Thomas Hardy

[oldfatfool]

[QUOTE 3076771, member: 259"]So only about £3000 then.[/QUOTE]
Blimey if I had known ........we necked a couple of dozen bottles over a rather entertaning weekend about 7 years ago. (they where freebies)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Blimey if I had known ........we necked a couple of dozen bottles over a rather entertaning weekend about 7 years ago. (they where freebies)

First time I tried it when it used to be in bigger bottles, I had 2 which were necked as though it was a session beer - wipe out...

 

[Berties]

I like his beer, I've got a 2005 case of this, minus a couple of samples taken for ongoing quality inspections, it says best after 10 years, so next year's the year!

this stuff was reputed to be the strongest ale in the uk years ago,what is it about 12%,i opened a few once as my god father worked the brewery,thick and sweet

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 3077547, member: 259"]The Beer Thread is thataway [/QUOTE]

 

[Yellow Fang]

Well, on page 80 odd of Far from the Madding Crowd, and so far so good. The Valium is still at the Pharmacists, the whiskey remains in the Off-Licence and my razor blades stay in the bathroom cabinet.

Enjoying it so far actually.

Edite - typo corrected

Have you got to the bit about the sheep yet?

 

[ayceejay]

The only author more depressing than Hardy is Camus (la Peste anyone?) what I learned from reading Thomas Hardy was - beware the uppity woman and the oily landowner - you won't never get to screw one but will definitely be screwed by the other.

 

[Yellow Fang]

The only author more depressing than Hardy is Camus (la Peste anyone?) what I learned from reading Thomas Hardy was - beware the uppity woman and the oily landowner - you won't never get to screw one but will definitely be screwed by the other.

I would have said Joseph Conrad was more depressing than Hardy, possibly John Steinbeck too.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Victory- quite a downer, as was Winter of Our Discontent.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

How about Sylvia Plath for the downer awards?

 

[tyred]

Have you got to the bit about the sheep yet?

Yeah I have, assuming you're talking about the bit where they get driven to their death by an over-enthusiastic sheep dog.