On Aug 10, 12:02 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 10, 6:19 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 7, 6:49 pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 6, 6:26 pm, "Marvel" <mana...@dfix.com> wrote:
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> > > > "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > >news:a5c9423c-a250-445b-b5d9-253afd80aedc@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> > > > On Aug 5, 7:54 pm, "Marvel" <mana...@dfix.com> wrote:
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> > > > > "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > > Not sure if anyone gives a hoot, but I'm in India and am trying to
> > > > > > find an Irish/British pub that is easy to get to. The problem is that
> > > > > > places close so early here. I don't get off work until midnight and by
> > > > > > then every bar in town is closed down. There's a place called Dublin
> > > > > > and I think it's just down the (dark and supposedly dangerous) street
> > > > > > from my hotel. Maybe this weekend I'll manage to get an afternoon
> > > > > > pint.
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> > > > > > For those interested
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> > > > > > Pics:
> > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/worthj1970
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> > > > > > Blog:
> > > > > >http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/worthj1970/3/tpod.html
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> > > > > > John W.
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> > > > > Those pictures were worth a thousand words.
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> > > > > So, when I call tech support that is where all my calls are being routed
> > > > > huh?
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> > > > >I called my credit card a couple of months back (forget why) and I
> > > > >went to somebody with a strong Eastern European accent; Romania maybe?
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> > > > >John W.
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> > > > So you are there in India and your laptop fails, you call the help line and
> > > > some guy is walking you through the step by step procedures.
> > > > You happen to mention where you are.and he says he can meet you at a pub
> > > > called Dublin
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> > > I'm planning on going to Dublin this weekend to see if they know how
> > > to serve beer. The bar in my hotel only has the Indian stuff.
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> > My only experience of living in India was in Bangalore and Hyderabad
> > (mainly the latter), I don't know Chennai at all, haven't even been
> > there for cricket yet.
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> > The "Indian stuff" is often pretty good though. Pale Ales originally
> > brewed for the tastes of British Army garrisons and so forth. Much
> > better than lager style beers, and much better than "American stuff".
> > How was Dublin? :-)
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> I didn't go to Dublin after all. Some friends said that it's really a
> dance club and isn't a pub. There's supposed to be a few gaigin
> hangouts near my hotel; I'm going to wander around today and try to
> find them. My hotel has a nice bar on the roof; one thing I've learned
> is that there's a menu for foreigners and one for Indians. I didn't
> know the bar served Indian beers until the guys at the next table
> ordered a bottle. The large bottle of Indian beer was cheaper than my
> regular can of Heineken.

Your regular can of Heineken??? We need to do something about your
drinking problem. First Himeji, and now this?

> I'm getting into cricket, mainly because that's all there is to watch,
> sports-wise. Even the Olympics doesn't get shown as much as cricket;
> that could be because the Indians don't stand much chance to win any
> medals, but are in a hard fought test against Sri Lanka.

Mendis is quite something, but I reckon he'll get figured out over
time.



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