll provide a bit of variety. Montevideo Shopping, over in the plushest areas of Pocitos (and next to a modern complex called, for some odd reason, the World Trade Center), has more: its finest point being Tienda Inglesa, the best supermarket in Uruguay. You'd probably need to get the bus though, quite a trek otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 How much is it a pint? I wouldn't know; I don't drink. But - if you consider how expensive Scandinavian countries are, the same principle applies here. Because Uruguay only has 3.4m people, it just doesn't have the resources necessary to sustain the kind of economy which larger countries have. Meaning, in order to maintain a good (if you can afford it, very European) quality of life, it costs shitloads. I spend exactly as much here in living expenses (rent, food etc) as I did in the UK - but wages are half as good as in Britain at best. Making it a major struggle for everyone. But if you consider that the quality of life and economic stability here are second only to Chile in South America, it's a reminder of the staggering amounts of people in this continent who live in a way you or I couldn't possibly imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You'd probably need to get the bus though, quite a trek otherwise. I dunno if this is an attempt to creep me out, but... Is it an attempt to creep me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You're wasting your time giving beats psychological food for thought. He's probably wrecked. I can back him up here, he's definitely been 6 days off the sauce, I feel like I've lost a limb Guys, just accept that I am kind of a big deal around here. I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. I have no doubt influenced thousands who read these forums. Just think of me as an online Jesus. Brilliant Beats was wrecked (not the story) on a glass bottom boat ride in Torquay and shat on the glass. Jesus, I really wish this was true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I wouldn't know; I don't drink. But - if you consider how expensive Scandinavian countries are, the same principle applies here. Because Uruguay only has 3.4m people, it just doesn't have the resources necessary to sustain the kind of economy which larger countries have. Meaning, in order to maintain a good (if you can afford it, very European) quality of life, it costs shitloads. I spend exactly as much here in living expenses (rent, food etc) as I did in the UK - but wages are half as good as in Britain at best. Making it a major struggle for everyone. But if you consider that the quality of life and economic stability here are second only to Chile in South America, it's a reminder of the staggering amounts of people in this continent who live in a way you or I couldn't possibly imagine. You don't drink at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I dunno if this is an attempt to creep me out, but... Is it an attempt to creep me out? Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You don't drink at all? Nope. Never have (a few vodka and diet cokes in Robbo's once with a few Kickbackers excepted); never will either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad-Stupid Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 You can tell Beats just made this exact face at the thought of somebody not drinking - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You don't drink at all? I thought that you knew that and were having two for every one he doesn't have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Not at all. So where are you getting all this info from? Because yes, it is a bus ride away. A long enough bus ride to make me invariably favour Punta Carretas Shopping instead. That's another thing. Buses here. Positives: all the drivers play English pop music, usually from the 1980s but sometimes more recent. It is perfectly normal for me to be sitting standing on a bus with Madness blaring away; or Adele; or the Bee Gees. You name it really. However, on the down side: there isn't enough room on one of these things to swing a cat. If you have any luggage with you at all (just a normal sized bag for heavens sake), you'll have a problem - which has left me getting a taxi back from Montevideo Shopping whenever I've been. And much more alarmingly: whereas in the UK, the bus stops and waits until everyone is seated or at least, in a stationary position, here, they start moving the moment you walk on board. You're left frantically trying to keep your balance as you pay either the driver or the "puerta" sitting a few feet to the side; it must be an absolute nightmare for pensioners, pregnant mothers, kids or mothers-in-arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You can tell Beats just made this exact face at the thought of somebody not drinking - :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 So where are you getting all this info from? Because yes, it is a bus ride away. A long enough bus ride to make me invariably favour Punta Carretas Shopping instead. That's another thing. Buses here. Positives: all the drivers play English pop music, usually from the 1980s but sometimes more recent. It is perfectly normal for me to be sitting standing on a bus with Madness blaring away; or Adele; or the Bee Gees. You name it really. However, on the down side: there isn't enough room on one of these things to swing a cat. If you have any luggage with you at all (just a normal sized bag for heavens sake), you'll have a problem - which has left me getting a taxi back from Montevideo Shopping whenever I've been. And much more alarmingly: whereas in the UK, the bus stops and waits until everyone is seated or at least, in a stationary position, here, they start moving the moment you walk on board. You're left frantically trying to keep your balance as you pay either the driver or the "puerta" sitting a few feet to the side; it must be an absolute nightmare for pensioners, pregnant mothers, kids or mothers-in-arms. Emm, you told him you live on the same street as the other shopping centre Shaun. That's probably how he knows how far you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Emm, you told him you live on the same street as the other shopping centre Shaun. That's probably how he knows how far you are Erm, go back a wee bit further, and you'll see that, before I said anything about it, he was already hinting that he knew I was in Punta Carretas. Which I am - and very nice it is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Thirded. Fourthed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Mods. Can we please have the award thread opened back up please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 So is Shaun oor modern day Irvine Jambo then? Does he even exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Benoit Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 So is Shaun oor modern day Irvine Jambo then? Does he even exist? Of course he does, I'm sure Godsa even met him once! :'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Bishop Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 You forgot option 3 shaun Jesus posts something on JKB and next thing your back in your Norwich bedsit stealing your neeburs wifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Have no doubt that the boy Lawson is in Uruguay. Have no doubt that the DVD never existed. Have no doubt that the boy Lawson in Uruguay is a bit like Barry in Auf Wiedersehen Pet (without the motorbike) Going to read this thread now - lets see how close to the Bullseye the old GA actually was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 WOW Shaun, please don't ever buy a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Of course he does, I'm sure Godsa even met him once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Must have read this last night as I posted, well pished. Anyhoo, folk should thank their lucky stars that .Lawson did not post a picture of himself. Its not a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Mr Lawson, if you post on the WHERE IS THIS thread, I think we can all have a decent guess at where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Shaun taking all of this rather well it must be said. Better than a lot ever would. still, thank god that no one asking for photographic proof of Beats' adventures. That could get you charged under the octopus porn law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I get absolutely buckled at the Xmas night out, and I miss this gem And the awards thread has been closed But after I got a nomination for best poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Waking up to this thread. I've read page 1 but have decided to leave the rest for my afternoon cocoa, cause its cold outside. Not seen any of the rest if it. I assume there's no chance of it being pulled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Waking up to this thread. I've read page 1 but have decided to leave the rest for my afternoon cocoa, cause its cold outside. Not seen any of the rest if it. I assume there's no chance of it being pulled? Best open the rest of it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Username Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Why has the awards thread been closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Why has the awards thread been closed? Good question - hopefully this thread can merit having the awards one reopened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Plissken Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Why has the awards thread been closed? People were enjoying it too much. see also: Females see also: Online Dating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Why has the awards thread been closed? No idea mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 People were enjoying it too much. see also: Females see also: Online Dating See also: Wales v Belgium thread And now we've come full circle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Think the mods are trolling me by closing it tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Username Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Can't see any mad trolling or abuse flying about in the awards thread and as usual, Shaun's always happy to have a natter and answer folks questions. Ah well. Nae doubt this will get closed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Think the mods are trolling me by closing it tbh Perhaps if you had spent less time telling everyone how you were definitely going to make your nominations this year, and more time making your nominations, then, well, you'd have been able to make your nominations. Perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I gave up after page 1. I'm now officially scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Perhaps if you had spent less time telling everyone how you were definitely going to make your nominations this year, and more time making your nominations, then, well, you'd have been able to make your nominations. Perhaps. Perhaps. But they take bloody ages to type out and I can never be arsed doing them at the start. Also got to be building a bit of suspense after 2 years out - my nominations matter an awful lot to an awful lot of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JKBMod 2 Posted December 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2012 11. Do not refer to another member in a post unless that member has already posted on the thread. Thread closed. I'll re-open the Awards thread. Please stay on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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