Flash@TMB Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 http://scottishboozing.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_scottishboozing_archive.html#moorings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygilmore Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Fair enough; but the same person also wrote the review of the "welcoming Archibald Simpson's" where you "rarely have to queue". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 ha ha ha hathats brillianta man who reviews kebab shops and boozersits my ideal job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Another point of note is that the common ned is not seen at Archie's, a plus point for any self-respecting bar. Strange cos its always full of dodgers and sketchers just out of the court next door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted February 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 True, obviously his taste has lapsed since he gave Archies a good rating... but it's the touch of comic genius in the writing style that I love. He has us down to a tee. The barstaff think have an idea who it was, and the guy literally went through every specialist item we stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygilmore Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Did he mention the pinball machine?..Another classic artefact to be found in the Moorings..but seldom anywhere else in aberdeen....hope it will still be there when it reopens and not replaced by some ropy quiz machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted February 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 5 Reasons I hate Archies:1) Corporate chain scum.2) Neds.3) Difficult to get served.4) The noise and lack of music.5) It's several light years to the toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted February 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Originally posted by garygilmore:Did he mention the pinball machine?..Another classic artefact to be found in the Moorings..but seldom anywhere else in aberdeen....hope it will still be there when it reopens and not replaced by some ropy quiz machine. The cheezy quiz machine was in fact replaced by the pinball. And I love pinball so pinball will stay for as long as I live and breathe. The arcade machine will also remain. I don't like cheezy quiz machines, and I totally hate bandits, so neither will be permitted on-site. I'd even get rid of the telly given half a chance.The pool table is departing because nobody played it, and we would rather have a dancefloor than pool. Unfortunately this also spells the end of our pool team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Karloff Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by Flash@TMB:The pool table is departing because nobody played it, and we would rather have a dancefloor than pool. Unfortunately this also spells the end of our pool team.If they never played it, they musta been a hella sucky team.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 hahaha! that's the site my mates made! I was the one that introduced them to the moorings, they were all skeptical at first cos they prefer to booze at the shitty tolbooth in ellon, now they are eating their words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by Flash@TMB:TThe barstaff think have an idea who it was, and the guy literally went through every specialist item we stock. the author was beefy, my friend who is rather well, beefy.however i think the guy who meticulously drank every specialist item was me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by Rob Karloff:If they never played it, they musta been a hella sucky team.... I think the "Pool Team" was actually the name for the specialist squad sent in now and then to clean the toilets...*shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by Frosty Jack:I think the "Pool Team" was actually the name for the specialist squad sent in now and then to clean the toilets...*shudder* You are not going to believe this but apparently our toilets now resemble something from 'Buck Rogers', and not the outside post armageddon wasteland part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Found Power Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by Flash@TMB:You are not going to believe this but apparently our toilets now resemble something from 'Buck Rogers', and not the outside post armageddon wasteland part. Do you have a little "Tweekie" toilet attendant robot?If not, you should look into it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 NoNo we have the ever cuddly Garth. Will he do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Found Power Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Re: NoOriginally posted by Flash@TMB:No we have the ever cuddly Garth. Will he do? Brooks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash@TMB Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 He doesn't have a last name.He doesn't have a last name.I also noticed a flaw in our refit. We fitted hot air hand dryers. The problem here is that when Garth has his monthly wash in our toilets, he will no longer dry his face on the hand towel. This means a huge drop in revenue for us, as we were selling the hand towels on the internet as genuine Turin Shrouds.Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 the moorings is easily one of the best bars in the world my top 10 pubs in the world would include Jimmys Corner just east of Times Square in NY (if its still there), Sappire in NY (a black hole.....in every sense), Trader Jacks in Stockton on Tees (another pirate-esque bar now sadly ruined by crass profiteering....fantastically loose women and the smell of impending violence) and the tiny one in Amsterdam over the Bridge from the Melkweg in Amsterdam (very mellow), and erm, most bars in Scandanavia ...and the Moorings!. The old wodka bar in Aberdeen was pretty cool untill they ruined it.Archies is utter shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 i will be there tonight fellas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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