SoCal 2007

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:56 am

Cool, there's a menu with my name on it!! LOL

Just teasing ya Darren. I remember you and Aitch telling me about how much you guys "love" Fosters.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:11 am

The 4.5 in Chatsworth woke us up. We're within 5 miles. I didn't actually feel much. The initial shock just must have woke me up because all I felt was the little rolling after effect.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:58 am

Joey - no worries, I actually love my work. These people treat me better than any employer I've ever had.

Darren - I'm not familiar with the international menus. Naturally, they vary from nation to nation. I can tell you exactly what to order in Florida, though.

Funny thing on a related note: At the Folds/Mayer concert the other night, I was in line for a beer and was quipping some line from Flight of the Conchords in my best Kiwi accent (not great). Some drunk guy standing near by said, "Hey you're not from around here!" in a friendly tone, so I decided to go with it, immediately switched to the slightly easier Oz accent (I'm still working on my Kiwi "e") and carried on a conversation about how I was from Melbourne, and some little chit chat baloney, and said "mate" a lot. He bought it! My friend and I had a good laugh as he walked away, probably proud of himself for his diplomatic efforts. I'm sure you guys would have seen right through me though!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:47 am

Don't forget the Kiwi 'i', JDog...... very umportant! Can I register my preference for the Irish pub? More chance of getting deep fried wichetty grubs there than at an Outback Steakhouse!!

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:04 am

I'm with you there Howard. Although can I have a Guinness rather than a wichetty grub?

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:28 am

Aye, right you are, mate, here's a pint:

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:17 pm

Too much head on that one.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:24 pm

Yep! ..... and no shamrock in the head either!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:35 pm

Now THAT'S a beer!!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:41 pm

It WAS a very warm day, but the glass was squeaky-clean and not greasy, and the head is always bigger in a really clean glass.

You must be used to drinking in a bar where they don't clean their glasses very well

I only see shamrocks in Irish bars, Guinness in an English bar may well not have a shamrock in it.

A stray horsefly perhaps...from personal experience in a little public house up north in Essex, Harlow IIRC... only noticed what it was AFTER I spit it back out, yuck!

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:17 pm

The last time I was in England, many pubs would put a shamrock on the head of a pint of Guinness. And if the beer was poured with any more than a half inch of head, the Brits would complain.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:32 pm

The head doesn't have to be bigger in a really clean glass, Elys. It's a question of how it's poured initially and how long it's allowed to sit before being topped up. According to the brewmaster at Guinness (Fergal Murray) it should take approximately 2 minutes to pour and should have a half inch head that domes above the rim of the glass - preferably a 20oz tulip pint glass.

Now that is my kinda pour!!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:49 pm

TWO MINUTES to pour? Good heavens, I could be holding about six litres of stout in my hands after two minutes at the old squeeze pump!

THAT is indeed my kinda pour!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:54 pm

I've been in bars in Manhattan that do the shamrock as well - too cool!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:03 pm

Love that emoticon Elys!!!! Jolly good!