The Succeeder Stronghold

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:35 pm

Well that was where the confusion arose. I had forgotten the song, but they just played it on the radio and I realised it would settle the question

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:35 pm

Well, now I kind of have a bar story.

My friend Lucy wanted to go bar-hopping in what is generally referred to as Fort Liquordale. We took her temp-roommate Christie, and an old co-worker and friend of Lucy's named Dina. We went to one bar, where Dina and I went in search of the actual bar while the other two got lost in the din that was bad rap music and the throng of people at least twice past the maximum occupancy limit. By the time Dina and I got our drinks--which took a good long while for obvious reasons--both Lucy and Christie were dancing with guys. Dina shortly thereafter got herself a guy to dance with, and I was left feeling like passing out due to the sheer overpowering heat in the damn place. At one point, the guys led the three girls away, and I had to follow them. Christie's guy turned into a complete psycho, and she tried to drop him, but he looked about ready to get violent with her; Lucy's guy wouldn't let Christie ask her one simple question, so he got tagged with an epithet matching a certain hole in the derrier; Dina's guy somehow became Christie's, so she and I went outside to escape the irrepressible heat (which turned out to be a mistake, because somehow it was hotter outside at 1 in the morning than it was inside a place so packed you have to be thin as paper to navigate. Bars are nothing but vile habitats for one of the worst displays of mating rituals on the planet.

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:39 pm

[QUOTE=Chimaera182]Well, now I kind of have a bar story.

My friend Lucy wanted to go bar-hopping in what is generally referred to as Fort Liquordale. We took her temp-roommate Christie, and an old co-worker and friend of Lucy's named Dina. We went to one bar, where Dina and I went in search of the actual bar while the other two got lost in the din that was bad rap music and the throng of people at least twice past the maximum occupancy limit. By the time Dina and I got our drinks--which took a good long while for obvious reasons--both Lucy and Christie were dancing with guys. Dina shortly thereafter got herself a guy to dance with, and I was left feeling like passing out due to the sheer overpowering heat in the damn place. At one point, the guys led the three girls away, and I had to follow them. Christie's guy turned into a complete psycho, and she tried to drop him, but he looked about ready to get violent with her; Lucy's guy wouldn't let Christie ask her one simple question, so he got tagged with an epithet matching a certain hole in the derrier; Dina's guy somehow became Christie's, so she and I went outside to escape the irrepressible heat (which turned out to be a mistake, because somehow it was hotter outside at 1 in the morning than it was inside a place so packed you have to be thin as paper to navigate. Bars are nothing but vile habitats for one of the worst displays of mating rituals on the planet.

[/QUOTE]Try a pub next time...

And sorry to hear about the bad experiences.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:54 pm

Pubs are worse. It's just the same situation in an even smaller place.

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:57 pm

A real pub! For drinking in. With no festival going on preferably

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:04 pm

Yeah, I don't know what you Americans did to pubs, but here it is a place for sitting at the bar and discuss how to change the world into a better place with total strangers.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:07 pm

The pubs here don't need to have festivals; when it's Friday or Saturday night, all bars, pubs, clubs, or other places for social gatherings and fun are packed to the brim.

ik911 · Post by **ik911** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:07 pm

[QUOTE=Lestat]Yeah, I don't know what you Americans did to pubs, but here it is a place for sitting at the bar and discuss how to change the world into a better place with total strangers.

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You cross a border and it's a place where people like to act like morons as semi-professionally as they can. And there's no possibity of discussing anything, because conversational distance is less than 15 cm (5.9 inches)

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:12 pm

[QUOTE=ik911]
You cross a border and it's a place where people like to act like morons as semi-professionally as they can. And there's no possibity of discussing anything, because conversational distance is less than 15 cm (5.9 inches)[/QUOTE]And sometimes those morons cross the border in the other direction... *shudders*
Though I must say I have rather fond memories of Dellùf.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:14 pm

Some of the bars and pubs here at least can be just like that, nice and quiet and chill, so long as you go on a weekday night. But if you go Friday or Saturday night, it's a whole 'nother ballgame. Plus, it doesn't help that there are a lot of colleges in the general area, and Ft. Lauderdale tends to be one of the busier drinking places around (I don't know about the scene north of where I live, but I do know that down south in Miami it's quite a lot worse).

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:21 pm

Well the town where I live (Leuven) might very well have the highest density of students in the world (30,000 students and 90,000 non student inhabitants, approximately). But you still find all kinds of pubs geared towards different public (there's one that only plays classical music and where people go to play chess or checkers, others that are for loud, standing on the table sing-a-longs and then about everything in between, not to speak about "taverns" and restaurants).

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:30 pm

*looks wistful* If it weren't for the fact that the source is tainted this information would make me very envious indeed :laugh:

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:32 pm

What did I miss?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:37 pm

Not a great deal....

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:40 pm

My Dad had a seizure this weekend.

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:41 pm

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuven"]Leuven[/url]

Oh ye of little faith!

Nowadays Leuven is a real "student city", as most citizens in its center are students. Leuven sports one of the liveliest bar scenes in Belgium. Besides boasting the "longest bar" in Belgium, the Old Market, tens of bars and cafés crammed into a central square in Leuven, it's also the proud home city of Belgium's smallest bar, Onder den Toog in the Noormannenstraat, a must for every visitor to Leuven seeking adventure and folklore. The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University Leuven) is considered one of the best universities in Europe. One of the orchestra formed by students is the "Arenbergorkest", allowing these young people to combine study and music. There are also a number of hogescholen (literally translated: "high schools", akin to an American community college). These hogescholen include Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (Catholic High School Leuven) and GroepT (GroupT).

Fiona · Post by **Fiona** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:42 pm

I am very sorry to hear that Chu. How is he?

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:42 pm

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]My Dad had a seizure this weekend.

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Sorry to hear that Chu how's he doing?

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:48 pm

He's fine, but he bit his tongue hard, so he can't speak straight.

I thought someone was breaking into the house at first, because I heard a loud noise, and he shouted stop real loud.

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:55 pm

I'm glad to hear that. Is he having vascular troubles?

Sorry, if I seem nosy and if you don't want to talk about it, I understand.