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    • S
      sabergirl
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      Hell yeah, Reuben! It’s like riding a bike. Have a blast!

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      • OaktaviaO
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        @neph93 I bet you're a fabulous barman. What's your favorite drink to make?

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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        • Tago MagoT
          Tago Mago
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          @Oaktavia beer?

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          • OaktaviaO
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            @Tago-Mago said in Random Announcements:

            @Oaktavia beer?

            That's what they all say!

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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            • scooterS
              scooter
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              Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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              • MattM
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                I’m picturing something closer to this…

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                • neph93N
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                  Definitely more like Ben Stiller.

                  As for favourite drinks… it is a small place steeped in culture and alcoholism, and paid for by social security checks and illicitly earned currency.

                  There are other drinks than beer. We serve brown liquor too. The only drink served that requires more than ice and one mixer is Irish Coffee. Wine is served from the box, but never with a smile. There are two types. Neither of those types are rosé or white.

                  To weigh up for this we have 30 different akevitt’s, 20 different whiskies and a large assortment of dodgy shots, bitters and brandy’s. The beer menu is seven pages deep.

                  To paraphrase Craig Finn, there’s karaoke and knife fights every other Wednesday night.

                  “Some of those that work forces
                  Are the same that burn crosses”

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                  • neph93N
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                    We closed up at 2am last night. I worked with a 27 year old called Kenneth who I know from the other side of the bar. He mostly plays computer games and serves drinks. Good lad. Towards the end of the evening Boris (real name Sergei, but you’ve all seen The Wire), came in. He’s 23 and got to Norway from Ukraine 18 months ago. He works there too. Lovely boy. He helped us clean up.

                    I was given the keys to lock up, and as I turned Kenneth brings out a pre-rolled spliff from a tobacco tin, and Boris fishes three cans of out of date IPA, newly liberated from the back room, out of his jacket pockets. The song, it would seem, remains the same.

                    “Some of those that work forces
                    Are the same that burn crosses”

                    • Virginia Woolf
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                    • KarolK
                      Karol
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                      @neph93 I love every bit of this story! Peace and love to You Reuben!

                      Favorite:
                      IH-888S-21 | IH-888-XHSib | IH-805 | IH-729-PUR | IH-555-XHS | IH-555S-25MB
                      IHSH-339-SAX | IHSH-341-BLK | IHSH-293-OD | IHSH-362-BLK | IHSH-409-IB | IHSH-336-OD | IHSB-BIGBUCK-BLK
                      IHV-44-BLK | IHV-02-BLK
                      IHJ-75-BLK | IHJ-79-BLK | IHM-37-ODG

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                      • NocturamaN
                        Nocturama
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                        @neph93 - this reads like a Tom Waits lyric - loving your work Reuben!

                        #JustStopCrocs

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                        • neph93N
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                          @Karol thank you!
                          @Nocturama I was going for Bukowski, but Tom is absolutely good enough 😉

                          “Some of those that work forces
                          Are the same that burn crosses”

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                          • FlavourFadeF
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                            So amazing story @neph93 !

                            Insta: free_the_fades

                            wtb:
                            The Pale Rider XXL

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                            • AetasA
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                              @neph93 said in Random Announcements:

                              To paraphrase Craig Finn, there’s karaoke and knife fights every other Wednesday night.

                              Great write up @neph93 !
                              Please more short stories about your experiences on the right side of the bar 😄.

                              And another bar film without a good end.
                              The Golden Glove:

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                              • goosehdG
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                                @neph93 Any attractive, semi-attractive, or absolutely hideous patrons demand sex on the beach from you yet…

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • neph93N
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                                  One of the great pleasures of working there is getting to say «no cocktails» to absolutely everyone when they ask for something dumb. We have about 200 different varieties of beer though… and I make a mean vodka and Red Bull 😉

                                  “Some of those that work forces
                                  Are the same that burn crosses”

                                  • Virginia Woolf
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                                  • popvultureP
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                                    My mental soundtrack to the @neph93 narration:

                                    WTB
                                    IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                    Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                    • popvultureP
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                                      @goosehd “No Sex on the Beach here, but there have been reports of Crabs from the Pool Table.”

                                      WTB
                                      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                      • Tago MagoT
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                                        @neph93 Appletini please, easy on the tini

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                                        • neph93N
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                                          @Tago-Mago so you would like me to pelt you with apples? That can't be arranged.

                                          “Some of those that work forces
                                          Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                          • neph93N
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                                            @popvulture this has to be the greatest complement I have ever recieved.

                                            As it happens, and as those who have met me at Gosport parties can attest, just looking at Camel Filters or whisky gives me a Waitsian growl.

                                            “Some of those that work forces
                                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                                            • Virginia Woolf
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