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[Seagull]

Live Brewing have a few quid off their oak barrels at the moment. Just ordered the 3 litre one. Will let you know what it's like when it arrives

http://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/still-spir ... t-barrels/

[Easydrinker]

Those prices do not seem too bad to me.
I am very tempted.

Robert.

[gaza the instructor]

Costco doing 15kg sugar £5.99.
That's 40p per kilo , fill your
boots

[Phantom]

Costco doing 15kg sugar £5.99.
That's 40p per kilo , fill your
boots

Bugger! No Costco round here.

Usually get a good price on the local Poundstretcher, so will have to go there ("fill yer boots" is a phrase of Naval origin, are you ex-RN perchance Gaz ?).........

[gaza the instructor]

Sorry buddie no i'm not,but if I were young
enough it would be the navy for me.
My old mate Wally (no longer with us, sadly)
used to tell me I would be a 2nd class stoker

[Mash]

("fill yer boots" is a phrase of Naval origin, are you ex-RN perchance Gaz ?).........

I have heard it a lot but what's it mean?

[Phantom]

("fill yer boots" is a phrase of Naval origin, are you ex-RN perchance Gaz ?).........

I have heard it a lot but what's it mean?

Just as it sounds i.e. put you boots on and carry on, yes/affirmative.

So to ask can I do/have XXX ? Would get the response "fill yer boots".

Equally, there's a book called Jackspeak, book of Naval Slang. It was written/compiled by Surg LtCdr Rick Jolly RN, who was the doctor who ran the Ajax Bay field hospital during the Falklands Conflict in 82.

It's written like a sort of dictionary and illuminated by cartoons (by the bloke who draws them for the Navy News).

A funny and amusing book, but also of general interest because of the amount of words and phrases adopted into regularly used English language.

[Easydrinker]

OK, I know nothing, but have always assumed the phrase to mean to literally fill your boots, with something, the insinuation being that the person with the biggest boots get's the most.
Happy to be corrected.

Robert.

[Mash]

Yeah. As in "take as much as you like"

[gaza the instructor]

Well I filled my boots.
£29.95 worth of T&L.
That's 75kg nice

[Easydrinker]

Good for you dude, 6p/Kg better than my best local price ATM.
Look in my eyes.. Read 'em and weep!
Had I predicted the Brexit vote correctly, I may have built Two sugar shacks, as the Pound sterling is sliding down a slippery slope.
Sugar costs less than gold, but during a currency/financial meltdown, the world and his wife can stock up on sugar, it too is a commodity.. Albeit at the lower end of the scale.
But a penny saved is a penny saved.
To be spent elsewhere, with the other pennies..


Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

2nd hand smart still in UK £65 (no connection etc etc) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Smart-still-w ... SwZVlXmeW4

[Easydrinker]

Apart from the inexpert delivery offered,that appears to be a bargain.
If I wanted one, I would get a collection quote from Parcel Monkey and Buy It Now.

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

The lady was selling 2 and I bought the other. She got back to me quickly with a fair postage quote (I'm "offshore") and offered to refund any extra, so I'm happy. It should arrive Monday/Tuesday and I'll have to wait for a wash to be ready or sacrifice some homemade wine to the cause.

[Mash]

Wait for the wash! If you have homemade that comes up short it can be a good way to put it to good use.