I couldn’t join in CFS2 as I only have FS2002, so if that is the sim used I will sit this one out, but would love to join any others if you have one on FS2002.

Have fun 😀

I’m interested in Multiplayer, but I too have dial up. That is why I cannot do online flying for any VA 🙁

But if you do set up a session, I’ll try and join you.

Merry Chres’mas frum Yorksher! 😀

Geforce – as a “qualified” Belgian bar tender you should be ashamed not to know what the difference is between beer and lager (I assume by “beer” you mean “ale”?) Lager is a bottom-fermented beer, the ales, such as Trappist, Abbey (like Leffe), witbiers such as Hoegaarden and Flemish browns such as those produced by Liefmans are top fermented. Then you have spontaneous fermentation, which is how you get your lambic, faro and gueuze.

Many students prefer lager (as they do here) because that is the beginners beer and is okay for the masses. Other beers are for connoisseurs who have a more developed taste. I agree that the bars in Brugge are tourist traps, but what do you do when you want a decent drink and have no access to proper pubs in your hometown so you have to wait until you go on holiday?

Many British tourists go for a Belgian beer for the novelty value without truly understanding what they are going to drink. I know the characteristics of every beer I order so bar staff cannot mess me around!

Stieglitz – I was happy with De Zandloper, I drank there regularly in 2001 and 2002. I would never go there again after the stupid barmaid knowingly served us the beer in wrong glasses (Malheur in a Kwak glass and Kwak in a Malheur glass) and then stood and laughed at us. She soon stopped laughing when she realsied that we knew more about beer than she did and she had to bring us the beers in the proper glasses.

So my idea of a Belgian pub is one where the staff have manners and know how beer should be poured and served. Not asking too much in the beer capital of the world is it? 😀

Now ‘t Brugs Beertje is something else – at least the beers are served correctly there and the staff have manners.

From the age of 15 I spent my Saturdays and school holidays cleaning cages, watching and cleaning up after operations, watching lambs being pulled out of ewes, holding animals while they are examined and retreiving case notes at a local vet clinic – best job ever! I had always wanted to be a vet, but seeing vet work “live” convinced me even more that it was the only job for me.

When I was doing A levels I did summer work at our local cricket ground when Yorkshire played their games. That was selling ground tickets, counting entrance fees and getting complimentary tickets from the players to give to their friends when they came to the gate and asked for them. I did encounter some famous players of the time as well, so that was a perk 😀

Frank, Have you EVER been to Scarborough? :D:D

I went there once but it was closed.

JC
I’m in Coventry, so it may a case of Pot, Kettle and black 🙂

You are right John
😀

Scarborough has some of the worst shops in Yorkshire, the worst public transport in England, horrid pubs, hostels for drug addicts and streets which stink of puke. I don’t mean to cause offence, but “bloody” is a mild way to describe what kind of place this has become. Especially when it used to be so nice here. And I am never kind about the joke shop because they once sold my beloved Rochefort 10 to someone else after I had ordered it for Christmas 😡 That is why we choose to go to Brussels to stock up on beer. What a pity we can’t charge the cost of the airfare to the owner of that shop… :diablo:

(For people not familiar with beer from Trappist monasteries, Rochefort 10 is Belgium’s second strongest beer at 11.3%. It is one of the nicest beers brewed in Belgium, and is my second favourite after my even more beloved Sloeber. But don’t get me onto Belgian beer because you would never shut me up :diablo: )